Graphic help!!

MBY

Can somebody please help me, by telling me a beginner's program to do graphic. But I also want to give it some kind of shadow. Can someone help me please?

calvin9403

Try art text, you don't need any skill and can still Mage decent graphics
Shadow is very easy in the program as well

MBY

thanks I downloaded art text 2 lite and it makes cool buttons, but I want to do more things, like: persons, animals, and that kind of things, not text. Do you know any other program?

calvin9403

well then gimp, photoshop, illustrator, inkscape...

those are harder to use a require more skills

MBY

ok I'll try with illustrator.

MBY

Yes I'm downloading right now illustrator (3 hours estimated) but I'll check Inkscape. Thanks

MBY

Yes it takes 4 mins I am using it right now. I'll post a comment about it right no when I finish using it.

MBY

The truth is I didn't like it I'll wait for illustrator still (3 hours)

JohnPapiomitis

you gave it 6 minutes...

MBY

Yes, because but I saw some tutorials for Illustrator and I prefer to check Illustrator. Thanks

calvin9403

Illustrator is expensive, although there is a student price if you are a student

MBY

I downloaded the trial for 30 days

calvin9403

Ya it is going to expire after 30 days

MBY

But anyways, I'll test it. The good thing is the I have a neighbor that he is a graphical designer so I will tell him if he can do my graphics. I hope is not expensive.

MotherHoose

Seascape is free
and... I think it is a good beginner's program.

I have but don't use:
Illustrator is $299.00
Photoshop is used for graphics by many... but as it's name says...

Pixelmator is $29.99
and much more user friendly than Adobe products...for beginners

Pixen is free
and very user friendly

as @JohnPapiomitis points out: you do have to give some time to learning new programs!
as @calvin9403 points out: artText is good for graphics...you just didn't give it a work-out!

I have used Gimp for years...and just this past week I learned a new built-in technique!

MH

MotherHoose

@RKS...let them find out on their own!

but, I will whisper it to you: page-curl

MH

MBY

Which program of all you mentioned do you recommend me I'm a beginner.

MotherHoose

for a real beginner... Seascape

but explore everything ... push all the buttons ... use all the tools...
think of it as an adventure quest ... where the goal is to make your mental images real.

MH

vectawr

Starting off designing with Illustrator/Inkscape is a bad idea. The pen tool is not a concept most get instantly.

Learn Paint.NET. Free, great community, more user generated plugins that photoshop, easy UI, and thousands of tutorials.

calvin9403

@RKS the pen tool is very useful IMO, you can do almost everything with it

MBY

Ok I'll try with Seascape

MBY

I can't find Seascape, can someone please post a link for the download.

The_Gamesalad_Guru

http://mac.softpedia.com/get/Graphics/Seascape.shtml

The_Gamesalad_Guru

Easy way to narrow a search is to type program name and os x

MBY

ok thanks.