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What’s the diff between Photoshop and ImageReady?

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edjh
Oct 18, 2003
Wayne R. wrote:
What’s the diff between Photoshop and ImageReady?

ImageReady can produce animations, rollovers and such for the web, while Photoshop is a graphics editor that can be used for making web or print images, including CMYK files for offset printing.


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wruffner
Oct 18, 2003
Any idea why it’s a separate application rather than simply integrated into Photoshop?

I’d presume it’s because a .psd file would be inappropriate for the ImageReady functions, but that’s just a guess.

On Sat, 18 Oct 2003 19:16:07 GMT, edjh
wrote:

Wayne R. wrote:
What’s the diff between Photoshop and ImageReady?

ImageReady can produce animations, rollovers and such for the web, while Photoshop is a graphics editor that can be used for making web or print images, including CMYK files for offset printing.
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Hecate
Oct 19, 2003
On Sat, 18 Oct 2003 14:20:29 -0400, Wayne R.
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What’s the diff between Photoshop and ImageReady?

Photoshop is an excellent piece of software.

Image Ready isn’t.

Photoshop is image manipulation software.

Image ready isn’t.

Photoshop is image manipulation software which comes with Image Ready as an Add-In.

Image Ready is an app which pretends to be useful for making web images, but isn’t.

Photoshop is what sensible people use for serious work.

Image Ready isn’t.



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Hecate
Oct 19, 2003
On Sat, 18 Oct 2003 16:31:37 -0400, Wayne R.
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Any idea why it’s a separate application rather than simply integrated into Photoshop?

I’d presume it’s because a .psd file would be inappropriate for the ImageReady functions, but that’s just a guess.
Because Image Ready was brought out so that Adobe could compete with Macromedia’s Fireworks (which is an excellent app for web image manipulation) and say that they have addressed the problem of using PS images on the web. It makes them look good, keeps the suits happy, and no doubt added a few cents to the share price because those not in the know thought that Adobe could now compete head-on with Macromedia in that software field. Essentially, it’s IR is what you use for the web when you haven’t anything else or don’t know any better.



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Emil Mroz
Oct 19, 2003
On Sat, 18 Oct 2003 16:31:37 -0400, Wayne R.
wrote:

Any idea why it’s a separate application rather than simply integrated into Photoshop?

Photoshop’s main purpose is not web graphics. Therefore some of the web specific functions, like animations, were moved over to ImageReady.

I’d presume it’s because a .psd file would be inappropriate for the ImageReady functions, but that’s just a guess.

It is very appropriate to read a psd file into ImageReady, as it is for Photoshop. You would not, obviously, output web graphics in psd format.

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niknik1971
Oct 19, 2003
You can not do animation in Photoshop and You can not do roll overs in Photoshop.

NIK

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On Sat, 18 Oct 2003 14:20:29 -0400, Wayne R.
wrote:

What’s the diff between Photoshop and ImageReady?

Photoshop is an excellent piece of software.

Image Ready isn’t.

Photoshop is image manipulation software.

Image ready isn’t.

Photoshop is image manipulation software which comes with Image Ready as an Add-In.

Image Ready is an app which pretends to be useful for making web images, but isn’t.

Photoshop is what sensible people use for serious work.

Image Ready isn’t.



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Hecate
Oct 20, 2003
On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 11:28:34 +0000 (UTC), "niknik1971" wrote:

You can not do animation in Photoshop and You can not do roll overs in Photoshop.
Which is why there is Fireworks, which does these things properly, unlike IR (spit!) 😉



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Emil Mroz
Oct 20, 2003
On Mon, 20 Oct 2003 01:47:56 +0100, Hecate wrote:

On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 11:28:34 +0000 (UTC), "niknik1971" wrote:

You can not do animation in Photoshop and You can not do roll overs in Photoshop.
Which is why there is Fireworks, which does these things properly, unlike IR (spit!) 😉

So I take it you don’t like ImageReady.

🙂

— Emil
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Hecate
Oct 20, 2003
On Mon, 20 Oct 2003 03:16:13 GMT, Emil Mroz
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On Mon, 20 Oct 2003 01:47:56 +0100, Hecate wrote:

On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 11:28:34 +0000 (UTC), "niknik1971" wrote:

You can not do animation in Photoshop and You can not do roll overs in Photoshop.
Which is why there is Fireworks, which does these things properly, unlike IR (spit!) 😉

So I take it you don’t like ImageReady.

🙂
ROFL!



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