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Indispensable Software for your Laptop
Stephen Voss, Photographer
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Portland | OR | USA | Posted: 10:03 PM on 01.10.05 |
->> I just got my new Thinkpad X40 and am loading it up with software.
I'm curious if anyone has any favorite utilities or useful software that they can't live without on their laptop.
My basic list:
Photoshop
PhotoMechanic
ACDSee
Eudora
CuteFTP
Firefox
Dreamweaver
I'm still getting used to Photomechanic (which is why I keep ACDSee and CuteFTP). I'm currently looking into mapping software and something to maintain contact information but would appreciate any other software suggestions people might have. |
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John Reed, Photographer
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Montgomery | AL | USA | Posted: 10:13 PM on 01.10.05 |
| ->> Two words--Photo Rescue |
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Robert Meyer, Student/Intern
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Lincoln | NE | United States | Posted: 10:13 PM on 01.10.05 |
| ->> iTunes ranks up there with Photoshop in my book. |
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Greg Francis, Photographer
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Rochester | NY | USA | Posted: 10:14 PM on 01.10.05 |
->> Photo Rescue.
It's been on laptop for 1.5 years, never needed it yet. But needed it once on my desktop machine and was able to save all the photos from a card. |
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Talya Arbisser, Student/Intern, Assistant
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Ithaca | NY | USA | Posted: 10:44 PM on 01.10.05 |
->> The software I find myself using almost daily...
Photoshop - just updated to CS
Adium
Mac's Mail program
iTunes
Transmit
Safari
Stickies (I keep EVERYTHING on that!)
Others I'm often using...
Tag (for XHTML, CSS, PHP etc. also plain .txt files)
Microsoft Word (although I really dislike it)
Limewire
Address Book
iCal
-Talya |
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Brian Light, Photographer
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Pennsville | NJ | USA | Posted: 10:47 PM on 01.10.05 |
->> Photo Rescue hands down... you hardly ever need it except when you are under the gun and Murphy's Law come into play.
My short list of Indispensables on my Powerbook for Photo Work:
1. Photo Rescue
2. Photo Mechanic
3. Photoshop CS
4. Image Converter
5. iPhoto
Other niceties: Canon Camera Software (don't use often) |
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Stanley Leary, Photographer
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Roswell | GA | USA | Posted: 11:02 PM on 01.10.05 |
->> Dreamweaver
FotoQuote
Cumulus
PhotoShop
Quicken Home/business
Nikon Browser (rotates images without resaving)
Photo Mechanic (doesn't rotate without resaving)
Nikon Capture
Microsoft Office
Timbuktu
Fix-It |
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Bob Markey, Photographer
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Royal Palm Beach | FL | USA | Posted: 12:07 AM on 01.11.05 |
->> BreezeBrowser.
Excellent. |
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Jim Sykes, Photographer
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Montgomery Village | Md | | Posted: 12:47 AM on 01.11.05 |
->> Photoshop
CuteFTP
Flash Renamer
Nikon View
Foto Quote
Outlook
Word
AIM |
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Jim Comeau, Student/Intern, Photographer
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Los Angeles | CA | USA | Posted: 4:01 AM on 01.11.05 |
| ->> Hearts ranks up there with Photoshop, DPP, and Photo Rescue |
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Matthew Brown, Photographer
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White Plains | NY | USA | Posted: 10:01 AM on 01.11.05 |
->> Stephen -- It's a PC Laptop running Windows XP? Some of the software mention is for Mac, however most software come both in Mac and PC. I have both Mac and PC. Here is what I find indispenable:
Photoshop CS (WIN/MAC)
Photo Rescue (WIN/MAC)
Photo Mechanic (I have a mac version, but the windows version is available and works the same as mac)
FTP Software (Find one that works for you that is simple to configure. There are a lot of freeware programs that are useful, and can handle multiple connections.)
FIREFOX Mozilla for Windows and MAC.
Microsoft Office (WIN/MAC -- You will find this useful down the road to success)
A good, fun GAME to play, while on those long trips or between those long delays in the airport.
LASTLY ***** BACK UP EVERYTHING on a DVD DISK. Create a restore disk with everything in place working. If your system crashes, you can dump your hard drive and restore everything from the disk in no time.
Windows XP has a restore option that works too. Mac uses a disk utility to create a virtual disk that you can burn to a CD/DVD. I personally have a back up for both on a portable external 80 gig firewire drive that I just plug in and re-boot with. I can run the system from the firewire drive, make deadlines, then go back and trouble shoot the mess later. If needed, I can restore my systems in 10 minutes by just dragging and dropping the restore on the laptop drive.
Hope this helps. Remember to always have fun.
--Matthew |
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Alan Look, Photographer
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Bloomington | IL | United States | Posted: 2:01 PM on 01.11.05 |
| ->> Spider Solitaire - keeps me busy while my PS actions are processing :) |
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Stephen Voss, Photographer
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Portland | OR | USA | Posted: 4:50 PM on 01.11.05 |
->> Thanks everyone.
I guess all I need now are some good games.
The Thinkpad has an interesting built-in backup system that allows you to restore the system from the hard disk quickly. Also it has a shake-detection technology so that it will lock down the hard drive if the laptop is being jostled around too much. But I'm looking into Matthew's suggestion as well, it'd be nice to have a DVD that would restore everything. |
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Andy Mead, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Durham | NC | USA | Posted: 6:17 PM on 01.11.05 |
| ->> www.irfanview.com |
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Jan Langsner, Photographer
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Lloydminster | AB | Canada | Posted: 6:25 PM on 01.11.05 |
->> Noise Ninja
Registry Mechanic
Diskeeper
Ad-Aware
McAfee
Keeping the computer running well is important. The last four progams I listed all have a hand in that. |
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Michael Ciu, Photographer, Student/Intern
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Lorain | OH | USA | Posted: 6:45 PM on 01.11.05 |
->> Windows is a must have! Ha what a piece of crap, but XP is not too bad.
Definately:
PS, Dreamweaver, Quickbooks Pro, CuteFTP, Retrospect (I lost 20GB at work a few months ago and bought a Western Digital External HDD for work and home and now I back everything up with this software at least once a week), and Activeshare.
I really need to pick up a copy of Photo Mechanic. |
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Tom Fluegge, Photographer, Assistant
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Crystal Lake | IL | USA | Posted: 6:45 PM on 01.11.05 |
->> PC:
Photoshop CS
iTunes
Dreamweaver MX
Flash MX
Photo Mechanic
File Renamer
FlashFXP
MIRC
PowerDVD
Firefox
Thunderbird
WinRAR
Mac:
same, except make the following replacements:
FlashFXP->Transmit
MIRC->Snak
PowerDVD->DVD Player
Thunderbird->Mail
and add:
Remote Desktop Connection
iChat |
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Billy Suratt, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Russell Springs | KY | USA | Posted: 7:55 AM on 01.21.05 |
| ->> Add Iolo System Mechanic Pro 4 (w/Panda Titanium Antivirus), Exifer and NetStumbler. |
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G.J. McCarthy, Photographer
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Columbia | MO | USA | Posted: 8:33 AM on 01.21.05 |
| ->> Oregon Trail |
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Cameron Davidson, Photographer
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Matt Franz, Photographer
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Dayton | OH | USA | Posted: 10:57 AM on 01.21.05 |
| ->> ROFL, GJ!!! |
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Crystal Chatham, Photographer
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La Quinta | CA | United States | Posted: 5:18 PM on 01.21.05 |
->> My "don't leave home without 'ems..."
Photoshop CS (w/EyeCandy)
Illustrator CS
Quark XPress
Printroom's Pro Studio Manager
iLife (including iDVD/iTunes/iChat/iPhoto)
Entourage
Acquisition
JiWire's offline wifi database
No games - though I do have a few that I've never had time to install - which probably means I'll never have time to actually play them either!
Crystal |
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Garrett Hubbard, Photographer
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Columbus | OH | USA | Posted: 2:03 AM on 01.22.05 |
->> G.J. and Matt-
lol over here too.
haha... I remember hunting, forging the river, and putting your friends names in for characters you soon buried with random sayings on thier gravestones. oh yeah, reminds me of seventh grade too.
-garrett |
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Zac Pagett, Student/Intern, Photographer
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Bowling Green | KY | USA | Posted: 1:21 PM on 01.22.05 |
->> I have found my copy of Delorme Street Atlas 2005 to be indispensable sometimes, I guess its necessity is directly related to how well you know the area where you work... I use their Earthmate GPS system and its nice when I get an assignment with bad or missing directions or a street address I've never heard of... click, type, get there....
Z |
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George F. Lee, Photographer
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Honolulu | HI | USA | Posted: 2:45 PM on 01.22.05 |
->> GraphicConverter, dunno what version they're up to but it will open practically any photo file. Except maybe the most proprietary of formats. If you have to get a corrupt file open this one will probably do it.
Aloha |
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Steven Georges, Photographer
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Garden Grove | CA | USA | Posted: 8:58 PM on 01.22.05 |
| ->> So it sounds like photographers here prefer Photo Rescue over Image Rescue? |
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