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Graphics and Web Design September 16, 2001 URL: http://www.zdnet.com.au/reviews/software/graphics/soa/Graphics-and-Web-Design/0,139023432,120107193,00.htm
IntroductionWe take a look at the latest Graphics and Web Design that will thrill all graphics pros, Web and print, and especially those doing double duty. Nothing creates a better first impression than eye-catching graphics and these packages that will help you create the snazzy images you want. Adobe Photoshop 6.0
Adobe Photoshop 6.0Digital photographers, graphics professionals, and hobbyists have plenty of cool tools to choose from this year. Adobe Photoshop, for instance, has long been viewed as the gold standard of image editors, and the 6.0 version now extends its reach online. In addition to flexible new text-editing capabilities, this latest version adds a slew of vector-drawing, HTML, and Web-graphics features that approach the power of programs like Macromedia Fireworks.
Company: Adobe Macromedia Dreamweaver 3 Fireworks 3 StudioThere's no better way to assemble a collection of images, titles, text, and animations into a world-class Web site than with Macromedia Dreamweaver 3 Fireworks 3 Studio. Between Dreamweaver's envelope-pushing site-design capabilities and Fireworks' flexible graphics-creation tools, these tightly integrated packages create one of the most powerful Web-authoring environments you can buy. Best of all, Macromedia sells the two bundled together at a discounted price of AU$899.
Distributor: FirmwareDesign Jasc Paint Shop Pro 7Jasc's Paint Shop Pro (PSP) has been considered the -poor man's Photoshop." Like Photoshop, PSP can be complex to use but also delivers power and versatility. Paint Shop Pro 7 has new tools and functions, and its new Getting Started guide makes learning the program easier. he Web tools are not well integrated into a Web page creation workflow, but they do include two new excellent dialogs -- Image Slicer and Image Mapper. Both offer visual optimisation within the dialogs, as well as a mouse-over Rollover Creator. They also output HTML tables. Company: Communique Software
Ulead PhotoImpact 6
Best suited for the user more interested in results than process,
PhotoImpact, from Ulead Systems, focuses on quick, easy image editing
and Web creation. PhotoImpact 6 puts emphasis on the Web, while not
stinting on creative photo-editing and vector tools. Version 6's most significant development is that PhotoImpact
can now assemble and output entire Web pages from scratch or by using templates. All components such as
buttons, banners, and animations remain live and reeditable. This -- in conjunction with the excellent Component
Designer wizard, Rollover tool, Button Designer, integrated Browser previews, and visual optimising dialogs
-- makes PhotoImpact invaluable for small-business and family Webmasters.
Company: LakoVision
Microsoft Picture It! Premuim PhotoStudio
Microsoft has created an integrated package that delivers both style and power with Microsoft Picture It! Premium PhotoStudio 2001.
The Premium PhotoStudio edition is the top of Microsoft's publishing line. The software includes the full version of Picture It! Photo,
plus eight CDs loaded with more than 200,000 images, 13,500 project templates, and 1,400 animated greetings. Using a
wizardlike interface, the program steps you through acquiring, organising, editing, and outputting your pictures.
The integration of Picture It! Photo with document and project creation is seamless; no other publishing program has such
complete integration of a full-feature photo-editing program.
Company: Microsoft
CorelDraw 10 Graphics Suite
Company: Corel
MGI PhotoSuite 4.0 Platinum EditionPhotoSuite's reputation for ease of use has made it a market leader in entry-level image editing. PhotoSuite 4.0 Platinum Edition adds a new dimension: sharing pictures on the Web. Based on browser code, PhotoSuite looks as familiar as a typical Web page. The Navigation Bar links the various modes (Get, Prepare, Compose, Organize, Share, Print, or Browse), and a toolbar displays only those tools that are available in the current mode. An Activity Panel shows options, commands, or step-by-step guides, according to the selected mode or tool. Although the new Web page templates are limited, you can animate text, use a variety of special effects, and add animated gifs.
Price: AU$129.95
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Both print and Web designers will find much to like in version 10, and new users will benefit from the simplified interface. In sum,
we found CorelDraw 10 Graphics Suite to be robust, powerful, and easy to use -- the perfect suite for both casual users and
graphics professionals.
CorelDraw 10 Graphics Suite has lots of new goodies, as well as a new vector-animation program, Corel R.A.V.E, similar in
concept to Macromedia Flash. Corel streamlined the interfaces for both CorelDraw (vector illustration) and Photo-Paint (image editing).
Both programs share the new colour-management tools and Export to Web preview dialog box.