Freeware (Demo)Tools
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Dev-Cpp
win7 could be called freeware at this moment right?
yes, if you own an msdn license :-)
illegal telepathy over internet
nasm
GVIM!
audacity has grown into a pretty useable tool for audio stuff
if you prefer multitab text editors, try proton (i prefer multiple notepad2 though - but it does not support search&replace applied to multiple files at once)
if you prefer multitab text editors, try proton (i prefer multiple notepad2 though - but it does not support search&replace applied to multiple files at once)
i don't understand the concept of paying for software. it just seems stupid and an unecessary waste of money.
hm, what? flamebait I'm sure.
geany for coding
people who say that use gimp and that says enough
I've been using Gimp for years, and am quite comfortable using it. Yesterday I needed to process/print out some photographs and thought I'd try Photoshop. First thing I noticed was that I couldn't drag and drop a .JPG into the application, so I had to navigate through the file menu like it's 1995. Then I discovered there is no "Open as new layer.." option, I'm sure this feature must exist somewhere but I looked through the menus and couldn't see it.. Eventually I had to open the file as a new image and then drag the layer into the previous document. Then I wanted to zoom into the image, so I tried control mouse-wheel - which works in Gimp, Microsoft Word etc, but no - Photoshop uses alt mouse-wheel.. I then wanted to apply some filters, so I looked through the filter menu and amusingly noted that it looked almost identical to the filter menu in Gimp; Now I'm sure this is because Gimp has copied photoshop, but I still found it rather funny.
I guess my point is that people often look down upon the Gimp and the people who use it, but the fact is that it's not miles behind Photoshop in terms of features, and once you get used to it it's not that bad at all - and is especially good for people who run multiple operating systems.
I guess my point is that people often look down upon the Gimp and the people who use it, but the fact is that it's not miles behind Photoshop in terms of features, and once you get used to it it's not that bad at all - and is especially good for people who run multiple operating systems.
- Wavosaur and Sox for the audio (I HATE audacity, would use the windows 3.1 version of GoldWave happily instead)
- Crimson Editor as general editor
- Code::Blocks for C++ programming
- XnView and PictConv for graphic, and the non free PSP8 :p
- Crimson Editor as general editor
- Code::Blocks for C++ programming
- XnView and PictConv for graphic, and the non free PSP8 :p
Deltafire: agreed. People who most bitch about Gimp are long-time (warez-)Photoshop users who expect it to work exactly the same way. I've used Gimp for 10+ years and can't find anything if I need to use PS.
Deltafire: At first I thought Gimp was rubbish, because I was so comfortable with the Photoshop menus. But after a year or two with Gimp, I'm actually quite happy with it. It gets the job done very effectively.
on this thread however, people who most bitch about photoshop are long-time (beardy-)gimp users who expect it to work exactly the same way.
because you chaps don't know how to use photoshop, gimp is just as good? that argument is so silly it hurts...
it is miles behind in *quality* features. just having a button/filter/etc for a certain purpose doesn't mean it will deliver the same quality output in different applications. apparently the open source model has limitations when it comes to building well balanced professional graphics tools. the fact that you do not recognize this is the reason why people "look down upon" gimp and it's users (read: silly linux advocates).
photoshop runs on win, mac and linux (under wine). what more do you want?
because you chaps don't know how to use photoshop, gimp is just as good? that argument is so silly it hurts...
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I guess my point is that people often look down upon the Gimp and the people who use it, but the fact is that it's not miles behind Photoshop in terms of features,
it is miles behind in *quality* features. just having a button/filter/etc for a certain purpose doesn't mean it will deliver the same quality output in different applications. apparently the open source model has limitations when it comes to building well balanced professional graphics tools. the fact that you do not recognize this is the reason why people "look down upon" gimp and it's users (read: silly linux advocates).
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- and is especially good for people who run multiple operating systems.
photoshop runs on win, mac and linux (under wine). what more do you want?
The long and short of it is that free DCC tools (be it video editors, 3d/animation tools, DAWs, multitrack editors) are still up to 10 years behind up-to-date commercial products. If you just need basic functionality and if you can bear a cumbersome, esoteric interface, then, alright, use it. When it comes to coding tools/compilers/editors, the overall situation is better though (I think). So it's much easier to rely on free/open source coding tools than on free/open source DCC tools.
if the opensource tools are so good, how come linux demos are still so goddamn ugly? :P
it's because of opengl
"linux" demos are mostly released on windows, you know.
If the commercial tools are so fine then how come anyone can release bad quality stuff? o.O
skills ? :)
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on this thread however, people who most bitch about photoshop are long-time (beardy-)gimp users who expect it to work exactly the same way.
because you chaps don't know how to use photoshop, gimp is just as good? that argument is so silly it hurts...
Jumping into hasty conclusions, putting words into people's mouth, insults. I hope Adobe is happy for the support they're getting here :)
go port a demo about it.
Just found this one:XNView shall become my choice for converting images, for now.
