Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]GIMP is also available for Windows, as long as you're not scared of words like "not officially supported." At least it's free. On 12/14/08, 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >