Hecate wrote:
On Tue, 24 Jun 2003 02:56:55 +0200, "pioe[rmv]" <"pioe[rmv]"@coldsiberia.org> wrote:
Lastly, is Adobe Photoshop 7 a better photo editing program than Corel’s PhotoPaint and if so, why?
Lots and lots of reasons. Photopaint is OK. I use it occasionally as it came with CorelDraw. And it is probably all a casual user needs. However, it doesn’t have the power or flexibility of PS. I have yet to find anything I cannot do in PS as far as raster images go. I have found some things I can’t do effectively in Photopaint or PSP for that matter.
Corel PhotoPaint has 16-bit color support, LAB color and Curves. That are the fundamentals. Programs that lack these things, like Photoshop Elements and Paint Shop Pro, are not suitable for any kind of photo editing. I have tested both the latter programs, and they are simply not sufficient even for an amateur photographer. One might assume that the professional illustrator needs the full power of Photoshop, but even a modest photo amateur will find that programs that cannot edit 16-bit files, convert to LAB or do Curves are not up to the task. You need these three things to obtain true quality results.
The capabilities of Photoshop are beyond doubt, so one cannot go wrong by buying it. (Of course, I had not expected to get any other advice on this group either, but it is nevertheless true.)
Basically, you’re not comparing like for like. Comparing Photopaint to Photoshop is like comparing a Ford Edsel to a modern Ford (or a Ford to a Ferrari for that matter <g>).
That may be a bit strong, but Photoshop is certainly good, so I went this way:
http://www.coldsiberia.org/public/IMG_1099_800.jpg That also enables me to voice up against the restrictions Adobe wants to use in the coming versions.
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http://www.pacific.adobe.com/activation/main.html)
I can now demonstrate that I have no problems with paying, but then I want to run my program without need to get "permission" from anyone in order to install or re-install now, tomorrow or in sone years. On my one single very private machine, I have no problems with that either.
But Product Activation? No. We would all benefit from communicating that we do not want crippled software. Personally I would have gone to a combination of Filmgimp/Cinepaint and GIMP if Photoshop 7 had required Product Activation. The proprietary software companies are effectively encouraging Open Source by their increasing restrictions and limitations.
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Per Inge Oestmoen, Norway
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