Web Graphic Utilities

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Image Editors Price
1 Coffeecup Image Mapper $29
2 Xara Extreme $79
3 Adobe Photoshop $199
Animation Editors Price
1 Xara3D $44.99
2 BlueSquad $59.95
3 Adobe Flash $699
Photo Editors Price
1 Adobe Photoshop $199
2 Photo Recovery $39.95
3 Xara WebStyle $79

There’s an ocean of competent graphic tools out there. As always, you need to know what you’re looking for. Those listed are among the best or most popular ones on the market. Or both.

  • Emblaze Webcharger - Image compression program, works on many image types and is very easy to use. 7-day Shareware.
  • GIF/JPEG SmartSaver - very useful to save GIF/JPEG in small file.
  • NetGraphics Studio2 - NetGraphics Studio2 comes with two full applications in one box: NetGraphics Optimizer2 - transfer and optimize logos, clip art, vector graphics, photos, photo objects, and more; NetGraphics Gallery - use over 2000 royalty-free photo objects to add a new level of quality to your Web page.
  • Reptile - Allows you to easily produce any combination of wavy, bubbly, organic, big, small, wide, narrow, rough or smooth textures for Web backgrounds and Win wallpaper etc. Freeware.
  • Ulead COOL 3D - Simplebut has pro tools. EasyPalette visually organizes hundreds of pre-set extrusions, bevels, lights, cameras, textures, animations, etc. which you can apply to any text. Shareware - images have a watermark.
  • Web Graphics Optimiser - Excellent tool for optimizing and compressing images for web pages. Up to 5 variations of the original image can be viewed to select the optimum compression ratio, color depth, dithering, color palette and file format of an image in realtime. Demoware. Also, WebGraphics Optimizer Express - As Web Graphics Optimiser but with batch processing. Shareware.
  • Web Speed - Reduce the size of JPEG, GIF, animated GIF or PNG images by 90% or more, without sacrificing design integrity or visual appearances. Optimizes whole URLs or local HTML sites as well as whole batches of pictures. Has a Picture browser , Transfer manager (speed and filesize), wizards and is for JPEG, GIF and PNG. Demoware.
  • Xara WebStyle - Xara WebStyle lets you create top-quality, custom-designed, web-optimized graphics - buttons, bullets, dividers, 2D and 3D headings and backgrounds - any color, with any text.
  • Xara 3D - Xara3D is a new "slimware" program, designed to produce high quality 3D headings, banners and animations. It offers very high performance, high quality results, and is so simple even "your grandmother could use it".
  • Xara Webster - Xara Webster imports a range of vector and bitmap formats, exports as JPEG, GIF or in Xara's own vector format designed specifically for use on the web. It uses techniques such as anti-aliasing, colour reduction, dithering and transparency to produce the best possible web graphics in the smallest possible file space. You can download a trial version from http://www.xara.com/downloads/webster.html

In this section:

  • Web Graphic Editor Tools- List of the tools that you can use them to create web graphics.
  • Gif Animation- List of Gif Animation tools that you can use them to create animated graphics.
  • Image Mapping Tools- Create a clickable image that brings visitors to different parts of your web site.
  • Web Graphic Utilities- List of the tools that help your webmaster life easier. Reduce GIF/JPEG file size, create 3D buttons, convert file format, and more