         | Home Club Search Message Board Scroller Galleries Subscription Services |
Subscribe Today! |
Magazine |
Scroll Saw Community |
Reader's Poll |
Testimonials Fantastic magazine, I love it! I wanted to make sure that I didn't miss an issue. I only wish that it came out more often... Continue |
Found the Fox?  Click here to enter the Fox Hunt contest! |
Welcome to Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts Message Board, an online scroll saw forum community where you can join thousands of scrollers from around the world discussing all things related to Scrolling. To gain full access to the message board you must register for a free account.
As a registered member you will be able to:
If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact the Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts Support Team. |
| |||||||
| Register | FAQ | Members List | Calendar | Search | Today's Posts | Mark Forums Read |
 Tools and Blades | |||
| 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 | |||
 |
| | LinkBack | Thread Tools | Display Modes |
08-05-2007, 09:12 PM
| #1 |
| 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 |
| Senior Member  Join Date: May 2006 Location: Lakewood Ranch Florida
Posts: 1,137
 | 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 |
| Grumpy Old Moderator  Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Galaxy far, far away
Posts: 2,512
 | 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 |
| Fallen Angel Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 2,453
| 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
__________________ Want to know where we are? Click here 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 |
| Senior Member  Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Pretoria, South Africa
Posts: 675
| Same for me - I swap between Photoshop and Paint Shop Pro - each have features I prefer that the other does not have |
|
| |
|
08-06-2007, 03:40 PM
| #6 |
| Moderator CUT IT OUT  Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Chilliwack British Columbia, Canada
Posts: 3,669
| 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 "THE LYF SO SHORT, THE CRAFT SO LONG TO LERNE." GUSTAV STICKLEY Ryobi SC180VS scroll saw EX21 |
|
| |
|
08-06-2007, 03:44 PM
| #7 |
| 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 |
| Senior Member  Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Felton, Pa.
Posts: 467
| 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 |
| Member  Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: South West Ontario, Canada
Posts: 661
| 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 |
|
| |
|
| Thread Tools | |
| Display Modes | |
Linear Mode
| |
|
Similar Threads | ||||
| Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
| Reader's Poll | BobD | Publisher Feedback | 20 | 04-24-2007 12:56 AM |
| Compound cutting Poll | MikeDingas | General Scroll Saw | 8 | 02-28-2007 02:02 PM |
| Scroll Saw Blade Poll Thread | jiequan | Tools and Blades | 13 | 12-13-2005 06:51 PM |
| Software | mrcsw | Beginners Scroll Saw | 5 | 04-12-2005 03:09 AM |
| Poll: What would you rather carve | BobD | General Carving | 40 | 12-27-2004 04:41 PM |
All times are GMT. The time now is 05:38 PM.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37
