Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/14

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Photoshop?
From: lrzeitlin at optonline.net (Lawrence Zeitlin)
Date: Sun Dec 14 07:57:29 2008
References: <200812140550.mBE5oDYG017292@server1.waverley.reid.org>

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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