- reveal.js comes with a broad range of features including nested slides, markdown contents, PDF export, speaker notes and a JavaScript API. It’s best viewed in a browser with support for CSS 3D transforms but fallbacks are available so your presentation can still be viewed elsewhere.
Dropmark
- Drag & Drop images from anywhere.
- Collaborate with your team.
- Fullscreen presentations.
- Organize & share (with a little history).
Pinboard.in
- Pinboard is a fast, no-nonsense bookmarking site.
- No ads, no fluff.
- My bookmarks on Pinboard: pinboard.in/u:choppingblock
Dropbox
Skitch
COLOURlovers
Sublime Text
- Very similar, and newer than TextMate.
- Cross platform, which is a big deal!
- It’s Free (for a long time).
Keyboard Commands
- End of line – Command+RightArrowKey on Mac. Control+RightArrowKey on Windows.
TextMate
- FAST, reliable, simply extensible, loved by many.
- Geeky screencast of html/css shortcuts & snippets.
- Add our Chop TextMate bundle to quickly scaffold HTML5 Projects
Photoshop
Pixel level control, when you need it most. Adobe Photoshop is the industry standard tool for bitmap Design, Illustration and Production.
Basic Setup & Usage Tips
- If you are doing online interactive work you should setup Color Management for Web/Mobile.
Digital Drawing Techniques
- Photoshop: Prep & Color Scanned Drawings by Chopping Block.
- How To: Scanning Cold Press Watercolor Paper by Elizabeth Baddeley.
Digital Drawing Add-Ons
- Photoshop Illustration Brushes by the amazing Kyle T Webster.
UX/UI Design Tips
- Bjango makes some great mobile/tablet design tools as well as Photoshop Actions & Workflows.
- Photoshop CC (version 14.1) introduced a new technology called Adobe Generator, which allows for new workflows, especially for web designers, screen designers, and anyone who needs to extract image assets out of a Photoshop document.