and yeah, I got CS3 from oink, works like a charm.
― kenan, Tuesday, 16 October 2007 18:18 (sixteen years ago) link
you can also go to giganews and get a usenet account and pick it up off of there. that way, the RIAA or some other police org can't nail you for distribution.
― Dandy Don Weiner, Tuesday, 16 October 2007 18:30 (sixteen years ago) link
I use Super Paint
http://www.assumption.edu/fry/CS80/Images/sup1.gif
― dan selzer, Tuesday, 16 October 2007 18:47 (sixteen years ago) link
i use
http://www.whatisthe2gs.apple2.org.za/the_ring/application_pages/app_boxes_large/deluxe_paint_2.jpg
via winuae
― blueski, Tuesday, 16 October 2007 18:48 (sixteen years ago) link
what would you be using a graphic editor for? just resizing / cropping etc or something more technical?
i use gimp for everything but my everything isn't much.
― koogs, Tuesday, 16 October 2007 18:50 (sixteen years ago) link
(degas elite > deluxe paint)
― koogs, Tuesday, 16 October 2007 18:51 (sixteen years ago) link
the best question, yes. You can do a lot more with photoshop, obv, and if you snag CS3 get the whole suite and bask in the warm glow of PS integration with Flash and create one-click XML-driven Flash photo galleries, and cool stuff like that.
― kenan, Tuesday, 16 October 2007 19:29 (sixteen years ago) link
I use photoshop to create DCS 2.0 multichannel art files.
― dan selzer, Tuesday, 16 October 2007 19:34 (sixteen years ago) link
Ah, see, i'm web guy. You need it even more than I do.
― kenan, Tuesday, 16 October 2007 19:36 (sixteen years ago) link
There are only three ways I can think of that anyone may obtain for free that which normally costs money: as a gift, by theft, or by accidental discovery of a lost article. Not one of these methods has the slightest relation to how normal or hardworking you may be.
― Aimless, Tuesday, 16 October 2007 19:37 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.atarimagazines.com/startv4n1/degas.jpg
I used to use Degas Elite and it was incredible. It had limited pixel animating capabilities which was possibly the bet thing ever.
― Will M., Tuesday, 16 October 2007 19:38 (sixteen years ago) link
Ha, I think it was Degas that I mucked about on at my French Exchange student's Atari ST. I made some squiggles and the family got very excited, said things like "Zut Alors! Matisse!" and took photos of the screen.
Aimless, you forgot MAGIC.
― Alba, Tuesday, 16 October 2007 19:43 (sixteen years ago) link
Alba, that crossed my mind a few moments later, in another context.
― Aimless, Tuesday, 16 October 2007 19:45 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah! It was for Atari ST. It was leagues above other paint programs back in the day. I mean, you could custom-make little patterns in that pattern box, test all of the text options before laying it down, create custom line types (like, if you wanted one with long line short line long line short line etc), plus the animation... oh the animation. SO GOOD.
― Will M., Tuesday, 16 October 2007 19:47 (sixteen years ago) link
Also, the "rays" was amazing, it was like putting down a line, then when you click, it starts a new line from the original point. Why isn't paint as awesome as degas elite?! Also, k-line was like polygon but you didn't have to close the shape! clearly useful!
― Will M., Tuesday, 16 October 2007 19:49 (sixteen years ago) link
i used to use limewire but it might be outdated by now.
― The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Tuesday, 16 October 2007 19:49 (sixteen years ago) link
I USE
http://www.worldofspectrum.org/warajevo/artstudio.gif
SO FUK U ALL
― grimly fiendish, Tuesday, 16 October 2007 20:46 (sixteen years ago) link
I don't even use my (legit) copy of CS2 anymore.
Lightroom is good enough that I'm willing to fork over $299 for a retail copy.
― milo z, Tuesday, 16 October 2007 20:59 (sixteen years ago) link
ok i guess not. xpost
― The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Tuesday, 16 October 2007 20:59 (sixteen years ago) link
Lightroom is brilliant. The editing works much better in 1.1, and it finally has curves. All it needs is (feathered) selections and I'd be able to forget about Photoshop for most stuff.
― stet, Tuesday, 16 October 2007 21:03 (sixteen years ago) link
ts: lightroom vs aperture
― s1ocki, Tuesday, 16 October 2007 21:29 (sixteen years ago) link
lightroom! Aperture is good, but it's slow and makes the fans on my mac go nuts. The searching on Lightroom is aeons faster as well.
― stet, Tuesday, 16 October 2007 21:30 (sixteen years ago) link
Lightroom - the controls are more Photoshop-like (thus intuitive) and robust. I found it much easier to sharpen images, use curves, alter colors, etc.. It's basically all of the good photo tools from Camera Raw and Photoshop without all the other stuff that's more useful for graphic artists and designers. I haven't tried to dodge and burn images - that may be the missing feathered selections stet refers to.
Aperture probably still has a superior filing system, but I've not made good use.
― milo z, Tuesday, 16 October 2007 21:34 (sixteen years ago) link
good use of it*
― milo z, Tuesday, 16 October 2007 21:35 (sixteen years ago) link
I use Photoshop Elements at home and Paint.net at work.
See? You can make hardcore gangsta watermarks with Paint such as the one I did here.
http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/4722/herringnutteditdf0.jpg
Check that opaque shit out! It's crazy!
― Pleasant Plains, Tuesday, 16 October 2007 21:41 (sixteen years ago) link
nice manboobs
― milo z, Tuesday, 16 October 2007 21:42 (sixteen years ago) link
paint.net is totally awesome
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 16 October 2007 21:46 (sixteen years ago) link
oh, nice, i'll have to d/l that. i tried GIMP @ home and have yet to do any editing with it that didn't look like garbage. I use photoshop at work..
― daria-g, Tuesday, 16 October 2007 21:49 (sixteen years ago) link
Jack Del Rio and Jim Tressel are on to something.
― Pleasant Plains, Tuesday, 16 October 2007 22:36 (sixteen years ago) link