I will eventually subscribe to CC although CS6 is still working for me. However, I’ve read that it has problems with the latest version of OSX. So I will eventually be left behind if I don’t upgrade
Paul > On Oct 27, 2018, at 7:03 AM, Jostein Øksne <p...@alunfoto.no> wrote: > > LOL... > I'd like to think that I'm more prone to pragmatism than to curmudgeonry, but > well... :-) > Aside from bitching, my reasoning is that if I need to upgrade, I might as > well consider the competition. The price for Photoshop has always been a bit > steep for the way I use it. I made my last upgrade while doing some > university courses and got the educational discount but with the subscription > I can't get away with anything like that. > Other developers are improving their products too, so essentially, if they > can do now what CS6 can do, it's what I need it for. > The new features you mention are nice, of course, but not really on my > must-have list. :-) > Jostein > > > > Den 27. oktober 2018 11.22.37 CEST, skrev Bruce Walker > <bruce.wal...@gmail.com>: >> Jostein, I just have to say it: the best advanced editor available is >> Photoshop. >> >> After recent Mac OS X updates started to erode my CS5 enough to be >> troublesome, I finally gave in and subscribed to CC. It has been, for >> me, >> worthwhile. Lightroom integrates better with Ps, both are speedier, and >> Ps >> has seen some feature additions that are extremely useful and powerful >> for >> me. Time saved in retouching; more convincing and accurate editing -- >> especially in the area of selections -- and much better handling of >> huge >> 645Z files, for example. The Content Aware healing brush is magical. >> >> I was one of the last holdouts. My copy of CS5 and my old Lightroom >> owed me >> nothing. I strongly dislike the subscription model still, but I'm not >> going >> to cut off my nose to spite my face. Being a self-righteous dogmatic >> curmudgeon has its downsides. >> >> >>> On Sat, Oct 27, 2018 at 5:12 AM Jostein <p...@alunfoto.no> wrote: >>> >>> Thanks P.J. >>> The only reason that keeps me from playing with editors like >>> RawTherapee, DxO, C1 (or Corel AfterShot, for that matter), is that >> they >>> are not good DAMs. The true strength of Lightroom is exactly that. It >>> combines good archiving, basic raw file editing, and good integration >>> with specialist editors like Zerene Stacker for macro, Photomatix for >>> HDR and Autopano for mosaics. It also supports management of images >>> published to social media and my own website. >>> >>> The only piece in the puzzle that has fallen out is the _advanced_ >> image >>> editing option. That's what I need a Photoshop replacement for. >>> >>> Jostein >>> >>> Den 27.10.2018 02:52, skrev P. J. Alling: >>>> Look into RawTherapee it does a nice job, and it's Free, well they >> ask >>>> for a donation, but it's essentially free. I did manage to crash >> it, >>>> but it does make nice renders. It also seems to support every >> current >>>> Camera. I'm not using it, but it's become my current backup if DxO >> Mark >>>> pisses me off as much as Adobe has. >>>> >>>> >>>>> On 10/26/2018 4:43 PM, Jostein wrote: >>>>> After a harddrive replacement a good year ago, Photoshop CS6 has >> kept >>>>> nagging me for its license key every time I open the program. All >>>>> online suggestions for fixing have been tried to no avail. >>>>> >>>>> So, now I'm thinking it's time to move on. CS6 is getting old, and >> the >>>>> UI does not scale well on larger screen resolutions. But a CC >>>>> subscription is not an option. >>>>> >>>>> Anyone on the list using Corel Paintshop Pro or Affinity Photo? >>>>> - I'd love to hear your experiences. :-) >>>>> >>>>> Jostein >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >> and >>> follow the directions. >>> > > -- > Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.