[Leica] Adobe Stock Market Price

[Sonny Carter]

I don't own stock, but I concur with Don on renting Photoshop.

I've been using PS every day of my professional life since 1994.   In the
early days, I used it simply because it was the only tool available to help
me preserve images of rare and delicate items in my job at the Northwestern
State University Cammie G. Henry Research Center.

I've tried many other options, and none have the robust power to do almost
anything I need to do with so little trouble.  I use maybe a tenth of the
utility of the software, but I know how to do many other things that I
don't need to do.  I can say this, the program never lets me down.

Spotting and healing are just two attributes that cannot be found in such
elegance on any other kind of imaging software.

Now, why do I rent?  because it is relatively seamless to get upgrades.
Most times I don't even know it is happening.   I'm happy to support the
company that has helped me put two boys through college, and keep food on
my table as well.   It is also responsible for me being able to present
Friday Flowers to you for these sixteen, (I think) years.



Regards,

Sonny
http://sonc.com/look/
Natchitoches, Louisiana
1714
Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase

USA


On Tue, Jun 18, 2019 at 6:48 AM Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:

> So, I also own the stock.  I bought a significant amount for the same
> reasons that Frank mentioned.  Some of our silent members work for Adobe or
> are professionals who earn some of their income from Adobe.  But the real
> reason I am responding to this thread is to encourage people to pay the
> rent.  Their upgrades have made the programs extremely valuable for editing
> images or video to you as an imager.  The ease of editing an image and the
> level of control available in mind boggling to me: I struggled to composit
> images 40 years ago and now you can easily do focus stacking, exposure
> bracketing, selective focus control, selective contrast control, selective
> color manipulation over a cup of coffee.  The real struggle is to use the
> tools appropriately and not go off into the weeds.
>
> So, renting is not as attractive as owning.  Adobe has steadily improved
> their product and its interface, switching an image between programs is
> easy, the tools provided are powerful.  On the rental plan I would highly
> suggest exporting your best images as TIFF's so if Adobe ever goes away you
> have the edited versions available.  But, go ahead and rent the program as
> you will find the tools worth the price.
>
> On Mon, Jun 17, 2019 at 7:56 PM Frank Filippone via LUG <
> lug at leica-users.org>
> wrote:
>
> >  Adobe will announce profits tomorrow after the market closes.
> > Just remember, YOU helped them get where they are......
> > It is not the fee per month, it is the number of us paying that
> > counts........
> > Imagine when they actually double the fee....... and the additional
> > profits........
> > I told you to buy the stock............
> >
> > Frank FilipponeRed735i at verizon.net
> >
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