On 2/8/07, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >N only a sor of warranty which would warrant (obviously) that your > > lovely $1000 software will still be useful onece new Window$ or OSX or > > whatever comes out or new ACR or whatever. > > > > This sort of forcing you to upgrade is lame to say the least. > > I seem to be making the same debating point on two different threads. > If what I have now is working, why would I need to update anything? > If something comes along that I think might work better for me, then I have > a decision to make regarding whether I want to adopt it or not, whether I > want to spend the money or not. > I could still be using my PII/Windows 98 and Photoshop 5 if I wanted to. > My wife uses Elements. We started with version 3 I think, and are now up to 4. We also have a copy of CS2, which I occasionally use but she never does. In reality we could use something like Picasa for the vast majority of what we do. I've found that the spot healing brush is essential for film scanning. Other than that I typically adjust contrast and highlights/shadow for my black and white scans. Looking back it's plainly obvious that Elements 3 is plenty for what we need. The money spent on Elements 4 and CS2 would have been better spent on lenses. I'm sure some of you need the horsepower in CS2, and it's perfectly justified. For me, though, I just got caught up in the upgrade cycle.
In September 2005 I bought my wife a Mac Mini for her birthday. When she opened it she asked me if Adobe offered special pricing for switching from the PC version to the Mac version of Photoshop, and would she have to replace her "collection" of Sims games, and on and on. Apparently, I hadn't thought things through. Turns out that switching her to a Mac (she didn't want multiple computers at her desk) would cost more than buying the Mac itself. We sent it back. Now that Macs are capable of dual booting Winders we may re-consider. But for now she's staying with what she has. -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com Shoot more film! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
