Comments on: Beginner Web Design: The Tools You Need

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:52:14 +0000

Let’s not forget about Picasa as a great photo editing tool – not as advanced as say Photoshop, but it’s free and packs a punch…made by Google, how can you go wrong there? ~

By: Ruri@Free article directory

Ruri@Free article directory — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 06:23:26 +0000

If Gimp is free version for photo editing, I am looking for free version for vector design similar like adobe illustrator.
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By: AB Web Design, LLC

AB Web Design, LLC — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:53:34 +0000

We recently purchase Adobe’s Creative Suite 4 (CS4) Web Premium. It is a little expensive, but the amount of software you get is ridiculous…

Fireworks, Photoshop Extended (32 & 64-bit), Flash, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Acrobat 9 Pro, and a bunch of other programs.

These tools are simply INVALUABLE to someone working in, or aspiring to work in, the web design and development market.

In my opinion, Fireworks is where it’s at for template prototyping.

By: Robert Wenger

Robert Wenger — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:03:17 +0000

Personally I’m a Gimp person, but that’s only because I can’t afford Photoshop.

I agree, websites do begin with images. I usually try to create the logo before I do anything else. Once I get a logo I can find inspiration for the rest of the page.

By: Color Printing

Color Printing — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 04:35:56 +0000

Excellent! A most informative post on beginner web design. These days, to really call oneself a web designer, you would need to be competent in different aspects. As you said, design, development, and coding. And that’s only the basics. One needs to constantly improve, train, and develop their skills to adapt to the ever-changing demands. Thanks!

By: evam

evam — Sat, 30 May 2009 00:29:19 +0000

Good post, I wrote something Similar to my bl0g.

By: Brad

Brad — Wed, 27 May 2009 20:25:27 +0000

I love to mess around with design software. I love fireworks for essentials. I’m getting better with photoshop. However, I can screw around for hours, even days before I get the image I want, etc.

So, I’ve come to really rely on http://www.fotolia.com. The images are only a few bucks each and they’ve got a ton of images, vector graphics (loving these) and more.

Needless to say, that’s where I go first.

By: cristofa

cristofa — Wed, 27 May 2009 16:40:00 +0000

Apple most emphatically did not create QuarkXpress – it was, and remains, an independant company. It did start out on the mac platform, but was then ported to windows. I used it for 9 years, but moved to InDesign as soon as it became industry ready with v2. And, contrary to what you say, I believe that Quark’s market share in publishing is now quite small.

But neither of these applications is designed for, or really suitable for, web design.

For a beginner, I would highly recommend the new Xara Web Designer.

By: Patrick Vuleta - Lawfully Green

Patrick Vuleta - Lawfully Green — Sat, 23 May 2009 12:43:42 +0000

Another tool I am considering for my blog is some sort of framing plugin for pictures.

Recently have been playing around with the “old photo” frames in Photoshop Elements and they really add something to the pictures over just a simple drop shadow. Mostly because of the particular effect am going for the blog.

As much as the Elements frames are nice for simple projects, am considering onONe’s Photoframe 4 (http://www.ononesoftware.com/detail.php?prodLine_id=10).

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By: Geek's Dream Girl

Geek's Dream Girl — Thu, 21 May 2009 21:20:26 +0000

I feel compelled to mention that the You Suck at Photoshop videos on YouTube are both HILARIOUS and very educational. Oh, and by hilarious I mean they use a lot of foul, horrible language. So if you’re not into that, it won’t be hilarious. Fair warning. (P.S. I love you, Harry!)

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