Below is a listing of some of the better graphics creation and editing tools available.

Adobe Image Ready

Adobe(R) ImageReady(TM) software for Mac/Win provides a comprehensive environment in which to refine and prepare Web graphics. This innovative program solves the problem of having to cobble together a Web graphics production process using many different software programs.

Macromedia Fireworks

Fireworks for Mac/Win is the only web graphic design software you need! Fireworks' suite of text, design, illustration, image editing, URL, JavaScript, and animation tools can create everything for your web site, without jumping from application to application. Designers can optimize and preview final output in every popular format. Everything is editable, all the time. Draw using organic brushes and create unlimited shapes and objects. Then go back and edit the strokes at any time! Fireworks brings the best features of a vector drawing program to the web!

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Photoshop 5.0 Mac/Win boasts a compelling combination of image editing benefits for old and new users alike. Designers gain the freedom to experiment more easily, powerful color management features, broad work flow and automation improvements, and precision in selecting and measuring elements. The program's key features enhance the image design and production process across the board with powerful new tools and enhancements to existing ones.

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Paint Shop Pro

Paint Shop Pro for Windows95 is one of the easiest and most powerful image viewing, editing and converting programs you may ever use. With support for over 30 image formats, and several drawing and painting tools, this may be the only graphics program you will ever need.

L-View

LView Pro is an image file editor for Microsoft Windows 3.1x, Windows 95 and Windows NT. It loads and saves image files in: JPEG JFIF, GIF 87a/89a, TIFF, Truevision Targa, Windows and OS/2 BMP, ZSoft's PCX, and PBMPLUS' PBM, PGM and PPM formats.

Colour Picker

Colour Picker does color to hexcode conversions for Windows.

GraphicConverter

GraphicConverter is Macintosh shareware. It converts pictures to many different formats. The program also contains many useful features for image manipulation. If you're using a Mac, you NEED the GraphicConverter.

Color Picker Pro

Color Picker Pro aids in finding color hex values for use with HTML production. Color Picker Pro is more than just an RGB-to-hex converter; it can pull colors out of windows, icons, and desktop backgrounds. If you can't find a color that you like through conversion, you can just as easily utilize any of your system-level color pickers. Find your color and you're only a click, menu choice, or key combination away from pasting your hex value into any text-based HTML editor. Color Picker Pro also allows you to store frequently used colors and undo and redo color changes. Version 2.0.3 fixes a bug that was crashing G3s and a bug related to the undo/redo feature. For Macintosh only.

JPEGview for Mac

JPEGView, by Aaron Giles, is a flexible image utility designed to allow quick, high-quality viewing of the most common image formats, including JPEG, JFIF, GIF, PICT, Baseline and LZW-compressed TIFF, Windows BMP, StartupScreen, and MacPaint.