What graphic maker to buy
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macromedia fireworks have a free trial download which you can try for yourselfs guy said:
http://www.macromedia.com/software/fireworks/
I think it is easy to use than photoshop, but most of the effects tutorials available on the internet are based on photoshop.
StephanieCordray
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If you're seriously thinking of doing graphics, fireworks is rather limited in scope... not that it can't do an excellent job with what it does, it just doesn't really do that much without plugins.
Before taking the plunge to Adobe Photoshop, there is photoshop elements which is a lighter version at a lighter price but before it I would recommend trying Jasc's Paintshop Pro... I just took a look at the trial version and it's got a lot going for it when you are just starting out.
Before taking the plunge to Adobe Photoshop, there is photoshop elements which is a lighter version at a lighter price but before it I would recommend trying Jasc's Paintshop Pro... I just took a look at the trial version and it's got a lot going for it when you are just starting out.
like this one
http://www.webdesignforum.com/showthread.php?t=384
what kinda software do u use to make a design like that?thanks
http://www.webdesignforum.com/showthread.php?t=384
what kinda software do u use to make a design like that?thanks
StephanieCordray
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more than likely zkiller used photoshop. I can't remember if he said so or not. basically it's a layered creation and using various blending techniques to acheive the desired results. Yes, you should be able to use fireworks to acheive similar results.
However, fireworks is limited in a lot of ways... it's not as easy to take away parts of backgrounds to keep only the elements of the photos that you want to use and so forth... photoshop has a set of nifty little tools for these like that whereas in fireworks, it's manual labor and painstakingly slow.
However, fireworks is limited in a lot of ways... it's not as easy to take away parts of backgrounds to keep only the elements of the photos that you want to use and so forth... photoshop has a set of nifty little tools for these like that whereas in fireworks, it's manual labor and painstakingly slow.
personally, i started with Paint Shop Pro, or PSP for short. PSP is a very powerfull graphics suite, much like adobe's photoshop, but at a lighter price. for learning and getting started, PSP is great. depending on what you want to get into graphics for, PSP will do everything you need and more in many cases. however, if you want to get professional and possibly make your hard earned bread in the interactive media industry, their is no way around photoshop which is (in my opinion at least) the best at what it does straight out of the box.
StephanieCordray
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zkiller said:
See? I'd recommend it for general use,too.
StephanieCordray
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zkiller said:
agreeing with you. I said in an earlier post that I had just gotten a trial version and liked it very well. Actually will be picking up a copy soon... can get it from CompUSA for $70 which is cheaper than downloading it from JASC.