Has PHOTOSHOP had it's day?
Anonimus
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Don't get me wrong, I've tried the latest PHOTOSHOP CS12 and downloaded PHOTOSHOP CS2 (it was free and legal) but during my time on the 'net, PHOTOSHOP seems to be the be all and end all of photo editing software. I've seen what can be done (Now, with enough experience, it's easy to fake a UFO/photograph of the Loch Ness Monster and even edit photographs to create falsified incriminating photographs which is blatant abuse) with it, I'm not anti-PHOTOSHOP or jealous because I can only afford Paintshop Pro. But it wouldn''t surprise me if somebody was working on something better, easier to use and a lot cheaper than PHOTOSHOP,
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You need to be a huge arse software manufacturer to be able to release and support the vast range of filters available to PS users though as I understand it.
Unless a competitor were compatible with that vast library of existing software it's not going to be able to pull an Excel vs Lotus 1-2-3 or a Word vs WordPerfect style coup and Adobe aren't about to let anyone else have access to their proprietary formats is my guess.
If you can't afford photoshop, get photoshop elements instead....Adobe are aware of the costs of the full version and that's the only reason they make their own budget product. So there's no need to buy a rivals product.
Suppose you've got a poihere. It'll take some doing to knock PS off it's perch. I use PSP myself (NEVER let me loose with photo editng software and who says you have to do normal editing with it?) and Xara Photo and Grapgic Designer series software (PSP's more aimed at the photography enthsthusiast).
Strangely I started many years ago using Paint Shop Pro and got so used to it that when I did try photoshop, I couldn't get on with it.
Today I do lots of photo manipulations in Paint Shop for my friends and they still say "Oh you photoshopped that!" - Seems Photoshop has entered the common language to mean any photo manipulation regardless of what software is used.
I use it every day, along with lightroom, to prepare images for print. Images then go into indesign or illustrator so photoshop is just one part of a process and it would take a lot to persuade me to move.
It won't be going anywhere any time soon either because there isn't much else on the market that can compare to it for professional use. Software such as Paint Shop Pro and GIMP are fine for the home market and businesses with simpler needs but they don't really stand up to it when you get into professional fields that require more heavyweight tools.
Indeed we could enter into a topic about cmyk output and prev files, dropped into page layout such as quark, or into a drawing prog such as illustrator, but this will go way over the heads of most people reading this.
In this age of quick reward, the idea of image touch up is simply too time consuming for most people.
And, also I found that just because someone can use Facebook or Twitter, it doesn't make them fully, or even mostly PC literate. A knock on effect of this is that people despite using a computer don't believe or understand how photos can be edited or faked, eg removing people from a picture, as it they were never there.
What i do secretly admire though are those fake photos, often celebrities. Most are either quite funny, or a bit 'naughty'!
http://youtu.be/iYhCn0jf46U
Even a box full of unused rolls of 35mm film which is yet more junk for the rubbish bin!
they`re very much not history for me, though i don`t use film, i like to create any "effects" in camera and the only shots i play about with are the "mistakes" when i`m bored.
i`d LOVE to have a go at film photography, there`s something seductive about it.
So you have modernised then!
i didn`t pick up a camera until about 10 years ago and i started with one of these
http://www.amazon.com/KB-Gear-JamCam-Digital-Camera/dp/B00004YBVE
i got some shots i really liked straight away and i was hooked.
I use PSP and mess about with my own photos for a laugh. But I'm against it's use in spite and revenge by creating 'incriminating' evidence by superimposing a mate's head over somebody else's for blackmail and posting the photos online. Unfortunately there's nothing to say the software shouldn't be used for such things.
It is so simple to use, and it suits my photochopping needs perfectly.
To add to edited pics, I use a myriad of different sites, such as Pizap, Lunapic, Ribbet, etc.
I like Online Image Editor to add text to gifs, etc.
Probably as in Hoover and Biro.