Whats the best way to draw arrows on images? lol

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Jams44

06-05-2007 19:46:17

So I am making a rather extensive tutorial for a site I frequent and I am using some pretty high def photos - around 10 mp. Anyways I batch processed them all from RAW to JPG and they look great still however, I am trying to draw arrows (for instructions) using SnagIt 8 and its export quality is shite. Does anyone know of a quick method to adding stuff like arrows and text to images? I don't want to use photoshop because being as slow as it is, using large pictures (80 of them) takes to long. Any help would be uber super. Thanks.

Lightliquid

06-05-2007 20:06:56

Paint will do the job just fine.

Jams44

06-05-2007 20:11:19

it exports like shit

patrick_7412

06-05-2007 20:20:35

Photoshop )

Or possible find a picture of an arrow online, and paste it into SnagIt (not sure if that's possible..)

Tholek

06-05-2007 20:20:58

MS Photo Editor?

Gooogler

06-05-2007 20:21:16

Photoshop has arrow inserts.

Jams44

06-05-2007 20:35:58

[quotedcdc612b2c="Gooogler"]Photoshop has arrow inserts.[/quotedcdc612b2c]

does it? not just brushes? if so where?

Gooogler

06-05-2007 20:50:09

Quick shapes or something like that. It's pretty basic if you just look around a bit. I would check under insert.

Wolfeman

06-05-2007 21:00:27

http//www.getpaint.net/ is a good PS alternative for non-professionals and its free.

Jams44

07-05-2007 17:57:55

well, its not that i dont know how how to use photoshop, after all I have designed plenty of the well known Freebie sites. It's just I'm looking for quicker methods, ill look into the program though looks kool!

CollidgeGraduit

07-05-2007 18:30:41

did you really laugh out loud as you typed the topic?

Tholek

07-05-2007 18:34:23

CG knows how to get to the meat of an issue...

CollidgeGraduit

07-05-2007 18:37:54

I know how to get to the meat in general

TryinToGetPaid

07-05-2007 18:39:49

Ewwwww......

egyptianruin

07-05-2007 18:39:54

I use what is it - webdings or whatever to insert arrows, lol.

ilanbg

08-05-2007 04:24:38

--->


^
copy and paste that into your tutorial.

ilanbg

08-05-2007 04:25:06

oops I also forgot about the left-pointing arrow <---

ajasax

08-05-2007 06:20:59

[quotedd654243b6="CollidgeGraduit"]did you really laugh out loud as you typed the topic?[/quotedd654243b6]
That's what I was thinking too, lol.

Jams44

08-05-2007 15:28:10

you guys are goonies. ) and yes by golly i chuckled a bit when writing this topic.