Post by hardcell on May 22, 2011 23:46:43 GMT -5
Starting this thread as a place too post open source dev programs and other useful tech stuff
-If u dont have photoshop Gimp is pretty sweet and even has some things photoshop doesnt i use em both
www.gimp.org/
-Gimpshop is a addon to gimp that makes it feel and operate more like photoshop havnt tried it sounds cool
www.gimpshop.com/
-blender open source 3d modeling program
www.blender.org/
-Nems Terrain gen useful for making very large 3d terrain fast
nemesis.thewavelength.net/index.php?c=59
-Gcfscape used to open gcf files in steam directory
nemesis.thewavelength.net/index.php?p=25
-Crafty ive never used this one b4 maybe sum1 can try it out seems to be a better model viewer then stock sdk one
nemesis.thewavelength.net/index.php?p=45
-vtfedit used to make/change/view vtf and vmt files for textures
nemesis.thewavelength.net/index.php?p=41
-VMEX lets u decompile .bsp files back into vmf fiels so u can open em in hammer
www.bagthorpe.org/bob/cofrdrbob/vmex.html
-Ardour never tried it but looks like an alright free open source sound editer
www.ardour.org/
-Audacity another sound program
audacity.sourceforge.net/
-File Zilla free ftp file sharing
filezilla-project.org/
-Firefox best open source browser if ur still using internet explorer or safari get firefox
www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/new/
-open office is an open source office program similar to microsoft office but free
www.openoffice.org/
-VLC player a free video player that plkays almost any video format
www.videolan.org/vlc/
-Inkscape vector graphics
inkscape.org/download/
-foobar simple to use and open source audio converter
www.foobar2000.org/
also need LAME encoder
lame.sourceforge.net/
-DOSbox a dos emulator for running old dos apps and games
www.dosbox.com/
-Zsnes snes emulator old school games on pc lol
www.zsnes.com/
-bittorrent need i say more
www.bittorrent.com/
-Avast free opensource anti virus, very nice and updates alot higly suggest this if u need anti virus for free
www.avast.com/index
-spybot removes spyware
www.safer-networking.org/index2.html
-TortoiseSVN Revision control software
tortoisesvn.tigris.org/
-CamStudio free screen capture software
camstudio.org/
-Process Explorer an in depth process utility give more info then hitting ctrl-alt-del. useful for finding out just whats running and where
technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653
Plz feel free to add to the list if u find any other good programs.
-If u dont have photoshop Gimp is pretty sweet and even has some things photoshop doesnt i use em both
www.gimp.org/
-Gimpshop is a addon to gimp that makes it feel and operate more like photoshop havnt tried it sounds cool
www.gimpshop.com/
-blender open source 3d modeling program
www.blender.org/
-Nems Terrain gen useful for making very large 3d terrain fast
nemesis.thewavelength.net/index.php?c=59
-Gcfscape used to open gcf files in steam directory
nemesis.thewavelength.net/index.php?p=25
-Crafty ive never used this one b4 maybe sum1 can try it out seems to be a better model viewer then stock sdk one
nemesis.thewavelength.net/index.php?p=45
-vtfedit used to make/change/view vtf and vmt files for textures
nemesis.thewavelength.net/index.php?p=41
-VMEX lets u decompile .bsp files back into vmf fiels so u can open em in hammer
www.bagthorpe.org/bob/cofrdrbob/vmex.html
-Ardour never tried it but looks like an alright free open source sound editer
www.ardour.org/
-Audacity another sound program
audacity.sourceforge.net/
-File Zilla free ftp file sharing
filezilla-project.org/
-Firefox best open source browser if ur still using internet explorer or safari get firefox
www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/new/
-open office is an open source office program similar to microsoft office but free
www.openoffice.org/
-VLC player a free video player that plkays almost any video format
www.videolan.org/vlc/
-Inkscape vector graphics
inkscape.org/download/
-foobar simple to use and open source audio converter
www.foobar2000.org/
also need LAME encoder
lame.sourceforge.net/
-DOSbox a dos emulator for running old dos apps and games
www.dosbox.com/
-Zsnes snes emulator old school games on pc lol
www.zsnes.com/
-bittorrent need i say more
www.bittorrent.com/
-Avast free opensource anti virus, very nice and updates alot higly suggest this if u need anti virus for free
www.avast.com/index
-spybot removes spyware
www.safer-networking.org/index2.html
-TortoiseSVN Revision control software
tortoisesvn.tigris.org/
-CamStudio free screen capture software
camstudio.org/
-Process Explorer an in depth process utility give more info then hitting ctrl-alt-del. useful for finding out just whats running and where
technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653
Plz feel free to add to the list if u find any other good programs.