Stupid question?
This may be a stupid question, but here goes. I submitted my site to the forums here for critique and have gotten tremendous help and advice. Several people mentioned I need to anti-alias my graphics. Till yesterday, I had never heard of anti-aliasing. I have been using a combination fo several very old programs to create my graphics - PrintMaster + CDPhoto + Paint - and of course none have antialiasing.
Here's the stupid question: I work on a small monitor at 800x600 resolution, so all the graphics look fine. How can I tell which graphics need work? Also, I'm considering shelling out for PaintShopPro - will this meet all of my graphic needs and is it easy to use?
Here is the site I'm talking about if you'd like to take a look:
http://www.shoptoyland.com
Thank you,
Deborah
Deborah Whipp
http://www.acleverpenny.com
Fringey posted this at 03:48 — 12th May 2001.
They have: 68 posts
Joined: Apr 2001
Hey dm,
I have recently swithed to psp from a free graphics editor i got with my scanner. (picture publisher by micrografx) and I think that it is a great program, especially for the price. It has layering, image slicing, masks and all of the common things that webdesigners need, as well as some cool looking wizards. It probably can fulfill all your designing needs. Of course there are other great produst too; Adobe Photoshop, of course, is the nest but is a whopping $609.00, it's alittle much for many of us. Theres macromedia's Fireworks, which i hear is great and millions of other products too.
How to tell which graphics need work... it really is for me, just an eye thing. Like i pride myself on my design eye, so i tweak it if it just doesn't look right. If somethings not right i can see and play with it til it's fixed. It's cool to ask friends or family too, to get another opinion. I hope that helps a little.
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