Which Graphics Software Do You Use ?

jr_sanford · February 14th, 2008, 09:19 PM

Adobe® Illustrator CS3 for vector art. I used to work for Adobe® in their troubleshooting / customer help department and the grapic art business seemed to really like that software. Photoshop® CS3 if I need to work with photographs, and InDesign® CS3 for all my page layouts

J.R.

pdmstudios · February 29th, 2008, 04:00 AM

Corel Draw Package, Adobe if needed.

DennisGladx · April 22nd, 2008, 01:35 PM

I use Corel Draw because that's what I'm used to, I used other programs but I liked the power for the price with the Corel package. The learning curve is a bit steep with Corel Draw beceuse of it's layout of menues but what you first learn to use you feel more comfortable with forever. I have used Corel to design a skeleton clock works and church banners using the layers to save individual patterns and I think now that I'm used to it's layout of menues I could never realy like any thing else. Take a chance, time is more important in developing skill than exposure to the perfect program because it doesn't exist anyway.

mobarez1 · June 10th, 2008, 11:07 PM

yes like DennisGladx i used corel draw for about 2 years now (and i'll love it 4 ever) and separate my art work with ghost script ( it is legendary prog now i can rip on my hp 1020 printer )

Jimbo17 · December 31st, 2008, 01:19 PM

I started with PhotoShop for a few years but then started learning Corel and the more I used Corel the less I used PhotoShop.

All of my work is done in vector so for me Corel is the only way to go.

All software has a learning curve and Corel is no different.

Once you learn to use it you will love it.

Jimbo

tompainesbones · December 31st, 2008, 01:36 PM

Quite frankly it's difficult to beat Photoshop & Illustrator, but whatever works for you. I have found that the operator is the most important piece of the jigsaw, if you can't use it no software will work.

Worn Id · January 21st, 2009, 04:47 PM

we use Corel and I am very happy with it!

johnnyberotten · January 24th, 2009, 06:26 PM

InkScape, Its a vector program thas free.
Google "Inkscape" for the down load.
I can't compare this with any other because its all I've used. Works well for me.

tshirtsink · April 18th, 2009, 11:21 AM

CorelDraw for Text and Vector Graphics - export to PSD for seps
PhotoShop for Seps (more control and easier)

tompainesbones · April 19th, 2009, 06:07 AM

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Originally Posted by johnnyberotten

InkScape, Its a vector program thas free.
Google "Inkscape" for the down load.
I can't compare this with any other because its all I've used. Works well for me.

Inkscape's pretty good for a freebie, it doesn't handle separations yet (though it's being worked on?) so it isn't great for screenprinters but you can use SVG format which is compatible with all programmes.