[Leica] HAPPY HOLIDAYS - AND HERE'S A GIFT!!

["B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>]

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Having just picked up my Christmas present - an HP Photo Scanner and Epson
Stylus Photo printer - (Hey, when you're the sole earner and you're my age
why not pick up the present yourself ! :-) ) - I had to give serious thought
as to what to do about software. Obviously, the answer is Photo Shop, but
that costs more than $600 which I don't have. BUT.....

Corel PHOTO-PAINT 8, which also costs around $600 and which is Corel's
pseudo Photo Shop - and works with all the Photo Shop plug-ins, comes as a
$109 "upgrade." Well....guess what guys and guyettes?

Yes, it is the ENTIRE PROGRAM, for $109. It doesn't ask where the earlier
version is installed. The CD doesn't say it's an upgrade. It's got to be the
biggest bargain in scanning/photo printing/image manipulation.

Okay, it's not photo shop. And I'm sure there are a few things photo shop
has that it doesn't. But...it has all the standard tools including dodge and
burn. It comes with a full set of encyclopedic manuals. And it comes with a
second CD loaded with about a million fonts, photo images, and gimmcrakies
of one sort or another.

SO...If you're giving any thought to getting into digital printing, but were
hesitating because of the software investment on top of the scanner and
printer - hesitate no longer!

And Happy Holidays!

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