I can't scrap because everyone's asleep, so 4 hours later....

Originally Posted by alloy2

Pretty cool stuff, have you tried Gimp a free image manipulation app.

https://www.gimp.org/

I have GIMP 2.0 but don't use it. I personally like Inkscape (also a free Vector Editor) better because it allows me to make in depth changes to PDF's which I found invaluable while I was drawing commercial mechanical and plumbing systems with Autocad. Most drawings we recieved from the AE team were in PDF format. Both GIMP and Inkscape, however, fall well short of Illustrator's capabilities.

I run illustrator and photoshop exclusively...but YES the learning curve is pretty steep (well for some things). The best part is you have very granular control over things...you can REALLY change **** near anything. If you are doing photography LIGHTROOM is where it is at...miracles happen in that program (I have seen a dark night picture turned into a day picture in 15 min).

I also do graphic design on the side as well and have a portfolio to back it up (ie people have paid me for my work ). I am not an "artist" in that I cannot draw well...but I am a CHAMP at layout and can make stuff look pretty **** good generally.

Anyways, good 1st efforts Kane333...keep learning, it never ends with that stuff...youtube is a godsend and lynda.com has classes on TONS of software for a VERY small monthly fee...it is wotth it.

I have been getting into doing video editing with Adobe Premiere...a lot to learn with that program as well but hell once you learn it you can get alot of work done QUICK! I love how I can add muti video/audio streams and edit them into one video and no one would know that the video/audio where not from the same video/recording!!