Yeah it is a good tool! It is a bit of a pain to get used to if you just use Photoshop but when it comes to having to resize things a lot because it's vector it works well
Well, in brief...Vectors are rendered by calculating mathematical equations as paths with start and end points, as opposed to pixel based images like bmp's and jpegs. A basic example is stretching an image that doesnt loose any quality when resizing...thats vector!
That is a bit over my head with the maths bit but I have a mate who works making signs who says he uses these. I assume it is so a small logo can be blown up to go on a massive sign etc.
Has anyone used Photoshop CS4? the newest version, i don't see much of a difference with CS3 to be honest :/ also, there is a program called Green Box which is great for making logos, and even Gimp a freeware program similar to photoshop is good for making sigs
For some reason, even thought at work we have Adobe CS3...I still use Photoshop 7 haha. I have 7 at home and have it at work as well now as I just find it more comfortable to use...it's not a million miles away in terms of difference but I'm just so used to where everything is in 7 that I like to stick with it!
Still using Photoshop CS2 myself, it would take me too long to get used to any newer version. Hell, am still discovering new features in this one.
Can someone please tell me the purpose of Image Ready? As far as I can tell it merely duplicates what Photoshop already does. Also it has a nasty habit of opening by itself with certain filetypes such as .png