FWIW, Photoshop was one of the things that has stopped me switching to Linux (yet!). That and some Macromedia products. The Gimp is okay, I've tried the Win version, but there's no way hosea that you could say they're in the same ball-park (yet).
I've tried Adobe Elements in place of Photoshop, and it's only missing a few features, such as curves, and pre-press stuff, and it has more wizards, but it essentially IS Photoshop, (at a fraction of the price) in the same vein as Final Cut Express is Final Cut Pro, but without a few features essential to pro users. If it came down to it, I think I'd still rather use Elements than the Gimp (at this stage!!). Now, count to 10 and put away your ugly sticks and flame-throwers, I'm only being honest. >From Tricky Dickie's website: Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0 Academic - PCCD Offers the perfect combination of power and simplicity so you can do more with your photos. Only educational institutions and tertiary students with valid I.D. qualify for education pricing. $139.00. Cheers Steve > -----Original Message----- > From: Sascha Beaumont [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2004 11:12 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Schools - photoshop > > > Hamish McBrearty wrote: > > $800 a seat, and Adobe don't do educational discounts, I've had > that scrap > > Adobe do an Educational release of many of their products, the licenses > are different to the commercial releases, and a different splash screen > on loading but aside from that the program functionality is identical. > > Creative Suite Prem (photoshop, illustrator, indesign, golive, acrobat) > Education $782+gst, Commercial $2730+gst > > Photoshop CS 8.0 > Education $604+gst, Commercial $1480+gst > > And Educational prices exist for much of the rest of the Adobe range too. > >
