Vaguely OT: Graphics Editor Recommendations?

[Mike McCallister]

Lea,

I concur with Art Campbell re: Photoshop/TCSuite2 and SnagIt for screen
caps. For the line drawings, you should try a couple of open-source options:

Dia (Windows download: http://dia-installer.de/index_en.html) for Visio-like
diagrams
Inkscape: (www.inkscape.org) for vector drawing (a la Illustrator and Corel
Draw)

No difficult learning curve, even for non-graphics people like me. Very nice
results.


Mike McCallister
Technical Writing Consultant, Compuware
Author, "openSUSE Linux Unleashed" -- at bookstores now!
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On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 12:07 PM, Lea Rush <lea at astoria-pacific.com> wrote:

> Heya,
>
> I'd like to solicit opinions on graphic editors from the community. I'm in
> a
> grey area between graphics needs, and I could use some advice on the
> appropriate editor.
>
> I care for three kinds of graphics.
> *       Simple line-art drawings, similar to kindergarten mechanical
> drawings
> *       Photos for inclusion in both printed and PDF media
> *       Software dialog screenshots for both printed and PDF media
>
> I'm running Vista with FM8.0. I'm considering upgrading to either TC2 or a
> combination of FM9 and Acrobat 9 ProExt, depending on whether the latter
> will support round-tripping PDFs in the review process.
>
> Thoughts? Or perhaps a recommendation for a mailing list more appropriate
> to
> this question?
>
> Thanks much in advance,
> Lea
>
>
>
>
>
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