Tips and Resources for Patch Makers

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Tips for Patch Makers

Multiple Download Links- Mostly users get problem with download links as link is broken, not working etc so to avoid this instead of uploading same file on multiple sites you can upload file on Multiupload.com - upload your files to multiple file hosting sites!. Just upload in this site and it will automatically uploads files upto 8 uploading sites.

Making Setup of downloads- Many people get problems where to extract each so you can create setup for all the files. It will easy to use, save time and compress many times more than rar format. Some Popular Setup making softwares are-Smart Install Maker, Setup Factory, Install Maker

Screenshots- You can post screenshot of that patch you are going to release so people can know whether to download it or not. You can upload screenshots on image uploading site like Tinypic and imageshack. If you want to give many screenshots of your patch you can post by animating them. It will prevent large amout of images in single post. To animate image you can use Jasc Animation shop

Taking Screenshots & Videos- Although you can take screenshots by pressing Print Scr. from keyboard but if you are too lazy to do this, you can use Fraps. It can take images as well as videos.

Image Editing Softwares-
Adoble Photoshop CS4
Gimp
Paint Shop Pro
Corel Image Editors
Paint.net
More Image Editor Softwares

Image Uploading Sites-
ImageShack? - Image Hosting
TinyPic - Free Image Hosting, Photo Sharing & Video Hosting
Free Image Hosting at FreeImageHosting.net - Upload Images for MySpace, Blogs, and Galleries
ImageVenue.com - Image Hosting and Image Upload
Image Hosting - Thumbnail and resize your photos and images
PostImage.org - free image hosting / photo sharing / upload pictures
ImageUploading.com free image hosting for messageboards, auctions, personal websites and blogs.

File Uploading Sites-
MEGAUPLOAD - The leading online storage and file delivery service
RapidShare: 1-CLICK Web hosting - Easy Filehosting
Uploading.com - the simplest and secure way to host your files!
2shared - file upload
Mega File Upload - Free File Hosting
Free File Hosting Made Simple - MediaFire
Upload & Share Large File & Picture - Flyupload
Hotfile.com: One click file hosting
Deposit Files
Free Game Downloads - Game Demos, Game Videos, Game Mods
zSHARE - Free Image, Video, Audio, Flash and File Hosting
Free File Hosting. Upload and share your files.
Free file hosting. File sharing. File upload. FileFactory.com