ImageMagick http://www.imagemagick.org/script/index.php for some command line image processing!! As an example something like this would take 16 images and merge them into one 1024 image placed in 4x4 columns/rows montage *.tga -tile 4x4 -geometry 1024x1024 -background none output.tga
Samurize I love this tool! You can customize your desktop with "apps". For example a box where a textfile is shown and updated when it is changed. I love to use that for logfiles of the games i work on. So i can run the game and see instantly when there are reported error in the log.
Shutter. http://www.den4b.com/?x=products&product=shutter Allows you to do computer events you otherwise couldn't do without user intervention. Quick example. Say your rendering something and want the computer to shutdown after it finishes? You can set the cpu percentage. When it drops below that threshold a timer is…
One thing I have been using a lot lately is Google maps measurement tool. You can look at anything in Google maps and grab its width and length. This has saved me so much time when building urban environments. Now I only have to estimate the height of structures if i am trying to do everything to scale. Everything else I…
http://www.frecle.net/index.php?show=§ion=giles&sub=screenshots I love this program. Free lightmapper. Imports all major formats. Interface is Max alike, viewport navigation is wasd and mouse so easy to get used to, and best of all, it automatically cuts up the scene and spreads out the uvs over multiple lightmaps much…
Small Chrome extension that I love - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/omiekjeapoonbhiemenfoccbdpeagdah As most of us here I have a folder called Inspiration where I put all my favorite art. But the problem is - it saves all this stuff on one pc. So this little extension will save any image to a website you've…
FreeCommander (free) Better alternative to Windows explorer. Has built in support for .psd/.tga thumbs, dual pane layout, tabs, FTP, bookmarks and you can save "layouts". For example I have a saved several different layouts so far which does; 1: "default" layout with 2 panes directed to my 2 most used directories 2: "FTP"…
A faster way to Google Site Search Polycount: Follow the instructions here: http://chrislesage.com/rigging-tutorials/fastest-way-to-search-api-help-docs/ But instead of Chris Lesage's URL examples do this: Name = Polycount Keyword = ply URL = [noparse]site:www.polycount.com/forum/ %S[/noparse] Don't forget the space…
Hi, I would like to share with you a hotkey managing application I've designed. LiteKeys is a hotkey manager for Windows operating systems designed to assign hotkeys for multiple keyboards connected to the computer. The original purpose of the LiteKeys is to improve ergonomics while working with graphics tablet. It allows…