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louieeadg

louieeadg

uncle petey?
Jun 13, 2007
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outer banks, nc
#1
Alright. This may sound a bit odd. For some reason, my current job(I work in the food industry) requires me to some really odd @@@@. I recently had to do a mock up label for a product to send to potential buyers...on microsoft word! :scowl: Now I'm no graphic design genius but I'm one of those people who can learn anything. And I do know quite a bit about my field.

Now, on to my querey...I have been authorized to purchase a program where I can do tasks such as the one I recently completed much more efficiently. It needs to be able to do package designs, package labels,...pretty much a versatile program that I can do many things with. The only one I can really think of is Adobe. Anyone else have suggestions?

ps,
should I try to get a new computer out of the boss lady? :ninja:
 
#2
louieeadg said:
Alright. This may sound a bit odd. For some reason, my current job(I work in the food industry) requires me to some really odd @@@@. I recently had to do a mock up label for a product to send to potential buyers...on microsoft word! :scowl: Now I'm no graphic design genius but I'm one of those people who can learn anything. And I do know quite a bit about my field.

Now, on to my querey...I have been authorized to purchase a program where I can do tasks such as the one I recently completed much more efficiently. It needs to be able to do package designs, package labels,...pretty much a versatile program that I can do many things with. The only one I can really think of is Adobe. Anyone else have suggestions?

ps,
should I try to get a new computer out of the boss lady? :ninja:
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Photoshop and yes with a HUGE monitor!!!!!!!
 
#6
Oh yeah....if you want a new computer, make sure you explain to your boss how the new PC will improve productivity and increase revenue for the company. I used to help with purchasing at my last job, and we denied every new PC request when the person would whine about their old PC not being fast or as good as the person next to them.

-Mike
 
#9
Oh totally. I've used both for years and they really are amazing.

CS3 (the lastest version) takes on a slightly different approach allowing you to maximize window space. Very sleek one row columns, but you still have the option to switch to a classic view.

Its fairly easy, photoshop for all pre-existing image stuff, illustrator for all your creation needs. Now if you want to go really pro you should also check out inDesign (another in the adobe family). This is a layout for print program. So you really hone in on color, placement, layout. This may be beyond your needs, but, if you ever need to layout a catalog, this one would be indispensable.


And um, you could like check out this other program named Bit Torrent... its pretty cool as well.
 
#10
eedre said:
And a $500 graphics card and 4 GB of RAM.

"Your production could suffer otherwise."
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unless you're rendering something huge this is not true. I'm currently working on an image file thats 5'x3' 600dpi and about 1.5gigs in space. Largest image file ever. This doesn't crash a machine with half those spec's (which is still saying a lot).

Any work you'd be doing I am sure a nice computer can handle. Its not that intensive unless you make it intensive (which isn't easy).
 
#11
KoskoArts said:
And um, you could like check out this other program named Bit Torrent... its pretty cool as well.
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:D

You dont need a great graphic card, just something that works well and isnt onboard.

For ram, 2GB is great, 1GB will do the trick but might slow you down on some processes. If all you will be doing is creating logos and the likes, 1GB should do the trick, works just fine for me on my old 1.3GHz.
 
#15
WillPlay4Food said:
Morf is talking about a dedicated (aka discrete) graphics card. You don't want to be using Intel's GMA 950 or ATI's motherboard graphics solution.
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Exactly. You need something a little more powerful to process data faster. Onboard graphic cards are implemented into the motherboard, and while nowadays they do a great job for the simpler stuff, if you're going to be using illustrator and photoshop alot you'll need the extra memory and power of a PCI card.
 
#16
I have used photoshop on work computers before though that only had onboard graphics and it does still work. Just make sure the machine is clean and smooth running. Running it on machine bogged down by adware spyware etc, too many programs, a million programs running isn't going to run well. Let your machine dedicate its computing power to photoshop while you are running it and it should be fine. It doesn't hurt to save often though, thats for sure.
 
#19
KoskoArts said:
I have used photoshop on work computers before though that only had onboard graphics and it does still work. Just make sure the machine is clean and smooth running. Running it on machine bogged down by adware spyware etc, too many programs, a million programs running isn't going to run well. Let your machine dedicate its computing power to photoshop while you are running it and it should be fine. It doesn't hurt to save often though, thats for sure.
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Yeah, but if this is for a company they might as well invest in a decent graphics card. PCI express is a must these days indeed.
 

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