'designer' stuff

lenko · May 13, 2009 09:54 AM

i was wondering what the best program for making things like logos, fonts and stuff would be. Clear-cut, almost 'corporate' stuff like this

I'm guessing illustrator?

RobHalford · May 13, 2009 10:33 AM

Yep.

Flash · May 13, 2009 04:35 PM

illustrator and photoshop
I don't recommend trying to do things like that in only one program since it's all about the details

f0d · May 13, 2009 07:11 PM

im not a big illustrator fan, i honestly have an easier time designing stuff like that in flash then touching it up in photoshop

but i guess if you know how to use illustrator its nice because of the extensive blending options and what not

ansel · May 13, 2009 08:41 PM

vector software for sure. I've actually never used Illustrator, and don't know much about it, but Flash is sufficient for all my needs

Katasaki · May 13, 2009 09:10 PM

Yeah, I'll agree with ansel.

Also, I was too stupid to figure out illustrator.. maybe if I took more time.... meh.

Vector art is the next best thing to original pixel art. :3

RichChap · May 13, 2009 09:14 PM

Yeah, ansel is totally right. You probably just need flash unless you're doing really professional stuff, in which case you want illustrator. Creating vector images is very important though.

ZekeySpaceyLizard · May 14, 2009 12:09 AM

flash's tools are basically Illustrator-Lite

you just have to be clever with them

ansel · May 14, 2009 07:10 AM

Quote from: RichChapYeah, ansel is totally right. You probably just need flash unless you're doing really professional stuff, in which case you want flash. Creating vector images is very important though.

QuoteYou probably just need flash unless you're doing really professional stuff, in which case you want flash.

eh what

RichChap · May 19, 2009 10:49 PM

I meant to say "You probably just need flash unless you're doing really professional stuff, in which case you want illustrator."

billy · June 1, 2009 02:14 AM

ILLUSTRATOR ILLUSTRATOR ILLUSTRATOR

not flash, illustrator

it's time to stop playing tee ball and move into the big leagues

f0d · June 1, 2009 03:38 PM

i cant stand illustrator, what are its advantages exactly? i know it has some more advanced options than flash but what are they

psi43 · June 1, 2009 05:25 PM

Quote from: f0di cant stand illustrator, what are its advantages exactly? i know it has some more advanced options than flash but what are they

most importantly for me would be the gradient masking.

Personally i never used illustrator but i know that it has gradient masking and this is something I always wanted flash to have

f0d · June 1, 2009 09:36 PM

but photoshop has gradient masks and anything you do in photoshop can be easily ported into flash

ansel · June 2, 2009 02:32 AM

Quote from: f0dbut photoshop has gradient masks and anything you do in photoshop can be easily ported into flash

not as vectors, dawg

f0d · June 2, 2009 03:32 PM

ya guess not but still theres gotta be more than just that. is illustrator really worth learning because the only way ive even been able to use it properly was by drawing all the vectors in flash and porting them into illustrator

psi43 · June 3, 2009 05:26 AM

Quote from: f0dya guess not but still theres gotta be more than just that. is illustrator really worth learning because the only way ive even been able to use it properly was by drawing all the vectors in flash and porting them into illustrator

you have to do a lot of shit with the pen tool as far as i know.

it's not really worth learning i think because it barely offers anything more than what flash offers. You can work a lot faster with it though.

it's like flash with a layer/filter/blender system of photoshop, but that's just extremely simply put

ansel · June 4, 2009 12:26 PM

yesterday I had to use illustrator to edit some lineart I did in Flash

I couldn't draw a line or copy and paste anything or dffdghgggffggf