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How do I get modern Imageready functionality
I'm a programmer - not an artist -- who occasionally has to deal with PSD files. I have Adobe Imageready 3 and Adobe Photoshop 6.
Functionality I use now:
- opening PSD layers files
- Taking JPG's and slicing them into HTML
- using Pen and Erase to clean up images
The question is, what is the best but also most cost-effective way to get the same functionality I use now but in a more modern version?
Do I really have to spend $850 for an Adobe product?
Also I'd prefer something that isn't massively complex.
Functionality I use now:
- opening PSD layers files
- Taking JPG's and slicing them into HTML
- using Pen and Erase to clean up images
The question is, what is the best but also most cost-effective way to get the same functionality I use now but in a more modern version?
Do I really have to spend $850 for an Adobe product?
Also I'd prefer something that isn't massively complex.
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jeremyjared74 - I'm not sure I see it in the makeuseof list - The ability to open psd layers.
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To open and convert a large number of image formats including PSD, an excellent and free option is IrfanView.
You can check out the free trial version first from http://www.irfanview.com
Good Luck!
To open and convert a large number of image formats including PSD, an excellent and free option is IrfanView.
You can check out the free trial version first from http://www.irfanview.com
Good Luck!
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well what I really want is a simplified version of imageready's editing toolbar functions, not just a viewer. i.e., use the magic erase, clone -- simple things compared to the whole photoshop experience but typical for my use.
Check it out. It is not just a viewer and can do most simple editing functions.
Good Luck!
Good Luck!
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I did. It doesn't do the stuff you'd find on the imageready toolbar.
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It is certainly not a substitute for PS or IR. You can use it to open and convert newer formats which you are unable to open in your PS or IR versions.
Cheers!
It is certainly not a substitute for PS or IR. You can use it to open and convert newer formats which you are unable to open in your PS or IR versions.
Cheers!
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Is there also a paint shop pro XI? I'm confused about the versions.
Or is one photo only?
Or is one photo only?
Actually It is now Paint Shop Photo Pro X3. This is the only version currently available that I am aware of and it is supposedly the New and Improved Paint Shop Pro.
It will certainly do everything you need to accomplish and at a very reasonable price.
I recommend that you download the trial and give it a try... it be just what you are looking for.
Good luck.
It will certainly do everything you need to accomplish and at a very reasonable price.
I recommend that you download the trial and give it a try... it be just what you are looking for.
Good luck.
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I'll take your word for it if you say yes or no, but I can't find these features. Does it let you:
erase an entire background (magic erase)
erase like drawing with a pen
clone an area
draw a gradient
stroke text?
To all of my kind experts - maybe I wasn't clear before, do any of the tools you've posted do these tasks?
erase an entire background (magic erase)
erase like drawing with a pen
clone an area
draw a gradient
stroke text?
To all of my kind experts - maybe I wasn't clear before, do any of the tools you've posted do these tasks?
ImageMagic does this, and it is free.
http://www.imagemagick.org/script/index.php#features
http://www.imagemagick.org/script/index.php#features
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Does imagemagick have
- a windows installer
- a windows GUI interface
?
- a windows installer
- a windows GUI interface
?
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I found the installer but the only GUI is imdisplay, which doesn't have any editing capability.
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While I don't see the analog to imageready I'm looking for, inkscape and paint shop pro are reasonable answers to the question.
I guess I was hoping for an imageready clone. I suspect inkscape has a lot going on but there's a learning curve, and paint shop pro does some neat smart extract that will take some time for me to finesse.
thanks for all of the answers.
I guess I was hoping for an imageready clone. I suspect inkscape has a lot going on but there's a learning curve, and paint shop pro does some neat smart extract that will take some time for me to finesse.
thanks for all of the answers.
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It's hard to answer a question that doesn't have an answer. But I do appreciate the expert answers given.
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I know we closed this - I will open a new thread if there's interest. I just found xara which looks pretty good, full version is $500 but lesser versions are cool and quite cheap.
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