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Title: Tools of the Trade
Description: what do u use?


SapphireDragon - December 15, 2004 07:58 AM (GMT)
most of us(if not all) use photoshop. but what version and what other programs do u use? and peripherals?

as for programs i use:
  • Photoshop 8 CS - for the majority of my work such as sigs, avys, bgs, and whatever else that should have great quality
  • MS Paint - for basic stuff that doesnt require good quality such as icons or small edits of pics. i usually use this to make frames for gifs
  • MS Picture It! 99 - havent used it much recently but it has some cool effects
  • CaptureWiz Pro - great for screen captures
  • GrabIt - i had this before capturewiz and havent gotten rid of it yet. i still use it a little though for things capturewiz wont let me do
  • WWW Gif Animator - can load many formats to make animated gifs
  • MS Gif Animator - can only load bmps for animated gifs but fixes problems made by www gif animator
  • Terragen - 3d terrain generator. i havent used this much lately

peripherals:
  • Lexmark X75 - to scan pics
  • Logitech Wireless Mouse - duh

i have a digital camera but it doesnt work with windows xp

Liminality - December 15, 2004 09:07 AM (GMT)
lol, i'm an amateur, i just use photoshop cs and paint :P

lKaYoSl - December 15, 2004 11:37 PM (GMT)
i use ps7.0 and image ready
lol
and google
hehee

qiangy-chan - December 16, 2004 12:46 AM (GMT)
same as kayos

Videl - December 16, 2004 01:50 PM (GMT)
Same as Avenger and Kayos..Photoshop 7.0 and ImageReady ;)

hrmM... - December 17, 2004 09:40 PM (GMT)
meh too!!

Cyril - January 7, 2005 08:44 AM (GMT)
My current stuff is...

Macromedia Studio MX 2004 (It has Flash MX 2004, Dreamweaver MX 2004(Site Design program i think), Freehand MXa(Or something), Fireworks MX 2004. (Too bad i only know how to use Flash... <_< )
Photoshop 7.0
Imageready 7.0

Crypt - January 9, 2005 01:53 PM (GMT)
Photoshop 7.0 and Animation shop.

Il Duce Vicious - January 12, 2005 04:16 AM (GMT)
imageready and photoshop 7 i need nothing else

Penguin-of-Chaos - August 24, 2005 01:06 AM (GMT)
Im seriously only a week into this whole photoshop thing so I guess I just use the standard CS and image ready, (my work has come along way in only a week YAY)

I just noticed the last post in this topic was in January, Im just a little late for it. :D

Liminality - August 24, 2005 05:06 AM (GMT)
lol, nah thats coz this forum died and got revived :P

Urameshi - August 25, 2005 09:15 PM (GMT)
this place likes to die and the get revived so many times u_u

Liminality - August 26, 2005 01:51 AM (GMT)
..it died and got revived once... :P thats why it goes jan 12 - august 24 :P

hrmM... - September 14, 2005 10:24 AM (GMT)
mayb it only dies in the summer when every1 got stuff to do, than during the school year ppl got more time for forums =]

SapphireDragon - September 15, 2005 12:17 AM (GMT)
wow, i just realized that this topic was posted in again. O_o well, i might as well update :P

programs:
  • Photoshop 8 CS - i'm using it more now
  • ImageReady CS - for all gifs now
  • MS Paint - rarely used now that i use ImageReady for frames
  • CaptureWiz Pro - mostly just to get screenshots of anime episodes
  • Terragen - 3d terrain generator. still collecting virtual dust...
peripherals:
  • Lexmark X75 - to scan pics. hmm... collecting real dust...
  • Logitech Wireless Mouse - only eats Logitech brand cheese XD
i no longer use ms picture it, grabit, or ms/www gif animators. at some point i plan to use terragen and combine it with a space scene made with ps. a bunch of people do that at dA so i thought it would be worth a shot.

i need a digicam! :lalala: <----I LOVE THIS EMOTICON!

Yuffie - September 23, 2005 03:46 PM (GMT)
Photoshop 7 and Imageready 7. o.o;; That's all...and Animation Shop 3 and PSS 8. But I mostly use PS.

Pyromaniac - September 29, 2005 04:57 AM (GMT)
I use Photoshop 8.0 CS, MS GIF Animator, MS Paint, Bryce 5 and Flash MX.

Urameshi - September 29, 2005 05:57 AM (GMT)
I use Photoshop CS2 but quit.

-Matt- - October 2, 2005 09:37 AM (GMT)
you quit? why? you were good.

Liminality - October 8, 2005 12:19 AM (GMT)
coz he's a stubborn fool >P

Poley - October 12, 2005 12:13 AM (GMT)
The two programs I use the most are PhotoShop CS2 and Cinema 4D. I also use Terragan, ImageReady CS2, Paint Shop Pro 9, and Illustrator CS2 from times to times, so foo. o-o




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