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Post by HeartoftheDarkness on Dec 7, 2004 15:15:02 GMT 11
I really want to buy a graphics program so i can make sigs and stuff like that
Any suggestions on what to get?
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Post by Min on Dec 7, 2004 15:38:07 GMT 11
Hey HoD, The graphics standard these days is Photoshop, but unless you're serious about graphic design (as a career perhaps), I wouldn't spend the money on it! Our dear Bunly one is most fond of a program called Paint Shop Pro. You can download a trial of it here. |
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Post by Elspeth on Dec 7, 2004 15:56:14 GMT 11
Why, thank-ewe, good Min. I am indeed fond of PSP. Of late, I've been adapting Photo Shop tutorials into PSP ones and I'm amazed at what I'm discovering about my favourite graphics program. About the only thing it can't do is a decent emboss effect.  |
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Post by avra on Dec 7, 2004 16:41:51 GMT 11
I use Macromedia Fireworks quite a bit, and though it's not cheap, I think you can get it at a decent price being a student.
Actually, I think we used to have Paint Shop Pro. It was a really old version like version 4 or something, and we apparently were "on day 1056 of your 30 day evaluation period." That was pretty cool. But that is unfortunately all I remember about it, so I cant compare the two!
You used to be able to get a free trial of Fireworks but I cant for the life of me find it now. Anyway, definately a good idea to try before you buy cause all the different programs are different in what they can and can't do, and, more importantly, how easy it is to do them.
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Post by Arien on Dec 7, 2004 17:22:43 GMT 11
mmm, free trials... 
i really want a graphics program too...i have one, but it's really old and doesn't do too much 
i'll try out the paint shop pro thing...
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Post by HeartoftheDarkness on Dec 7, 2004 17:42:37 GMT 11
Ive been downloading it for about 15 minutes and its only on 1%  |
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Post by Min on Dec 7, 2004 21:13:49 GMT 11
If you contact someone who sells the software, they might be able to sned you a CD-trial. Check the Macromedia (Fireworks), Jasc (PSP) and Adobe web sites for Australian resellers, give the nearest one to you a call, tell them you're a student hunting for a graphics program and see what they'll sned you to try |
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Post by Elspeth on Dec 8, 2004 8:14:08 GMT 11
Sometimes you can get a trial version on one of those sampler CDs that you find on APC Magazine (Australian Personal Computer). But PSP isn't always on there - so beware! |
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Post by Cat-Eyes on Dec 8, 2004 10:48:04 GMT 11
I use Photoshop, which is great cause recently at school we've been taught to use it so I was braver and had an idea what I was doing when I fiddled with my own version (which is different, more up to date than school's, but since I know the basics adapting isn't too hard)
Cat
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Post by Min on Dec 8, 2004 10:49:55 GMT 11
The potential of photoshop is amazing. I've been using it for about 2 years now and still learning new stuff. If you want some great tutorials, head over to www.photoshop101.comBut really, if it weren't for photoshop, we wouldn't have had this year's moonfair web site (looking the way it did, anyway). It's revolutionised the way I design sites. |
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Post by Cat-Eyes on Dec 8, 2004 11:09:54 GMT 11
Mmmm, my sneding covers are a lot better since I stopped having to use Paint..
Cat
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Post by ~Dani~ on Dec 8, 2004 11:14:44 GMT 11
You should see my covers using paint!  Its pretty funny! |
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Post by HeartoftheDarkness on Dec 8, 2004 23:20:30 GMT 11
I finally got the trial photoshop on my mums work computer, fiddled around on it for ten minutes, and came up with three sigs heres one of them  I havnt figured out how to change the font style yet |
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Post by Elspeth on Dec 9, 2004 8:06:27 GMT 11
Very nice, HoD.
*is scared of the destroyer pigs*
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Post by Cat-Eyes on Dec 9, 2004 10:55:24 GMT 11
What annoys me about Photoshop is some of the stuff I like doing in school's version I can't do in mine and some of the stuff i like in mine I can't do in school's!
Cat
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Post by Elspeth on Dec 9, 2004 11:09:21 GMT 11
Hehe - Cat-Eyes, you should try doing stuff in PSP and then trying to work with PhotoShop. I have PSP at home and PhotoShop at work and it's an interesting exercise trying to work out how to do things in PhotoShop that I can do in PSP... ;D
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Post by Cat-Eyes on Dec 9, 2004 12:07:06 GMT 11
I don't have PSP... I think we get most of our stuff from Dad's work...
Cat
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Post by Elspeth on Dec 9, 2004 13:01:17 GMT 11
* grugs PSP* I adore it.  |
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Post by HeartoftheDarkness on Dec 9, 2004 14:39:36 GMT 11
*rubs chin*
PSP eh?
*wanders off*
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Post by Arien on Dec 9, 2004 14:41:00 GMT 11
hahaha, love the sig Frankie
*downloads trial* w00t
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Post by Cat-Eyes on Dec 10, 2004 16:27:08 GMT 11
Speaking of sigs, why in yours is your name spelt Ariene?
Cat
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Post by Arien on Dec 10, 2004 17:00:01 GMT 11
Tegan made it for me ;D It makes my name sound exotic It started on susrid...
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Post by HeartoftheDarkness on Dec 10, 2004 20:32:26 GMT 11
yep, and ive been renamed Franchessca |
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