Graphics?

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by EHaskins

A tablet PC is even better than a Graphics Tablet.

Yeah but I don't have $3400 to spend on a laptop.
The graphics tablet was only $250.

[fimmel]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

Yeah but I don't have $3400 to spend on a laptop.
The graphics tablet was only $250.

also there are lcd screen that have high quality touch screens in them that are like $2000 i think. those are cool. its kinda a cross between a tablet pc and a tablet that sits on your desk.

...forest

[EHaskins]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

Yeah but I don't have $3400 to spend on a laptop.
The graphics tablet was only $250.

Not all tablets are that expensive. $1100, $1000 if you wait for a sale, for a Gateway cx210.

[ChrisXPPro]

Ya ive been to the Wacom Headquarters and used a Clique (the 20" Tablet Monitor) Im Getting a Tablet PC For My Graphic Design Job This Summer, and there also very handy for use during school, teachers think there a notebook @ a few feet away!

[Zyik]

Most of 973's things are done in Photoshop. Others are done in Inkscape.

I like Inkscape, it's free and I can play with the calligraphy part and make pretty letters. It's also pretty useful.

[Uberbots]

Photoshop CS2 for graphics, period. fireworks never worked for me. Dreamweaver, though, has its benefits for the graphical front end classes for our website, but for everything else I use notepad++. our website is class driven, so mostly we just interface with a selected skin file and never have to worry about the page displaying correctly- it just does.

it also means we can change the skin entirely on the fly... a major plus if we need a special edition website or something.
our website never had a major calling for flash, so we don't use it much.

[Ryo Chiba]

Originally Posted by Zyik

Most of 973's things are done in Photoshop. Others are done in Inkscape.

I like Inkscape, it's free and I can play with the calligraphy part and make pretty letters. It's also pretty useful.

Like Zyik, most of my graphics work is done in Inkscape. For raster editing, paint.net is my choice, simply because I'm dumb and its simple user interface appeals to me.

In any case, it's not the software, it's the artist. Pick a software family you feel comfortable with, and expand on that.

[Ryan Dognaux]

I'm partial to Adobe software just because that's what I had access to in high school and kind of taught myself how to use it with the help of tutorials. Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator are two very powerful software pieces, but you'll still find businesses using older versions of Freehand, Fireworks, and beyond. It's a safe bet though that if you know how to use Adobe, you'll be covered pretty well and can transition to another software package if need be with little difficulty.

[RyanCesiel]

I know that this is an old thread and stuff, but honestly, if you use Dreamweaver you don't learn as much about using something like Notepad or a simple, no help editor. I've learned more about tweaking, cross-browser compatibility, error-fixing and more just by writing the code by hand.

Adobe Photoshop CS2 is what I've done my work in. In general that's perfect for website designing (GIMP is nice too). Illustrator should be used for logos, imagery, and similar media and not so much for a website.

Team 245's website (My work done by hand-coding and Photoshop) is linked in my signature.

[fimmel]

Originally Posted by RyanCesiel

I know that this is an old thread and stuff, but honestly, if you use Dreamweaver you don't learn as much about using something like Notepad or a simple, no help editor. I've learned more about tweaking, cross-browser compatibility, error-fixing and more just by writing the code by hand.

i use dreamweaver just because of the auto complete. i never use the design mode and using just the code mode is like using notepad but it cuts my time spent typing in half sometimes. also i like their color coding as well. but i agree dreamweaver is not the greatest for wysiwyg editing.

...forest immel
team 885 & 2730 webmaster

[Chief Pride]

Originally Posted by fimmel

i use dreamweaver just because of the auto complete. i never use the design mode and using just the code mode is like using notepad but it cuts my time spent typing in half sometimes. also i like their color coding as well. but i agree dreamweaver is not the greatest for wysiwyg editing.

...forest immel
team 885 & 2730 webmaster

you should try notepad++, i also love writing programs/ect. in notepad, and notepad++ has syntax support for just about every language immaginable, its open source light weight and comeswith alot of cool features

[lukevanoort]

Originally Posted by zinefer

you should try notepad++, i also love writing programs/ect. in notepad, and notepad++ has syntax support for just about every language immaginable, its open source light weight and comeswith alot of cool features

I agree, Notepad++ is great. All of the features are helpful, none get in your way; the language support is great; and it pretty usable while still having stuff like regular expression support. The only pieces of software I prefer are TextWrangler (for the FTP features) and vim (universal, usable in the command line, plethora of features... not too user friendly though).

[JohnBoucher]

Originally Posted by Zyik

Most of 973's things are done in Photoshop. Others are done in Inkscape.

I like Inkscape, it's free and I can play with the calligraphy part and make pretty letters. It's also pretty useful.

Inkscape would be an excellent package even if you had to pay for it

[fimmel]

i use notepad++ at school for writing all kinds of code (DOS batchfiles, Config files, HTML, PHP, CSS - the works) but i still like dreamweaver's built in ftp at times its very handy when trying to get CSS to work right and your going back and forth. but yes notepad++ is great and i love both

[RyanCesiel]

Originally Posted by fimmel

i use notepad++ at school for writing all kinds of code (DOS batchfiles, Config files, HTML, PHP, CSS - the works) but i still like dreamweaver's built in ftp at times its very handy when trying to get CSS to work right and your going back and forth. but yes notepad++ is great and i love both

As far as a FTP + CSS, HTML, PHP, Javascript.. ect.. Webcipher 2 is a lightweight, free version of Dreamweaver.

http://webcipher.org/ - Site Down at the Moment.