Lea, I concur with Art Campbell re: Photoshop/TCSuite2 and SnagIt for screen caps. For the line drawings, you should try a couple of open-source options:
Dia (Windows download: http://dia-installer.de/index_en.html) for Visio-like diagrams Inkscape: (www.inkscape.org) for vector drawing (a la Illustrator and Corel Draw) No difficult learning curve, even for non-graphics people like me. Very nice results. Mike McCallister Technical Writing Consultant, Compuware Author, "openSUSE Linux Unleashed" -- at bookstores now! Notes from the Metaverse: http://metaverse.wordpress.com On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 12:07 PM, Lea Rush <lea at astoria-pacific.com> wrote: > Heya, > > I'd like to solicit opinions on graphic editors from the community. I'm in > a > grey area between graphics needs, and I could use some advice on the > appropriate editor. > > I care for three kinds of graphics. > * Simple line-art drawings, similar to kindergarten mechanical > drawings > * Photos for inclusion in both printed and PDF media > * Software dialog screenshots for both printed and PDF media > > I'm running Vista with FM8.0. I'm considering upgrading to either TC2 or a > combination of FM9 and Acrobat 9 ProExt, depending on whether the latter > will support round-tripping PDFs in the review process. > > Thoughts? Or perhaps a recommendation for a mailing list more appropriate > to > this question? > > Thanks much in advance, > Lea > > > > > > _________________________________ > > Lea Rush > Software and Documentation Specialist > Astoria-Pacific International > PO Box 830 Clackamas OR 97015 > PH: 800-657-3010 > FAX: 503-655-7367 > > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to Framers as workingwriter at gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/workingwriter%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >
