Essential Workbench apps?

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I think AmiCDFS got to v2.38 and I find it the best.

I think the A1200 is the best Amiga too, the hardware options are endless!

I think the first thing you need to get is a program like Directory Opus for managing your files quickly. v4.12/4.17 is now freeware - it's a really nice bit of software.

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I think a good flame war is better than noone talking at all.

There's passion in the old community still...

Personally I keep a combination of Directory Opus 4.12 and Ordering. The latter allows you to perform a Version command on all selected files just as you would do SIZE on your selected directories.

I used Ordering all the time until I got DOpus free with a laptop hard drive.

Here's a few other nice things:
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ftp://de.aminet.net/pub/aminet/util/time/VLTimer.lha - a small stopwatch/uptime thingy
ftp://de.aminet.net/pub/aminet/util/wb/Tinymeter_V431.lha - a program to display your disk sizes graphically, launch programs etc.
ftp://de.aminet.net/pub/aminet/util/misc/Snapper.lha - a tool to snapshot the position of those annoying non-MUI requestors/windows that always revert back to their original positions
ftp://de.aminet.net/pub/aminet/util/cdity/mcx256.lha - a tool to give you a screenblanker that has other cool functions like opaque-window moving and middle-mouse-button control
ftp://de.aminet.net/pub/aminet/util/time/TolleUhr.lha - a lovely clock for Workbench
ftp://de.aminet.net/pub/aminet/util/wb/FullPalette22.lha - a preference program to lock the Workbench colour palette (handy if you don't have a GFX card and some program changes your icon colours purple and blue!)

Here's MUI 3.8:
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ftp://de.aminet.net/pub/aminet/util/libs/mui38usr.lha - Get this as it will be needed by a lot of newer programs to enhance their appearance

For the Amiga's premier anti-virus program:
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http://www.vht-dk.dk/vhtdk/amiga/ve/VirusExecutor.lha
http://www.vht-dk.dk/vhtdk/amiga/xfd/xfdmaster.lha - checks crunched programs for viruses (used by VE)
http://www.vht-dk.dk/vhtdk/amiga/div/xadmaster000.lha - checks archives for viruses (used by VE)
http://www.vht-dk.dk/vhtdk/amiga/div/xadmaster020.lha
http://www.vht-dk.dk/vhtdk/amiga/div/xadmaster060.lha
http://www.vht-dk.dk/vhtdk/amiga/div/xadmaster-key.lha - keyfile for xadmaster library

Oh, and don't forget killer commercial apps like Deluxe Paint 5 (AGA compatible) and Wordworth 7!

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You stinking liar! Deluxe Paint 5 is king!

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Well I've never used Brilliance/2.0...

But if it doesn't have animation facilities with lighttable then you can't genlock your stick-man cartoons over old wedding videos no?

Does Brilliance have that Photoshop style 24-bit airbrush, cutting and pasting of brushes to use as smudgers, drawing implements and stencils?

What about palette blending and cycling, not to mention shape defined gradients!

Interesting to know what people feel about Photogenics, TV-Paint etc.

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Sounds 'brilliant'...

:-)

I got Deluxe Paint IV AGA with the Desktop Dynamite pack, Deluxe Paint 5 I got from WOA '98 from the Guildhall stand for £2 (no printed manual or box!).

I'd like to get more killer apps but where do you buy new software from these days? I know the market is a little better in Germany...

As for Lightwave, is that still being traded for gold bullion?