A selected list of available editing tools for still images is below. In the Student Access column, if a program is in a Student Lab, faculty may not use these computers or their applications. In general, explore tutorials provided by the software company's that are in the accompanying application manual and CD before venturing out to Internet tutorials.
 

Stills/Photos/Images/Graphics	Availability										* Pricewatch *Shopping
Title/Description	Demo's	Faculty Access	Student Access	e-classrooms	Tutorials	Reviews	Examples	Books	Company	List Cost	Educ. Cost
AppleWorks (Mac/Win) (formerly Clarisworks) Clarisworks ìÖsuccessfully walks the line between providing enough power for the average user and staying simple to learnÖî   PC Magazine. Appleworks 6.0 is a new release since Feb.2000.	Trial(Mac/Win) (available in Feb)	12c: Killian 268, Mac	12c: Killian268, Mac;  9c: Hunter, Mac;  9c: Belk, Mac.	31c: SG57 Mac	Draw & Paint	Windows		Current titles	Apple	$79	$?
Adobe Illustrator "Offering an unparalleled combination of creative freedom and productivity, Adobe Illustrator® 8.0 software is preferred by designers, graphic artists, technical illustrators, and business professionals the world over. "	Free product demo (Mac/Win)	4c: CATA Lab, H156, SG320s #3 & #4, Mac #5 & #6	none	none	1. Ruku's tut.s 2. See the CD "Tour & Training" 3. Paint with Vectors	"Top Drawing...", WinMag.com, Owen Linderholm, November 1998 "No-Fear Illustrator", PC Magazine, Luisa Simone, November 1998 Illustrator 8.0, MacWorld, Deke McClelland, 1/1999	Daniel Pelavin	Adobe Illustrator 8.0: Classroom in a Book (w.CD), by Adobe Creative Team, $36	Adobe	$380
Corel Draw (Mac/Win/Unix) and "is a powerful, comprehensive graphics suite for professional illustration, page layout, photo-editing and raster/bitmap creation. The suite delivers the latest in design technology, including productivity enhancing features, interactive and integrated tools, and support for Internet publishing. . ."	yes, but must pay minor cost of CDshipping	(2c:CATA Lab #3 & #4 SG320)	none	31c: SG57 Mac	1.Ruku's tut.s 2. About.com's Corel	ï Mac version ï Yahoo v.8, PC Magazine, Aug. 98 v.9, Internet Eye, Jun.99	Digital Paint	(16) Amazon.com	Corel	$429	$119
Corel Photo-Paint	yes, but must pay minor cost of CDshipping	CATA Lab, SG #3 & 4.	none	31c: SG57 Mac					Corel
Painter 5.5 for the Web (from Metacreations) and "Painter 5.5 Web Edition is a powerful digital painting tool for busy, creative professionals. With hundreds of Natural-Media® brushes and effects; ...Create timeless imagery from scratch or from scanned images; ...adjust colors, apply lighting, create blurs and distortions, and apply impressionist looks like the pros; Use popular plug-in filters, like the new Kai's Power Tools to transform common images into timeless treasures." There is also a Painter Classic and Paint Shop Pro version.	yes, but can't print or save in demo	none	none	none	1.Intro by Cole 2. Ruku's tut.s 3.Techniques 4. About.com's Metacreation	ï Yahoo	ï Gallery	(1)Amazon.com ï Metacreations	MetaCreations	$279	.
Macromedia Fireworks  provides an integrated environment for creating, optimizing and producing high-quality graphics for the Web.	30 day demo	CATA Lab, #5 Mac	none	none	About.com's tut.s	Reviews	Gallery		Macromedia
Macromedia Fontographer 4.1.5 "...easiest way to create royalty-free fonts for print, multimedia, and the Internet. Fontographer can be used in any program with a font menu on Windows and Macintosh platforms."	none	none	1c: Hunter Library Student Lab	none	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Macromedia Freehand. A drawing program "for designers creating and producing illustrations and layouts for print and the Web. FreeHand's uses range from commercial line art illustrations and newspaper infographics to mixed media pieces that combine line art with bitmapped images and typography, as well as graphic elements, interfaces, and animations for the Internet." Support newsgroup -  1. Macromedia sponsored newsgroup 2. comp.graphics.apps.freehand	yes mac/win, 30 day with all features	none	1c: Hunter Library Student Lab	none	1. Make a map exercise 2. make a logo 3. 20 v8.0 exercises 4. 54 v7.0 exercises 5. Tips & Tricks by Lebedev 6. Tips by Sevloid 7. About.com's Freehand	1. 8.0 Review 2.Yahoo 3. v.8, PC Magazine, Aug. 98	1.MacroMedia's Gallery 2.MacroMedia's Case Studies 3.Tips: Freehand Source 4.Ruku's Galleries	ïBooks (98)Amazon.com	Macromedia	$399	$150?
Adobe Pagemaker 6.5  Plus   "is the award-winning page layout software of choice for business professionals who need to create and print high-quality documents simply and reliably. PageMaker Plus includes hundreds of professionally designed, flexible templates; stock illustrations; and digital photos that help you get started quickly."	free demo, reduced features	none	1c: Hunter Student Lab Multimedia Mac Station	none	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Adobe Photoshop "is the de facto standard for digital image enhancement, photo retouching, and image compositing. . . . Version 5.0 delivers the four most requested features in one elegant upgrade: multiple levels of undo and redo, editable text with character-level formatting, flexible and precise color management controls, and built-in support for spot-color channels." Support newsgroup - Adobe sponsored	yes	6c: CATA Lab, SG320 #3, #4, SGOctanes #8; Mac #5 & #6, #9;  2c: Hunter Faculty Sandbox, 1 Win; 1 Mac (see Jon Jicha for Belk access)	2c: Hunter Student Lab 1 Mac, 1 Win;  2c: Belk 266 Student Lab (1 win/1 mac)		1. WDVL's tut's 2. Ruku's tut.s 3. About.com.'s Photoshop	Yahoo   Photoshop Discovers the Web	ï King Tet's Image Gallery ï Capialbi's  Gallery ï Mahlberg's Gallery ï Tom Millea's style and Gallery.	Jonathan Barkat (211)Amazon.com	Adobe	$599	$299
PhotoDraw 2000  "Microsoft PhotoDraw 2000 is a powerful, easy-to-use illustration and photo-editing program designed especially for business users who may not have any formal graphics or design training. With a library of more than 20,000 professional images and clip art, PhotoDraw 2000 helps you easily create or incorporate professional-looking graphics into your Web sites or printed materials. Familiar Office features like the Office toolbar and the Answer Wizard will help you get up and running quickly.	yes, 30 days, all features	not included in WCU license for Office 2000 (University buy price is $21)	none	none	About.com's PhotoDraw	ZDNet	.	.(1) Amazon.com	Microsoft	$125	$74.95
iView Multimedia. (Media Cataloging) "iView Multimedia opens up the way to discover and manage a wealth of media files in your disks, CD-ROM, photo collections, servers and the World Wide Web. It lets you view your images and text files, play back your movies and sounds, compare font styles, print reports, publish Internet galleries, make presentations and more. You create media catalogs and save them on your disk. Catalogs are much smaller and easy to scan than all your original media files put together. Catalogs retain media info even when the original files are not available (when the source disk or CD-ROM is not presently mounted)."	none	none	none		.	.	.	.	.	.	.
KidPix (ages preschool - primary)	.	Macs in Killian 268	Macs in Killian 268	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Shareware If can't find it on one, try another site: download.com / shareware.com /  download.cnet.com
GIF Converter (Mac) scale, crop, and save in 7 common different graphic formats.	download.com	available on stations in K268	..	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Graphic Converter (Mac) scale, crop, and save in some 100 different graphic formats plus much more.	download.com	available on stations in K268	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
ThumbsPlus (Win) find and maintain graphics, clip art, fonts, and animation files. 30 day limit on demo file.	download.com	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
LView Pro (Win) create images from scratch or edit existing image files.	download.com	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Image Browser Plus (Win) file manager for images.	download.com	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
ImageForge (Win) create and edit images, AVI animations, and picture albums.	download.com	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.

General sites on graphics

• About.com's Graphics
• About.com's Graphics software