With each upgrade, Photoshop is increasing its vector graphic capabilities. Photoshop is a much more robust program suitable for a variety of graphic applications and printing options. You can copy frames, tween between frames, paste frames, setĭelay times for each frame or for the animation to repeat or not. You can turn on and off layer effects like outer glow or drop shadow in one Layer elements in each frame without the movement affecting other frames. To ImageReady and turn these layers into frames of a movie. Individual layers, add layer effects, apply filters, etc. You can create animation or rollover elements in Photoshop, place them in their own Only RGB color mode, and is not suitable for commercial printing. Roll-overs, banners, and optimizing graphics for the Web. ImageReady has always been a sub-program included with Photoshop for as longĪs I’ve been using it (Version 5.0).
I would adjust levels before I would adjust brightness or contrast.
My only purpose of the program is to crop, resize and adjust brightness and contrast on photos. Would someone please briefly define the differences and let me know which I should use for what? I tried looking for a description or any informatin that would indicate what the differences may be, but without reading every word from end to end, I was unable to find the answer. I checked the help file and they both share the same help system. As I look at them I don’t see a difference. I noticed that it installed both Photoshop and ImageReady 7.0. I just installed PS7.0 for the first time today. For roll-overs, I still use Photoshop and the slice tool, but assemble the rollovers using Dreamweaver.Īt the bottom of this page are some links to ImageReady created animations: I use ImageReady mostly to create animations. I like Photoshop for creating/altering high resolution graphics and photos for printing as well as lower resolution graphics for the Web. The ability to create custom vector shapes, use of vector masks, converting text to lines (shapes or paths) has narrowed the rather large gap between bitmap and vector graphic programs. In this regard, it is a far cry from the capabilities of Adobe Illustrator or Macromedia Freehand, but it has gained significant ground. You can copy frames, tween between frames, paste frames, set delay times for each frame or for the animation to repeat or not. You can turn on and off layer effects like outer glow or drop shadow in one or all frames. You can move the layer elements in each frame without the movement affecting other frames.
Then you can jump to ImageReady and turn these layers into frames of a movie. You can create animation or rollover elements in Photoshop, place them in their own individual layers, add layer effects, apply filters, etc. ImageReady uses only RGB color mode, and is not suitable for commercial printing. ImageReady is used more for animation, roll-overs, banners, and optimizing graphics for the Web. ImageReady has always been a sub-program included with Photoshop for as long as I’ve been using it (Version 5.0).