[ANSTHRLD] Question on software

Joshua Brandl norfildur at hotmail.com
Fri Jul 22 19:50:26 PDT 2011


i personally use paint.net  simple, and free

   Ld. Þorkell ǫlfúss 

(MKA: Joshua Brandl 
                        )

> Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 13:57:35 -0500
> From: randyshipp at gmail.com
> To: heralds at lists.ansteorra.org
> Subject: Re: [ANSTHRLD] Question on software
> 
> For those with Facebook, my Heraldry album consists of emblazons I've done
> using Inkscape and, largely, vector stuff I found on Wikimedia Commons.
> 
> http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150273471085127.374030.585870126
> 
> --Antoine
> 
> On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 1:55 PM, Randy Shipp <randyshipp at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Again, anyone interested in this should definitely track down the Blazon
> > Project of French Wikipedia.  Thankfully, Google will even translate the
> > page for you (not sure if that's a feature of the Chrome browser I use or
> > what), but the stuff they have is VERY helpful.
> >
> > --Antoine
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 1:52 PM, Jennifer Smith <jds at randomgang.com>wrote:
> >
> >> I personally use Corel Draw, but have been meaning to look into
> >> Inkscape, as I'm all about the free software. :)
> >>
> >> As several other people have mentioned, vectorized images are the way
> >> to go when you can, as they rescale up or down without going funky
> >> jaggy on you. Finding vectorized images fortunately is a bit easier
> >> than it used to be: there's a commonly used format now, called SVG
> >> (Scalable Vector Graphics, I believe), that most programs will import
> >> happily. A great place to mine for .svg graphics is
> >> commons.wikimedia.org.  Search for, say, "bear heraldry" and find the
> >> category on bears in heraldry! :)
> >>
> >> -Emma
> >>
> >> On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 11:24 AM, Star Signet
> >> <star-signet at herald.ansteorra.org> wrote:
> >> > Good Day,
> >> >
> >> > I wondered what software people chose to use to create electronic
> >> devices.
> >> >  Its for a personal reason and not anything else.
> >> >
> >> > Many thanks!
> >> >
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