| InDesign | |
| http://www.65bit.com | Make a free plugin called MultiDo. Similar to a History palette (which they sell), the Edit > Undo and Edit > Redo display a menu of (up to) the last 100 actions you did. |
| http://www.woodwing.com http://www.teacupsoftware.com |
Both of these companies make plugins that let you save and reuse Table styles. Teachup’s Table & Cell styles plugin is now built into InDesign CS3. Woodwing’s plugin is called Smart Styles and is not just for tables. |
| http://www.adobestudioexchange.com | Download free scripts and more at this great Adobe website many people never find. |
| http://www.pdsassoc.com http://www.jsid.blogspot.com |
Dave Saunders is a big name in InDesign scripting. His website and blog have information on scripting InDesign as well as scripts he sells. One script he wrote for CS2 will repopulate an InDesign table with new content (while this feature was added to CS3, this script is a huge time saver for anyone still using CS2). |
| http://www.dtptools.com/dbit | David Blatner’s free “tip of the day” plug-in. It’s back after being killed by Quark (they bought ALAP, which had previously made the plug-in). |
Click Here to Download For Mac |
“CleverFindChangeCloser” is a free InDesign CS2 plug-in from Aextra Software. It lets you assign a keystroke to close the Find/Change palette. (In CS3, press Esc when the cursor is in the Find/Change panel to close it.) Click here for instructions on installation and use. |
| Photoshop | |
| http://www.telegraphics.com.au/sw | Favicons are the small icon next to the URL in the address bar of a web browser. If you want to create them in Photoshop, here’s a free plugin that lets you save it as the appropriate (.ico) format. |
| http://www.ononesoftware.com | Formerly made by Extensis, Mask Pro is a plugin that makes easy work of creating masks. It can also turn masks into high resolution clipping paths, so you never have to touch the pen tool!. It is very easy to use and can save lots of work! |
| Digital Photography & Camera Equipment | |
| http://www.dpreview.com | Good source for digital photography news and best of all, many detailed reviews of digital cameras. |
| http://www.the-digital-picture.com | Excellent source for Canon lens reviews. Be sure to check out the ISO 12233 Crops. They are a very effective way to compare different lens sharpness (just roll over the image). |
| http://www.fredmiranda.com | Lens reviews, good forums, etc. |
| Web Design Related | |
| http://analytics.google.com | This free service from Google lets you track how people use your website. Find what patform and browser they use, what pages they visit, what they type into a search engine to find your site and LOTs more. Best of all, it’s free! |
| http://www.alistapart.com | Articles about web design, CSS, web standards, etc. |
| http://www.zeldman.com | A web designer connected with A List Apart who talks about CSS, web standards, etc. |
| http://alicorna.com/content/ view/15/46/#imageindex |
Talks about privacy issues on the web, such as how to protect your images by stopping image crawlers (like Google’s image search) from indexing your website. |
| http://www.jquery.com | A powerful JavaScript library that has a small filesize for quick download. I use it on this site. |
| http://www.your-site.com | This is the company I use to host this website. They are only $5/month and I’ve had good service with them in the past years. If you sign up with them be sure to say that sent you! |
| Purchasing | |
| http://buyersguide.macrumors.com | Want to know when it’s a good time to buy a mac? This site tells you how long it’s been since the last update so you know whether you should buy now or wait a little longer. |
| http://www.dealmac.com http://www.dealcoupon.com http://www.dealram.com |
If you are looking to buy computer equipment, check out these sites to see if you can find some good deals. |
| http://www.buy.com | This a site I buy a lot of my computer stuff through. They have great prices on lots of things. |
| Mac Related | |
| http://www.danrodney.com/mac | A section of my site dedicated to useful Mac information like keyboard shortcuts, tips & tricks, and recommended programs. |
| http://www.macnn.com |
One of my personal favorites, I check this site daily to keep up on the latest mac news. They have nice forums too. |
| http://www.macintouch.com | Mac tech site with forums. |
| http://www.xlr8yourmac.com | Mac tech site with forums. |
| http://www.macosxhints.com | While the site isn’t the prettiest, if you like tricks and shortcuts, and you have some time to trudge
through people’s comments, you should find some good ones like I have. (For a more concise guide visit my Mac Central.) |
| http://www.microsoft.com/downloads... | Now that Windows Media Player is no longer being made for the Mac, Microsoft has made a deal with Flip4Mac and is distributing their plug-in for Quicktime so you can play window media files in the Quicktime player. |
| PC Related | |
| http://www.danrodney.com/pc | A section of my site dedicated to useful PC information such as keyboard shortcuts, tips and tricks, and recommended programs. |
| Misc. | |
| http://www.linotype.com/fontexplorerX | Professional grade font management program that used to be free :( It's cheaper and better than other font management apps I’ve used. It looks a lot like iTunes, but for fonts! It works on Mac and PC. |
| http://www.versiontracker.com | A great site to find out what the latest version of a program is. This site makes finding any program (or program update) fast! They even give you a direct link to download it without having the search around the vendor’s site. |
