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Your preferred app for 2D graphics?

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What do you use for your 2D art creation \ manipulation needs? I mainly use Photoshop 5, Paint Shop Pro 7 and Photopaint that comes with Office 2000... It's not the best but graphics proggies are expensive!
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Adobe Photoshop CS
Adobe Indesign CS

- good stuff, and works well together
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Adobe Photoshop 6
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Photoshop 7
Freehand MX

Proffesionals choice of course :wink:
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Indesign > FreeHand :!:
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I am not the best with graphics proggies. But when i get inspired by Greywolf, i use Photoshop 7. I feel its kinda difficult to use though...
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Demoraliser wrote:I am not the best with graphics proggies. But when i get inspired, i use Photoshop 7. I feel its kinda difficult to use though...
Lee Mercer (Angel): This is getting ridiculous. The first assassin kills the second assassin sent to kill the first assassin, who didnt assassinate anyone until we hired the second assassin to assassinate her.
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sorry, that was such a booboo...
instead of hitting edit i hit quote.
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Real-DRAW PRO 3.1
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MS Paint! 8O

No really, I'm a Programmer I can't really draw, so I hardly need to.
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Gimp 2.0

just for image resizing otherwise i know jack-crap about drawing
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The one and only...

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yeah leigh, thats what i'm talking about !
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leigh you have a very busy desk :D
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Some of the software I use for fun/personal projects

GIMP 2
Image Magick
Project Dogwaffle
Paintshop Pro 5
Microsoft Photopaint 2
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Photoshop 7 for me. I want to get Painter, as I've been inspired by some of the amazing digital paintings out there. Need a scanner first though.
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gimp (layering, cut-outs), paint shop pr0 7 (resizing, effects),
corel (buttons), paint (icons), fireworks :onfire: & freehand MX (lotsa stuff)

I love dabbling in this stuff!

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PhotoImpact 8 for me, for now, FOREVER :twisted:

PhotoImpact is really a powerful 2D editor

Works for me!
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I use Photoshop 7 and MS Paint usually.

Not that I do a lot of graphic design.
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PaintShop Pro
PhotoShop

Im reallly not good at design , use it more for image editing and playing around...
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GIMP 2
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Definitely Photoshop for image editing. You dont get any better!
Freehand for layout and design!

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Adobe Photoshop CS
Adobe ImageReady CS
Macromedia Fireworks
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Post by Asbestos »

I use the GiMP 2

Those other programs are for groups of people with Money, or those that work in 'The Industry'. Neither of which I belong to. :wink:

PS. How about listing your favourite FREEWARE apps here aswell? :arrow:
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Macromedia Freehand MX for logos and other flat artwork.

Photoshop CS for editing photos (duh) etc

Macromedia Dreamweaver MX & Flash MX for web.

All of these are hell expensive but worth every cent.

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