Yep. Definitely fake, although a pretty well built one. There's no phone number or postal address on that website (or the *global.com one). The only mean to contact them is a web form. Fishy. The only thing I could find was an article saying they're located in San Francisco, but wtf, I could build that site to and say I'm in down town NYC...
> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:profoxtech- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Malcolm Greene > Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 6:27 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [NF] Easy-to-use/low cost alternatives to Adobe Photoshop, > Illustrator, and InDesign? > > As a follow-up to Kurt's suggestion to check out Adobe Elements > ("Essentials") I did some quick research. > > Adobe Elements has a lot of the functionality of Photoshop minus things > like: > > - Less lighting and filtering controls > - Limited text formatting (no tracking/kerning), typing along a path, full > justification > - No offset printing with CYMK (not an issue with digital printers?) > - No layer masks, just layer blending > - No batch automation > - No slice for web page feature > - No support for animated GIF files > > The only potentially worrisome items on that list are no layers masks and > limited text formatting. > > On the positive side, Elements is $59 via Amazon (with $20 rebate). And it is > supposed to have a much simpler, easier to use interface than Photoshop. > > Thanks again for everyone's recommendations. > > Malcolm > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
