Image Software

[Kathlyn J Schweyer]

     Fellow librarians:
     
     I'm starting to design some intranet pages and would like any thoughts 
     on which image software programs are good. I'm looking at getting 
     software that will enable me to design my own images as well as alter 
     clip art images and then save them as .gif files to use on a web site. 
     
     I've used SmartDraw and while it allows you to save images as .gif 
     files you can't edit the images once you do that. I find I have to 
     keep a copy of the .sdr format for editing purposes and then update my 
     .gif file using save as. Not the most user friendly!
     
     Any reviews or personal experiences of image software would be greatly 
     appreciated. 
     
     I will summarize for the list once I get some responses. 
     
     Thanks!!
     
     Kitty Schweyer
     kschweyer at gph.com
     Boston, MA