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 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com http://sonc.stumbleupon.com/ Natchitoches, Louisiana USA