====== Editing Tools ======

**Editing Tools**

This is a article about editing tools, which are NOT specificly for ArmA, or Falcon 4 or OFP. They are just the backbone of any good developers arsenal.

====== Text Editing ======

You can always use windows notepad, but its a pain, so here is few much better text editing utilities.

**EditPad Pro**

Excellent text editor with syntax highlighting and other features.

Homepage [[http://www.editpadpro.com/|here]].

**Notepad++**

Its a free source code editor (and Notepad replacement), which supports several programming languages, running under the MS Windows environment.

Homepage [[http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm|here]].

====== Image Editing ======

**Adobe PhotoShop**

The industry standard image editing program, somewhat difficult to learn for beginners but this tool really is feature rich and good to use (once you master it).

Homepage [[http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/index.html|here]].

**Jasc Paint Shop Pro**

PSP is much lighter and easier to use than PS.\\
Recently Jasc was purchased by Corel, so now they say PSP is located in their web page, go figure if its the same tool anymore.

Homepage (Corel) [[http://www.corel.com/servlet/Satellite/us/en/Product/1155872554948|here]].

**GIMP**

GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed piece of software for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It works on many operating systems, in many languages.

Homepage [[http://www.gimp.org/|here]].

**Adobe Acrobat Professional**

Not really image editing, but. Acrobat pro creates good PDF files. There is many free PDF creators also, but its luck if you find one that **really works** as you want it to be.

Homepage [[http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobatpro/|here]].


====== 3D Modeling ======

**3DS Max**

The heavy hardcore industry standard 3d modeling and animation program.

Homepage [[http://www.autodesk.com/3dsmax|here]].

**Gmax**

Gmax is a light version of 3DS Max, aimed for gaming community, its free of charge but is not supported anymore.

Homepage [[http://www.autodesk.com/gmax|here]].

**Blender**

Quite popular free of charge program.

Homepage [[http://www.blender.org/|here]].

**LightWave**

Another well known, big bulky modeling program.

Homepage [[http://www.newtek.com/lightwave/|here]].

**ZBrush 3**

Homepage [[http://www.pixologic.com/zbrush/corefeatures/|here]].

**Cinema 4D**

Homepage [[http://www.maxon.net/pages/products/cinema4d/cinema4d_e.html|here]].

**SketchUp**

Homepage [[http://www.sketchup.com/|here]].

**MilkShape**

Homepage [[http://chumbalum.swissquake.ch/|here]].

**MudBox**

Homepage [[http://www.mudbox3d.com/|here]].

**Polygon Cruncher**

Util that will remove polygons from your objects, can easily help by creating lower poly resolution LODs.

Homepage [[http://polygon-cruncher.mootools.qarchive.org/|here]].

**Modo 301**

Model, paint, render, animate, sculpt. Their homepage also has nice coverage of video tutorials. On few of those tutorials Modo seems like very powerful modeling program.

Homepage [[http://www.luxology.com/|here]].

====== Sound Editing ======

**Cool Edit Pro / Adobe Audition**

//Cool Edit Pro changed its name to Adobe Audition//. Integrated audio recording, mixing, editing, and mastering. Record, mix, edit, and master digital audio files with powerful tools that bring flexibility and control to your desktop studio.

Homepage [[http://www.adobe.com/products/audition/index.html|here]].

**GoldWave**

GoldWave is a top rated, professional digital audio editor.

Homepage [[http://www.goldwave.com/|here]].

**Steinberg WaveLab 6**

WaveLab 6 - Audio Editing and Mastering Suite. WaveLab 6 is the all-in-one solution for professional mastering, high resolution multi-channel audio editing, audio restoration, sample design and radio broadcast work right through to complete CD/DVD-A production.

Homepage [[http://www.steinberg.net/128_1.html|here]].

**Sound Forge**

Precision, Stability, Ease, and Speed. The Sound Forge 9 professional digital audio production suite includes everything you need to quickly get from raw audio to finished master.

Homepage [[http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/products/product.asp?pid=431|here]].

====== Archivers ======

**Zip**

ZIP was hardcore the good old times, now its dying away. **__DO NOT USE ZIP__** anymore, just use RAR nowadays as its better in all areas.

Homepage [[http://www.winzip.com/|here]].

**RAR**

The best and scene accepted archiver program, both for linux and in pc. It will make the packets much smaller than zip, maybe even 25-50mb on **large** files, its amazing difference. RAR can also open zips and many other archive formats. Make no mistake, RAR is the way to go.

Homepage [[http://www.rarlab.com/|here]].