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09-12-2005, 06:11 PM
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Design program?
Just wondered what everyone uses to design in?? Say im doing a 30" x 10' banner and I wanna add images and bevel text, shadow and so on? What do you use? I am trying Photoshop but it seems hard to view closeup to see what it will look like doing a LARGE print.
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09-12-2005, 07:05 PM
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Location: Arizona
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I use Flexi for almost all of my sign designing.
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09-12-2005, 07:12 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Cypress, Texas
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I use Flexi, Corel & photoshop myself... They each do some things better than the other. If you have Flexi you might want to check this out.
http://printingdigital.net/forums/showthread.php?t=206
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12-24-2005, 03:51 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Utah
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Printer: HP FB910 (9840) & DisplayMaker 72s, Roland XC-540
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I use Omega Composer from Gerber and Illustrator. Photoshop ocassionally, but I prefer to stay vector when I can.
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12-24-2005, 11:28 PM
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Cat Herder
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Arlington, WA
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I'm using the Corel suite (draw and photopaint) and the Alien Skin plug-ins for the cool effects. I then export either as EPS, TIFF or sometimes JPG for the RIP program.
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12-25-2005, 11:09 AM
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Administrator
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Location: Arizona
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Flexi, photoshop, Illistrator, corel
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12-25-2005, 02:55 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: San Diego
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Adobe CS suite. Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat Pro.
All this is interesting discussion, but what really matters is what you are efficeint at using. A good user makes more difference than the software (to a degree). Personally I don't know how anyone gets along without Photoshop. But that is just me.
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12-25-2005, 03:43 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Nebraska Near Wyoming Border
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Use Flexi Pro, Adobe Photoshop and will probably add Illustrator CS when we up grade from PS 7 to CS.
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12-27-2005, 10:11 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
Posts: 346
Printer: Mimaki JV3-160S
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FlexiSign Pro & Photoshop CS
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12-27-2005, 11:13 AM
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Member
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Bend, Oregon
Posts: 41
Printer: Roland SC540 & Seiko 64
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Signlab 7.1, photoshop.
You can pretty much do all of that directly in Signlab, especially if you add all the eyecandy stuff. |
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