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Offline Doug S

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Re: Anyone using Vector Magic?
« Reply #15 on: August 29, 2012, 10:49:57 AM »
 
It's always the text... the smaller, the worse. Anybody ever try ImagaroZ?

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I have Imagaro Z.  It seems to do pretty decent. The text identification is great.
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Re: Anyone using Vector Magic?
« Reply #16 on: August 29, 2012, 01:17:33 PM »
AI is good, but ive found almost any case with Text in the design, Vector Magic just does it better.  So we go with it most of the time.

CS6 has some options that make the text much better than in the previous versions. If you get a chance try it out.

'have not compared the CS6 to VM, but since switching to CS6 I have not used VM!

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Re: Anyone using Vector Magic?
« Reply #17 on: August 29, 2012, 01:21:48 PM »
AI is good, but ive found almost any case with Text in the design, Vector Magic just does it better.  So we go with it most of the time.

CS6 has some options that make the text much better than in the previous versions. If you get a chance try it out.

'have not compared the CS6 to VM, but since switching to CS6 I have not used VM!

pierre

I don't has CS6.  LOL  Still on CS5.
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Re: Anyone using Vector Magic?
« Reply #18 on: August 29, 2012, 01:31:25 PM »
AI is good, but ive found almost any case with Text in the design, Vector Magic just does it better.  So we go with it most of the time.

CS6 has some options that make the text much better than in the previous versions. If you get a chance try it out.

'have not compared the CS6 to VM, but since switching to CS6 I have not used VM!

pierre

I don't has CS6.  LOL  Still on CS5.

I found the vector conversion to be the biggest improvement in the CS6. It does handle more RAM, but it is still a little buggy. I am having preview and stroke issues. Nothing big, but annoying when it happens.

In the tracing conversion they offer a "straight line" option now. So when something is pretty close to straight it actually converts and makes it so. This helps immensely with font conversion . . .

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Re: Anyone using Vector Magic?
« Reply #19 on: August 29, 2012, 01:49:57 PM »
AI is good, but ive found almost any case with Text in the design, Vector Magic just does it better.  So we go with it most of the time.

CS6 has some options that make the text much better than in the previous versions. If you get a chance try it out.

'have not compared the CS6 to VM, but since switching to CS6 I have not used VM!

pierre

I don't has CS6.  LOL  Still on CS5.

I found the vector conversion to be the biggest improvement in the CS6. It does handle more RAM, but it is still a little buggy. I am having preview and stroke issues. Nothing big, but annoying when it happens.

In the tracing conversion they offer a "straight line" option now. So when something is pretty close to straight it actually converts and makes it so. This helps immensely with font conversion . . .

pierre

Solid, thats good stuff.  I am bleeding money a 100 different ways right now but if business keeps like this we will probably do CS6 before years end.  But I got newmans on the mind and finishing this building deal.
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