Re: Free download Perfect Effects 8

2014-05-14 Thread P.J. Alling
On 5/13/2014 7:39 PM, steve harley wrote: on 2014-05-13 14:24 Stanley Halpin wrote I haven’t used it enough to make a strong endorsement, and I haven’t used Photoshop ever so I can’t do a comparison. But I can say that the integration with LR5 is smooth and painless. Much much easier to go to

Re: Free download Perfect Effects 8

2014-05-14 Thread John
I tried out an earlier version and wasn't impressed with it. I found Nik filters much more useful. On 5/14/2014 5:23 PM, P.J. Alling wrote: On 5/13/2014 7:39 PM, steve harley wrote: on 2014-05-13 14:24 Stanley Halpin wrote I haven’t used it enough to make a strong endorsement, and I haven’t

Re: Free download Perfect Effects 8

2014-05-13 Thread Mark C
Many thanks for pointing this out, Darren. I downloaded it last night and have it working but haven't had a chance to do anything with it yet. It looks very useful! On 5/12/2014 12:32 PM, Darren Addy wrote: Saw this while catching up on PetaPixel. Haven't tried it yet (download first, try

Re: Free download Perfect Effects 8

2014-05-13 Thread P.J. Alling
That's a pretty nice image and the Perfect Effects looks like it does a pretty nice job. I downloaded it and of course it won't run on any of my current machines. The new photo processing desktop I plan to build is still in the specifications state, (more or less deciding on processor and MB

Re: Free download Perfect Effects 8

2014-05-13 Thread P.J. Alling
Yea, I hate the new flicker even more than the old flicker, if that's possible, when attempting to open two of those pages Flicker tried to sell me an I phone app. There was no obvious way of dismissing the advert. short of reloading the page which happily got rid of it. I don't really

Re: Free download Perfect Effects 8

2014-05-13 Thread David J Brooks
Mac 10.7 requires. Left out again. Dave On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 12:32 PM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: Saw this while catching up on PetaPixel. Haven't tried it yet (download first, try later) but there is a reason that FREE is one of the most powerful words in the English

Re: Free download Perfect Effects 8

2014-05-13 Thread Darren Addy
On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 12:49 PM, P.J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Yea, I hate the new flicker even more than the old flicker, if that's possible, when attempting to open two of those pages Flicker tried to sell me an I phone app. There was no obvious way of dismissing the advert.

Re: Free download Perfect Effects 8

2014-05-13 Thread Paul
If you liked Perfect Effects 8 and are interested in the entire suite, it's on sale until May 22. http://tinyurl.com/k299atj -p On 5/12/2014 12:21 PM, Darren Addy wrote: So here is the image I submitted to the last PUG: https://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/14043251365/ and here it is

Re: Free download Perfect Effects 8

2014-05-13 Thread Stanley Halpin
I have the full suite (the version that piggybacks onto Lightroom), just did the upgrade to version 8.5 I haven’t used it enough to make a strong endorsement, and I haven’t used Photoshop ever so I can’t do a comparison. But I can say that the integration with LR5 is smooth and painless. Much

Re: Free download Perfect Effects 8

2014-05-13 Thread P.J. Alling
On 5/13/2014 2:17 PM, Darren Addy wrote: On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 12:49 PM, P.J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Yea, I hate the new flicker even more than the old flicker, if that's possible, when attempting to open two of those pages Flicker tried to sell me an I phone app. There was

Re: Free download Perfect Effects 8

2014-05-13 Thread steve harley
on 2014-05-13 14:24 Stanley Halpin wrote I haven’t used it enough to make a strong endorsement, and I haven’t used Photoshop ever so I can’t do a comparison. But I can say that the integration with LR5 is smooth and painless. Much much easier to go to and from Perfect Photo than PSE12.

Re: Free download Perfect Effects 8

2014-05-13 Thread John
I don't see the adds. They all seem to be loaded by scripts and even the ones that NoScript will allow are trying to load from sites that my hosts file tells to revert to local host. On 5/13/2014 1:49 PM, P.J. Alling wrote: Yea, I hate the new flicker even more than the old flicker, if that's

Re: Free download Perfect Effects 8

2014-05-13 Thread John
Don't see the Ads either. On 5/13/2014 9:42 PM, John wrote: I don't see the adds. They all seem to be loaded by scripts and even the ones that NoScript will allow are trying to load from sites that my hosts file tells to revert to local host. On 5/13/2014 1:49 PM, P.J. Alling wrote: Yea, I

Free download Perfect Effects 8

2014-05-12 Thread Darren Addy
Saw this while catching up on PetaPixel. Haven't tried it yet (download first, try later) but there is a reason that FREE is one of the most powerful words in the English language. http://www.ononesoftware.com/landing/pe8offer/ Note the hefty system requirements. -- Photographers must learn

Re: Free download Perfect Effects 8

2014-05-12 Thread Darren Addy
While we are at it, here is a list of Perfect Effects 8 tutorial videos from the onOne Software U (YouTube channel): https://www.youtube.com/user/onOneSoftwareU/search?query=Perfect+Effects+8 On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 11:32 AM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: Saw this while catching up

Re: Free download Perfect Effects 8

2014-05-12 Thread Darren Addy
From the README (post-installation): Optional Integration • Adobe Photoshop CS5, CS6, CC • Adobe Photoshop Elements 10, 11, 12 • Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4 or 5 - - - - - Also, this is the page that you are redirected to after installing:

Re: Free download Perfect Effects 8

2014-05-12 Thread Darren Addy
So here is the image I submitted to the last PUG: https://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/14043251365/ and here it is more like I wanted it, with couple clicks in the aforementioned Perfect Effects 8 https://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/13983938150/ I believe someone may have earlier

Re: Free download Perfect Effects 8

2014-05-12 Thread John
I like the post processing image, but Flickr's interface gets uglier every time I look at something there. On 5/12/2014 1:21 PM, Darren Addy wrote: So here is the image I submitted to the last PUG: https://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/14043251365/ and here it is more like I wanted it, with

Re: Free download Perfect Effects 8

2014-05-12 Thread Ken Waller
I still don't like the tilt. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com Subject: Re: Free download Perfect Effects 8 So here is the image I submitted to the last PUG: https://www.flickr.com/photos

Re: Free download Perfect Effects 8

2014-05-12 Thread Paul
If you like Perfect Effects, you might want to try the entire suite. It's available in three different flavors - a Stand Alone, a plug-in that works with PS, PSE, LR and Aperture, and a Premium that includes both of these. Their product support is the best I've encountered, with quick

Re: Free download Perfect Effects 8

2014-05-12 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com: So here is the image I submitted to the last PUG: https://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/14043251365/ and here it is more like I wanted it, with couple clicks in the aforementioned Perfect Effects 8

Re: Free download Perfect Effects 8

2014-05-12 Thread Darren Addy
I agree with your assessment, Brian. I'm long overdue to really learn Photoshop masking. As an old film darkroom guy I think I get the concept, I just need to learn how to get just the areas I want using the available Photoshop tools. PS... when you install Perfect Effects 8 you are given the

Re: Free download Perfect Effects 8

2014-05-12 Thread John Francis
On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 11:32:38AM -0500, Darren Addy wrote: Saw this while catching up on PetaPixel. Haven't tried it yet (download first, try later) but there is a reason that FREE is one of the most powerful words in the English language. http://www.ononesoftware.com/landing/pe8offer/

Re: Free download Perfect Effects 8

2014-05-12 Thread Darren Addy
On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 1:59 PM, Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: I still don't like the tilt. Well, Ken, I appreciate your saying so. I'd much rather hear someone's honest opinion that a meaningless platitude like nice capture. I can relate, as I'm normally very sensitive to things being