Re: Photoshop is crud!

Photoshop is *BY FAR* the best package available for what it does.

Operations within photoshop are NOT tedious, if you know how to take
advantage of the features. Recording macro's and playing them for multiple
jobs is easy enough. If you have been using for some time, its a breeze to
use.

Saying that, it is a complex package, which can be difficult to get your
head around if you don't know what half the things do. I doubt weather many
people have used the 4 colour separation utilities, unless they have been
involved in printing or bureau work.

These days, 'Photoshop LE' ( print-separation stuff disabled) practically
comes free with most flatbed scanners, so for =A3200 - =A31000 you will get =
it
for nothing!

If you use it professionally, within the design industry, it walks over
everything else, within New Media, its still at the top.

I have working within new media for 5 years and using photoshop for about 7
years, and it was version2 for Mac only then. Adobe has since made it
available for PC etc etc...

It SHOULD be part of your suite of software, if you are a designer!

Rgds
A photoshop Veteran!




>Well Greg, I think it depends what you are doing. There is little doubt
>that Photoshop is the most POWERFUL package, but that doesn't make it the
>best if your needs are fairly simple. It is also the most awkward package
>to use, and needlessly so. Most operations are tedious where cheaper
>software offers the same facilities at the touch of a button. It is not
>customisable in any way, and if you want to print out your graphic you can
>forget it because it effectively doesn't have a workable printing option.
>For a program of this stature, this is inexcusable!
>
>Buyers beware - there is a lot of hype about Photoshop. It is basically a
>daft program which happens to be the only one which does certain things, so
>has become the 'leader'.
>
>BTW, I use PSP 4.12 and Photoshop 4.0 where I have to, but my favourite
>program is still Aldus Photostyler, even though its only 16 bit and out of
>date!
>
>Just my twopenneth!
>
>
>regards
>BOB (McClelland)
>Cornwall ENGLAND
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Nick Harrison   BA(hons) MCSD
Freelance NewMedia Journalist &
Art Director, interactive investor

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