Software Poll - Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts Message Board

foneman · 08-05-2007, 09:12 PM

What software package is your preference for scroll saw pattern creation or editing? I am only allowed to have 10 choices, so I grouped MSPaint, GIMP, Inkscape, and Animator together under the OTHER choice. If you have something other than the choices given, would you reply with what OTHER you prefer?

Thanks for you assistance!

Daryl185 · 08-05-2007, 09:35 PM

I use Serif photo plus 6.0 its a free down load and its what I learned on and seems to work good for me

Jediscroller · 08-05-2007, 09:54 PM

I can't answer just one. Virtually every pattern I make I use Corel Painter, Paintshop pro,Arcsoft photo studio professional and Corel Draw.

Gill · 08-06-2007, 02:31 AM

Like Kevin, I use a variety of different programs when I'm working on a pattern. They've all got strengths and weaknesses; with time, a designer learns which techniques are better suited to which software.

Gill

meydenhart · 08-06-2007, 11:43 AM

Same for me - I swap between Photoshop and Paint Shop Pro - each have features I prefer that the other does not have

CanadianScroller · 08-06-2007, 03:40 PM

I use several. lately I have been using inkscape for photoconversion but I also like to manually trace the images with Serif PagePlus.
I use Serif for most of my work since that is a program I am very familiar with.

beemerbob · 08-06-2007, 03:44 PM

Which is the best program for just importing a pattern and cleaning it up to get just black and White output for printing?

Pop · 08-06-2007, 05:45 PM

I guess I'm just partial to PhotoShop since I've been using it for almost 18 years. I've just recently upgrade to Adobe Premium with PhotoShop CS3, Illustrator and all the plug ins. That coupled with my 9x12" drawing pad is really a nice combo. I've been doing more pattern making than cutting lately because of declining control in my hands from the joint desease and arthritis, so I'm really into PhotoShop now.

Andy · 08-07-2007, 01:24 AM

It's Photoshop CS all the way for me. Unless I want to do vectorized graphics then I use my FlexiSign software. Oh yeah, if I want to count cuts or autotrace for initial vectorization then it's Corel. Hmmm ... guess it's not CS all the way now is it? LOL I could live with just CS though ... as long as the customers can put up with 2 color patterns.

Andy

View Poll Results: What is your most used and preferred software program?
Adobe Illustrator	1	3.33%
Adobe PhotoShop CS3	2	6.67%
Adobe PhotoShop Elements	5	16.67%
Corel Draw	4	13.33%
Corel Painter	1	3.33%
Corel PaintShop Pro	9	30.00%
Coyote Stencil Shop	2	6.67%
PhotoPlus	0	0%
Photo to Sketch	0	0%
Other: Inkscape, GIMP, MSPaint, Anim8or, or Reply with YOUR choice.	6	20.00%
Voters: 30. You may not vote on this poll

08-05-2007, 09:12 PM	#1
foneman Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Kansas Posts: 64	Software Poll What software package is your preference for scroll saw pattern creation or editing? I am only allowed to have 10 choices, so I grouped MSPaint, GIMP, Inkscape, and Animator together under the OTHER choice. If you have something other than the choices given, would you reply with what OTHER you prefer? Thanks for you assistance!

08-05-2007, 09:35 PM	#2
Daryl185 Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Lakewood Ranch Florida Posts: 1,162	I use Serif photo plus 6.0 its a free down load and its what I learned on and seems to work good for me __________________ Daryl S. Walters Psycotic scroller with a DeWalt 788

08-05-2007, 09:54 PM	#3
Jediscroller American Crafstman Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Galaxy far, far away Posts: 3,174 Blog Entries: 5	I can't answer just one. Virtually every pattern I make I use Corel Painter, Paintshop pro,Arcsoft photo studio professional and Corel Draw. __________________ Kevin Scrollsaw Patterns Online Making holes in wood with an EX-30, Craftsman 16" VS, Dremel 1680 and 1671

08-06-2007, 02:31 AM	#4
Gill Fallen Angel Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 2,625	Like Kevin, I use a variety of different programs when I'm working on a pattern. They've all got strengths and weaknesses; with time, a designer learns which techniques are better suited to which software. Gill __________________ There is no opinion, however absurd, which men will not readily embrace as soon as they can be brought to the conviction that it is readily adopted. (Schopenhauer, Die Kunst Recht zu Behalten)

08-06-2007, 11:43 AM	#5
meydenhart Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Pretoria, South Africa Posts: 946	Same for me - I swap between Photoshop and Paint Shop Pro - each have features I prefer that the other does not have __________________ Sue Mey Website: www.scrollsawartist.com For Scrollers who like choices

08-06-2007, 03:40 PM	#6
CanadianScroller Moderator CUT IT OUT Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Chilliwack British Columbia, Canada Posts: 3,937 Blog Entries: 12	One is never enough I use several. lately I have been using inkscape for photoconversion but I also like to manually trace the images with Serif PagePlus. I use Serif for most of my work since that is a program I am very familiar with. __________________ CAЯL HIRD-RUTTEЯ "proud member of the best scroll sawing forum on the net." Ryobi SC180VS scroll saw EX21

08-06-2007, 03:44 PM	#7
beemerbob Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Shalimar, Fl Posts: 44	Which is the best program for just importing a pattern and cleaning it up to get just black and White output for printing? __________________ Bob from Northwest Florida Delta P20

08-06-2007, 05:45 PM	#8
Pop Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Felton, Pa. Posts: 505	I guess I'm just partial to PhotoShop since I've been using it for almost 18 years. I've just recently upgrade to Adobe Premium with PhotoShop CS3, Illustrator and all the plug ins. That coupled with my 9x12" drawing pad is really a nice combo. I've been doing more pattern making than cutting lately because of declining control in my hands from the joint desease and arthritis, so I'm really into PhotoShop now. __________________ PoP Delta 16" 40-530 What happens if you're scared half to death - twice?

08-07-2007, 01:24 AM	#9
Andy Pattern Person Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Ridgetown, Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,073	It's Photoshop CS all the way for me. Unless I want to do vectorized graphics then I use my FlexiSign software. Oh yeah, if I want to count cuts or autotrace for initial vectorization then it's Corel. Hmmm ... guess it's not CS all the way now is it? LOL I could live with just CS though ... as long as the customers can put up with 2 color patterns. Andy __________________ Shoot for the moon. If you miss you'll be headed for a star! www.80artdesigns.com

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