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Fred Jacques

Question:

Best (and easy to learn) vector-drawing ap?

I'm using MMFlash at the moment and it's a bit tedious.

EDIT: I'm not using it for tracing like most of the vector stuff on here. It's for creating original artwork which is then scalable.

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NobbyNobody 21 years a b3tan, Tue 4 Nov 2008, 19:40, archived)

can i jack your thread

anyone know of a good site for finding a generic multimedia driver??

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Rev. Jesse. broke his ankle, Tue 4 Nov 2008, 19:41, archived)

driveragent.com

is pretty good.

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Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Tue 4 Nov 2008, 19:44, archived)

cool

thanks i'll check it out :D

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Rev. Jesse. broke his ankle, Tue 4 Nov 2008, 19:48, archived)

you confuse me.

The driver must be for a specific hardware product so you need the manufacturer's driver and not a 'generic' one.
Are you thinking of codecs?

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Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Tue 4 Nov 2008, 19:44, archived)

You get generic drivers

for things like webcams, that make the basic features work but probably ignore any fancier proprietary features.

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Mystery_Bob, Tue 4 Nov 2008, 19:46, archived)

I understand that.

I'm just confused as to what a multimedia driver is. There must be a product?

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Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Tue 4 Nov 2008, 19:49, archived)

i'm not sure of the make of the sound card

so i was hoping i could get a "generic" driver - maybe i'm just being to optimistic! :D

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Rev. Jesse. broke his ankle, Tue 4 Nov 2008, 19:47, archived)

Can you open up the computer

and look at the sound card? It might have the manufacturer and model printed on it.

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Mystery_Bob, Tue 4 Nov 2008, 19:49, archived)

i could

but its a neighbours computer and i dont really want to go pulling it all out (or the computer!)

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Rev. Jesse. broke his ankle, Tue 4 Nov 2008, 19:52, archived)

ah ok, a sound card.

watch this space.

download the free lite version of this

www.sisoftware.co.uk/index.html?dir=&location=downandbuy&langx=en&a=

read the report and find the bit about the audio card and see whet it reports. It may have a link to the manufacturer if it recognises the card.

Sadly there are too many platforms ( soundmax, cmedia, soundblaster etc. ) that are not similar in operation so a 'one driver fix' is unlikely.

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Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Tue 4 Nov 2008, 19:49, archived)

woo

cheers sir! :D

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Rev. Jesse. broke his ankle, Tue 4 Nov 2008, 19:55, archived)

I would suggest Inkscape or Omnigraffle (mac only)

but I suspect we are talking about different types of vector drawing apps.. :)

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The Alchemist king of the needlessly complicated, Tue 4 Nov 2008, 19:42, archived)

Sorry.

I can't bear Starbuck's coffee.

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NobbyNobody 21 years a b3tan, Tue 4 Nov 2008, 19:45, archived)

*clutches sides* *rolls in aisles*

Yeah, way to pigeon-hole me. I'm a smug, Starbucks-drinking mac user. :-/

Well, that said, there is a Starbucks mug next to me on the desk...

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The Alchemist king of the needlessly complicated, Tue 4 Nov 2008, 19:55, archived)

inkscape

is pretty simple

(pdjpdj, Tue 4 Nov 2008, 19:42, archived)

Best

will always be illustrator.

Easiest to learn. Probably Xara. ( it practically does it for you if you let it )

Oh and CorelDraw is worth a look.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_vector_graphics_editors

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Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Tue 4 Nov 2008, 19:42, archived)

Inkscape's lovely.

/ac
Not as advanced as Illustrator (no meshes, I believe) but a much nicer price.

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Kamikaze Stoat £4.09, Tue 4 Nov 2008, 19:44, archived)