Which should we purchase, PhotoShop or Illustrator

2006-05-28 Thread Bodvar Bjorgvinsson
I am not sure what you mean by cleaning up graphics. If you mean mainly the scaling and setting the pixelation, The GIMP (http://www.gimp.org) is a free (as in speech and as in beer) alternative, and it you can get with it a very good, free handbook, help files etc. The only downside is that The

Re: Which should we purchase, PhotoShop or Illustrator

2006-05-26 Thread Rick Quatro
Illustrator is mainly for working with vector artwork while Photoshop is mainly for working with bitmap artwork. Photoshop is probably more appropriate for the work you are doing. Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing 585-659-8267 www.frameexpert.com Does anyone in the group have experience with

Re: OT: Which should we purchase, PhotoShop or Illustrator

2006-05-26 Thread Mark Barratt
Cris Reeser wrote: Does anyone in the group have experience with either of these tools? My writing group is planning to buy either PhotoShop or Illustrator. We need a tool to edit graphics that have been added to PowerPoint or MSWord files. I have used both since version 1.0 and can't

RE: Which should we purchase, PhotoShop or Illustrator

2006-05-26 Thread Nandini Garud
master over a weekend. Photoshop, you can learn to make basic edits in a day. Nandini -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Cris Reeser Sent: Friday, May 26, 2006 12:58 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: OT: Which should we purchase

RE: Which should we purchase, PhotoShop or Illustrator

2006-05-26 Thread John Sgammato
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Cris Reeser Sent: Fri 5/26/2006 3:57 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: OT: Which should we purchase, PhotoShop or Illustrator Does anyone in the group have experience with either of these tools? My writing group is planning to buy

RE: Which should we purchase, PhotoShop or Illustrator

2006-05-26 Thread Karen L. Zorn
If you plan to get one of them, you might consider getting both as part of the Adobe Creative Suite 2. On the Adobe website, Photoshop is $649, and CS2 is $250 more at $899, but you get full new versions of Adobe Photoshop CS2, Illustrator CS2, and InDesign CS2 software with new Version Cue CS2,

RE: Which should we purchase, PhotoShop or Illustrator

2006-05-26 Thread Michael O'Neill
To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: OT: Which should we purchase, PhotoShop or Illustrator Does anyone in the group have experience with either of these tools? My writing group is planning to buy either PhotoShop or Illustrator. We need a tool to edit graphics that have been added to PowerPoint

RE: Which should we purchase, PhotoShop or Illustrator

2006-05-26 Thread Joe Malin
PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael O'Neill Sent: Friday, May 26, 2006 2:11 PM To: 'Cris Reeser'; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Which should we purchase, PhotoShop or Illustrator Based on what you wrote, and assuming that the graphics you have to edit are not Vectors, I would say Photoshop

Re: OT: Which should we purchase, PhotoShop or Illustrator

2006-05-26 Thread Bill Swallow
Sounds like a smarter use of PowerPoint and Word would be the far more economical (time *AND* money) solution. I'm not sure which would be better. Illustrator is geared toward vector illustrations... are these images you need to clean up vector-based? If not, there's PhotoShop... but if all

OT: Which should we purchase, PhotoShop or Illustrator

2006-05-26 Thread Cris Reeser
Does anyone in the group have experience with either of these tools? My writing group is planning to buy either PhotoShop or Illustrator. We need a tool to edit graphics that have been added to PowerPoint or MSWord files. We get PowerPoint slides to edit and clean up for delivery. In places,

Which should we purchase, PhotoShop or Illustrator

2006-05-26 Thread Rick Quatro
Illustrator is mainly for working with vector artwork while Photoshop is mainly for working with bitmap artwork. Photoshop is probably more appropriate for the work you are doing. Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing 585-659-8267 www.frameexpert.com Does anyone in the group have experience with

OT: Which should we purchase, PhotoShop or Illustrator

2006-05-26 Thread Mark Barratt
Cris Reeser wrote: > Does anyone in the group have experience with either of these tools? My > writing group is planning to buy either PhotoShop or Illustrator. We > need a tool to edit graphics that have been added to PowerPoint or > MSWord files. > I have used both since version 1.0 and can't

Which should we purchase, PhotoShop or Illustrator

2006-05-26 Thread Nandini Garud
12:58 PM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: OT: Which should we purchase, PhotoShop or Illustrator Does anyone in the group have experience with either of these tools? My writing group is planning to buy either PhotoShop or Illustrator. We need a tool to edit graphics that have been added

Which should we purchase, PhotoShop or Illustrator

2006-05-26 Thread John Sgammato
card. john From: framers-bounces+jsgammato=imprivata@lists.frameusers.com on behalf of Cris Reeser Sent: Fri 5/26/2006 3:57 PM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: OT: Which should we purchase, PhotoShop or Illustrator Does anyone in the group have experience w

Which should we purchase, PhotoShop or Illustrator

2006-05-26 Thread Karen L. Zorn
>If you plan to get one of them, you might consider getting both as part of the Adobe Creative Suite 2. On the Adobe website, Photoshop is >$649, and CS2 is $250 more at $899, but you get "full new versions of Adobe Photoshop CS2, Illustrator CS2, and InDesign CS2 software with new Version Cue

Which should we purchase, PhotoShop or Illustrator

2006-05-26 Thread Michael O'Neill
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: OT: Which should we purchase, PhotoShop or Illustrator Does anyone in the group have experience with either of these tools? My writing group is planning to buy either PhotoShop or Illustrator. We need a tool to edit graphics that have been added

Which should we purchase, PhotoShop or Illustrator

2006-05-26 Thread Joe Malin
@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces+jmalin=tuvox.com at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Michael O'Neill Sent: Friday, May 26, 2006 2:11 PM To: 'Cris Reeser'; framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Which should we purchase, PhotoShop or Illustrator Based on what you wrote

OT: Which should we purchase, PhotoShop or Illustrator

2006-05-26 Thread Bill Swallow
Sounds like a smarter use of PowerPoint and Word would be the far more economical (time *AND* money) solution. I'm not sure which would be better. Illustrator is geared toward vector illustrations... are these images you need to clean up vector-based? If not, there's PhotoShop... but if all you're