Editing Online and Software Tools (section)

=GM TOOLS=
==Mapping==
* [http://www.houseplans.com/ Houseplans.com] - handy site where you can get free plans for all sorts of houses and buildings.
* [http://www.houseplangallery.com/ HousePlanGalley.com] - The Official site of House Plan Gallery House Plans, Home Plans, and Floor Plans.. Affordable home designs & blueprints. FAST & FREE SHIPPING.
* [http://www.homedesigncentral.com/ HomeDesignCentral.com] - Unique House Plans, Home Plans, and Floor Plans by Home Design Central.com. Affordable home designs & blueprints. FAST & FREE SHIPPING.
* [http://www.stockhomeplans.com/ StockHomePlans.com] - Only the Most-Popular House Floor Plans and Blueprints. Top House Plans direct from the Home Designers. Search home plans online.
* [http://www.gryc.ws/autorealm.htm AutoREALM] is a nice vector-based open-source free mapping software.
* [http://www.profantasy.com/ Campaign Cartographer] is powerful but the learning curve is a bit steep.  Fantasy focus, but can be used for all sorts of settings; many add-ons available.  Around $45 for the basic package, but stacking add-ons can cost you a few hundred dollars.
** [http://theminiaturespage.com/workbench/333608/ Making Maps with Campaign Cartographer 2]
** [http://dmoz.org/Games/Roleplaying/World_Building/Map_Making/Tools/Campaign_Cartographer/ Open Directory: Campaign Cartographer Resources]
* [http://www.nbos.com/ Fractal Mapper], another nice mapping program, with a sci-fi focus.  Around $40;  a few add-ons available.

==Game Management==
* The GM's Second Brain, at fudgerpg.info

==Webs and Flowcharts==
Freeware: 

* [http://www.gliffy.com/ Gliffy] - Web- and Flash-based, shareable.
* [http://www.bubbl.us/ Bubbl.us] - Web-based, shareable.
* [http://www.thinkgraph.com/english/index.htm ThinkChart]
* [http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page FreeMind]
* [http://meesoft.logicnet.dk/DiagramDesigner/ Diagram Designer]
* [http://cmap.ihmc.us/ Cmap Tools] - Work with all platforms.

Commercial software:

* [http://www.mindjet.com/us/ MindManager] - Multi-platform.
* [http://www.inspiration.com/freetrial/index.cfm Inspiration] - Multi-platform; free 30-day trial.
* OmniGarffle - runs on OSX.

==Drawing and Image Editing==
Freeware and shareware for picture editing: 

*[http://gimp.org/ GIMP, the GNU Image Manipulation Program] &mdash; Open source, free, available for Mac, PC, Linux, etc.  Allows quite a bit of editing and drawing; '''highly recommended'''.
*[http://perso.wanadoo.fr/pierre.g/index.html XnView] &mdash; Excellent for image viewing and editing, and format conversion.
*[http://www.fookes.com/ezthumbs/?Easy%20Thumbnails=2800 EasyThumbnails] from Fookes Shareware (just like it says, great to create thumbnails in batches.)
*[http://www.photofiltre.com/ PhotoFiltre] &mdash; Mostly useful for photos, allows retouching and post-production filters.

Not freeware or shareware, but darn affordable:
* [http://www.corel.com/servlet/Satellite?c=Product_C1&cid=1155872554948&lc=en&pagename=CorelCom%2FLayout PaintShop Pro] from JASC Software/Corel (watch for the periodic [http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw/104-1695822-4038330?url=search-alias%3Dsoftware&field-keywords=paintshop+pro&Go.x=13&Go.y=11&Go=Go Amazon.com mail-in rebates])

==PDF and Printing==

* A useful way to move formatted documents to a different printer (e.g., to go print at a copy center) without headaches is to save it as a PDF file.  You can find several freeware or shareware utilities that act as PDF printer drivers; I have had good success with [http://www.pdf995.com/ PDF995].  The free demo version has nag screens but otherwise works perfectly well.  Another popular one is [http://www.download.com/3000-6675-10206470.html CutePDF Writer 2.6].
* [http://pdfill.com/ PDFill] is a shareware that allows the creation of fillable forms, very useful for character sheets.  The free demo places a watermark on saved PDF forms and does not allow you to save the filled form but you can print it, including to another PDF that will no longer be editable, but will have your data.
* [http://www.printfu.org/ Print(fu)]: Although you cannot buy RPGs from Print(fu), you can have them print and bind PDF files which you upload from your computer.  Accepts credit cards and Paypal; requires login for payment.


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