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toking
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So, what do you use?
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Jul 19 17:33 UTC 1999 |
Wjhat sort of software/hardware do you use for gearting your graphics?
What would you suggest or avoid?
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jshafer
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response 1 of 17:
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Jul 19 20:21 UTC 1999 |
Um, gearting? Nevermind... :-P
Just got a new scanner - HP ScanJet 4200Cse USB scanner. I'm impressed
with it so far, & the USB support is nice. Now I get to go through
boxes of photos and find stuff to scan...
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jshafer
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response 2 of 17:
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Jul 20 21:52 UTC 1999 |
The Adobe Photo Deluxe software that came with the scanner is a nice,
consumer-level image editing program. It will hold your hand through
removing red-eye, dust and scratches, and has some basic special effects
built in.
However, I've had it installed for 4 or 5 days and it's already crashed
my machine once. Hopefully that won't be a regular occurance...
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drewmike
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response 3 of 17:
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Jul 24 16:57 UTC 1999 |
I have Photo Deluxe on my Windows 98 box, but for everything I might use it
for, I still use Photoshop. I've been using it since 2.0, and know my way
around it well enough that I don't care to learn a new interface and surrender
control.
Right now I have Photoshop 5 on my Windows machine, 3 on my Mac, and 4 LE on
my G3 editing system. The "limited edition", though, is far too limited for
my needs--generally it balks at most files that were created in the full
version of Photoshop. It can't even save an LZW-compressed TIFF.
As far as vector graphics go, I use Illustrator 5.5 at home and 6.0 at work.
They're up to at least version 8 right now, but I haven't had a compelling
reason to upgrade yet. Even 5.5 does everything I need it to, and I haven't
had a file compatibility problem with users of newer versions, so I'm not
bothering.
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hhsrat
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response 4 of 17:
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Jul 25 03:16 UTC 1999 |
I have Paint Shop Pro 5, and FireWorks 2 (trial version)
Both run rather slowly on my P200 with Win95. I have yet to experiment
with GIMP on Linux.
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toking
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response 5 of 17:
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Jul 25 05:08 UTC 1999 |
Well...I'm using Photoshop 5 for just about everythign right now, I
still need to pick up soem other stuff, but I'll get to it
I"ve experimented with the windows port of gmp and I was impressed
enough to seriously contemplate building a linux box so that I could use
a real version
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jshafer
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response 6 of 17:
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Jul 25 07:42 UTC 1999 |
PhotoDeluxe is good for people who've just gotten a scanner or digital
camera, and need the hand-holding. I prefer PhotoShop (although I've
also been pleased with Paint Shop Pro) for most of my 'playing'...
I haven't played with the GIMP yet, as I don't have X running on my
FreeBSD box yet...
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drewmike
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response 7 of 17:
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Jul 25 19:30 UTC 1999 |
I use Fireworks (note, no internal capital) daily, and version 2 has a lot
of nice enhancements.
I've never used Image Ready, Adobe's counterpart. Has anyone here?
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darkskyz
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response 8 of 17:
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Jul 31 00:49 UTC 1999 |
hmm... well, my favorite is the GIMP under linux, and when i'm in winblows
or need to scan something (my UMAX Astra 1220P scanner isn't supported under
linux yet) I use either Photoshop 5 or Corel Draw 8 (actually, more corel draw
right now since i lost my PS disc).
Like I said, I have a UMAX Astra 1220P scanner, which is really rather nice
except for the lack of linux support and a slight red tint to the scans.
All of this is displayed on an ADI MicroScan 5GT monitor(17"/15.75" viewable
tirnitron running at 1280x1024x32bit) using a Matrox Millenium G200 8MB AGP
display adapter (really good, really cheap, and reccomended for everyone).
did i leave anything out? i hope not,
Dark Skyz
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jshafer
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response 9 of 17:
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Jul 31 03:17 UTC 1999 |
Hmm. I was eyeing the Millenium G200, since it's said to be well
supported in XFree86. But right now my FreeBSD box is sitting on a
shelf in the basement waiting for me to get time to play.
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darkskyz
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response 10 of 17:
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Aug 1 08:48 UTC 1999 |
It is well supported. to qoute from XFree86 3.3.4 documentation/Information
for Matrox Millennium Users (http://www.xfree86.org/3.3.4/MGA.html):
This server is very well accelerated, and is one of the fastest XFree86 X
servers.
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eprom
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response 11 of 17:
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Jul 14 12:09 UTC 2000 |
I have a 700MHz Athlon, a 32 MB ATI AGP graphics card, and 64MB of 100MHz
SDRAM (im planning to buy a 256MB DIMM when prices come back down). oh and
a 17" inch monitor (res 1024x768) which is way too small.
Im gonna go to COMPUS to get a Wacom drawing tablet...my mouse sucks. and
it comes bundled with Meta-creations "Painter" not a great as Painter 6
but hey, its "free" software. :)
that was suppose to be "COMPUSA" up there.
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eprom
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response 12 of 17:
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Jul 15 03:39 UTC 2000 |
ok..I went out and bought an extra 128MB of SDRAM...to be honest..I can't tell
much of a differance, but then again, im not running anything memory intensive
hmm..I decided not to get the Wacom graphic tablet, cuz I saw a differant one
at Bestbuy for the same price but with a 6x8 active surface, compared to the
smallest wacom Graphire, 4x6. also im still using Windows 95..so USB support
isn't that great.
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eprom
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response 13 of 17:
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Jul 15 20:18 UTC 2000 |
oh..I should mention I didn't get the other tablet either....I went home and
did some internet (re)searching. I think i am going with the Wacom Graphire.
http://www.tccomputers.com the place where I got my motherboard and Athlon
chip also sells the Wacom graphic stuff...but the list price is almost $15
cheaper than what I saw at the store....
oh...the added RAM does make a differance...I loaded 12 1+ MB jpg in Adobe
Photoshop...then was playing with the filters...opened a few AMAPI files
(3D stuff) and was messing with the rendering stuff...I also opened Netscape
and MSIE.....then checked out the Swap...it looked unfragmented, which im
guessing means it wasn't used. :)
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eprom
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response 14 of 17:
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Jul 25 16:11 UTC 2000 |
oh over the weekend, I went to a computer show in my area and got bought a
6x8 Wacom Intuos drawing tablet...its pretty nifty. :)
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gotenks
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response 15 of 17:
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Nov 14 09:55 UTC 2002 |
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eprom
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response 16 of 17:
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May 10 16:18 UTC 2003 |
oh...since my last post I've added a Samsung 19" monitor and a Canon F60
all-in-one (copy/scanner/printer) printer to my collection of Hardware.
Right now I have 256MB of memory in my computer, I was working with Photoshop
on a 22MB TIFF and the rendering time for some of the filter was really slow.
I don't know if it would help, but RAM is so cheap now-a-days I thinking is
sticking another 256MB into my computer.
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eprom
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response 17 of 17:
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Jul 3 21:51 UTC 2003 |
Bestbuy had SDRAM on sale so I picked up another 256MB SIMM.
That brings me up to a total of 512MB of RAM...hehe
I notice a big difference when using Painter Classic now, but as far as Filter
renderings in Photoshop, I don't notice any difference. I guess it's something
about the Law of diminishing returns...
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