On July 26 2011 23:44 gu`anti wrote: Well Achaia you have to agree that the pricetag is kinda heavy on Photoshop or even the CS. For some stuff here and there GIMP is enough to handle the task properly.
Cheap alternative is ULEAD Photoimpact, runs at arround 20-50 bucks as far as i know.
Yeah I know it's not a cheap application. I have connections to get it discounted though so having a professional grade tool outweighs the cost of the software for me personally. I realize that not everyone is that picky or even needs that powerful of an editing suite, I was just agreeing that compared to Photoshop, Gimp is lacking quite a bit.
If you're in college (maybe HS too?), you can get CS5 design standard ridiculously cheap (~ $300), including photoshop, illustrator, and indesign.That's the way to go, and you can use it professionally if you want.
Guys, nothing wrong with a little piracy. imho when you aren't using the program for monetary gain, well then you shouldn't have to pay for it amateurs and students included. Leave that to the people who are professional photographers, graphic designers and such like. Students will buy it when they are qualified, shouldn't have to lay out that kinda of cash when you are studying. It's not realistic
The designs here are sick, some of you have some real skills.
On July 27 2011 05:12 Detri wrote: Guys, nothing wrong with a little piracy. imho when you aren't using the program for monetary gain, well then you shouldn't have to pay for it amateurs and students included. Leave that to the people who are professional photographers, graphic designers and such like. Students will buy it when they are qualified, shouldn't have to lay out that kinda of cash when you are studying. It's not realistic
The designs here are sick, some of you have some real skills.
Actually their is something wrong with piracy. The fact that you don't want there to be something wrong with it so you can feel better about what you're doing, does not make it so.
It is completely realistic to expect students to invest in their design training by dropping a mere few hundred dollars on a software tools powerful enough to make you a millionaire on their own. The 'buy it when I have money' excuse is a croc. Who really brings themselves to pay for something they've already taken for free?
On July 27 2011 05:20 0neder wrote: It is completely realistic to expect students to invest in their design training by dropping a mere few hundred dollars on a software tools ?
A mere few hundred dollars while being tens of thousands in debt and eating a single hot pocket for breakfast lunch and dinner (and i dont mean one for each meal). This is the situation some students are in, and the majority are not much better off.
Got a couple hundred dollars to throw away during a time like that? I wouldnt think so.
Unless you have a pretty little trust fund from rich mummy and daddy, or your grand parents just died. It is COMPLETELY unrealistic for students to be able to shell out that sort of money while still in education imo, shit, i know people who work 7 days a week 12 hours a day on top of classes and have shit all to live on.
On July 19 2011 22:30 Ashraf wrote: Hi guys, long time lurker first time poster. It's quite messy and obviously unfinished (only the front, missing some details such as the razer logo and more detail in the pants).
Since the community is judging, looking for some feedback while I work on it.
Weird, this is the best one and it didn't make it as a finalist. Some of the ones chosen are quite ugly. I'm not a fan of any of the diagonal with 2 diff colours designs.
On July 19 2011 22:30 Ashraf wrote: Hi guys, long time lurker first time poster. It's quite messy and obviously unfinished (only the front, missing some details such as the razer logo and more detail in the pants).
Since the community is judging, looking for some feedback while I work on it.
Weird, this is the best one and it didn't make it as a finalist. Some of the ones chosen are quite ugly. I'm not a fan of any of the diagonal with 2 diff colours designs.
EPT
Photoshop's still good.
imho when you aren't using the program for monetary gain, well then you shouldn't have to pay for it amateurs and students included. Leave that to the people who are professional photographers, graphic designers and such like. Students will buy it when they are qualified, shouldn't have to lay out that kinda of cash when you are studying. It's not realistic![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/NXqbN.jpg)
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