Photoshop

[Philippine Mango]

Quick question, the program Image ready that is bundled with Photoshop, what is it for? Is there any REAL use for it or should it just not be installed.

 

[illustri]

can't not be installed if i remember

 

[nmcglennon]

Making animated GIFs, web rollovers, and other web stuff if I remember correctly...

...Im a web designer and I've never used it.

 

[GoingUp]

Originally posted by: nmcglennon
Making animated GIFs, web rollovers, and other web stuff if I remember correctly...

...Im a web designer and I've never used it.

 

[FleshLight]

It makes the image ready for multimedia uses. You can image map, make animated gifs, render a .jpg for web use, etc.

 

[gabemcg]

I made an animated buddy Icon for AIM with it once

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

If you legitimately bought Photoshop, read the fvcking manual that came with it.

 

[thomsbrain]

animated gifs, web rollovers/image maps. i used it to make the menu's on my website. you roll over a portion of the pic that's a link and it changes the pic. basically you set up a "look" by adjusting layers like in photoshop for each state, then do it again for the next state. yay.

 

[yobarman]

I do a lot of webdesign, so I make my layouts in Photoshop, optimize and cut the layout up in Imageready.

 

[AStar617]

Originally posted by: Nik
If you legitimately bought Photoshop, read the fvcking manual that came with it.

You're a dick sometimes. The question is what its real world application is seeing as how it's forced upon you as part of the install, not what the manufacturer says it does for you. Particularly since most of the apps allow you to do most tasks in some form or fashion in just one app (may not be the best tool for the job, but some functionality is there).

Similar situation with InDesign vs. PageMaker, it may not be immediately clear to anyone who hasn't used both that InDesign is effectively carrying on PageMaker's "professional layout standard" torch while the latter program languishes on as a "business design program".