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I don't think it matters...if the user can't design, or does not know how to get a file ready for any kind of production situation, then who cares what they use.
I'm a hardcore Illy user but openly admit CorelDraw is an equal program in it's abilities...it's like saying my pencil is better....just depends on who is pushing it around. No point in saying what is better...but what is better for you.....
Having worked at a few shops, I put together all the...
What do you do when you have a laptop with no scroll wheel or a one button apple mouse. If you get used to all the keyboard shortcuts, it becomes second nature....
I reccomend Flexi (or any major sign software for tha matter) only if you are doing a lot of production. I have Flexi and really...
I have had a client tape an 8 1/2"x 11" piece of paper before they take a pic to use as a size reference and then size to scale to get fairly close...when I do a survey I take along a 2 foot by 2 foot checkerboard panel for sizing.
Oh, on the Corel cracks....if you design with strokes you have the same hassles...it's not an Illy thing. Some of us like to design with strokes because offsetting the path has less control....especially when working with 3 or more layers, one you chand one layer, you almost always have to...
Here is what I did in a few minutes with 3 colors...you will notice an arrow where the thick stroke went a little wierd on me but that's a few seconds to fix.
On the "ungroup" being grayed out after you outline path....I'm not getting that at all...could that be a Mac/PC thing? I don't see...
I would say that took about 4 hours and 55 minutes too long.
On the area that needed to be outlined, all you have to do is make a copy of the top layer (with no stroke) and set it aside... then
Object>Path>outline
Object>Ungroup
Window>Pathfinder>unite>expand
Place the top layer that...
Those are not design ideas...they are color ideas.......you are putting the cart before the horse.
An "idea" or "concept" for your logo is probably going to benefit you way more than AutoCad/Corel/Illustrator skills so concentrate on the idea of the logo...not to see if the colors are going...
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