What Graphics Software do you use and why?
 

I am a BIG fan of Adobe Photoshop + Imageready.

I use 'em coz I've been using photoshop since version 3 and never bothered getting hold of anything else.

|couch|

Photoshop Rules!

I haven't used Image Ready though. What features does it have that aren't in Photoshop?

Re: What Graphics Software do you use and why?
 

Ditto that.

I use Paint - http://www.greenguysboard.com/klixxxad2.jpg :D

Your paint skills are right on!

|bow| |greenguy|

I use Fireworks and/or ThumbsPlus depending on what I'm doing

But have you triedphotoshop? And are you using Fireworks in preference to photoshop?

|greenguy| Paint is good, considering its price.

iSC_Luke,
I use Imageready for gif animation and slicing up.

No, never used photoshop. I use Fireworks because I use Dreamweaver and got a good deal on an upgrade from an early version (free in fact) of Dreamweaver to a better version of Dreamweaver plus Fireworks.

Graphics are not my strong point, I try to avoid them wherever possible. About the only things I can draw are curtains and conclusions.

It's taken me long enough to figure out how to do things in Fireworks, so I don't think I would have the time/patience/inclination to try anything else.

Photoshop/Imageready and Illustrator.

Tried Fireworks and hated it, but then I also hate Dreamweaver, lol.

I answer what does ImageReady have that Photoshop doesn't. ImageReady is for the web what Photoshop is for Print. ImageReady does a lot of the same things that Photoshop does, but doesn't have any of the things that you would need if your final output was print, but does have more thing for the web like doing animated GIFs, rollovers, a multiple pane window that shows before and after optimized previews, just better and more web tools.

I don't get to any big boobs when I click on that link :D

anyways... Photoshop, Thumbnailer, ImageReady it is over here too.

I use TartShopPro.. adapts to most any graphic requst i need.. has Wild Ass Color schemes but easily changeable..and NEVER crashes.. well amost never..

sometimes for a change i use Rubystrator or Merimages but mostly i use TartShopPro.

I'm thinking lately i need to upgrad to version V this one is starting to Wheeze!!

|jester|

Jasc 7 - Why? Because I suck at graphics and am always simply resizing, or tagging images :)

Photoshop. Couldn't live with out it. Seriously :)

I use Photoshop, and ImageReady. It does have a bit of a learning curve, but one that I feel is worth it. Of course had I spent more time learning to sell than I did working with graphics, I may be making more out of this business.

Norad

All you photo shop guru's need to show some of those skills, I know you have'em.

Here I did this page years ago, but I still like it.
http://terrizamore.com

There's a bunch of free tutorials and junk here (plus some stuff that would be useful for gallery sites for those of you who are into that sort of thing ;)

http://www.guistuff.com/

It's free to register and get the tutorials. If nothing else it's good just for showing you what tools there are, and how you might go about using them. Do a search on Google for PS tutorials... there's hundreds of them I'm sure. I also saw a thing on TV one time about a site that actually sent out free PS learning CD-ROM's just because they wanted to spread the knowledge. Some people are plain crazy ;)

Cleo Very cool!!! I like it..

Mike C, Im beyond the ability to learn, trapped inside my own suffering mind.. I want to see samples of your guys stuff :)

I didn't do this, but it is done in Photoshop.
http://www.eyeball-design.com/
I love his work.

All of our banners and graphics are done in Photoshop. Here's a couple examples:

http://www.celebritymoviearchive.com/cma-banner-new.jpg
http://www.celebritymoviearchive.com...-banner-06.jpg

I'm not a pro at it or anything, but I normally make my own banners since I there are alot of sponsor that I use anyway, do not update their selection very often.

Here are some that I have made:
http://www.friskychicks.com/banners/nd.html

and here is a game site I made for a friend, but warning, if you use anything other than IE, the search box is a bit out of wack. I didn't take the time to straighten it up because the friend put the thing on hold to go into the airforce. Anyway, I enjoyed playing with it at the time.

http://www.portalsofadventure.com/oeg/test/

Norad

I'm using Paintshop Pro, the software for the budget concious Photoshop person, and ThumbsPlus.

Several reasons for using Paintshop:
· not so resource hungry
· it doesn't take like 5 minutes to load
· I know my way around it...
· it does almost everything Photoshop does for 15% of the cost
· all Photshop filters work with it!
...with a little knowledge and hard work you get some impressive results (as you can see with the header of my new site !)

I'm actually using two versions of Paintshop: #7 for most page graphics, and #5 for simple work and screen captures; #5 is opened almost all day because I tend to replace some submitted thumbs for my tgp site) and I hardly ever notice it (as far as resources go).

Photoshop is all I have ever used and every version just keep getting better! |roses|

Photoshop/Imageready
Ulead Smart Saver Pro
Paint Shop Pro
ThumbsPlus

All for different jobs..


..but then again I like text... |bananna|

DD

In my pile, there is:

Photoshop.
Adobe Illistrator
Everything else adobe, pretty much.

Paintshop Pro (very good for capturing screen colors and stuff, fast to resize / bulk process files)

Thumbsplus

Thing with photoshop is once you understand the structure, you can use almost anything else from adobe with a very short learning curve. I also find that the quality of the jpgs from photshop is superior to most products, a certain sharpness you don't get with other programs.

Alex