A Good Web Design Graphics Program

drwho · Sep 23, 2006, 10:16 PM

I run and maintain a small website, and have been looking for a good web design and graphics program. I especially interested in one that will allow me to make backgrounds on images transparent. Would appreciate any suggestions.

drwho

Zardon · Sep 25, 2006, 02:15 AM

depends on your budget.

Macromedia Dreamweaver and Adobe photoshop would be the first tools of choice, however they arent exactly budget.

Paint shop pro and front page (ekk) should handle a basic site adequately.

niceguyrichy · Sep 26, 2006, 07:12 PM

Serif Web Plus is meant to be half decent (for the money) if you can't afford to drop £300+ on dreamweaver

drwho · Sep 28, 2006, 01:28 AM

Thanks for the suggestions, guys. You're right Zardon, Adobe and Dreamweaver are out of my price range. I will look into the Serif WebPlus, niceguyrichie. By the way, Zardon, nice avatar.

drwho

YAYitsAndrew · Oct 17, 2006, 09:33 PM

Sometimes you can roll your own solution for free. This assumes you're writing the website yourself and not using a WYSIWYG.

As far as graphics programs go, you could get away with Paint.NET or the GIMP.

For your web page editing you could get any of a million free text editors that do syntax highlighting for your web language of choice (one free one is TextPad).

For uploading you can grab an ftp solution that has a non-commercial free use license like SmartFTP.

Zardon · Oct 18, 2006, 12:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by YAYitsAndrew

For your web page editing you could get any of a million free text editors that do syntax highlighting for your web language of choice (one free one is TextPad).

Somehow im guessing if he is looking for webdesigning tools - that hand coding HTML isnt on his list......

UberLord · Oct 18, 2006, 02:24 PM

The GIMP

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drwho HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Carol Stream, IL Posts: 572 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	A Good Web Design Graphics Program I run and maintain a small website, and have been looking for a good web design and graphics program. I especially interested in one that will allow me to make backgrounds on images transparent. Would appreciate any suggestions. drwho __________________ Last edited by drwho; Sep 28, 2006 at 01:30 AM.

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drwho HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Carol Stream, IL Posts: 572 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Thanks for the suggestions, guys. You're right Zardon, Adobe and Dreamweaver are out of my price range. I will look into the Serif WebPlus, niceguyrichie. By the way, Zardon, nice avatar. drwho __________________

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Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	depends on your budget. Macromedia Dreamweaver and Adobe photoshop would be the first tools of choice, however they arent exactly budget. Paint shop pro and front page (ekk) should handle a basic site adequately.