Photoshop or ImageReady: What's the difference?

**blueshogun96** · January 17th, 2008

Hey all. Does anyone know the real difference between Adobe ImageReady and Photoshop? I'm just asking because I'd like to make some game graphics/art/textures with it. Thanks.

Linktothepast · January 17th, 2008

There aren't any huge differences. Imageready is just more web graphics oriented.

Btw here is the wiki.

Adobe ImageReady - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

bigfish_hiding · January 20th, 2008

i thought they came together.

Hard core Rikki · January 20th, 2008

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Originally Posted by bigfish_hiding

i thought they came together.

no longer. imageready has been discontinued actually, and replaced by Fireworks (with many/most of its features integrated into that), starting from the CS3 bundle

**MiretanK** · January 20th, 2008

ImageReady's emphasis is GIFs and animations, web too. But you can do that in Photoshop as well.

**blueshogun96** · January 20th, 2008

Well, all I care about is making textures with it. I'll grab a copy of photoshop when I'm ready, but damn... I need it :/

TheCloudOfSmoke · January 20th, 2008

Well, if that's what your goal is, then Photoshop CS3 is what you need. It allows you to open up 3D models in it and test out your textures on the 3D models in CS3.

**CKemu** · January 20th, 2008

zBrush...now thats a godlike program, paint textures directly onto the models surface, ur use extremely high poly geometry to generate normal maps etc for low poly versions.

Hard core Rikki · January 20th, 2008

in CS3 extended ? sounds nice. you sure about that? which formats ? import/export or import only ?

TheCloudOfSmoke · January 20th, 2008

Yep, in CS3 Extended you can edit textures for 3D models. Though, before I actually tried it out myself, I thought that you could paint the textures directly on the models, but I found out that you can't when I tried it myself. You have to work on the texture image itself and then save the file for it to update on the model in CS3. There's a few formats that it supports, though I forget which ones exactly off the top of my head. IIRC, you can import and export the textures/models. I haven't used that feature since I first tried it though since I'm not good in all of that 3D stuff. Though I wish to learn it one day. When I do though, I want to try out that zBrush program that CK mentioned. That's what I need when I work on textures.

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Linktothepast Unregistered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Macedonia, Greece Posts: 470	There aren't any huge differences. Imageready is just more web graphics oriented. Btw here is the wiki. Adobe ImageReady - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia __________________ System Specifications: Athlon64 3200+, 1GB RAM, 9600GT 512MB, 200+250 GB HD, Windows xp sp2

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MiretanK Business Cat Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Metropolis Posts: 2,236	ImageReady's emphasis is GIFs and animations, web too. But you can do that in Photoshop as well. __________________ But love and music can save us. And they did it. GeneralEmu\|dA Page\|flickr\|Unseen64\|Desktank

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blueshogun96 Emu author Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Unidentified Posts: 2,107	Well, all I care about is making textures with it. I'll grab a copy of photoshop when I'm ready, but damn... I need it :/ __________________ [Sagat] Windows XP x64 Pro \| AMD Athlon 3000+ (~2.0GHz) \| NVIDIA GeForce 6600 PCI-E \| Realtek AC97 Audio \| 512MB Ram \| NVIDIA NForce 4-4X chipset \| Seagate HDD 160GB \| LG 8614 DVD-ROM \| HP DVD 1040d CD/DVD -/+ RW w/ LightScribe GeneralEmu - December 27, 2005 and beyond! My programming, emulation and Xbox blog! - Click or die! (Updated June 26, 2008) Visit my YouTube page! http://www.youtube.com/blueshogun96

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TheCloudOfSmoke Menthol Flavored Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: In your butt. If I'm not there, I'm in Maryland, USA. Posts: 2,901	Yep, in CS3 Extended you can edit textures for 3D models. Though, before I actually tried it out myself, I thought that you could paint the textures directly on the models, but I found out that you can't when I tried it myself. You have to work on the texture image itself and then save the file for it to update on the model in CS3. There's a few formats that it supports, though I forget which ones exactly off the top of my head. IIRC, you can import and export the textures/models. I haven't used that feature since I first tried it though since I'm not good in all of that 3D stuff. Though I wish to learn it one day. When I do though, I want to try out that zBrush program that CK mentioned. That's what I need when I work on textures. __________________ http://thecloudofsmoke.deviantart.com/ http://thecloudofsmoke.deviantart.com/gallery/

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