true, ui != photoshop. one can have pixel-perfect but unusable site i like ui.jquery; adapt the API & bundled example source-code to simple projects, then aft

true, ui != photoshop. one can have pixel-perfect but unusable site i like ui.jquery; adapt the API & bundled example source-code to simple projects, then after practicing, apply to larger projects. for ornaments, i like inkscape (pkg_add inkscape or apt-get install inkscape). it's parametric, svg->png. the bundled tutorials are extremely good. gimp and imagemagick sometimes are useful, but not necessary. i focus on ui.jquery and inkscape (both free, open source) which don't have very steep learning curve.