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[Aaron Deutsch]

Awesome, thanks for the info!  I've used MM Freehand before which was ok but
still felt like there should be an easier way. I'll give visio a try again.
(Haven't used it in years).



On 8/13/06, P Yurt <pyurt at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>   If you're using MSWord/Photoshop you will *love* Visio. Word and
> Photoshop are not vector drawing tools, Visio is and vector makes all the
> difference.
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> Vector drawing tools let you adjust, move, group and manipulate drawing
> "objects". Every element in a vector drawing program is separate and can be
> selected and adjusted.  You can group select lines, boxes, text etc., to
> move or make group them into other "objects" for further manipulation. You
> can make a selection of lines thicker, dashed, rounded etc.
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> To get started I suggest it could be helpful to try and find a template.
> if you can find something close to what you want it's a good starting place.
> From the template make yourself a "personal template" (maybe a basic
> drawing) to work from. Then I use my "personal template" as I go forward.
>  Once I have all my objects it's easy sailing.
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> I've used Visio for years to draw and visualize complex concepts and it
> does a great job allowing me to draw almost any type of flowchart, block
> diagram, site map, map, object space etc.
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> Visio can incorporate bitmap graphics and embed them into documents, if
> needed. Large projects with many pages are supported. I have projects which
> an excess of 30 pages of detailed complex drawings. Be careful though as
> Visio does slow down if you make your projects too big. It does require a
> powerful machine.
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> There are other vector drawing tools such as Dia (Linux) and Draw (Corel).
> I assume you are talking windoz with Word and Photoshop. I tried to migrate
> to Dia but could not get my files converted satisfactorily. Years ago I used
> "Draw" which was acquired by Corel and then it was renamed. I liked Draw as
> it also was a vector drawing application with support for bitmaps. Draw must
> be out there somewhere in a later incarnation with a new name? Anyone?
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> I bet you can use Adobe Illustrator and achieve the same goals.
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> Good luck and happy drawing…
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> paul (at) 2.0websites [dot] com <paul at 2.0websites.com>
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> Paul Yurt, Publisher
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> www.2.0websites.com
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> *From:* talk-bounces at lists.nyphp.org [mailto:talk-bounces at lists.nyphp.org]
> *On Behalf Of *Aaron Deutsch
> *Sent:* Friday, August 11, 2006 1:21 PM
> *To:* NYPHP List
> *Subject:* [nycphp-talk] [off topic] IA/website modeling
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> What applications does everyone use for modeling a website? I'm looking to
> just do information architecture type webpage workflows. I have tried
> word/photoshop but looking for something better if any.
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