need help finding software

[kpower80]

i am starting to try and make my own graphic. does anyone know of some good software that i might be able to use?

[Chris]

Not really being an artist... and pretty amateur at said graphic design, I highly recommend Adobe Photoshop.

- Chris aka Afterphase

[~*Cathy*~]

Well, I've been doing graphics for about 10 years now, and I've used Adobe Photoshop 7 for about six of those (I think). It's definitely the best of the four programs I've tried, IMO. But, it's also very expensive.

If you're looking for something free, I believe that there's GIMP, and Paint.Net. One of my friends used Paint.Net and I was able to help her achieve some of the same effects with it as I did with PS7, so it's a decent program. And totally free! I'm not sure how easy it is for a first time user, but she figured it out, so it couldn't be too hard. LOL

Good luck! And will we be seeing your work pop up here?

[kpower80]

thanks for all the help so far! got a few programs now but still cant figure out some of it! got corel, photoshop cs3 and 7, and now got paint.net (thanks cathy)!

if you can think of anymore just let me know. need something that can do like shadowing effects and stuff like that! cant fig out how to do it with photoshop at all

and, yes, cathy, soon as i have more than just icons, i will post it up here for all of you to see! ;D ;D

[nfty07]

I use Photoshop and Illustrator Cs4

[Kim]

I've got Paint Shop Pro 7, Photoshop Elements 2.0 and 6.0, but if you've got Photoshop CS, stick with that. It's one of the best programs period.

[nfty07]

is QuarkXpress good for graphics?

[~*Cathy*~]

Hmmm, I've never heard of that one, so I have no idea. Sorry!

[nfty07]

I took a class last semester on QuarkXpress. its a really good program if you are using it to make adds or menus for restuarants

[rapunzl]

PhotoShop is an incredibly powerful program - it can do SO MUCH, but it's not much with the user interface. I've been fiddling with for almost 9 years, but I only really started trying to learn it for the last year. If you really want to use PhotoShop, I'd recommend either going through a tutorial, or do what I did - figure out what you want to do and do a websearch for it. Like when I wanted to learn how to add fog, I searched for "photoshop tutorial fog". Once I found a tutorial simple enough, I learned how to add fog - and also learned a little about the tools I needed to use to do it.

Over time (and tons of tutorials), I figure I'll eventually figure out how to do what I want.

[.liz]

I agree with Rapunzl. Photoshop tutorial is a life savior sometimes, especially when you want to do stuff you have no idea how to do. Even when you aren't looking for anything specifics , just browse around and you're going to find something cool and interesting to try. It happens with me all the time. The sad thing is when the tutorials are complicated and really brand new for me, I'll usually forget about it after a while, which is why I always bookmark them

I love tutorials that go with pictures and video tutorials are sometimes better. The only thing I dislike is when the creator of the tutorials is using Mac and explain all the Mac shortcuts without thinking that not every person in the world is a Mac user, lol.

[kpower80]

I want to thank everyone that gave me thier honest opinions on what software was the best!! I took your advice rapunzel and did the tutorials for photoshop and they really helped me out!!

hopefully, when i get over this stupid cold, ill have more graphics for you guys to enjoy!!

CATCH YA ON THE FLIPSIDE!!