On Sat, Feb 1, 2014 at 4:25 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> wrote: > On Feb 1, 2014, at 12:48 PM, Bruce Walker <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Sat, Feb 1, 2014 at 3:32 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> This software and the subscription licensing model is really targeted at >>> business use, where the cost of these tools is a trivial part of the cost >>> of doing business. Hobbyists and occasional artists rarely have the need >>> for this stuff—there are plenty of less costly solutions that do the job >>> very well available. >> >> Sadly not true for artists who use layers and do compositing (many do >> that, like adding textures), and artists and part-timers doing >> sophisticated retouching. That's many folks, like me. There are no >> packages out there that support the features needed for portrait >> retouching. Yes it _can_ be done (barely) with The Gimp and the like, >> but it's needlessly complicated and difficult. A 10 minute Ps retouch >> would become a 2 hour one on The Gimp for me. > > I said "occasional artists". Career artists make a living from their work and > the cost of doing business rules apply.
"Occasional artists" don't have sophisticated needs? I know I do. I don't make a living from my art, but I need the power of Ps to do what I want to do. > That aside, GIMP is wretched. But GIMP is far from the only option. > Corel Paintshop Pro does a very good job. Photoshop Elements is > perpetual license and does 99% of what photographers do with > Photoshop. Photo Matix, Pixelmator, etc etc, are all layered pixelmap > editors with lots of capabilities and support. There are dozens out there. None of these packages offer both layers, with all the Ps layer blending modes, and masks. The fact that Ps Elements lacks masking completely removes it from contention for retouching, for example. Even the fact it cannot warp a layer is a show-stopper. > But if you really really must have Photoshop CS and the latest version, > you have no choice but to suck it up and pay for the privilege. You do > anyway if you buy a copy and then keep it updated properly with a > perpetual license. I don't need the latest version. I need a capable version. CS5 suits me. My model was to buy a copy then upgrade it after 2-4 years. To compare to that CC would have to cost me less than $5 a month (forever). The current model will charge me $20/month forever. Not reasonable. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
