[nianticcardplayer]

I have a quick question what do most of the members use to "create" the inlays for their custom chips if your not paying for the artwork yourself.

I have an idea that I would like to try and play around with a little bit but I am severly graphically inclined, my idea is using my home town and creating a ficticious (sp) poker tour. I would like to put together an example and see how it looks on a mock-up, but I want to try this myself, to see if I have any artistic hope.

Thanks for all the help and great reading as of late fellow Chiptalkers

[Cin0s3]

I use mostly Paintshop Pro and Adobe Illustrator but you can also use photoshop as well. You can get 30 day demo's of all of those from their respective websites.

[99%evil]

I'll set you up, like I've said in the past, I've got mad skills with graphics. You can try this one, but I forgot to watermark it so Ahopen- no stealin'

[Poboy]

About half Illustrator and half Photoshop.

[99%evil]

Crayola



Actually i had Adobe Illustrator for my chips (not the one above) and photoshop is easier to use IMO.

[Spaceman Spiff]

I use Paintshop Pro 7 just because that's what I've always had and didn't want to spend the cash for Photoshop. PSP 7 works great for me, but it's probably a little less powerful than Photoshop from what I understand.

[nianticcardplayer]

Thanks guys and 99% if you don't mind I might just throw that up onto a mock-up just for fun

[99%evil]

Originally Posted by nianticcardplayer

Thanks guys and 99% if you don't mind I might just throw that up onto a mock-up just for fun

Go for it, but if you sell millions of them, don't forget your roots.

[nianticcardplayer]

Completely for personal use only (and that's the truth officer )

[OnTheButton]

I try to use Illustrator whenever possible, simply because it is resolution independant and all text and lines will stay sharp and clean. It is also MUCH easier to measure or change objects (text size, line widths, etc.) as inlays are pretty small.

Of course you can't edit a photo in Illustrator, so those are handled (sized, cropped, color balanced) in Photoshop, and then placed as objects into Illustrator.