Adobe Illustrator is a comprehensive vector graphics environment that is ideal for all creative professionals, including web and interactive designers and developers, multimedia producers, motion graphics and visual effects designers, animators, and video professionals. Adobe Creative Suite products, including Illustrator, have recently moved to a subscription based service model. Adobe Illustrator CS6 was the last version released on disk. Adobe Illustrator Creative Cloud is now available starting at $19.99/month. Features of Adobe Illustrator CC include: Use powerful creative tools Boost productivity Deliver virtually anywhere Tightly integrated with other Adobe suite software Raster and type-in vector format support Mobile and tablet suport Cloud storage
InDesign is a desktop publishing (DTP) software application which can be used to create periodical publications, posters, flyers, brochures, magazines and books. The latest version, InDesign CS5.5 , is the twelfth generation in the product line. Features: Tightly integrated with other Adobe suite software Dynamic cross-reference support that updates content when moved within a document Spread rotation Smart guides (Quickly align space, rotate, and resize single or multiple objects with the help of dynamic guides.) Conditional text (Deliver multiple versions of a document for different users, all from a single Adobe InDesign source file. Hide text at paragraph, word, and even character level without relying on layers. The remaining text and anchored objects automatically reflow in the layout.) Smart Text Reflow (Automatically add pages at the end of a story, selection, or document when text is overset using this new preference.) Live Preflight
After Effects is a digital motion graphics and compositing software. After Effects allows users to animate, alter, and composite media in 2d and 3d space with various built-in tools and third party plug-ins, as well as individual attention to variables like parallax and user-adjustable angle of observation. The latest version, CS5.5, is the twentieth generation in the product line. Features: Tightly integrated with other Adobe suite software Searchable timelines and projects Independent keyframing of x, y, z values Cartoon effect layer-oriented Animate and composite flexibly in 2D and 3D Create and animate text and vector graphics Choose among extensive visual effects Fluidly key, mask, rotoscope, and paint composites Take control of motion and keyframes Automate with scripting Work with 32-bit audio Gain professional results for every media type Paint and clone with nondestructive vector brushes Save time with efficient tools and a customizable interface
Search Pigeon allows users to search Open Access journals and research tools for the humanities. It searches hundreds of peer reviewed journals. It is mainly used for searches in the arts and humanities and has an interdisciplinary perspective. The link to the website no longer works.
Scholarometer is a browser plugin for Firefox and Chrome that can help contribute to citation and impact analysis. Scholarometer is a social platform to facilitate citation analysis. You provide author field annotations, and our tool uses this crowdsourced data to evaluate the impact of an author's publications. Our impact metric can be compared across fields.
XML-based software application for structured authoring and editing documents and content collaboration. Features: Spellchecker, thesaurus, track changes and other word processing functionality Configurable document view (normal, tagged, plain text) Resource Manager may be used to locate and insert items such as image files and text fragments. It works on the Microsoft operating system.
Apache Subversion Version System (SVN) is an open source version control system. Access and revision to objects are carefully controlled, to prevent unauthorized access and alteration. Developers use SVN to maintain current and historical versions of files such as source code, web pages, and documentation. Their Vision: Subversion exists to be universally recognized and adopted as an open-source, centralized version control system characterized by its reliability as a safe haven for valuable data; the simplicity of its model and usage; and its ability to support the needs of a wide variety of users and projects, from individuals to large-scale enterprise operations. Features: Version support for all files and directories in repository, enabling administrator to track changes that have occurred and obtain earlier versions of files Renamed/copied/moved/removed files retain full revision history Free-form versioned metadata Atomic commits Merge tracking File locking Changelists to organize commits into commit groups Preservation of file attributes, such as executable and read/write status Apache network server support with WebDAV/DeltaV protocol Write-through proxy using WebDAV Interactive conflict resolution Repository read-only mirroring Parsable output, including XML log output Full MIME support - users can view or change the MIME type of each file, with the software knowing which MIME types can have their differences from previous versions shown
TextPad is a text editor. It may be used as a basic text editor, web page editor, or as part of a programming IDE. Features: Universal Naming Convention (UNC) style names support Files up to the limits of 32-bit virtual memory can be edited Spell checker with dictionaries in 10 languages Multi file editing support Commands to change case, and transpose words, characters and lines Commands to indent blocks of text, split or join lines, and insert whole files Change tracking
WorldCat can simultaneously search the collections and services of more than 10,000 libraries worldwide. It claims to be the largest network of library content and services. Users can search for resources available in their community and also at thousands of other locations all around the world. It helps you finc the item you are looking for and the library near you where the item can be found.
Paletton (a.k.a. Color Scheme Designer 4) presents the user with a color wheel and several color scheme styles: Mono Complement Triad Tetrad Free style By moving arrows around the color wheel, users can look at and compare different color palettes suitable for web design, logos, etc. A preview option is available for checking what the color scheme would look like as part of a light or dark website.
