The reason I use PhotoShop is that I can select in a number of ways, paint the selection with a brush, etc., and apply a mask to an adjustment layer.
Do you know if these programs allow one to do this?
I went and looked at their respective sites but didn't see this info...
Thanks,
Lenny
Last edited by Lenny Eiger; 22-Feb-2015 at 14:07. Reason: typo
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Same for me I really hope for an alternate to it!!!Can't help you there. I'm not interested in renting software. Just not going there. But my copy of Photoshop CS6 still works just fine.
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I doubt anybody will make a better photo manipulator than PS, it's way deep and has 25 years head start.
Maybe next century.
Of course many of us don't really need it and lesser programs work fine for most.
Like Lenny says PS masking is in a class by itself.
Nobody has to buy or rent anything...
Tin Can
Yes, it does, and a lot more, with unlimited layers. Watch the demo videos:The reason I use PhotoShop is that I can select in a number of ways, paint the selection with a brush, etc., and apply a mask to an adjustment layer.
Do you know if these programs allow one to do this?
https://www.youtube.com/results?sear...o&spfreload=10
Personally I’ve never ever had the need to go into CMYK. I’m not an offset printer.
And the upcoming Gimp, which can be used already today, has 16-bit, 32-bit, 64-bit in integer or float format with gamma or linear. I can happily go from scan to decently "developed" final image in Gimp. Its curves tool is useful, and its 'unsharp mask' is mathematically correct. And their resampling algorithms are performed in linear color space, which wasn’t the case in Photoshop for a long time and lead to bad results.
That said, whenever I get the chance I prefer to sit at a Windows computer with Photoshop because the ACR workflow with 16-bit TIFFs from Vuescan is just so much more streamlined. In Gimp it always has to process the full res image and bake the changes in.
I’d rather invest money in hardware photo equipment than software, if I had any money. I’ll leave the software finesse to the ephemeral world of digital photography. Myself, I barely need curves, resample, sharpen and masks.
I miss Pagemaker too. Quark was, best I could tell, for the newspaper business, which has been in a very long slide down. I'm sure it's sales dried right up at the start of the newspaper decline. Coreldraw is still around which I like but have little use for at the moment. Many *nix utilities and editor remain after at least 25 years with cult status, but they are free and impossible to kill.
Yes
Yes, but not forever.
You will need a modern computer to run Photoshop CC, but it sounds like you've got that
Yes, that is how Adobe drives sales of new software. They only include support for new camera raw files, new lens correction profiles, and support for new software features (such as content-aware fill or camera shake correction) in the latest versions of the software. So if you upgrade your camera, or lenses, or just want the latest and greatest features, you have to upgrade.
Yes
You will need to be online when you install and license your software. If you have an annual membership, you’ll be asked to connect to the web to validate your software licenses every 30 days. However, you’ll be able to use products for 99 days even if you’re offline.
Me either. I can't believe the first poster is still on Lightroom 2 and CS4. Onward and upward!
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