(quote)Originally posted by orcaloverbri9:
I REPEAT: Just giving an easier solution. (/quote)
It's not easier; in fact, it's a lot harder to work in because it lacks so many tools that you have to find workarounds.
(quote) Besides, since when are layers necessary? (/quote)
They're not necessary, but they are useful for keeping elements of a ship separated out, or working on several related basic designs.
(quote) And changing document sizewhat's wrong with that? (/quote)
There's no choice between changing the size of the image and size of the canvas - all ti gives is canvas size. You can't select where it will chose as the centre of the image and if you have an image in the clipboard, there's no option to use its dimensions when creating a new document.
(quote) Also, there IS, in fact, a magic wand tool; (/quote)
Only in the most limited sense. There's no tolerance setting, anti-aliasing, etc.
(quote) the selection tools are just fine for what I use them for as well. (/quote)
You can't make multiple selections and it's difficult to select complex multicoloured shapes.
(quote) It really depends on what level you are edititng at. Remember that while you may think of Photoshop as standard, others may think of it as advanced (like me:p ).(/quote)
I don't think of it as standard; I consider it advanced and Appleworks very, very basic. Photoshop Elements and Graphic Converter are the two standardish packages.
(quote) if you're going to use GraphicConverter, you might as well use AppleWorks: it has pretty much the same features, and those it lacks are pretty much irrelevant. (/quote)
Being able to adjust levels, replace colours and fiddle with the brightness and contrast of the red green and blue channels are all useful.
(quote) The large range of formats hardly helps when your main focus should be PICT. (/quote)
On the contrary, GraphicConverter has a large advantage working with PICTs if you don't have Photoshop, as it allows you to save them in indexed colour mode, which takes up a fair bit less space. Though I suppose that is less relevant with RLE now.
(quote) Oh, and by the way, have you ever looked up at the transform bar? (/quote)
Yes, and was thoroughly unimpressed.
(quote) In any case, Photoshop is called PHOTOshop for a reason. It is meant more for photo-quality images rather than the slightly cartoonish style used in EV. (/quote)
Just because it's great at editting photos doesn't mean it can't be great at editting other things. It is used globally for a lot more than just photos and the tool set is very impressive and immensely capable of dealing with EV graphics.
(quote) I sincerely doubt that all those countless features that you can't figure out are necessary (/quote)
I didn't say they were necessary, but they are very useful and can save a lot of time.
(quote) **(in this case, anyway; remember that we aren't talking a whole TC with a slew of new graphics).(quote)(b)
But Appleworks fares no better for edtting existing ships because of its lack of layers, inability to edit brightness, contrast, hue, saturation, levels, etc. and lack of decent selection tools. Graphic Converter falls down on a lot of these too, but it's still an improvement.
(quote)(b)Odd how this discussion ended up, eh? Well, there's a third alternative that any self-respecting Mac user should have.**(/quote)
True, and in a fix, it is adequate for editing, but that's about the most favourable word I could use.
I really should have mentioned Photoshop Elements much earlier. Does a bug chunk of what Photoshop can, including all the stuff I've mentioned, is easier to use, lower on resource demands and most importantly, considerably cheaper. Around Ł75 over here, so I imagine it would go for $99 or less. Quality piece of software.
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