OT: Which should we purchase, PhotoShop or Illustrator
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 imagine being without either - and I'm not an illustrator. > We get PowerPoint slides to edit and clean up for delivery. In places, > artwork has been pasted into the slide, but contains white boxes that > cover bits of the drawing or text. This method doesn't work in grayscale > because the hidden lines or text show up again. > > We need a tool that lets us remove text in the graphics where we do not > have the source file. > Illustrator is mainly a vector-art editing program, while Photoshop concentrates in pixel-based images. Illustrator will probably do the job for you: if you have Acrobat you can make an Acrobat from PowerPoint and edit it in Illustrator, usually with surprisingly good results. If your bosses can afford it, I'd get them to spring for the Adobe CS2 suite which includes both, plus InDesign (so you can practice for the next or next-but-one FrameMaker). The Pro version includes Acrobat Pro, which you may already have, and GoLive, an (IMHO) useless web-design tool. If they worry about the spend, the best combo is probably Illustrator CS2 plus Photoshop Elements - a cheap cut-down version of Photoshop that doesn't do CMYK, just RGB, but is very cheap and very good at what it does do. best -- Mark Barratt Text Matters Information design: we help explain things using language | design | systems | process improvement __ phone +44 (0)118 986 8313 email markb at textmatters.com skype mark_barratt web http://www.textmatters.com
OT: Which should we purchase, PhotoShop or Illustrator
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 doing is making slight edits, save your money and get PaintShop Pro... But more to the point, I'll bet some simple changes to how these PPTs and DOCs are being made would solve your problem. $0 for additional software, and 0 additional time spent cleaning them up. On 5/26/06, 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. -- Bill Swallow HATT List Owner WWP-Users List Owner Senior Member STC, TechValley Chapter http://techcommdood.blogspot.com
Re: OT: Which should we purchase, PhotoShop or Illustrator
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 doing is making slight edits, save your money and get PaintShop Pro... But more to the point, I'll bet some simple changes to how these PPTs and DOCs are being made would solve your problem. $0 for additional software, and 0 additional time spent cleaning them up. On 5/26/06, Cris Reeser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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. -- Bill Swallow HATT List Owner WWP-Users List Owner Senior Member STC, TechValley Chapter http://techcommdood.blogspot.com ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: OT: Which should we purchase, PhotoShop or Illustrator
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 imagine being without either - and I'm not an illustrator. We get PowerPoint slides to edit and clean up for delivery. In places, artwork has been pasted into the slide, but contains white boxes that cover bits of the drawing or text. This method doesn't work in grayscale because the hidden lines or text show up again. We need a tool that lets us remove text in the graphics where we do not have the source file. Illustrator is mainly a vector-art editing program, while Photoshop concentrates in pixel-based images. Illustrator will probably do the job for you: if you have Acrobat you can make an Acrobat from PowerPoint and edit it in Illustrator, usually with surprisingly good results. If your bosses can afford it, I'd get them to spring for the Adobe CS2 suite which includes both, plus InDesign (so you can practice for the next or next-but-one FrameMaker). The Pro version includes Acrobat Pro, which you may already have, and GoLive, an (IMHO) useless web-design tool. If they worry about the spend, the best combo is probably Illustrator CS2 plus Photoshop Elements - a cheap cut-down version of Photoshop that doesn't do CMYK, just RGB, but is very cheap and very good at what it does do. best -- Mark Barratt Text Matters Information design: we help explain things using language | design | systems | process improvement __ phone +44 (0)118 986 8313 email [EMAIL PROTECTED] skype mark_barratt web http://www.textmatters.com ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
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 or MSWord files. We get PowerPoint slides to edit and clean up for delivery. In places, artwork has been pasted into the slide, but contains white boxes that cover bits of the drawing or text. This method doesn't work in grayscale because the hidden lines or text show up again. We need a tool that lets us remove text in the graphics where we do not have the source file. Are either of these the right tool for this? Which tool would you recommend? Cris Reeser Sr. Technical Writer ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
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 or MSWord files. We get PowerPoint slides to edit and clean up for delivery. In places, artwork has been pasted into the slide, but contains white boxes that cover bits of the drawing or text. This method doesn't work in grayscale because the hidden lines or text show up again. We need a tool that lets us remove text in the graphics where we do not have the source file. Are either of these the right tool for this? Which tool would you recommend? Cris Reeser Sr. Technical Writer
