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WEB DESIGN TOOLS
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Web Design Software
Macromedia Dreamweaver 4
www.macromedia.com
Superior tools for style sheets, templates, javascript and
more. The leading application used by web site development
professionals. You can use it on its own or with Macromedia
Fireworks, a program that lets you create, edit and animate
web graphics, add advanced interactivity and optimize images.
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IMAGE EDITING TOOLS
Adobe Photoshop 6
www.adobe.com
Photoshop is well known as the king for overall graphics manipulation,
but it is also the most expensive program option with a list
price of $609 and upgrade price of $199.
Jasc
Paint Shop Pro 7
www.jasc.com
Some consider Paint Shop Pro a low cost alternative to Photoshop
($109 for retail version, $99 for download version and 30
day free trial available).
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PLUG-INS
 If
you want to spice up your website with video, audio and 3-D
animation, plug-ins can do this and more. A plug-in is a piece
of software that extends a web browser's multimedia capabilities.
Plug-ins work in conjunction with Netscape, Internet Explorer
and other browsers to perform functions the browser isn't
equipped to do.
Macromedia's
Flash Player
www.macromedia.com
One of the most popular plug-ins available. It works with
Windows and Linux and specializes in displaying 3-D graphics
and animation, including arcade games.
Macromedia
Shockwave
www.macromedia.com
Enables web sites to include interactive multimedia, graphics
and CD-quality streaming audio. Many sites using Shockwave
technology give users the option of navigating the site without
the plug-in but this gives the user a simpler version of the
site with few or no interactive or multimedia functions.
Real
Networks RealPlayer
www.real.com
Plays audio, video, animations, and multimedia presentations
over narrow and broadband connections as streaming files,
meaning files play as they download. Thus, users don't wait
for an entire file to download before they can begin watching
and hearing it. Real Player is offered in free and paid versions.
Adobe
Acrobat
www.adobe.com
Enables users to print high-resolution documents such as Power
Point reports and full-length books. Documents are presented
as .PDF (portable document format) files.
Apple's
Quick Time
www.apple.com
Does a variety of things, including letting users view 360-degree
scenes using a mouse to navigate entirely around an image.
QuickTime is offered in free and paid versions.
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