Adobe Illustrator experts...where to buy?

[mlganey 1]

Help!  I know NOTHING about Adobe Illustrator, except that I need it to turn images into vectors that vectormagic can't handle.  Where do I buy it?  I was thinking I could just buy a disc or download for a couple hundred dollars.  But I keep getting taken to Adobe Creative Cloud for monthly or annually prices.  Is that my best/only option?

 

https://creative.adobe.com/plans?single_app=illustrator

[joker 618]

You can also download inkscape which will do the same thing with turning images into vectors

[MZ SKEETER 4,709]

You can also download inkscape which will do the same thing with turning images into vectors

And it is FREE at inkscape.org

[Sue2 920]

Or you could take a step up to the OEM CorelDraw X5 graphics program

US Cutter has on special now for $125.

 

http://www.uscutter.com/CorelDRAW-Graphics-Suite-X5-OEM

 

It will be a while before you need anything more than what it offers.

PLUS, there's no irritating monthly "Cloud Fee".

 

Sue2

[kal259 18]

If vectormagic cant handle it I doubt you will have any luck with Illustrator or Corel Draw, even Inkscape for that matter.

You can try Ebay or Amazon for CS6 but not for a couple hundred bucks, closer to $ 600.00 to $ 1000.00 for older versions.

I would download inkscape and get the basics down before spending the money on a professional program, for what it is Inkscape is great.

If vectormagic can't handle it , you will need to learn to draw paths and node edit and inkscape is the perfect price for that.

[skarekrow 1,842]

You likely will need to become familiar with at least the basics of

a raster editing program such as Photoshop, Corel, or Gimp as well

as a vector program. As mentioned, Adobe CS and Corel offers both.

[mlganey 1]

Thanks everyone!  I downloaded Inkscape...love it!  So far, it is working out great for what I needed.  Much cleaner than vectormagic for more detailed jobs.