computer use

[BES]

Hi Jack!
I'm a graphic designer.
Work with computer programs 21 years.
The program don't care who you are. Are a novice or a master! The program works according to their own logic.
All of what you listed can do in any program.
Although vector graphics, though a Bit graphics.
The main thing is how you feel.
If you feel comfortable working in a particular program, choose it.
No matter how much it costs - program can be very expensive, but uncomfortable.
May be cheap but you are nice to work in it.

Only you choose what tool to use.

The most important thing - paper and pencil.
No one program does not draw a sketch for you.

The camera does not make the brilliant photos.
The car does not win in the race without the driver.
The computer does not draw himself.

If you have a PC - buy CorelDRAW
If you have a Mac, buy Adobe Illustrator (CorelDRAW not work on the new operating system, OS X, Mountain Lion)

Good Choice

 

[blacksmith_wills]

Gents,

I cannot justify the cost of Illustrator. So I chose Inkscape.

It still has a learning curve, especially since I don't have much experience with vector graphics.

However, using the tools in Inkscape I can bring in a scanned image and trace it to create a vector of the image.

Inkscape has an automatic trace function that can work well but I had better luck just using the bezier curve tool.

The cost for Inkscape is some time learning. For what I wanted it compares very well with Illustrator.

If I can figure out how to record a video I'll try to upload some examples.

Take care,

Matt

 

[BES]

Hi Matt!
I tested the function of automatic trace in various programs.
There is too much dirt and unwanted items.
I find it easier to repeat the image from scratch.
On the first layer pattern on the second layer manual trace - always clean and tidy.

 

[blacksmith_wills]

Hi,

Here is a quick trace that I did using Inkscape.

View attachment draw_acanthus.pdf

I will try and figure out a way to video this.

It works very much like the method Arnaud describes in his video earlier in the thread.

The secret is to make sure your bitmap is on the lower layer. Lock that layer, then draw on the nect layer up.

The tools I used are the Bezier Draw tool and the edit nodes tool.

Regards,

Matt

 

[Trueline]

Inkscape, Corel, MSWord

Hi Matt,
Thanks for sharing your experience with inkscape. Besides the fact that Pencil and Paper rule, we can all appreciate that the computer is useful. Especially when you have repeating patterns or need to flip or reverse an image to make some engraving tasks more time and cost effective. Sam Alfono opened my eyes to Corel Draw. Even legacy versions did such a nice job with being able to see the control handles to adjust curves, scaling objects, flipping or reversing images, changing objects transperency, changing line weights and making letters follow curvy paths. I would never give up Corel for MS Word because the control points are so tiny in MS Word. Also MS Word does not offer an abuility to export those line paths to illustraitor or Corel Draw. But many of those capabilities are there to be able to scale flip and print a traced pattern if one already owns MS Word (see my attachment of a screen shot of MS Word 2007 on Windows Vista). On the other hand, I will give inkscape a try sometime just out of curiosity. Thanks for sharring your screen shot of Inkscape.

 

[BES]

Adobe Illustrator CS6 version16.0 (Box) — $842.00
CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X6 (Box) — $499.00
Microsoft Office 2010 — $280.000

Microsoft Office — the most cost-effective solution!

And finally the leader - it is embedded in the operating system Microsoft
Еhe price of — $000.000
Here is the link to the survey:
http://www.drububu.com/tutorial/mspaint.html
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Here's a link to the online editor MURO - very simple and high quality!
Supports layers, has filters as Photoshop.
For those who have a tablet Wacom - it's just a great and free solution!
Yes it is not a vector but enables high-quality pictures!
http://sta.sh/muro/

 

[Trueline]

I took a quick look on my iPhone. Interesting. I'll have to check it out on my laptop.

 

[blacksmith_wills]

Hi Eric,

MSPaint is a useful tool but it's the ability to use vector graphics that make Inkscape useful.

For those who might want to try Inkscape I will describe how I got to the final image.

For the image above I used a snipping tool called "Greenshot". I open the "Drawing the Acanthus Leaf" book, snipped an image to the clipboard, pasted it into a program called "Irfanview", saved it as non-compressed .tif file.

Then I imported the .tif file into Inkscape and used the tools within Inkscape to trace the bitmap.

All of those software packages are free.

It would work just as well with a scanned image from a pencil drawing.

Have Fun!

Matt

 

[BES]

Hi Matt!
I am a Designer and I have no problems with the programs.
My MacPro is installing Adobe CS 5.5 Master Collection.
I think these tips will help those looking for a more economical Way to Work!

 

[Zhyyra]

I often do what Arnaud and Sam do. Use a raster file as a background to "convert it to vector". Quite a few packages will help you do this but, if you're just checking if this is a method that you want to use, or you have a limited budget, a second hand Turbocad package available on ebay should do the trick for you. It did for me. I sometimes use GIMP (free) with a tablet for drawing by hand.
It depends what you want to do.
For a start, education wise, if you don't already know, learn the difference between a raster and a vector image.
All the best.