Don't miss the white papers. I had been trained on Photoshop and was using it at work. And was getting relatively good results, but really didn't understand a lot of the reasons why things worked.
After I worked through the material in the white papers with Picture Window Pro, I had a much better understanding of why things worked in both products. See you later, gs <http://www.georgesphotos.net> On 10/13/05, John Forbes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > George, > > The more I see, the more I like it. One of the attractions is the much > shorter learning curve than PS requires, and added to the reasonable > price, it's pretty much a win-win situation. > > And thanks to the link to the Koren site. Plenty there to while away the > idle hour! > > John > > On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 00:44:30 +0100, George Sinos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > John > > > > Don't know about the manual, but had to toss my two cents into the > > conversation on Picture Window Pro. > > > > I used Picture Window Pro at home and Photoshop at work up through > > Photoshop version 7 and never felt the need to spend the money on > > Photoshop for my hobby photography. In fact, I felt Picture Window Pro > > was clearly easier to use and understand, and at the same time every > > bit as powerful as Photoshop. Many things were easier to accomplish. > > Photoshop had the edge if you were processing big batches of stuff. > > But for the hobby guy, doing photos one at a time, Picture Window Pro > > did the trick. > > > > When Adobe released Photoshop CS, they added several features that > > made life easier for the photographer. They also added the raw > > converter. At the same time I received a significant discount offer > > from Adobe. Given the price, it was a no brainer to pick up a copy. > > The CS2 version adds additional features that help the photographer. > > > > I continue to use both. Photoshop is like the family station wagon. > > Picture Window Pro is like a little sports car. It's fast and > > powerful, but sometimes you need to bring 10 sheets of plywood home > > from the lumberyard. For that, you need the family station wagon. > > > > If you want more info on Picture Window Pro, check out Norman Koren's > > web site at <http://www.normankoren.com/> It's loaded with great > > info. > > > > See you later, gs > > <http://www.georgesphotos.net> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ > >
