| GENERAL PURPOSE DESIGN TOOLS |
Into this category we include multipurpose softwares able to serve in
various tasks of modelling, rendering and manipulation of visual or
multimedia preproduction in areas of pure art or engineering. |
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| AUTO CAD |
Primary 3D design tool, with powerful precise mesh creation abilities,
is used for special mesh shapes creation beyond 3ds max capacities. |
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Considering file compatibility
between AutoCAD and 3ds max,
3D design procedures make
these softwares almost two
parts of the same story. |
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| ADOBE PHOTOSHOP |
What to say about software that can be treated as legend. Since version
4 this software is always better and better. Using power of 3D tools for
objects analyses, with precision of Corel Draw for image parts creation
as mask fields definition, allows to paint almost everything in Photoshop. |
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Purpose of this software is
complete creation of images,
finalizing images generated using
other softwares, and creation of
precise textures for use in 3D
graphic and multimedia soft-
wares and simulations. Text
rasterization quality (especially
small-font text) in 7 and 8
versions, allows to skip text input
inside some DTP application, not |
to mention applying of numerous layer styles making text much beauti-
ful and more readable. |
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| 3DS MAX 7 |
General 3D design tool is used to create fixed or animated visual or
multimedia files. Powerful application is used for a lot of purposes but
images and animations creation only. Huge number of max functions,
specially in case of available plugins farms harvesting, include 3Dmax |
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user in role of permanent resear-
cher. One can never say that
learning is over. Excellent user
customizing capacities. There
are some limitations in 3D vector
precision in cross-sections
interpolation, but nobody is
perfect. |
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| COREL DRAW 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 |
The most controversial software, praised and cursed at the same time
but no doubt about it`s precision and capacities. This team work in
draw since version COREL DRAW 3, and we got an impression that
DRAW is one permanent experiment, with all effects of such approach. |
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Whenever new version reach us,
we, just as told, start praising
and cursing people who made it.
If improving conditions of user
customizing in COREL DRAW 7
are praise worthy, involving of
limited customizable dockers in
later versions are curse-worthy.
The problem of color calibration,
almost monochrome icons (we
usualy repaint them to more
recognisable level), potato-sized |
grid dots, and lots of that are for curse. On the other hand, high dynamic
precision of line graphic manipulation, make it the true treasure if purpo-
se is preparing set for work in Adobe Photoshop. Use of Corel Draw in
desktop publishing is rather limited. Work with bitmaps is very limited,
color proof is very unproven, color-separated Post Script files made in
Corel Draw are often "inplateable (infilmable)". But, vector-to-bitmap
export gives very good results for further use, either as component or
complete image, or set for work in Adobe Photoshop, as above
mentioned. |
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