KustoM's Portfolio - Take 2

[KustoM.]

[gwpriester]

OK. Much better.

I will delete the old thread.

[James Allen]

Hi again KustoM,

Did you create this poster entirely from scratch? If so, what program did you use?

http://www.talkgraphics.com/attachme...1&d=1290122703

[KustoM.]

Yeah I did, I used photoshop mainly. I throw around a bit on Illustrator as well but I 95% of the time am on photoshop

[James Allen]

Yeah I did, I used photoshop mainly. I throw around a bit on Illustrator as well but I 95% of the time am on photoshop

Well then you did very well – congratulations. You might like to try Xara Designer Pro now. When I first started using it in about ’95 or ’96, I shelved CorelDraw almost permanently, though I still use Photoshop for various things. I only use Corel and Illustrator for occasional exports and imports now, depending on what customers and their printers want, but for all design work I wouldn’t use anything but Xara. It’s like driving a Lamborghini around the semitrailers Corel and Illustrator – much faster and more enjoyable to use. Like anything it takes a while to master but you can download a free trial copy on this page:

http://www.xara.com/us/downloads/

It’s the second one down from the top.

[KustoM.]

I'll have a look into that now and try it out

[KustoM.]

Xara is so hard to get used to, I don't even understand what the tools do.

[James Allen]

Xara is so hard to get used to, I don't even understand what the tools do.

That’s okay, take your time.

First off, welcome to the board and hopefully you will stick around, because you have some real talent. There are many different forums where you will see information about Photoshop, Illustrator etc., and I’m sure you will benefit.

As far as Xara goes, if you do decide to give it a go, there is a lot of support here. You can see videos by XaraXhris here:

http://www.youtube.com/user/XaraXhris#g/a

Many tutorials by Gary Priester here:

http://www.xaraxone.com/

In Google you can search for any question you like in the following way, to bring up many pages:

"xara x" +"how do you *" site:talkgraphics.com

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&s...=&oq=&gs_rfai=

If you check it out and find you have any problems you can search for the solution in google, but failing that, you can post your question here. Xara has a cult following because it is innovative, neat and fast, but you'll just have to take my word for it.

[wizard509]

Welcome to TG KustoM That's beautiful work.
I hope we will see more as time goes by.
Keep up the good work.

[alphonsop4l]

I agree with James allen, I too have benefitted greatly from the XaraXhris videos and The Gary tutorials