graphics in VB.net

[Martijn van Dru]

Hello

I have a question. Im not a professional programmer. Im in between jobs for a copple of months, and in that time I have learned programming with VB.Net standard. I was bussy making a program, and I now almost finished it. The only thing I still want to add to my self made program is a graphic. My question is what is best to do? Can I buy an additional program with wich I can create graphics? And wich one is best?

Thank you Martijn

 

[wyrd]

So you want to create custom graphics for your app and want to know what program to get? I hope Im understanding the question right.

The absolute best program for creating graphics is Adobe Photoshop. Its the standard that all professional graphical artists use. However I doubt youll want to dish out $200-$300 for it.
http://www.adobe.com

Id suggest Gimp, which is free, and is a fairly good.
http://www2.arnes.si/~sopjsimo/gimp/#gimp
http://www.gimp.org

 

[Nerseus]

If this is a professional program and youre not a very good artist, you can check out http://www.photodisc.com. You have to buy them, but if you only want one and you plan on selling this program, its worth it.

Otherwise try gimp - if you dont even know what program to use to do drawing, youre probably not ready for Adobes Photoshop (very high learning curve for beginners).

-Nerseus

 

[Volte]

wyrd: Adobe Photoshop is about $625 USD.

 

[wyrd]

Oh. $200-300 must be the academic price then.

 

[john]

If the graphic you are talking about is an icon or a stamdard picture the size of an icon you could always pixel it out with MSPaint or an icon editor such as Microangelo or Axialis.

 

[ThePentiumGuy]

for 2d, still bitmaps try Flash MX - the lines you draw and everything will be "stable" for instance, if you shake the mouse slightly, it will fix that.. just save the BitMap - if there is an export Bitmap option, if there isnt do this: hit PrintScreen, and copy into Paint

for 3d(beginners) try Rhino - i foudn this program reaally useful
for 3d(avanced) - try Blender(Free) or anim8r(free) or 3d studio MAX 5($1000-2000) - this program has HEAVY memory usage so u need a fast PC, but hey! this is what they use at pixar animation studios

 

[juanmiguel]

mhhh

or 3d studio MAX 5($1000-2000) - this program has HEAVY memory usage so u need a fast PC, but hey! this is what they use at pixar animation studios

actually pixar animations use Maya, not 3ds max, wich is more suited for games rather than for motion graphics, mainly because its rendering quality, oh and Pixars use a lot of own 3d tools like their rendering system wich is called, Renderman.
Plus maya is a lot more expensive than max, about 3,000 more.

But if you want to expend a lot of money in a 3d software pakage, then get "Houdini Master", wich costs the sum of 11,000 USA .

 

[john]

Maya is also offered as a free trial version with the only restriction being that it will have a message included across all things which you create. Other than that it works the same as their high end software used by many movie companies. It is a good way for people to learn what Maya is capable of and how to use it.

 

[ThePentiumGuy]

yeah, ignore the part about, "heavy memory usage" i had some type of virus that was slowing down my comp at that time

where can i get a free trial of Maya?

- Pentium -

 

[juanmiguel]

mhh

Try Here maya learning edition.