Hi Chris, That would probably have been me. On 25th July I posted the message "Why bother changing to Lion?" in which I said:
"If I was to go to Lion I would probably consider buying iStudio Publisher from the App Store at £12.99, to use instead of Adobe InDesign. I already own VectorDesigner that I could use instead of Adobe Illustrator. I already own Pixelmator which I could use instead of Photoshop. It would be nice to give Adobe a kick in the pants. The problem is that I have a lot of InDesign files that I would like to be able to open in a few years time . . ." I have a demo version of iStudio Publisher but it won't open InDesign files, and it appears to be at the very early stages of development. There are lots of pre-planned upgrades in the pipeline. David On 14 August 2011 12:14, Chris Webb <[email protected]> wrote: > * > > Hey chaps, > > Someone recently mentioned alternatives for the Adobe suite available from > the App store but I can't find the message. Could someone give me a > reminder please? > > * > * > Chris Webb . Partner > * > * > MacService > Woodside, Brightling Road > Robertsbridge, East Sussex, TN32 5EL > t: 01580 881212 > f: 01580 881313 > m: 07770 960632 > e: [email protected] > * > w: www.macservice.co.uk > > Get a free iPhone Q-Card Scanner > here<http://itunes.apple.com/app/redlaser/id312720263?mt=8> > . > > On 14 Aug 2011, at 11:59, Phil Townrow wrote: > > Hi David, > I have had Graphic Converter on my mac for years. It is a very useful > program. I had an Epson Album that someone sent me that even Graphic > Converter could not open, so I emailed Thorsten Lemke and he wrote a > patch and updated the software with the new file type. How's that for > service! > > As an alternative to Photosh*** I use Pixelmator > http://www.pixelmator.com/ > It's much cheaper and a lot of the actions are the same so you do not > have to learn new short cuts. > Regards Phil Townrow > > On Aug 12, 7:47 am, David Ransom <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have a few Kodak Photo CDs on which I have professionally scanned 35mm > > transparencies, probably dating back to the 1990s. I was shocked to find > > last night that Photoshop CS4 will not open PCD files from these CDs. > > > After searching the internet I found loads of people with the same problem. > > Apparently PCD is now a "dead format" and Adobe have dropped it from their > > vastly over-priced software. > > > Fortunately the latest version of Graphic Converter > > <http://www.lemkesoft.com/>can open PCD files with ease, even on the free > > demo version of the software. > > > Why have Adobe dropped this? Surely they must realise that many of their > > customers have Photo CDs in their library. > > > I am seriously considering never upgrading my Creative Suite software again > > and going for cheaper alternatives. I never thought I would say this, > > especially as my history as a graphic designer is (1) Love Quark XPress > > (hate Page Maker), (2) Love InDesign (hate Quark XPress)! > > > David > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
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