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p.1 #1 · anyone without photoshop?

If the cost is holding you back consider Corel's Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 -- on sale this week for $39.99 by download or free shipping. Usually $79.99 and the upgrade and educational prices are higher than this.

I wish I had learned Photoshop years ago, but PSP does everything I need, especially in conjunction with Lightroom.

http://corel.rsys1.net/servlet/website/ResponseForm?JhkLsE9.2e7_uhO_hOLkURk8hNgJLK_1zEspgKHFkNIROHssLRDJht

Nov 24, 2008 at 06:38 PM

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p.1 #2 · anyone without photoshop?

PS rocks for those times when you want to get jiggy with an image. Lightroom does 90% of what I need in the newest version. If all you need is basic retouching PSP works great as well.

Nov 24, 2008 at 06:49 PM

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p.1 #3 · anyone without photoshop?

Gimp for the broke folks:

http://www.gimp.org/

Nov 24, 2008 at 07:32 PM

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p.1 #4 · anyone without photoshop?

Here is a photoshop tip. Sign up for a local Junior College class for a semester of photography. My class was online and cost about 65.00. This allowed me to get the student discount for Adobe products. I think I got PS CS3 and LR for 360.00 total.

Plus the benefit is I picked up a lot of knowlegde from the class.

Nov 24, 2008 at 07:37 PM

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p.1 #5 · anyone without photoshop?

Many do not realize the alternatives are just as good as PS and pretty much always have been. People only look at what they read/hear about and never consider anything else.

Nov 25, 2008 at 01:08 AM

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p.1 #6 · anyone without photoshop?

+1 for LR v2

Nov 25, 2008 at 01:17 AM

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p.1 #7 · anyone without photoshop?

use LR 2.x and gimp, have a free copy of cs that i cracked, but I don't use it, nor have it installed.

Nov 25, 2008 at 01:23 AM

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p.1 #8 · anyone without photoshop?

So does Corel's Paint Shop Pro compare more with Photoshop Elements or the full blown CS version?

Nov 25, 2008 at 01:24 AM

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p.1 #9 · anyone without photoshop?

I've got LR 1 is there a huge difference between 1 and 2? Functional difference?

I've got CS2 as well so far I've been fine.

Nov 25, 2008 at 01:52 AM

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p.1 #10 · anyone without photoshop?

ContagiousIdea wrote:
I've got LR 1 is there a huge difference between 1 and 2? Functional difference?

yes. especially functional.

Nov 25, 2008 at 02:01 AM

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cordellwillis wrote:
Many do not realize the alternatives are just as good as PS and pretty much always have been. People only look at what they read/hear about and never consider anything else.

+1 If you put in "almost" as good as PS. PSP has an easier learning curve and covers more than enough bases for many people. As with most programs, the most recent version is much more powerful than the early editions.

Free trial on LR2, and yes, much better than 1. I don't know how anyone could live without it.

There's probably a free trial on PSP. I haven't used Photoshop in almost 10 years and didn't get into it and have never tried Elements, so I'm not sure how they compare.

Corel's Painter X will also be on sale Friday morning. It should be at a really good discount.

Nov 25, 2008 at 02:48 AM

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p.1 #12 · anyone without photoshop?

I use LR2... was a PS user but have switched to LR for almost 90% of the stuff I need.

Edited on Nov 26, 2008 at 11:36 AM · View previous versions

Nov 25, 2008 at 03:11 AM

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p.1 #13 · anyone without photoshop?

Elements is not worth the cd it comes on

Downloading Trial LR2

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Nov 25, 2008 at 03:14 AM

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p.1 #14 · anyone without photoshop?

RichardLavigne wrote:
Anyone have a keygen for LR 2... my demo is about to expire.
That would be a TOS violation and illegal.

Nov 25, 2008 at 03:15 AM

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p.1 #15 · anyone without photoshop?

RichardLavigne wrote:
Anyone have a keygen for LR 2... my demo is about to expire.

Serious? It's $99

Nov 25, 2008 at 03:31 AM

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p.1 #16 · anyone without photoshop?

ContagiousIdea wrote:
Elements is not worth the cd it comes on

My 2c:

I use PS but mostly because I had to create original files but I played with PS Elements trial and I like it. It is a great software if you just want to do is edit photos. Full PS is such an overkill if you are just going to use it for adjusting color, cut/paste etc and not creating art from scratch... most cost effective (notice I didn't say the best) software combination for 99% of photographers would be LR + PSP, GIMP or some other low cost alternative to full PS for those times when you need to do a bit more with layers and filters.

I think I'll install PS Elements on my 5 year old's computer. He sometimes gets to my laptop and plays with PS but on his he only uses MS Paint and I think Elements is inexpensive enough and has some cool creative tools

Nov 25, 2008 at 07:00 AM

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p.1 #17 · anyone without photoshop?

"anyone without photoshop?"

I have PS Elements 6, but not PS Creative Suite.

I plan to upgrade to Elements 7, and also to get Lightroom 2 after Christmas.

Nov 25, 2008 at 08:54 AM

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p.1 #18 · anyone without photoshop?

Since LR2 was released, I use PS less and less. Having said that, when I need it, it's great that it's there.

Nov 25, 2008 at 09:50 AM

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p.1 #19 · anyone without photoshop?

GIMP is great...and you can't fault the price..

Nov 25, 2008 at 10:13 AM

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p.1 #20 · anyone without photoshop?

I have a Mac program called Pixelmator which i find does about 90% of what i want. I do want photoshop having always had it in the past, but at the moment i figure that that money is better spent on things that will aid my photography more.

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Rowan

Nov 25, 2008 at 10:23 AM


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