Useful graphic apps

utiler

A program I've been using for many years, but still not often mentioned is Xara http://xara.com
It comes in different versions, and is a very fast and nice vector drawing program as well as capable of doing a lot of bitmap editing as well. Great for materials as well as all kinds of images, brochures, pdfs, Flash animations etc.
And it is also excellent for making great web sites, which looks pretty much identical in all browsers - which is not an easy task to do by hand

Ditto!!! Very powerful app!!

Pg09

@jim said:

@pg09 said:

Hello!
Is there a free panorama maker that i could use for my photos?

Hugin?

Nice, gonna try it.

Thank you!

RichardCherry

Here is an app that I use quite frequently:
Wood Workshop (Freeware) by Spiral Graphics
http://www.spiralgraphics.biz/ww_overview.htm

It's not only great for creating wood textures it is also great for creating stone patterns as well. It has lot of flexibility and is quite powerful for freeware.

tridem

that's great! I believe to have already saw and then forgot it, in the past. thanks

mitcorb

I just visited the Spiralgraphics link that Richard Cherry suggested above and noted that there was a link to another app called Genetica with a Free, Pro, and Studio version. Genetica is similar, but with extended capabilities for those not familiar. I suggest checking it out. I would guess free capability with resolution up to 3000 x3000 would be ok with folks?

JMdesigns

Great info

mitcorb

@utiler:
Great find! Amazing extension for GIMP and also open source.

utiler

GPS looks pretty good!

GIMP Paint Studio..... watch out Artrage!

Google Code Archive - Long-term storage for Google Code Project Hosting.

(code.google.com)

utiler

Only played a little so far but pretty neat!

Pixero

Make woodfloor textures yourself with the great free: "Floor Texture Generator" by Martin Chudomel.
http://www.matulik.host.sk/download.php?p=0
Max texture size is 2000x2000 pixels.
Output is not tiling so you'll have to fix that in Photoshop.

To see what can be done here's one I've made:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7990360/Bilder/dark_woodfloor01.jpg

iichiversii

@pixero said:

Make woodfloor textures yourself with the great free: "Floor Texture Generator" by Martin Chudomel.
http://www.matulik.host.sk/download.php?p=0
Max texture size is 2000x2000 pixels.
Output is not tiling so you'll have to fix that in Photoshop.

To see what can be done here's one I've made:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7990360/Bilder/dark_woodfloor01.jpg

This app couldnt come at a better time, its perfect, thanks Pixero, great find

EscapeArtist

Bumping an old but useful thread:

MyPaint Windows/Linux and a bunch of free brushes. I like the minimalist interface.

utiler

I found this today, Krita by Calligra;a group dedicated to producing free software...
http://www.calligra.org/krita/
Very nice UI and all the bells and Whistles you'd expect!