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Subject: [Leica] Re: Photoshop?
From: sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter)
Date: Sun Dec 14 08:00:12 2008
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Gimp is available for Win machines now



On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 9:57 AM, Lawrence Zeitlin
<lrzeitlin@optonline.net>wrote:

>
> On Dec 14, 2008, at 12:50 AM, lug-request@leica-users.org wrote:
>
>  Nathan,
>> 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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Regards,

Sonny
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Natchitoches, Louisiana
USA

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