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    Question Design Software

    I'm in the market for a good designing software program.

    I am designing our new ad's for the optical and wonder what everyone else has used.

    What did you like about it?

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    If you can afford it Photoshop CS 2 just came out, otherwise Photoshop Elements should do the trick. Also invest in the Photoshop for Dummies book, it's a great instant resource. PS is the standard in the design industry so there are plenty of resources for it.
    I'd also suggest using a tablet ( Wacom make an affordable one ), they make you life much easier than relying on a mouse.
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    Arrow Thanks!

    Thanks for your reply Jedi!

    Do you think it's fairly easy to use?

    I am in a crunch and looking to design something over the weekend, but am running into a lot of road blocks.

    I REALLY need to get this done.

    You seem to have done this before, Do you design your own or work from templates?

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    Photoshop, Illustrator, PageMaker and FrameMaker would be the choice of a professional graphics designer. However, you indicated that you just wanted to do some ad copy occasionally. You might want to try Microsoft Office and use Publisher and Word to do the work.

    Photoshop, Illustrator, PageMaker and FrameMaker represent a major investment in money and learning time. If you just want a few adds etc. let me know and I will do them for you over the weekend.

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    Big Smile Are you KIDDING?

    That's SO NICE of you to offer.

    I've been kind of brainstorming here all day and getting frustrated!

    I have a few images from OGI and Clearvision that I've been working with, but haven't done anything definate yet.

    What ideas do you have? I'm anxious to hear them :D

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    Arrow Publisher

    Okay - I've got one ad design with Publisher - it's pretty basic.

    I'm kind of thinking of something more edgy - but I don't know what to do to get there.

    If anyone is interested - I could really use some critiques!

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    Quote Originally Posted by eyegirl
    Okay - I've got one ad design with Publisher - it's pretty basic.

    I'm kind of thinking of something more edgy - but I don't know what to do to get there.

    If anyone is interested - I could really use some critiques!
    post an image of your ad.
    i like to use photoshop for ads n web headers.
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    send me your file, I'll take a shot at it.
    Quote Originally Posted by eyegirl
    Okay - I've got one ad design with Publisher - it's pretty basic.

    I'm kind of thinking of something more edgy - but I don't know what to do to get there.

    If anyone is interested - I could really use some critiques!

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    i deleted my original post.


    Quote Originally Posted by Jedi
    If you can afford it Photoshop CS 2 just came out, otherwise Photoshop Elements should do the trick. Also invest in the Photoshop for Dummies book, it's a great instant resource. PS is the standard in the design industry so there are plenty of resources for it.
    I'd also suggest using a tablet ( Wacom make an affordable one ), they make you life much easier than relying on a mouse.
    Last edited by Snitgirl; 07-25-2005 at 12:36 AM. Reason: Dick made me aware of a possible violation

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    I'd also be more than happy to help and give you some ideas if you want to email me the file or post the image here on OptiBoard. I actually had to do alot of things like this in college and these programs that have been discussed were all used. Let me know:)

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    Snitgirl said:

    “Just a note, you can purchase these items very very cheap if you are a student and can prove you are a student. Save tons of money at this place. I saved tons on Photoshop CS!! JUST FYI”

    Please be aware that you will be in violation of the EULA if you use the educational version for non academic or commercial use which is clearly the case under discussion here. Additionally, your employer is exposed to action if you do the work for him or install the software on his computer. Pony up and buy the proper version.
    We all want to be good corporate citizens, don’t we?

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    Thank you for making us all aware of this violation, Dick. I appreciate it and will delete what i originally typed.

    As a note, I do use the software that I purchased for academic reason.

    Quote Originally Posted by rbaker
    Snitgirl said:

    “Just a note, you can purchase these items very very cheap if you are a student and can prove you are a student. Save tons of money at this place. I saved tons on Photoshop CS!! JUST FYI”

    Please be aware that you will be in violation of the EULA if you use the educational version for non academic or commercial use which is clearly the case under discussion here. Additionally, your employer is exposed to action if you do the work for him or install the software on his computer. Pony up and buy the proper version.
    We all want to be good corporate citizens, don’t we?
    Last edited by Snitgirl; 07-25-2005 at 12:25 AM.

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    No one really reads the End User Licensing Agreement when they install a new software application. And, a lot of us continue to use academic versions long after we leave school. In many cases it’s no big deal, however, I had an interesting episode a number of years ago. I had an academic license for Adobe PageMaker on my pc and was long out of the classroom. A friend asked me to do some newsletters for his business. This I did with my trusty PageMaker. I took the finished work files to the service bureau for proofs and was informed that the newsletters were created with an academic version of PageMaker and that the bozos at the service bureau and printer would rather not process them as they were in violation of the EULA.

    How the heck did they know? Well, the pecker head went on to explain that the version, license type, and serial number of the software is included in the file header. Adobe does this and so does Macromedia. I am sure many other applications do this as well.

    It took me two days to find a larcenous printer in the ghetto to do the job. The following week I bought legitimate copies and have slept soundly ever since.

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