ILLUSTRATION
This space does not intend to be an advertising site for suggesting you to buy a software. It is only a collection of the software I have used through my life... a collection that I want to share with you. I hope that this information will be very useful for you.
Remember some things:
1. The software is always an aid. It won't give you magic solutions to your design challenges. Nowdays, it is still useful to express your ideas using your own hands and a piece of paper.
2. The most of the times, it is useful to use more than one software. It means that, for creating an amazing render of a vehicle for example, it could be convenient to use one software for modelling some parts of the design, another software for rendering the model and a final software for adding some digital details to the image.
Corel Draw
This software belongs to a suite (Corel Graphics Suite), in which you can find other powerfull tools like the Corel PhotoPaint (similar to the Adobe Photoshop), Corel Trace and Corel Texture.
The Corel Draw is particulary useful for creating simple and texturized 2D compositions, from a small products brochure to a huge poster. It includes versatile free-hand and custom drawing tools, digital filters, several textures and many more features.
You can manage your files in .cdr, .cmx, .jpg, .tff, .tga and many more. You can also easily switch from one application to another, as long as you stay inside the suite.
If you want to create a poster, or something similar, using photographs for instance, you should use Corel Draw.
Photoshop
This software is from Adobe, and it is common to have it next to a similar software called Adobe ImageReady (which also includes animation tools, if you want to make a GIF image for instance)
It is very useful for editing photographs the way you want.
Have you ever wanted to have a picture with you next to the Apollo 11? It is possible with Photoshop, because it lets you to manipulate any image you have.
The Adobe Photoshop is very useful for correcting mistakes of the images (like stains), including someone missing in a familiar photo, applying artistic filters (if you want a photograph to look like a watercolor work, for instance), and much more!
Though this software is used for digital picture manipulation, you can also use it the same way you do with Corel Draw, because Photoshop lets you manage your files in different formats and sizes; it also includes hand-free and custom drawing tools.
Do you think that another software should be included in this list?
Write to me about it, and the information will be published soon here (Remember to include your contact info for your credits)
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