Software links
Here are links to software that's essential for doing professional graphics and printing work.
Essential Tools |
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Adobe Acrobat Reader (Mac, Win) Adobe® Acrobat Reader lets you view and print Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files on all major computer platforms. Click the link to go to the Acrobat Reader product page. |
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Java (Mac, Win) Java is used to enable powerful cross-platform web applications such as our Kodak InSite prepress portal. Windows users please click the link to left. Mac users can download Java directly from Apple's website. |
File Transfer (FTP) |
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Fetch (Mac) Fetch is an easy-to-use, full-featured FTP client for the Apple Macintosh. Version 4.x is $25 and is OS X-compatible. The older version 3.0.3 is freeware and runs fine under OS 8, OS 9 or as a Classic Environment application under OS X. Click the link to go to Fetch Software's download page. |
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Transmit (Mac) Transmit is the most OS X-like FTP client available. It's fast and feature-rich. Version 3.6 has a host of new features. You can download a fully-functional trial version (after 15 days, you must purchase or your sessions are limited to 10 minutes). Cost is $29.95. Click the link to go to the Transmit download page. |
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WS_FTP (Win) WS_FTP from Ipswitch is the most popular FTP client for Windows. It is available in two versions: WS_FTP Pro contains many features useful to web professionals and power users. It costs $39.95 and you can download a 30-day free evaluation copy. WS_FTP LE (Limited Edition) has many of the power user features disabled and is free for non-commercial use. Click the appropriate link to go to that download page. |
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SmartFTP (Win) SmartFTP is a powerful, full-featured FTP client that is free for personal use. If purchasing software makes you feel good, buy a license for $29.95 and get one year of email/forum support. Click the link to go to the SmartFTP product page. |
File Compression |
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StuffIt Expander (Mac, Win, Linux) Aladdin Systems' StuffIt is the de facto standard compression tool on the Mac. The free StuffIt Expander can expand native StuffIt .sit, .bin and .hqx files, plus Zip files created by WinZip and tar, gzip and bzip files from Unix or Linux machines. Click the link to go the the StuffIt Expander product page. |
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ZipIt (Mac) ZipIt is a Mac program that zips and unzips archives created on Windows systems by PKZip, WinZip and other zip implementations. The program is shareware and registration costs $20.00. Click the link to go to the ZipIt product page. |
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WinZip (Win) WinZip is the de facto standard compression tool on Windows machines and is generally considered to be the best Zip compression utility available. The evaluation version is free, single-user license is $29.00. Click the link to go to the WinZip product page. |
Additional Download Sites |
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www.download.com CNET Networks' massive download site offers freeware, shareware and commercial downloads for Windows, Mac, Linux and Mobile computing. |
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www.zdnet.com Formerly published by Ziff Davis Media and now part of CNET Networks, ZDNet features an IT Professional slant and downloads for Windows, Mac, Linux and Handhelds. |
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www.tucows.com Features a worldwide network of partner mirror sites, offers fast, local downloads. Freeware and shareware downloads for Windows, Mac, Linux and PDAs. |