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I'm in the same boat as Paul, except I have been using Photoshop Elements
for the last few years when I discovered it would do everything I want for a
fraction of the cost of PS.
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From: techwr-l-bounces+al=geistarts -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
[mailto:techwr-l-bounces+al=geistarts -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com] On Behalf Of
Paul Goble
Sent: Friday, January 11, 2013 3:40 PM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: Re: TCS v4: Where's Photoshop?!
<jimmy -at- breck-mckye -dot- com> wrote:
> > Does a technical writer really need Photoshop?
>
I use Photoshop all the time. Two-thirds of my documentation is for
hardware. Just today I had to take a photo of a part under less-than-ideal
conditions, then adjust exposure, blank out the office equipment in the
background, and remove the piece of tape which says "demo unit."
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Paul Goble
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