what program do you use to make you pics

I want to make cool looking buttons, borders, background, etc. Do you just use photoshop, or do you have another program that you like to use. My problem is designing the pics. It's so hard for me to draw or make anything in photoshop.

 

You can use photoshop, photoshop elements, or illustrator. try tutorials on the internet to find out how to use the programs

 

I use Photoshop mainly. Illustrator would be mainly for (gasp) illustrations for me. But Photoshop is my workhorse. I use it for site comps, site elements, ads, photo retouching, creating elements for print publications I make with inDesign and much more.

As someone who once spent a few years struggling to make simple things (way, way back), I can tell you that spending some quality hours just learning everything you can about Photoshop will pay off.

A lot of people just try to open up from the start, find a tutorial on one thing and then duplicate it. Problem is, they don't really learn about how to use the program, what is going on or much else.

Start with the basics (interface, proper workflow setup, tool explanation) and go from there.

Of course, if you're just going to be doing like one site a year, it would be better to just contract that out or buy templates and move on.

If you're serious, spending time learning Photoshop inside and out will pay huge dividends when you want to do more than draw a simple gradient-filled button with a 1px stroke and drop shadow.

 

Photoshop is probably the best way to go.many tutorials online

 

that's exactly what I thought. I have used photoshop 4 years, but i am terrible at drawing and I just can't make anything of my own. i can modify other peoples work really well, but if i start from scratch i am screwed! oh well, time to go back to studying.

 

I would suggest you to use photoshop
or Google for some more help

 

Use Photoshop and Good-Tutorials.com, the perfect team.

 

If you're starting out then Photoshop is by far the best. There are tons and tons of tutorials online.

I've been using fireworks for ages, but then again I've been doing that for years.

 

for me I use photoshop in my every day ventures in the graphic world ... but you can also use MS paint and just be creative thou.

 

Photoshop is the best design tool... but you want quick creation of buttons, you might try to check out Crystal Button (http://www.crystalbutton.com/).

 

I use photoshop for editing images. I know many find it difficult using photoshop but once you get a hang of it, it should be easy.

SticKer

 

Try some tutorials for photoshop to guide you a bit through what you want to do.

 

Use The Gimp and Inkscape. They both have everything you need and they're free. Lots of tutorials and they run on all systems.

 

yer i also use photoshop and suggest it

 

i suggest aaa logo editor for logo designing and for button , backgrounds tabs photoshop itself be a best one

 

photoshop is the only one solution for innovative stuff

 

Photoshop Imageready all the way.

 

Photoshop definately has the most options. I use Fireworks too.

 

I use photoshop now for all of my web development needs, however before I got my students license, I used Gimp and Paint.Net to design things like buttons and interfaces. They're awkward to work with, but they got the job done.

Either way, photoshop is THE best tool for making things like buttons.

I'd hit up HV-Designs or something like that for some decent tutorials on the subject.

 

Photoshop and image ready is the best design tools for me.