I just got a new laptop and now is the time to decide which programs I can't live with out. Already loaded Microsoft Office, Photoshop, Filezilla, Irfanview and Dreamweaver. Besides these programs what are your most used? Doesn't have to be photography related either.
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Eric Rose
www.ericrose.com
I don't play the piano, I don't have a beard and I listen to AC/DC in the darkroom. I have no hope as a photographer.
CCleaner. There is a free version for Mac and Windows. This little program makes it easy to clean temporary files, your trash bin, cookies, etc.. It also has a Windows Registry cleaner-upper, but I don't use it--too risky. You can also clean up any programs that run in the background that you don't need. I have it on my desktop and laptop machines.
Bit Defender Antivirus. It gets very high marks, and is not a resource hog.
If you do a lot of screen shots, check out Snag It. It is very flexible and has lots of goodies that may be useful.
I use PhotoSupreme for digital asset management (cataloguing/keywording). It's made by IDImager. There are both Mac and Windows versions.
--P
Preston-Columbia CA
"If you want nice fresh oats, you have to pay a fair price. If you can be satisfied with oats that have already been through the horse; that comes a little cheaper."
+1 for CC Cleaner....reminds me I need to run it.
Thanks,
Kirk
at age 73:
"The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep"
Dropbox!
It's one of the first things I install on any computer.
Zak Baker
zakbaker.photo
"Sometimes I do get to places just when God's ready to have somebody click the shutter."
Ansel Adams
Thanks for the recommendation. I just downloaded IDImager. Attention Mac users: It's only $19.99 at the Mac App Store.Originally Posted by Preston
No need for MS office; I am happier with Openoffice/Libreoffice. The menus that hide items you want, and the mix of hieroglyphic buttons and menus and rearranging things with new versions drives me crazy.
alternate browser like Firefox or Chrome (I don't like or trust IE)
WinSCP for file tranfers
Synctoy for doing backups of my photo work
If you're not going to do photoshop, gimp is acceptable. I think highly of photoshop at the moment.
Foxit for a better/faster PDF reader
tightvnc for remote controlling the PC
feh
pdftk
imagemagick
figlet
\LaTeX
Science is what we understand well enough to explain to a computer. Art is everything else we do.
--A=B by Petkovšek et. al.
Photoshop
Autopano Pro
Handbrake (with Batch interface)
Final Cut X
Aperture
Better File Rename (using for a major photo project right now--a godsend)
Vuescan
Plus all the other free stuff that comes on a Mac
--Darin
Aurora (firefox)
Open Office
Paintshop Pro
Dreamweaver
Sony Vegas
Ian
fortube.com
teenexplorers.com
facefulls.com
deviantterror.com
wifemonsters.com
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