What tools do you use?

[melkior_inactive]

What tools do you use to create graphic content?
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[Nonactiveuser8999]

I am not such a good designer but all the time I use Photoshop

I like it because there many nice tutorials over the internet for photoshop.

 

[OldDarkstarAccount]

I use Photoshop , I used from the start and now it`s easy to work with it. I also like Corel but I only do design elements ( shapes of people , cars , houses etc ) using black.

 

[rakib]

I think most of the people use adobe tools.

 

[melkior_inactive]

I remember the times when Paint Shop Pro was the best way to go.
The first version I used was 2 or 3 in the early 90s on Windows 3.11.

 

[temi]

I use paint shop too, whatever happend to paintshop?

 

[melkior_inactive]

Corel bought it. Now the version number is 11.
I stopped using it when I first used Photoshop.

 

[temi]

Ahh I see. There was a package about the same time called Aldus Pagemaker, I remeber I went on a two week course on how to use pagemaker to layout pages for printing

 

[melkior_inactive]

Yeah. Adobe bought that one.

Actually when I look back there were so many software developers producing different apps. And now, all those apps were bought by software giants.

 

[temi]

That is the nature of the beast Melky, if you do not buy them out quicly the will become a Google and bite you in the bum like Microsoft and Yahoo are experiencing now.
MS did actually try to buy Google but the boys will not sell to MS, I don't know if Yahoo tried to buy them too.

I remeber MS bought Hotmail for a few thousand pounds back them so its in your business interest to buy or invest in a promising business in your filed that could one day become a rival

 

[OldWelshGuy]

I originally used Macs and it was Aldus Freehand etc. Then I got out of publishing and set back up again. The cost of Apples mac was too much so I went to PC using Corel draw 3. Then I started using photoshop, then frontpage (after using netscape designer) then Dreamweaver/fireworks. I once went to upgrade photoshop, it started playing up, so I dumped it and switched completey to fireworks.

Paint shop pro was ace though I loved it. Nice and simple to use. Then they tried to make it go beyond what most people used it for.

 

[temi]

I actually went to PC out of same frustration you had exprience with Mac. Mac delers in London them are futher and far between when you can just find a PC shop withing a few miles, that is why I went to PC and remain on PC till today.

 

[OldWelshGuy]

In 1993 we were paying the Bristol Apple centre £20,000 a year service contract to look after a couple of machines and a camera and a linotype

 

[temi]

The only think that would have changed is the price if they still use Mac, they probably pay twice that now.

 

[TommyG]

Flash MX 2004
Dreamweaver MX 2004
Fireworks MX 2004
Adobe Photoshop

I cant realy be arsed to learn Flash, it's not my thing. Maby i will one day but for now i am happy using Dreamweaver to hand code my Stuff

 

[Nonactiveuser8999]

Tommy you should add a FTP program to have your list completed

 

[OldWelshGuy]

When it comes to flash, there are so many more simple scripts like Swish for example, which will produce simple flash movies with sound etc at a much more shallow learning curve.

 

[Alam]

I feel free to use Adobe

 

[gio]

i use photoshop most of the time.

 

[bochgoch]

GIMP and Inkscape ... I try to use all Open Source / Free software and not only because I'm cheap...(must admit I'm rubbish at graphic design)