Favorite Imaging/digital art software

[TSD]

As the title says for you photoshoppers and digital artists out there what is your favorite software?



Gimp Is free, I have it installed but only used it a couple times for making animated gifs as i find it easier to use that illustrator or Image Ready whichever adobe software you can use for animated gifs.



Reason I got on this topic, Is I was thinking of getting a copy of CS4 (I have CS3 extended). Im kicking myself I didnt copy down the website I got CS3 from because It was an unopened retail box of cs3 extended and I got it for 80 bucks(like 2 years ago right after CS4 came out) and no its not the student edition. I know it wasnt off ebay. and I cant find anything online even close to that ballpark even for copies of CS3.



There are websites out there that will sell you digital copies for that cheap, considering they tell you, you cant register it, im pretty sure you are paying for them to provide you with pirated keys.



I just kinda want some newer software. Has anyone compared photoshop elements with photoshop extended(elements is supposedly a more "basic photoshop" and insurmountably cheaper (70.00 retail)? or Corel Paint?



I'll have to get the demo of elements and try it out, from what I see online the claim is elements provides anything a consumer user would need thats in photoshop, but despite being a consumer user, I think my usage of it is probably significantly more advanced than a consumer user. All the screenshots ive seen of elements I dont see layer and channel tabs and I need those. They are like essential for coloring line art, and creating normal maps for 2d textures in games.



I think my biggest thing is I am so used to photoshop, whether another program provides everything I need or not it will be frustrating going through the motions of learning to do things in another app I already know how to do in PS.

 

[supraman]

whichever lets me look at porn.



Did have fun with MS paint and Duke Nukem 3D screenshots though...

 

[howcho]

I have only used Photoshop. I am currently using CS5. Contrary to what some think, I understand that I am truly a hack. I know so little of what this program can do it is scary. I do watch the occasional tutorial when I am trying to figure out how to do something that is more technical.



This is a great website that I belong to. The peeps in the forums are really nice and helpful (unlike some places

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http://www.pxleyes.com/

 

[TSD]

I have only used Photoshop. I am currently using CS5. Contrary to what some think, I understand that I am truly a hack. I know so little of what this program can do it is scary. I do watch the occasional tutorial when I am trying to figure out how to do something that is more technical.



This is a great website that I belong to. The peeps in the forums are really nice and helpful (unlike some places

)



http://www.pxleyes.com/

Thats the thing, Im sure there is FAR more in photoshop I havent even scratched, but the thing is some specific things I do use arent available in other apps.

 

[TSD]

I have only used Photoshop. I am currently using CS5. Contrary to what some think, I understand that I am truly a hack. I know so little of what this program can do it is scary. I do watch the occasional tutorial when I am trying to figure out how to do something that is more technical.



This is a great website that I belong to. The peeps in the forums are really nice and helpful (unlike some places

)



http://www.pxleyes.com/

Did you get your copy of CS5 privateering on the high seas of the world wide web or did you purchase it? I was so lucky to find a full copy of CS3 for that cheap, but I cant bring myself to drop 600 bucks on cs5 id rather stick with an older version (i wont even drop 300 on the upgrade), if the upgrade was like 150 id consider it.

 

[LordKOTL]

At work we use Photoshp Element usually for photosim work. It works quite well assuming the photos are good in the first place (i swear, the genetic rejects taking the pictures have nary a clue on how to operate a simple point-and-shoot digital camera).



At home I use Gimpshop for image cleanup. It's basically gimp with a photoshop frontend.

 

[MassHavoc]

I've got full CS5 here on my work computer, but as you can tell from my hack jobs I use about 1% of it's capabilities. Probably not even that. I no good at making things pretty.

 

[TSD]

I've got full CS5 here on my work computer, but as you can tell from my hack jobs I use about 1% of it's capabilities. Probably not even that. I no good at making things pretty.

what do you do that requires you to have it? The only software I run for work thats uber expensive is Adobe flash-builder. But I hope when HTML 5 starts really picking up steam it will make flash and flex go the way of the dodo. and I can do the latest and greatest web development without having to pay for any tools.

 

[MassHavoc]

what do you do that requires you to have it? The only software I run for work thats uber expensive is Adobe flash-builder. But I hope when HTML 5 starts really picking up steam it will make flash and flex go the way of the dodo. and I can do the latest and greatest web development without having to pay for any tools.

For work InDesign, for IHN Photoshop.