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Software

Adobe

The industry leaders for graphics software. Photoshop and Illustrator are the applications I rely on day in and day out to produce my images. I found Illustrator opaque and hard to use at first, but now I love it and rely on it completely.

iView MediaPro

An absolutely essential application for managing large quantities of media files. With more features than you can poke a stick at, this app allows me to catalogue and manage all the images I use and produce.

Silhouette

Vectorization software that converts bitmap images into vector format. This enables me to turn my inked lineart to an EPS format that I can use in Illustrator. Silhouette is pricey for shareware, but it does its job extremely well, and is an essential part of my workflow.

Vuescan

A stand-alone scanner driver that allows me to get superb quality scans from my "Windows only" Epson scanner on Mac OS X.

BBEdit

The premier text editor for Mac OS. A superb application that just keeps getting better. As well as a brilliant text editor, BBEdit supports dozens of programming and markup languages, syntax checking, validation, site management, the list is endless. If you like to hand roll your HTML, I can't recommend this application highly enough. Their technical support is exemplary too.

Interarchy

A well featured, and nicely integrated FTP agent for Mac OS. Drag and drop simplicity, on top of a powerful FTP engine.

Quicksilver

This application is still in beta, but it has already become an utterly indispensable tool. Quicksilver allows almost instantaneous access to files, applications, addresses, and other content, all within a few keystrokes. It has completely changed the way I use my Mac, and saved me huge amounts of time now that I don't need to go looking for files. I am a complete Quicksilver zealot, and evangelise about it to anyone who will stand still for long enough. It has a steep learning curve, but once you get your head around the concept, I guarantee it will revolutionise the way you use your Mac. Download it now!

DragThing

Even with all the interface goodness that is OS X, DragThing is still the most indispensable application switcher. It is the first thing I install on any computer, or if I do a clean install. I am lost on any Mac that doesn't have it installed.

Yojimbo

Yojimbo, from the makers of BBEdit is a superb application for storing notes, passwords, serial numbers, in fact almost anything you can think of. Just drop an item into Yojimbo's database, and you have immediate tagging, spotlight searching and .Mac integration.