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Re: What software are you using on a Mac?
Posted: 27 Mar 2016, 10:21
by MrMuggins
pisquee;110941 wrote:We use Photoshop CC (on Windows 10) ... under £9 a month subscription, which gives you two licenses, so you can run it on two PCs at a time - so get it and run it on both your OSX and Windows machine if you want. It's the same software whatever OS you run it on, so doesn't matter really what it's running on.
Thats good to know.
When you create a logo/design to print on a mug what file extension does it need to be?
Re: What software are you using on a Mac?
Posted: 27 Mar 2016, 11:27
by bms
MrMuggins;110943 wrote:Thats good to know.
When you create a logo/design to print on a mug what file extension does it need to be?
If you're just starting out then get PhotoShop CS2 - it is available free of charge from several download sites now with a license code. This would be perfect for whilst you get to know the software and play with designs.
Re: What software are you using on a Mac?
Posted: 27 Mar 2016, 13:05
by MrMuggins
bms;110945 wrote:If you're just starting out then get PhotoShop CS2 - it is available free of charge from several download sites now with a license code. This would be perfect for whilst you get to know the software and play with designs.
I'm OK with graphics software, I use pixelmator on Mac and have experience with logos etc. It was more the printing side I was asking about as I need to check that my current software supports the file types.
CS2 is the PPC version rather than Intel
Re: What software are you using on a Mac?
Posted: 27 Mar 2016, 15:06
by Paul
What is ppc? As cs2 works on all pc's no matter if intel, amd or ciryx...
Re: What software are you using on a Mac?
Posted: 27 Mar 2016, 16:51
by MrMuggins
Paul;110949 wrote:What is ppc? As cs2 works on all pc's no matter if intel, amd or ciryx...
PPC is the chip architecture Apple used before going to Intel
Re: What software are you using on a Mac?
Posted: 27 Mar 2016, 18:39
by Paul
Power pc. Got you!
Re: What software are you using on a Mac?
Posted: 27 Mar 2016, 19:08
by MrMuggins
Paul;110955 wrote:Power pc. Got you!
Easy to get confused PPC/PC
Back to the file types I was asking about. Whats the best format for printing to mugs?
Re: What software are you using on a Mac?
Posted: 27 Mar 2016, 22:21
by bms
MrMuggins;110957 wrote:Easy to get confused PPC/PC
Back to the file types I was asking about. Whats the best format for printing to mugs?
A 300dpi JPG is perfect, but with the Ricoh printers and PowerDriver you can print from anything so it doesn't matter - jpg, doc, ppt, pdf, etc. You just need a decent resolution to get a great image.
Re: What software are you using on a Mac?
Posted: 28 Mar 2016, 05:57
by A11kns
Sorry to but in... But does power driver work on Mac? I'm about to receive my first Ricoh SG3110 this week
Re: What software are you using on a Mac?
Posted: 28 Mar 2016, 08:18
by bms
A11kns;110966 wrote:Sorry to but in... But does power driver work on Mac? I'm about to receive my first Ricoh SG3110 this week
Sorry noit doesn't. You'll need to use an ICC profile with software that supports it.