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> On Nov 16, 2017, at 3:25 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> On Nov 16, 2017, at 10:40 AM, P. J. Alling <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> I haven't used Photoshop CC but if you want to work for pay, in any part of >> the graphics, industry that's what you use. > > Candice happens to be an unemployed professional graphic artist. It’s > actually for her friend Brett who is just a > >> >> I'm still using Photoshop CS2. I'm not an artist or illustrator, >> professional or otherwise. I'm an, occasionally good, photographer. I don't >> need 90% of the features that Photoshop, even a version as ancient, as CS2 >> provides. > > I’ve got an old copy of photoshop that I got through a friend who works at > adobe. Every feature that I found myself needing in it has been rolled into > lightroom, so I can’t even remember when I last fired it up. > >> >> There are a number of Photoshop competitors that appear to have almost the >> same features for less money or are available for outright purchase. >> Unless there is something you /need/ that only the latest version of >> Photoshop has, which seems unlikely for a Photographer, there's no need to >> upgrade. >> >> The current business model that Adobe is following is good for most >> professionals, it's also very, very good for Adobe who seem to be minting >> money at the moment. It's not so good for the average photographer, who >> needs to upgrade occasionally as hardware improves and those improvements >> are happening with much less frequency. > > It’s good for professionals that use photoshop. It’s less good for folks who > just use Lightroom. I don’t know of a single feature in Lightroom CC I need > that isn’t in LR6. For that matter, there are serious issues with the cool > new features in LR6 that makes them much less useful than they could be. The > subscription cost is about the same as the cost of upgrading every year, with > the added cost of losing the ability to edit photos if I stop upgrading. > Yes, in theory, I could always fall back to LR6, until they change the > processing engine. > > >> >> >> >> On 11/15/2017 4:47 PM, Larry Colen wrote: >>> My friend Candice [email protected] asked me about photoshop cc, and >>> when I asked why she said: >>> I'm looking for reviews from people I know, because Brett wants to upgrade >>> and just about everyone I know is still using CS5/CS6 and have pretty much >>> refused to upgrade to Creative Cloud >>> >>> Would anyone like to share their thoughts on how it works, rather than just >>> their rapacious business model? >>> -- >>> Larry Colen >>> [email protected] >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- >> America wasn't founded so that we could all be better. >> America was founded so we could all be anything we damn well please. >> - P.J. O'Rourke >> >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > -- > Larry Colen > [email protected] > > > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
