Best Product for Web Graphics & Email Marketing
What is the best product to start with if my focus is creating graphics for the web and email marketing?
Editing PDF files: there is NO good product for editing the text or content of PDF files. There are tools but they are for a desperate last resort when things are very badly planned. Acrobat can do this.
Acrobat: good for scanning to PDF. But in general no sensible tool lets you work with PDF as your main format. For example if you want to do letters in PDF, you do them (typically) in Word and make a PDF. Want a page layout? Use InDesign or Publisher, make a PDF. Want to change the PDF? Edit the original and remake the PDF. You need to keep originals religiously.
Maps: look for a specialist tool for maps. Adobe don't have one.
General: don't expect to find one program that does all your tasks. You will probably want Acrobat though for some PDF-related tasks.
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Macmini among the latest i5 or i7 are they appropriate for web/graphics/software development?
Can operate with ease with Adobe Creative Cloud cs6 Apps? Also with xcode or Eclipse etc IDEs?
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MACmini server have all abilities of macmini client plus more, hence, can run Adobe Creative Cloud cs6 Apps, xcode & Eclipse?Electrical and Operating Requirements
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Frequency: 50Hz to 60Hz, single phase
http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_mac/family/mac_mini/select
Realize that only the Middle Mini has a real Graphic card.
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Is Fw really better for web graphics?
Ok, so I've downloaded the Fw trial to see how it's better
for web graphics than Photoshop. With Photoshop the usual problem
is that I have to mess around to turn on/off layers, copy parts of
images into new images to export transparent logos, tabs etc. so I
hoped that Fw have some intelligent slice system for one step
exports. Unfortunately I haven't been able to find it. Maybe I'm
wrong but it seems to me that Fw has a very primitive flat slicing
system, no overlapping is possible. So for a very basic example if
I have a background graphics on the top of the page that I want to
export (not the entire page) and a logo *on* it that I want to
export as a transparent png or maybe just as a jpg including the
background, it's impossible, because the logo slice will divide the
page into rectangles no matter what. I don't care about
HTML/CSS/whatever I just want to export overlapping graphic parts
in one simple step by properly defined slices. Looks like I
couldn't find the one step solution I hoped for in Fw. Am I missing
something?I. G. wrote:
> Ok, so I've downloaded the Fw trial to see how it's
better for web graphics
> than Photoshop. With Photoshop the usual problem is that
I have to messing
> around to turn on/off layers, copy parts of images into
new images to export
> transparent logos etc. so I hoped that Fw have some
intelligent slice system
> for one step exports. Unfortunately I haven't been able
to find it. Maybe I'm
> wrong but it seems to me that Fw has a very primitive
flat slicing system, no
> overlapping is possible. So for a very basic example if
I have a background
> graphics on the top of the page that I want to export
(not the entire page) and
> a logo *on* it that I want to export as a transparent
png or maybe just as a
> jpg including the background, it's impossible, because
the logo slice will
> divide the page into rectangles no matter what. I don't
care about
> HTML/CSS/whatever I just want to export overlapping
graphic slices in one
> simple step by properly defined slices. Looks like I
couldn't find the one step
> solution I hoped for in Fw. Am I missing something?
>
>
>
>
>
In a word. Yes. It's designed to work with screen graphics,
and handles
both vector and bitmaps well at the same time. It's got quite
a few
more web-centric workflows than Photoshop.
Fireworks CS3 supports multiple pages. Each page supports
it's own web
layer, so you have much more control over slices and can
avoid the
problems of overlapping slices this way.
Overlapping slices don't work because it's impossible for FW
to
determine which one is the most important - and should be
sliced in whole
>>So for a very basic example if I have a background
> graphics on the top of the page that I want to export
(not the entire
page) and
> a logo *on* it that I want to export as a transparent
png or maybe
just as a
> jpg including the background, it's impossible, because
the logo slice
will
> divide the page into rectangles no matter what.<<
I'm not clear on what you're trying to do here as you seemed
to have
left some information out. Assuming you want a repeating
background
image and as separate slice for the logo.
Draw a slice that covers the width of your background, by
however many
pixels tall you need. Either lower on the page or on a
separate page
plave the logo and slice it as well. As you are not concerned
about the
html or CSS it's pretty straightforward from there. Just
export the
slices, and tell FW not to include unsliced areas. In your
html, set you
background image as a background image and your logo either
as an inline
image or as a background image within another containing div.
HTH
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Hi,
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while discussing with clients and developers?
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I am considering buying a laptop / notebook / ipad or whatever for using itunes only. The goal would be to add all cd's to the product and then increase my collection via downloads only going forward.
Can anyone recommend the best product for this please? I have an ipod nano and I'm new to the iphone, so I'm an Apple convert, although I'd consider a non-Apple product too (sorry Apple!).
Budget is tight!
Thanks in advance
Rufus73Without a bit more info, it's hard to answer your question.
How many CD's do you intend to keep on the PC/Mac/iPad as an iPad has a maximum storage of aprox 55Gb's for the top model, whereas even a basic PC laptop is likely to have 150Gb plus of space. Plus you are going to need a PC/Mac to copy the CD's in the first place, unless you intend to buy all your music from the iTunes store.
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Best practices for iBook graphics?
I'm starting production on a graphic heavy iBook. Many of the images exceed the dimensions of iBook Author. Taking into consideration the idea of trying to create a book with the smallest footprint possible, can anyone give me some advice on the following issues::
On a large image (1200 x 1200 pixels), is it better to crop the image in Photoshop, or use iBooks graphics masking feature?
Is there any way in iBooks to scale a large image to fit?
It is safe to assume that the best file format to use for graphics in iBook is the same as what it would be for the web (i.e. JPEG's for photographs, PNG's if you need transparancy, & GIF's for items with large areas of few colors)?
Thank you in advance for your thoughts on these questions.On a large image (1200 x 1200 pixels), is it better to crop the image in Photoshop, or use iBooks graphics masking feature?
Is there any way in iBooks to scale a large image to fit?
It is safe to assume that the best file format to use for graphics in iBook is the same as what it would be for the web (i.e. JPEG's for photographs, PNG's if you need transparancy, & GIF's for items with large areas of few colors)?
1. Use Photoshop.
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2007 iMac vs New MBP for Web/Graphic Design?
Hey everyone,
I'm a web/graphic designer currently using a Mid-2007 iMac and looking to upgrade to the top level MBP for better performance and mobility. I'm usually running a few programs at a time (photoshop, indesign, illustrator, safari, spotify, etc) and my current setup seems to be bogging down lately. Given the specs below, will I see a big boost in performance by upgrading to the MBP? On paper 2.4ghz vs 2.8ghz doesn't seem like a lot, but I know the RAM, graphics card and whatever "turbo boost" is all play a big role as well. Any advice?
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Potential MBP:
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Thanks very much for your advice!
However, why do you suggest the 21.5" over the 27"? Do you think it is worth the extra screen size, because I can afford either?
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Best program for web development?
Hello everyone
I was just wondering what is in your opinion the best tool for creating web based applications (or even desktop based applications).
I have used Jdeveloper and Dreamweaver before and Jdeveloper had a lot more functionality out of the box but Dreamweaver seemed to give me more freedom (especially when working with the design part of my page).
Also Jdeveloper is a lot more complex but I think without fully understanding every aspect of it you can develop some pretty nifty applications. My main gripe is the deployment which has to have the same version of weblogic and Jdeveloper and you have to install Jdeveloper on the server (the weblogic server alone isn't enough) to support ADF etc.
I don't have experience in the other ones (NetBeans, Eclipse, Visual Studio etc)
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Photoshop for web graphics vs fireworks - sizing shapes and images
Hi all,
I'm a web designer / developer and I've always used fireworks to create my graphics for buttons, or backgrounds of web sites.
I'm aware that photoshop is apparantly the tool of choice for most pro web designers, but........
How the heck can you size things in Photoshop (CS3)???!
Sounds like a daft question, and sounds like an extremley basic task, but I cannot find how / where to do it in photoshop.
Say I need two shapes to be the same width, and I'm creating two images, how do I set the two shapes to be 100px wide for example? I don't mean the canvas, I mean a shape within a canvas.
Point me in the right direction and call me stupid!
ThanksI don't know of any books that concentrate purely on editing graphics in Photoshop. The program was designed as a photo editor, after all, and web graphics are just a sideline.
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I want to get their mac address or other police trackable etc info so I can use my computer safely.
I am also being cyberbullied.
I try just using ethernet but still get intruded on, for instance, messages that "other devices are using my ip address". The only other device I own is an iPod that I keep sahut off plus wifi turned off then.
(NOTE: You can skip the rest of this message if you want. It regards hacking attempts etc, a little out of the scope of discussion, perhaps).
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Also, hackers get into my Facebook and gmail and yahoo mail, really, no matter what I try to do on my computer and how many times I change passwords it does no good.
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What is the best product for me?
Next year I will be a college student and want an apple product that can be my notebook. I currently use OneNote on a Toshiba tablet, but want to upgrade to apple. I know that apple does not make a tablet, but I figured I could get an ipad with a stylus for when I need to write things like math. I could also get one of those attachable keyboards for essays and such. Does this sound like a logical system for a college student? Can OneNote even be downloaded on an iPad? I've seen the styluses and they seem a bit weird, with a round rubber tip. It seems as though that isn't very efficient for writing as you wouldn't know exactly where what you draw would show up, am I right about that? If I am, I guess I would just get a normal Macbook and simply use paper for math class. Please let me know what you think would be the best system for me. Thank you!
Look at these links.
http://www.cultofmac.com/185805/why-you-should-buy-an-ipad-instead-of-a-macbook- for-college-back-to-school/
http://www.forbes.com/sites/quickerbettertech/2013/06/10/whats-the-best-tool-for -college-a-macbook-or-ipad-and-wait-what-about-windows-8/
http://techland.time.com/2012/08/28/ask-techland-ipad-with-a-keyboard-or-macbook -air-for-an-adult-student/
http://www.gizmag.com/2013-macbook-air-11-inch-vs-ipad/27993/
http://www.imore.com/imore-tv-25-buy-ipad-11inch-macbook-air
http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/buying-advice/apple/3420938/macbook-or-ipad-what-shou ld-you-get/
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