Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]"B. D. Colen" wrote: > > Having just picked up my Christmas present - an HP Photo Scanner and Epson > Stylus Photo printer - (Hey, when you're the sole earner and you're my age > why not pick up the present yourself ! :-) ) - I had to give serious thought > as to what to do about software. Obviously, the answer is Photo Shop, but > that costs more than $600 which I don't have. BUT..... > > Corel PHOTO-PAINT 8, which also costs around $600 and which is Corel's > pseudo Photo Shop - and works with all the Photo Shop plug-ins, comes as a > $109 "upgrade." Well....guess what guys and guyettes? > > Yes, it is the ENTIRE PROGRAM, for $109. It doesn't ask where the earlier > version is installed. The CD doesn't say it's an upgrade. It's got to be the > biggest bargain in scanning/photo printing/image manipulation. > > Okay, it's not photo shop. And I'm sure there are a few things photo shop > has that it doesn't. But...it has all the standard tools including dodge and > burn. It comes with a full set of encyclopedic manuals. And it comes with a > second CD loaded with about a million fonts, photo images, and gimmcrakies > of one sort or another. > > SO...If you're giving any thought to getting into digital printing, but were > hesitating because of the software investment on top of the scanner and > printer - hesitate no longer! > It's my opinion that Photoshop is more important to doing digital photography than any and all hardware and software combined. It all starts and ends with Photoshop and its mainly Photoshop in-between. After you've tweaked and mutated your images use your next paycheck for a printer, have a photo CD made before you get a scanner to have images to play with.. After Photoshop Comes Painter and Illustrator. Coral software is a big dubious ? with the exception of WordPerfect; a word processor.