Photoshop help

[Big Dave]

Thanks for the info, I'll try what I can on photoshop for now.

I do magazine layouts entirely in photoshop sometimes.
Illustrator only as a last resort. And then only if it needs blends and complex paths.

I still liked the quark interface better than ID too. Obviously not the capability, but the two pointer thing has never worked as well for me.

[BuellBunny]

I would still have done the logo in Illustrator.... so much easier. Then import it into Photoshop for any stuff you cant do in Illustrator... usually works for me.
Text in Photshop is a pain in the bum, especially following paths... mind you I have never done that in Photoshop....

[NighthawkNZ:Me]

I do magazine layouts entirely in photoshop sometimes.
Illustrator only as a last resort. And then only if it needs blends and complex paths.

I still liked the quark interface better than ID too. Obviously not the capability, but the two pointer thing has never worked as well for me.

I never liked Quark... (i should uninstall it really has been used in a couple of years) and much preferned InDesign, heck even PageMaker... I have done full magazine and newspaper layouts in CorelDraw, ( i use corel for 99% of design) but it is closely linked with CorelPaint and the two work together...

I prefer Freehand to Illustrator as I find AI interface clumbsy and out dated, as well as ilogical for the menus...

But thats just me... Its what ever works for you... All have there advantages, and disadvantages... Same with working in Rastor over Vector

[Big Dave]

I never like Quark... (i should uninstall it really has been used in a couple of years) and much preferned InDesign, heck even PageMaker... I have done full magazine and newspaper layouts in CorelDraw, ( i use corel for 99% of design) but it is closely linked with CorelPaint and the two work together...

I prefer Freehand to Illustrator as I fin AI interface clumbsy and out dated, as well as ilogical for the menus...

But thats just me... Its what ever works for you... All have there advantages, and disadvantages... Same with working in Rastor over Vector

I should have said single page layouts.

I miss freehand. If there is a plan to draw or schematic to do I'll still crank up the G4 and use FH8.

[NighthawkNZ:Me]

I should have said single page layouts.

I miss freehand. If there is a plan to draw or schematic to do I'll still crank up the G4 and use FH8.

I was going to ask about the single page thing but guessed that's what you meant... I only have PS Version 7 and not CS so I could have been wrong.

I use CorelDraw and Paint as one application, transfering between the two is pretty much seem less... At the end of the day it comes down to personal preference, and I have been a Corel User since version 3 (actually if I look hard enough I may still have the floppies... though no floppy drive to install

I did like Freehand MX but since Adobe bought Macromedia I haven't looked at what they have bloated it to...

While we recognize FreeHand has a loyal customer base, we encourage users to migrate to the new Adobe Illustrator CS3

and I not like Illustrator

[The Lone Rider]

I've just been using photoshop since I was like.. I dunno.. 7 years old? I guess pretty much since the first version maybe. Never really paid much attention in all the computer graphics classes I've taken during summer camp and in high school.

As the user name implies, I like to do my own thing

[The Lone Rider]

Hahaha, this is amazingly immature but hope someone gets the humour of it.


*Sigh*... another tragedy to the small minds amused by small things syndrome

Creativity is fun(ny)...

[Dave-]

I've used photoshop for everything...i mean everything, dabbled with illustrator but like the bigger dave only used it if i had to.

edit that's slightly a lie, also used after effects for anything video.

[Big Dave]

dabbled with illustrator

There is a heap of funky stuff - image nozzles and custom brushes and stuff like that are cool, but there is not much professional application for that sort of vector eye candy - beyond signage.

Where Live trace is now and turning raster into vector is real handy too.

It's the clunkiness of the tools and menus that is the biatch

[NighthawkNZ:Me]

There is a heap of funky stuff - image nozzles and custom brushes and stuff like that are cool, but there is not much professional application for that sort of vector eye candy - beyond signage.

I use a little bit of the funky eye candy stuff in the page layouts... but not alot... most of my page layouts are mix of rastor and vector anyhow

Where Live trace is now and turning raster into vector is real handy too.

I love CorelTrace... it has saved me hours and hours... and hours of work Manual tracing is a right royal Be Eye Itch

It's the clunkiness of the tools and menus that is the biatch

Thats what I hated about Illustrator as well...

I've used photoshop for everything...

We don't accept rastor bitmaps at work it has to be in vector... it gives the cleanest print for our printing process...

Just a question to you PS guru's... Can photoshop export out as a vector...??

[Big Dave]

Just a question to you PS guru's... Can photoshop export out as a vector...??

Save as photoshop .eps and include vector data - then distill.

The raster parts are still dots but fonts etc are pathed.

[SpikedPunch]

Just a question to you PS guru's... Can photoshop export out as a vector...??

You can export paths in photoshop to .ai files. File>export>paths to illustrator
Bit clunky though. I'd rather just draw in illustrator. For illustrations I only use photoshop for colouring, and only then if I'm feeling lazy or want a specific look I can't achieve in illustrator. You can do so much with the mesh tool and gradients etc... But I am a big nerd for vectors. Saves grief with printing later on

[Big Dave]

Yeah and you can drag and drop 'smart objects' - vector files that are embedded in the psd and include the vector data in the output file.