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 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

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RE: Which should we purchase, PhotoShop or Illustrator

2006-05-26 Thread Nandini Garud
PhotoShop is more versatile and has a shorter learning curve. Illustrator is
good if you are making pin diagrams (semiconductors etc).

You can take any screenshot, photo of a product, or a picture and edit it in
PhotoShop. Illustrator is a designer.

Whatever little I know. Illustrator you can't master over a weekend.
Photoshop, you can learn to make basic edits in a day.

Nandini

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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 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


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RE: Which should we purchase, PhotoShop or Illustrator

2006-05-26 Thread John Sgammato
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, Adobe 
Bridge, and Adobe Stock Photos. 
So you get both Photoshop and Illustrator, and InDesign as well. InDesign is a 
page layout program like Pagemaker - it is what I use for making our 
installation poster, the covers for our printed manuals, and a quick-reference 
card.
john



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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


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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, Adobe Bridge, and Adobe Stock Photos. So you get both Photoshop
and Illustrator, and InDesign as well. InDesign is a page layout program
like Pagemaker - it is what I use for making our installation poster, the
covers for our printed manuals, and a quick-reference card. John

And Adobe Acrobat Professional! 

Karen L. Zorn
Zorn Technologies, Inc.
Mesa, AZ



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RE: Which should we purchase, PhotoShop or Illustrator

2006-05-26 Thread Michael O'Neill
Based on what you wrote, and assuming that the graphics you have to edit are
not Vectors, I would say Photoshop is the tool for you.  You are describing
editing pixels, and Photoshop would likely be more appropriate than
Illustrator for these tasks.

If budget is a concern, you can also try:

 PaintShopPro
  $79 US
  http://www.corel.com/PaintShopPro
  Free evaluation version available
  Win only

 the Gimp 
  **FREE**
  http://www.gimp.org
  Win, Mac, Linux, Unix, etc..

-Michael


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From: Cris Reeser [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Friday, May 26, 2006 2:58 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 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


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RE: Which should we purchase, PhotoShop or Illustrator

2006-05-26 Thread Joe Malin
My $.02 

Cleaning up graphics is one of Photoshop's target tasks. If you have the
money, Photoshop is the way to go. 

Creative Suite is worth the price, since it includes Photoshop,
Illustrator, *and* Acrobat Pro.

You will find that any sufficiently powerful bitmap editing application
is difficult to use. More power usually means more options, which in
turn means more ways to accidentally do something wrong! Fortunately,
Photoshop is one of the world's most popular packages, so all sorts of
help is available.

Does everyone understand the difference between vector and bitmap
graphics? I can elaborate if necessary.

Joe


Joe Malin
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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 is the tool for you.  You are
describing editing pixels, and Photoshop would likely be more
appropriate than Illustrator for these tasks.

If budget is a concern, you can also try:

 PaintShopPro
  $79 US
  http://www.corel.com/PaintShopPro
  Free evaluation version available
  Win only

 the Gimp
  **FREE**
  http://www.gimp.org
  Win, Mac, Linux, Unix, etc..

-Michael


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From: Cris Reeser [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, May 26, 2006 2:58 PM
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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 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


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