06-26-2007, 06:49 PM
[quote Marc Anthony]PS is a tool for professionals; if you have any doubt that you need it, then you most likely do not. For no cost, basic editing needs, you may want to look at GIMP.
Did you buy just PS CS2 or the entire Suite? Sell your copy on eBay for $300-600, respectively.
I'm going to have to politely disagree here. PS is a tool for Pros. That being said, there is no reason you cannot use it and I don't necessarily think it's "overkill."
If you experiment and try new techniques as well as read a book or two about PS will you gain an incredible amount of knowledge about the program. Sure, GIMP allows you to edit photos, but I believe it also requires X11, it isn't necessarily a standard install procedure. There is a reason GIMP is never mentioned as a competitor to PS, it's no match for it. While I don't like the way Adobe runs their company and product and service offerings, there is one thing they have always done MUCH BETTER than anyone else: photo editing. I don't know as much about their design and illustration software because I never used it on a daily basis to make my living. I have, however, used PhotoShop on a daily basis to make my living. Even PS Elements is a good program that I've used on occasion when what I was doing didn't call for the full PS suite.
~A
Did you buy just PS CS2 or the entire Suite? Sell your copy on eBay for $300-600, respectively.
I'm going to have to politely disagree here. PS is a tool for Pros. That being said, there is no reason you cannot use it and I don't necessarily think it's "overkill."
If you experiment and try new techniques as well as read a book or two about PS will you gain an incredible amount of knowledge about the program. Sure, GIMP allows you to edit photos, but I believe it also requires X11, it isn't necessarily a standard install procedure. There is a reason GIMP is never mentioned as a competitor to PS, it's no match for it. While I don't like the way Adobe runs their company and product and service offerings, there is one thing they have always done MUCH BETTER than anyone else: photo editing. I don't know as much about their design and illustration software because I never used it on a daily basis to make my living. I have, however, used PhotoShop on a daily basis to make my living. Even PS Elements is a good program that I've used on occasion when what I was doing didn't call for the full PS suite.
~A