creativepro.com — Adobe released new info for CS3 due out in spring of 07. This is unusual because Adobe is very secretive about new products. And what they give us looks good. Can't wait till this comes out. See Comments for more links.
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danrMay 25, 2006
They do have the "elements" products for photoshop and premiere which are lesser versions and significantly cheaper. You can also get the whole package much cheaper if you are a student or affiliated with an educational institution. But if neither of those appeal to you, you could always buy an older version off ebay or elsewhere for less money, provided they run on your current computer set-up.
Closed AccountMay 25, 2006
It's not for "the average man". It's for creative professionals. And, really, the suite is a steal at its current price.
Closed AccountMay 25, 2006
I'd love for Apple to release a pro photo app to compete with Adobe. As a graphic designer, running Photoshop under Rosetta is pure torture. Currently, I have to dual boot my Macbook to XP and use an older PC version of Photoshop.Adobe seems complacent. I wish Apple would release a pro photo application, at least so Adobe would have some good competition to kick them in the pants.
philbertMay 25, 2006
By "same thing" I think he/she meant that they come in the same package. Install Photoshop and you get Imageready as well.
fyngyrzMay 25, 2006
For some areas, not only is there competition, but the competition blows them away. Check out this movable, rotatable live magnifying glass tutorial I did; you can't do this in Photoshop, as far as I can tell (I have PS/CS2):<a class="user" href="http://www.ideaspike.com/winimages.shtml">http://www.ideaspike.com/winimages.shtml</a>This app specializes in a number of areas, one of them being layered image editing and control. While Photoshop has about 20 layer modes, this has over seventy, one of which adds live geometric effects to layered images. So for instance, you can put a couple of sets of waves on an image, then when you move the layers around, you can see the waves actually interfere or add/subtract from one another which allows you to get the precise result you're looking for. I use this in the tutorial to let the magnifying glass actually magnify like a curved lens; you can move the glass (by moving the layer that contains it) and watch the magnified portion travel underneath the "glass." You could rotate it, too, by adding a rotation layer.I don't have a tutorial on this one, but if you look at Paintshop Pro, you can do things in there with brushes that you can't do with Photoshop. They've got the ability to drag (for instance) a brush with some notes on it and paint an entire musical staff -- with one brushstroke. And a bunch more brush features that again as far as I know, no one else has. Corel's selling Paintshop Pro now, no longer JASC.I'm just pointing out that if you explore out there a little bit, you'll find that what Adobe has done is great marketing, as opposed to performance, features or creativity. I find that having all three of these apps in my toolbox gives me a lot more options. YMMV.
stokestackMay 26, 2006
Yeah, that's a crack development team there, all right. And whatcha wanna bet that Photoshop still won't have a decent thumbnail browser, proper Undo, or any of the other basic stuff that everyone else has been offering for years?
planckscnstMay 28, 2006
What do you mean by "proper undo"?
skeetmuffinMay 31, 2006
we must over throw Adobe!