Comments on: LiveSurface

By: Cynic821

Cynic821 — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 23:34:38 +0000

As someone in the actual software business, our sales people would much rather have our sales materials and examples be made from professional templates like these instead of having our designer go out and take photos.

Buying these would actually cost less. And i wouldnt really care either way how a new designer we hire demo’ed his work.

I can understand the point you guys make, but its a service better bought than known. Let others waste their time on it, and you get it for the measly 30 bucks

By: Roger Wong

Roger Wong — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 20:34:05 +0000

I think this is a great service!

While I can understand the desire for this service to be free from a student’s perspective, many professional designers who are often under tight timelines, will gladly pay a few dollars for some nicely-produced, professionally shot environments on which to comp in their designs.

By: Brandon Martinez

Brandon Martinez — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 19:27:45 +0000

As an up-and-coming designer myself, it is a nice find. But in a way I agree with Mike B, go take some of your own pics (billboards, taxi cabs, w/e), and throw in your artwork. It’ll give you all the more credit as a designer, and maybe as a photography, too (companies are always looking for people with multiple talents).

However, I do understand not everyone has the scenery available to achieve an open canvas such as that, so in that manner, very nice :)

By: Mike B

Mike B — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 19:04:58 +0000

As an up-and-coming designer you should be (or become) comfortable enough in Photoshop not to need prepared shadows and vanishing points, and especially not have to pay for them! Might I even suggest that you go out and take your own photos of indoor and outdoor surfaces to use? Just a thought.

By: Cynic821

Cynic821 — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 16:23:50 +0000

Thanks Dan!

This will definatly be something me and the designer here at my office are going to play with today. Great find!