fred@rover.UUCP (Fred Christiansen) (08/12/87)
i just subscribed to this newsgroup today (and ploughed thru 350+
articles) because i'm contemplating the purchase of a Mac and seek
sound advice. (note the absence of cross posting to comp.sys.amiga or
comp.sys.atari. i'd like to avoid WW III.)
i'm free-lance publishing some books for deaf children (with a little
financial assistance from a charitable organization), hence there's
considerable line art (sketches of signs). so i need to build up a
library of clip art, be able to scan images, edit the scans, merge two
or more images, create fonts (to do page numbers in sign 8-) ), and produce
camera ready copy (probably on LaserWriter, vs. PMT).
anybody into desktop publishing? recommendations on what to purchase?
i've seen brief demos of Aldus PageMaker and Adobe Illustrator (cost
is an ouch! maybe SuperPaint is better?). is the cost difference
between an SE and a Plus modest enough to really recommend the SE? (i'm
getting shy of the SE after the reported problems) how does ThunderScan
compare to others? would it do the job?
i'm limited cash-wise to around $3k total. thanks for the free advice.
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"The greatest thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother."sysop@stech.UUCP (08/16/87)
in article <466@rover.UUCP>, fred@rover.UUCP (Fred Christiansen) says: > > > i'm free-lance publishing some books for deaf children (with a little > financial assistance from a charitable organization), hence there's > considerable line art (sketches of signs). so i need to build up a > library of clip art, be able to scan images, edit the scans, merge two > or more images, create fonts (to do page numbers in sign 8-) ), and produce > camera ready copy (probably on LaserWriter, vs. PMT). > > anybody into desktop publishing? recommendations on what to purchase? > i've seen brief demos of Aldus PageMaker and Adobe Illustrator (cost > is an ouch! maybe SuperPaint is better?). is the cost difference > between an SE and a Plus modest enough to really recommend the SE? (i'm > getting shy of the SE after the reported problems) how does ThunderScan > compare to others? would it do the job? > Two general recommendations. First, go with the SE. Since you will be doing a fair amount of desktop publishing, you will eventually want to add a larger monitor. (Trust me, you will ...) Since the SE has that expansion slot, it is much easier to add a full-page display than it is to add one to the Plus. Also, go for the SE with the 20 Meg hard drive; floppies will drive you crazy after a while, since desktop publishing files tend to get large (the art does it). Second, look at a new desktop publishing program called Scoop. I saw it at the MacWorld expo. Though I own both Ready Set Go and PageMaker, I think I'll dump both of them for Scoop. Why? Because Scoop includes a full graphics package. You can manipulate bit-mapped graphics at either 300 or 72 dpi. Objects can be turned into bit maps for modification, and then back to objects. Graphics can be rotated in 1 degree increments. I only wish Scoop had been available earlier; it could have saved me a _lot_ of work, since I have to re-do some of the figures in a 400 page book before the second printing. Jan Harrington, sysop Scholastech Telecommunications seimso!husc6!amcad!stech!sysop