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Subject:Re: PaintShop Pro vs. Photoshop? From:Arlen -dot- P -dot- Walker -at- jci -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 20 Apr 2000 09:18:58 -0500
Perhaps I should have amended my statement "A lot of scanners come with
Photoshop" to read "A lot of scanners come with Photoshop; notable
exceptions to this are the low-end, really cheap ones." You're going to
have to go all the way up past $150 to find a scanner w/Photoshop (UMAX has
two under $200; I didn't waste a lot of time checking for cheaper ones). I
still don't know of anyone who paid full price for Photoshop; everyone I
know with the package got it in a bundle of one type or another.
GIMP? I've tried the GIMP, and so far I'm still using Photoshop. It's a
little shallower than Photoshop, and, as I recall, isn't licensed to do
GIFs, opening you up to possible patent suits from Unisys for the next year
or so. It's got better scriptability than Photoshop by far; anything it
does can be easily automated. I haven't tried the Windows version of it, so
no idea how buggy it might be.
Have fun,
Arlen
Chief Managing Director In Charge, Department of Redundancy Department
DNRC 224
Arlen -dot- P -dot- Walker -at- JCI -dot- Com
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