Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/08/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Peter Klein posts: > All this means that basically Adobe has made sure that a serious > photographer who uses Windows will have to buy the full $600 Photoshop, or make the choice between: <<SNIP><SNIP><SNIP>>> Peter, I've followed your postings, and I do understand your desire to get the best picture on the screen you can. A couple of suggestions. Photoshop is vastly less expensive in an academic version. All you need to buy it that way is a student ID. Why not register for some classes at a local University, or even University classes by computer? Then you can legally buy Photoshop and many other heftily priced softwares at bookstore rates, or from the online marketers and catalogs at Educational rates. There must be some subject that you would like to become better grounded in. My own University has dozens of classes you can take over the internet: http://www.nsula.edu/ensu/ If that is not to your taste, let me suggest an online auction. You can often buy a fully legal version of Photoshop 5.5 for under $200. It will do what you need. PS6 can be had too, but I can't vouch for their legality. You might investigate. As far as Ulead and Paintshop Pro and all those . . . well, they work, but they just are not as robust a product, IMHO. The learning curves are just as high, but they all fall short in features. That said, I really can't understand your complaints about Photoshop LE. The program is mostly available free with scanners and printers and other hardware, and the whole point of LE Photoshop (or any other Limited Edition) is to get you interested in buying the big package; essentially a demo version. I own a Leica CL. CL stands for Compact Leica. I also own a Leica M6. The M6 has more features. (not many, I'll grant you, but it is more camera.) I could complain that the CL is too light compared to my M6, or that it cannot take the Elmarit 135 . . . but, I paid far less for it, and so I do not expect as much out of it. There are ways to own Photoshop without paying retail, just as there are ways to own Leicas without paying retail. Just my Opinion LE. SonC http://www.SonC.com