4 September 2010
Web Design Tools are always handy to a web designer and coder, with tons of features, fantastic UI, these tools provide best results if used wisely. Every tool has its pros and cons, you have to choose which suits your needs, investment planning and the OS you are using.I hope you will like the collection for a start and I will be adding more and more web design tools which designer and developers use in day to day life.

Photoshop

Adobe Photoshop is a very popular commercial graphics editor available for the Mac and Windows operating system. Created for professional photographers and designers, it is the ideal application for manipulating images and creating web graphics. Photoshop has all the necessary tools and options you need such as: Filters – which automatically adds effects to your image or a selected section of your image, extensibility and automation with Brushes, Actions and Scripting, and workflow enhancement features like Layer Comps and the Revert option.

Fireworks

Adobe® Fireworks® CS5 software enables you to create expressive, highly optimized graphics for the web or virtually any device — from smart phones to kiosks to embedded displays. Produce websites, user interfaces, and rich prototypes that are editable in both vector and bitmap modes.

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.

Wix

website builder to design stunning Flash websites designs with drag and drop website builder.

Flash

Adobe® Flash® Professional CS5 software is the industry standard for interactive authoring and delivery of immersive experiences that present consistently across personal computers, mobile devices, and screens of virtually any size and resolution.

Favicon

Use this online tool to easily create a favicon (favorites icon) for your site. A favicon is a small, 16×16 image that is shown inside the browser’s location bar and bookmark menu when your site is called up. It is a good way to brand your site and increase it’s prominence in your visitor’s bookmark menu.

Gomockingbird

An online tool that makes it easy for you to create, link together, preview, and share mockups of your website or application.

Kuler

Online Application for generating color themes that can inspire any project. No matter what you’re creating, with Kuler you can experiment quickly with color variations and browse thousands of themes from the Kuler community.

Pixlr

Most popular advanced online image editor.

Qvectors

You can easily find Quality Free Vector Graphics on Qvectors, they also allow to sell your own stuff by creating an account and uploading your work.

Vecteezy

Vecteezy is the place to share your free Vector Art and other vector-related resources. Here you can explore and discuss the creations of other artists from around the world, or just find that perfect little freebie for your next project. Vecteezy makes it easy to explore thousands of graphics created by vector artists from all over the globe. All the graphics are free to download and, depending on the license, free to use in your projects.

Gliffy

Gliffy is a online diagram software, you can easily create professional-quality flowcharts, diagrams, floor plans, technical drawings, and more.

Qicons

Another great resource for finding new and fresh icons.

Qtextures

Fairly new site but it provides high quality textures from various designers and its updated on a weekly basis.