The best free or open source software for graphic designers, photographers, or others who work in the creative media.

Greenshot is the one tool from the list of software that I can suggest to almost everybody.

It’s an understatement to say I use this virtually every day.

It’s one of the most basic pieces of software, but the amount of usage I get out of it is incredible.

Greenshot is a screenshot application that works like this: press print screen, and you’ll be given an area to screenshot, along with options to save the file, copy it to the clipboard, or post it to other image hosting sites.

Greenshot is fantastic if you have a job that requires you to take screenshots.

The search function in Windows is terrible.

They tried to address that with Windows 10, but it’s not very good, especially if you’re looking for a file that’s distributed across multiple hard drives or storage media.

Enter Everything is a search tool that indexes your whole hard disk, network drives, external drives, and other storage devices so you can find your content fast and effortlessly.

This is a fantastic piece of software to have, especially if you’re hunting for something you’ve misplaced or lost on your computer.

It comes highly recommended.

Thumbnails do not always display appropriately in Windows; sometimes a file just refuses to open and displays the file’s thumbnails.

Adobe PDF and Photoshop PSD files are good instances of this.

Sagethumbs is a tool that generates thumbnails for nearly anything.

It creates thumbnails for a wide range of picture and document formats.

If you’re experiencing difficulties with Windows thumbnails, Sagethumbs is a great solution.