What I Use
Primary PC
- Dell Studio XPS 8500
- Processor: i7-3770
- RAM: 32GB
- HD: Two 512GB SSD
- OS: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro (64 bit)
- GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB
Displays
- Home: 2 x Benq BL3200PT 32" size at QHD (2560x1440) (Amazon link)
- Work: 2x Benq BL3201PH 32" size at 4k (3840x2160) (Amazon link)
Input Devices
- Keyboard: Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Desktop 7000 (Amazon link).
- Drawing Tablet: Wacom Intuos 4 8"x6" (Amazon link)
- Microphones for screencasting: Shure PG42 USB Vocal Microphone (Amazon link) and the reliable Samson C01U USB Condenser Microphone (Amazon link). These are used with a Heil PL2T Boom Mount.
Screencasting
- Recording Software: Techsmith Camtasia Studio.
- I use Vimeo to hold all my screencasts.
Applications
- Office 365
- Audacity for editing audio
- Microsoft Visio 2010 for diagramming
- Xara Designer Pro X for vector editing
- ArtRage 3.5 Studio Pro and occasionally the higher-end Corel Painter 12
- XnConvert is a free multiplatform image converter that gets the job done with many different file formats.
Writing code
- Visual Studio 2015 Community Edition with Jetbrains ReSharper and NDepend
- Anaconda Python distribution for Python 3.5
- Visual Studio code for lightweight editing
Screen capture and Recording
For capturing screenshots I use Hyperionics Hypersnap for video Techsmith Camtasia Studio.
Utilities
Optical Media - ImgBurn serves all my needs to create and burn ISO files.
Graphics
- To extract the exact RGB values from pixels on my screen I use ColorSchemer ColorPix.
File & Data Conversion
- Online Image Converter
- The Online Font Converter does this for free.
- Mr. Data Converter
Fonts
-fontsquirrel -the League of Movable Type. - Creating fonts. High-Logic FontCreator.
* Desktop Walpapers *