[Leica] Re: Photoshop?

[pdzwig at summaventures.com (Peter Dzwig)]

Jayanand,

I disagree. If you don't want to spend anything you can use RAW with GIMP for
which there are appropriate RAW plugins.

The basic problem with PS is that (i) it is expensive; (ii) if you only want 
to
do straightforward manipulations then a large proportion of what you are 
paying
for is not relevant to you. PSE is adequate on a Windows-based PC.

Peter

Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:
> Larry.
> The only program that I have used in your list is Photoshop Elements, and 
> it
> is really a dumbed down version of Photoshop. No contest. You would have to
> buy a decent RAW converter if you dont buy Photoshop - both Nikon & Canon's
> packaged versions are pretty basic. The cost adds up on software, it really
> does. Especially if you want professional routines sold by the ilk of Nik 
> or
> Photokit. This is not something unique to photo processing, it is part of
> the total cost of owning a computer - the hardware costs are pretty
> insignificant over the life of the machine, compared to what we would spend
> on software over the same period. In fact the only parameter which is of
> importance when buying hardware is after sales service, because the
> productivity losses arising from computer downtime is horrendous.
> Cheers
> Jayanand
> 
> On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 9:27 PM, Lawrence Zeitlin
> <lrzeitlin@optonline.net>wrote:
> 
>> On Dec 14, 2008, at 12:50 AM, lug-request@leica-users.org wrote:
>>
>>  Nathan,
>>> You left out a very big and recurring expense - software. Adobe's 
>>> programs
>>> dont come cheap - they are a monopoly and charge as such. I just found 
>>> out
>>> that to upgrade from the CS3 suite to the CS4 suite is only US$770 - the
>>> cost of a very good digital SLR.
>>> Cheers
>>> Jayanand
>>>
>>
>> We cheapies have long known that there are many low cost digital
>> manipulation programs which will perform most of the functions of 
>> Photoshop.
>> Indeed Adobe Elements will do the bulk of what Photoshop does except
>> pre-press work for a retail cost of less than $100. Mac users can use the
>> latest implementation of GraphicConverter, a truly versatile program, for
>> $35. The trial version is free. In fact, if you bought a Mac laptop a 
>> couple
>> of years ago, a fully licensed version was included in the software 
>> package.
>> For casual image correction work, iPhoto is adequate. I have an aged copy 
>> of
>> Photoshop 6 which does everything I need except run on my new iMac. Linux
>> users can use GIMP for free. GIMP does just about everything that 
>> Photoshop
>> does. I'm sure that dark side computers (PCs) have even more low cost
>> programs available. The list goes on and on. In short, unless you are
>> heavily involved in publishing, there is no need to use the expensive
>> spread.
>>
>> Larry Z
>>
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