Got into the Graphics Design major and wanted to know if it's better to get a Capture or a Create to make vector images and drawings from scratch?
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We use this for high school geometry. If you are a Graphics Design major, I would get the best tool that you can afford. Research your choice based on the standard in the industry and what people who have the job that you want are using. You are doing vector images now, but will you want to do more in the future? I am not crazy about the capture, but that is because we had so many technical issues getting it to work. I hope this helps a little.
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The Create is a good tool. I'm a graphic designer and I use the Create both at home and at work. If you try to find something bigger or better you're going to spend a lot of money... and since you're a student you might not be ready to shell out the big bucks.
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I would imagine that it is... I don't really create any graphics. But I do have an older version of Adobe Photoshop Extensions that I will install, and maybe play around with.
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Yes! You have the option to create from ready-made template or create from scratch
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Thanks very much. Toony type vector art is exactly what I am going to be drawing (at least at first). I am OK with real material but have never tried with a computer. I planned on drawing directly in the Anime Studio Pro 7 but I think I will check out this Alias Sketchbook Pro you talk about.
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You get to make the design however you wish. They are beautiful and easy to use. Worth the price. Good luck ☺
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I use Adobe Illustrator and Design along with Blender and, of course, Adobe Photoshop Elements and have had no problems at all. It's a big foot print of a machine, though.
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EX is the full package, with useful options Debut lacks. Despite the name, think of the software as meant for all kinds of comics (not just manga). If you want to make a comic, it's fantastic for that. However it does have tools for drawing, if that's all you need.
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Definitely. You'll still need additional software to control the machine and convert vectors (fonts or text in this case) to CAM but there are a few controller software packages that can do text/engraving without the need for additional software (i.e. Mach 3, EMC2). And if you decide to go the route of CAD/CAM in addition to your controller, Autodesk Fusion 360 is free for private use and has a great support network.
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You can either draw into the program on a sketch layer, or if you draw on paper you can scan it, either or is good. i recommend a great drawing tablet however.
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Most definitely yes. I have been using this program for years, and I have even brought it to work and showed it to my boss... we now have 6 licensed copies at work for doing that very thing. I use this program mainly for taking parts of photos and combining them with other photos to create graphics to fill our customers' requests. Each element you use can be placed on a separate layer to be blended and edited independently from the other elements. It is very easy to do, and you can enhance your creations with plug in filters that are designed for Photo Shop. (Yes, PS filters work in PSP). Alien Skin has some excellent filters and you can download demos of them to try out.
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Any tane will work bro! Vector has good stuff. As long as it is filtered at least 5x I wouldn't hesitate to put it in there.
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Yeah,it's really easy to use. Before buying it, look at YouTube video for a 2nd opinion. I've been using photoshop for the last two and half years, so yes you can, but there is not a layout for a flyer. You have to do it form scrap and do it by layers. Over all it's easier to use then photoshop CS5. The video editor is easy to use but recommend watching YouTube videos before hand. It will help I recommend having a I7(2.4ghz), and 8gb of ram for the best performance. This program will use a lot of the CPU. So if your rendering don't anything else or the program will crash.
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I've posted photos from the program to my Facebook page, but it's easier for me to post from the "pictures" files in Windows. As far as "design" goes, I guess I don't use that/those feature(s). I bought the program to play with effects and simple cropping and editing, particularly with RAW/NEF images. I like Paintshop Pro for its ease of use. As an older person, I like to keep it simple and Paintshop Pro does that for me. I also have Photoshop CS3, which I use almost as much, due to being used to using the program.
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To be honest, Photoshop Elements isn't all that great compared to the other Photoshops, at least not in my opinion. I really recommend, if you're really into artistic stuff, getting Adobe Photoshop 7 or higher (I use CS2 myself, and have for a long time, though I've never tried CS3+)... Also, there are free programs all over the internet such as openCanvas and GIMP. I don't think this exactly answered your question, but, I just thought it was something that could be beneficial to you. (: download links: openCanvas1.1(the only free version): http://wistinga.online.fr/opencanvas/ GIMP: http://www.gimp.org/
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I know the lay out a little bit already after learning some of the Photoshop Elements layout. I haven't found it too complicated and here is the reason. I watched about 20 hrs. of Tutorials on You Tube and adobe TV. Anthony Morganti, Tim Grey, Robert Rodriquez Jr. (make sure it's Jr.) and others I can't remember the name of right this minute. There is a lady on Adobe TV (free too) that goes through the whole program, one thing at a time. B & H puts free tutorials on You Tube to promote sales. I just sat and watched them "develop" their pictures and enjoyed it. After awhile I became familiar with the program tools for developing and can do quite a bit with it just from watching other people work. It's a great program. Photoshop will do a lot of stuff that Lightroom won't do and Lightroom does a really good job bringing out the best in your photo's. I would say you probably are going to need both programs eventually. If you shop around you can find Lightroom for around a hundred and Elements for a little less. Both compliment each other nicely. Lightroom was the most important for me and it's not a pixel editor so it is non-destructive to the images. Photoshop Elements will allow you to play with the photo's, copy and past thing form one picture into another, edit badly damaged photo's and a whole lot of stuff. Lightroom allows color manipulation, sharpening, all kinds of enhancements to you pictures. I think it was pretty easy to learn the way I did it. Just watching videos until I understood the basics, then playing with it, then going back and watching specific tutorials on certain things when I need to.
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I'm a graphic designer, and I also have an Epson v500. I don't recommend the ScanSnap for photos or illustrations. Stick with the Epson v500 for that. But if you have a pencil sketch that you need to place in Adobe Illustrator as a guide, that's just fine.
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No, ...but it is easy to bring art into MTC from other programs that output in SVG, Vector (including PDF, PS, EPS, etc.) or Pixel Trace from a bitmat file. MTC has the drivers required to control the Zing Air and a number of other brands of cutters. MTC is bundled with the Zing Air, but even if purchased separately it is relatively inexpensive and has many powerful features and good user support.