Adobe Photoshop CS4 Advice Please

Marty_J

DKLS wrote: »

TBH I wouldnt bother with elements.

What features aren't in Elements that are necessary for someone with basic computer knowledge who wants to edit a few snapshots?

techbuff

sell it and download yourself a nice free copy of gimp

Marty_J

techbuff wrote: »

sell it and download yourself a nice free copy of gimp

Which is just as complicated as Photoshop (or at least it tries to be) and nowhere near as good.

techbuff

I totally disagree, gimp is as complicated as you want to make it or as easy as you like, as for the original question wether you should sell your copy of adobe, personally you may as well if your only going to be editing a few piccies now and then.


regards


Jase

bishopsgirl

Thanks to all the above for your advice.

I think I will sell.

Now to see how to do that on amazon or ebay.

I'll let you know if I manage to sell and what price I get I'd be thrilled with £200.

Thanks again.

chunter

bishopsgirl wrote: »

Thanks to all the above for your advice.

I think I will sell.

Now to see how to do that on amazon or ebay.

I'll let you know if I manage to sell and what price I get I'd be thrilled wit £200.

Thanks again.

I'd be astonished if there wasn't somebody on these forums who would buy CS4 for 200 quid.

Another smaller point against is that you need one almighty computer to run the thing.

[Deleted User]

techbuff wrote: »

I totally disagree, gimp is as complicated as you want to make it or as easy as you like, as for the original question wether you should sell your copy of adobe, personally you may as well if your only going to be editing a few piccies now and then.


regards


Jase

GIMP is awful. If you're just wanting to do simple editing then I've found Paint.NET to give much better results and in a less confusing manner than GIMP.

HalfPint

Bishopsgirl,

I agree you should sell cs4.

There is another programme out there which is simpler to use and does most, if not all, the things photoshop does at a fraction of the price.

Corel Paint Shop Pro X2 is a fabulous programme...far better than your "free". Free ones are great if you only do basic things like crop, photofix etc but if you do more then I'd recommend Corel...you should be able to get it for around £70. There are loads of tutorials on the net also. Corel is easier a lot easier to learn than cs4.

hth.

HP x

DKLS

Marty_J wrote: »

What features aren't in Elements that are necessary for someone with basic computer knowledge who wants to edit a few snapshots?

I have found that users of elements very quickly outgrow the features and need something with a bit more oomph.

darich

chunter wrote: »

Another smaller point against is that you need one almighty computer to run the thing.

Not really.
My machine is about 2 years old and was quite good when i got it but not top of the range. My machine manages fine.
Better machine helps but an "almighty" one is not necessary