best graphics program
| mr.white |
 Posted: Fri, 26/02/2010 - 1:17pm
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hey what is the best art package for creating and printing flyers? i need something quite simple really. im finding illustrator impossible and photoshop has so many options. are these the best options for this? |
| burny |
Posted: Fri, 26/02/2010 - 1:19pm
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InDesign. |
| mr.white |
Posted: Fri, 26/02/2010 - 1:27pm
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sweet okay will get that cant believe how awkward photoshop is. driving me insane |
| burny |
Posted: Fri, 26/02/2010 - 1:53pm
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You'll need to use a mixture of all three really. |
| parkus. |
Posted: Fri, 26/02/2010 - 2:35pm
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Just out of curiosity.. what are the flyers for? |
| mr.white |
Posted: Fri, 26/02/2010 - 2:49pm
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a mates running some club nights and i said i wanted to give them a shot. always been into graphic design but have no idea how to use these applications. i was told to just jump in and play around but i'm thinking i need a proper course now |
| nick2 |
Posted: Fri, 26/02/2010 - 2:52pm
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Are there any particular requirements of the software for the job you're doing ? If not there are loads of free graphics programs about. |
| Alfi |
Posted: Fri, 26/02/2010 - 2:55pm
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Plenty of tutorials on the web and youtube to give you ideas on techniques. For example.....http://vandelaydesign.com/blog/design/photoshop-tutorials-poster-design/ Just mess about with stuff and you'll get the hang of it. If I get stuck just googling your problem usually helps.. |
| burny |
Posted: Fri, 26/02/2010 - 2:56pm
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The death of my business, or the start depending on whether the client wants cheap, or done well. |
| mr.white |
Posted: Fri, 26/02/2010 - 2:59pm
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Are there any particular requirements of the software for the job you're doing ? If not there are loads of free graphics programs about. just need to do cool looking text (spent a day downloading fonts), and be able to import images easily. and move everything about easily. i did try xara x, which was so simple to use, but sometimes it would look different on the print out compared to what was on the screen.. i'll try this indesign and check out the tutorials on vandelaydesign.com (just found some awesome ones on smashingmagazine.com as well). |
| nick2 |
Posted: Fri, 26/02/2010 - 3:11pm
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I'd try Gimp, it's free and fairly easy to use. |
| mr.white |
Posted: Fri, 26/02/2010 - 3:18pm
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downloading cheers. i didnt realise it was made for windows as well |
| nick2 |
Posted: Fri, 26/02/2010 - 3:50pm
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I don't think you can get all the cool plugins for the Windows version but it's cool for a free program. |
| girlygirl21 |
Posted: Wed, 10/03/2010 - 2:57pm
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Corel Draw has been around for years now and keeps getting better. Some prefer Photoshop but Corel Is by far the best layout programmme for flyers and other 2d graphics I swear by it. I have been using it for the last seven years it is even great for architectural presnetations. Corel Draw package comes standard with Corel photo paint which works just as well as Photoshop for editing pics. File formats for Corel includes jpg, bmp, and pdf to name a few. |
| CovOne |
Posted: Wed, 10/03/2010 - 3:02pm
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Its like a female version of poohat |
| phelen |
Posted: Wed, 10/03/2010 - 3:03pm
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Corel Draw has been around for years now and keeps getting better. Some prefer Photoshop but Corel Is by far the best layout programmme for flyers and other 2d graphics I swear by it. I have been using it for the last seven years it is even great for architectural presnetations. Corel Draw package comes standard with Corel photo paint which works just as well as Photoshop for editing pics. File formats for Corel includes jpg, bmp, and pdf to name a few. Problem is everyone uses Photoshop the Adobe Suite is standard. Saying Corel is better for layout isn't true in my opinion, I find it less intuitive to use. |
| nick2 |
Posted: Wed, 10/03/2010 - 3:08pm
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Corel isn't exactly cheap either. |
| beenbuRned |
Posted: Wed, 10/03/2010 - 5:34pm
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I always preferred Quark to InDesign |
