Re: FLASH: Should i get Photoshop?

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Hi Eva,


(I bought Photoshop 4 two years ago, DW2/FW2 package last year, and DW3/FW3

package when it was released.)


At the exact moment of 2000.01.21.14.16, her/his local time, Eva  Isabel/E

Graphics <

egraphicprodigy [dot] net [dot] mx

> put forth:


> ... On the other hand, even that I feel pretty comfortable with Fireworks, i

> still haven't found out if there are good plugins out there  for Fireworks.

> (if u know of some please let me know!). And i know there are hundreds of

> excelent plugins for Photoshop.


By "plugins" do you mean *filters*? Most Photoshop filters work seamlessly with

Fireworks!


> So, basically, what i would like to ask to

> those of you who have used both, Fireworks and Photoshop, wich one do u

> recommend the most, and most important, why?


Eva, it might "cut to the chase" for you more quickly if you'd turn that

question around and tell us what you want to do that you haven't been able to do

in Fireworks?


> I just  have this feeling that

> i might be loosing something extremely useful using Fireworks instead of

> Photoshop, but i wouldn't like to invest my money on Photoshop f it turns

> out that i could have achieved the same results using my reliable Fireworks.

> What do u guys think?

> Thanks in advance for your opinions!


Fireworks was designed for Web production (*only*) from the get-go. Photoshop

was designed for *print* production; later, Web-production features were added

as needed, including ImageReady.


If your medium is actual, *print* photographs, and you wish to have an abundance

of features to allow you to make extremely sophisticated modifications to your

photographs, then you want Photoshop ... HOWEVER, if your medium is primarily

the Web, and you already own Fireworks, but yearn for a new artistic "toy",

(and, especially if you own a graphics tablet), I'd recommend Painter, or one of

its less-expensive siblings/knockoffs, for sheer joy of artistic expression.


HTH,


Ken Sherwood


                         *zenkat: the Flash trailer*

                    http://www.kensherwood.com/zenkat.htm


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http://www.kensherwood.com




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