software question

[karomesis]

hey guys, I was wondering if I really need dreamweaver and photoshop, as they will be setting me back 1200$ and I don't even know how to use them yet|banghead| I plan on making freesites daily and submitting them to LL. I know there is other software out there, but does it get the job done as well? Or would I be better off spending that 1200$ to buy something more worthwhile for an aspiring net pornographer?

[Maj. Stress]

I use notetab pro approx $20 (lite version is free) and paint shop pro I think I paid a little over $100 for it. You can try the trial version of psp for 30 days to see if you like it. pinoy7 has some tutorials for psp also. :)

[GriseyV2]

hey guys, I was wondering if I really need dreamweaver and photoshop, as they will be setting me back 1200$ and I don't even know how to use them yet|banghead| I plan on making freesites daily and submitting them to LL. I know there is other software out there, but does it get the job done as well? Or would I be better off spending that 1200$ to buy something more worthwhile for an aspiring net pornographer?

Try the 30 days trail frist and get used to them, see if they would benfit you

[cd34]

You could try http://www.gimp.org/ as a potential replacement for Photoshop. It can read .psd files, contains many of the filters that Photoshop has. Downloadable free.

[MrYum]

Another fan of NoteTab here...very handy software. Before you start messing around with wysiwyg editors, you really should know html. But then, I'm kind of a dinosaur in that respect...I firmly believe in hand coding.

Graphics wise, I use Fireworks. Image editors...I use a couple...SuperJPG (hard to find now)...and Ulead Smartsaver.

You can easily get viable software to do free sites for a whole lot less than $1200. With hand coding of html, you can probably get all you need for well under $100 |thumb

[Joneze]

I'll put in a 3rd vote for NoteTab Pro.

I couldn't live without it

[johnnybg]

You can try free software:
Dreamweaver -> NVU
Photoshop -> GIMP

[karomesis]

I appreciate the suggestions guys. I have gimp and am starting to play around with it now, NVU I have never heard of, but I will try that too.

On a side note whenever I hear GIMP, I think of the one from pulp fiction; "go get the gimp bill"|bananna|

[glowlite]

First Page 2006 (http://www.evrsoft.com/1stpage3.shtml) is free, also creates thumbs and resizes photos if you need it to. They've been around for 6-7 years now. Uses tabbed screens so you can use wysiwyg or hard code.

We use it on 7 systems.

[glowlite]

Everything everyone has mentioned is good stuff. I think it's just a matter of what you get use to and what you're comfortable with as a user.