[LargeFormat] Photoshop

[Paul Aparycki]

Vince

I looked at their site, and it seems to be fairly high-profile enough that 
they would easily draw the attention of Adobe or Microsoft if they weren't 
legit (though as you say it might have fallen off a truck). What is slightly 
bothersome though in the description of CS2, is the header calls it CS2, and 
the line at the very bottom of the description refers to it as that also, 
BUT, the entire blurb/description when it does mention the name refers to it 
as CS, the prior version, which might well be available for $80 . . . why I 
bring it up is because it looks very much like a "bait and switch" tactic 
that auto dealers will use. (I am JUST GUESSING here . . . don't take it as 
being the rule).

If you are worried, why not get in touch with Adobe themselves? . . . if 
there is a real problem they will let you know. There is no time limit on 
the deal at OEM, so if you have to wait a little, so be it.

As to "is it worth it?", well Photoshop LE or Elements are usable on a day 
to day basis and are for most users more than adequate, but there really are 
a lot more features in CS2, including handling 16 bit and a lot more useful 
filters and manipulation, there is also "Adobe Bridge" which is an image 
browser that Adobe likes to maintain is a god-send, while most people I know 
would like to kill the idiot who ever came up with it . . . it sloooooooows 
the program down.

I work commercially, I shoot a lot in 6x12, and I digitize and retouch 
extensively . . . Photoshop Elements was usable for most of that, but now I 
am going more in the direction of composites and I need an extraordinary 
amount of control . . . so I have CS2, BUT, like MS Office and so many other 
"superior" programs there is a lot of shit in there that just slows the 
whole thing down.

It is too late to stop the technology juggernaut from going in the stupid 
direction that it is, which is a shame. Someone should have had the foresite 
at Adobe, Microsoft and countless other code writing dens of evil to make a 
good, solid basic bare-bones program that would accept plug-ins designed for 
specific needs . . . then you could have a Photoshop or an Office for a 
hundred or so dollars, or what have you, customized to your needs that 
didn't need 10 trillion GB just to make the bells and whistles go off.

sorry for the editorializing . . . boy do I hate this tecno stuff ;-))

good luck
Paul Aparycki


> Thanks Paul.  I didn't read wrong, so these must have fallen off a truck -
> but don't know how because the guy has a web site with everything listed. 
> I
> bought QuickBooks Premier edition for the same bargain and it works fine 
> and
> I still get my tax tables ok.