Stupid graphics question

[thetford]

ok - I'm probably thinking in the wrong direction, but as a civil engineer I can't help it! In autoCAD I can draw any shape, because it's vector - aka mathmatical....... so I can draw all of the graphics in (for example) windows media player. But how in the heck do you draw this in a graphics program?

I've always keep my graphics simple, but after looking at so many examples that have such wonderful graphics, I can't help but feel I'm missing something........... :huh

[RizlaUK]

But how in the heck do you draw this in a graphics program?

good question....4 years i had jasc psp and i still use ms paint, i even tried some 3d modeling but could not make textures...lol


heres some psp tutorials on interface design (and theres all sorts of other tuts at the site)
http://www.pinoy7.com/psptutorials/interfacedesign.shtml

[azmanar]

Hi,

You can also use a Free Graphics program called GIMP. www.GIMP.org
There is a tutorial section in da site.

Go here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_gimp to have an idea of GIMP.

[Dermot]

I have been using Paint.Net lately and love it. http://www.getpaint.net/

[Bruce]

I love PhotoShop for making GUIs, it's so flexable.

[Lorne]

When it comes to mixing vector graphics with bitmaps, the best commercial tool at the moment is probably Xara Xtreme (www.xara.com).

If you want something free, Creative Docs .NET (http://www.creativedocs.net/) is really good as well.

[yosik]

Working with a plethora of programs, I almost always come back to Photoshop. I think it is one of the best program of its kind ever made.
A free vector program you could check is Inkscape.

Yossi

[thetford]

Thanks all! Yes, I've seen some very impressive graphics produced in photoshop, and I've got an older version, but man, there is a learning curve to photoshop. I feel like a one armed paper hanger when I'm trying to get anything done in photoshop! I think part of the problem is that I "think" in vector.