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Summary: More Great Stuff, But............
Review: If you've read any of the other reviews I've submitted on various image-editing programs, you'll see that I mention that I do photography professionally and Photoshop is pretty much where I've put most of my faith. Photoshop is, after all, the top shelf in image editing software and Adobe has made some significant improvements with this version. I won't mention them again here because you've probably read them all in the other reviews, most of which I agree with. A big problem with this, and again, one that's mentioned in most of the other reviews, is the speed. I've got this program on a system that's a 750 MHz Pentium III and has plenty of RAM and it's still slow. An associate of mine has Photoshop 6.0 on a 1.5 GHz Pentium IV and it's not the speediest. I'll more than likely continue to use Photoshop in my work and I'll never bad-mouth it because it is a superb piece of work, but as I said in another review, I'm using Ulead Photo Impact 6.0 more frequently all the time. Using the Photoshop plug-ins with the Ulead program is a wonderful combination in my opinion.One main intent here is aimed at the home imaging crowd. Adobe Photoshop is a "household name" in photo imaging software, and for that reason, people run out and buy Photoshop to take home and "have fun" with their pictures. Unless you have a considerable amount of disposable income, a lot of time on your hands for learning purposes, and do a lot of image editing and web work, this probably isn't the program for you. I know a few people that bought Photoshop because they always heard "Adobe Photoshop is the best", and though it very well may be the best, these people were heartsick when their frustration level peaked and the buyers remorse set in. And once it's opened, you know as well as I do that you probably can't return it. This is a program with a Jekyll-Hyde personality and one that can promote a love/hate relationship. I don't think it's a fair statement to say that "nothing compares with Photoshop". There really isn't any other image editing program out there that costs $..., so comparing is a bit difficult. Photoshop truly does stand alone. So for you weekend editors, get a fuctional program that allows you to do what you want and need to do and has a straightforward user interface that won't take an eon to learn to use. Use the extra money for a better digital camera or a vacation to take more pictures. At least if I decide I really don't want to use Photoshop 6.0 as much as I should to make it worth the investment, I can write it off my taxes....can you?
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Summary: The best.
Review: If your into doing simple things for websites like me, this is the way to go. Easily create dazzling effects by simply selecting which part of the image you would like to add a filter too, then click and wallah! This program definetly needs Eye Candy 4000 to accompany it.
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Summary: Professional product for professional workers
Review: It is doubtful that anyone knows every facet of this immense program. Just understand that between Photoshop and it's imbedded ImageReady, you can do almost any image manipulation. If you're a Web developer or layout specialist, this is your program.
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Summary: Reasons why not to buy photoshop 6.0
Review: Obviously people considering photoshop 6.0 are faced with having to justify spending this amount of money on a piece of software. Many would-be buyers do considerable work with graphics and photos, and many can justify the cost by pointing to new features and usability. When I bought 5.0 in 1999, I was convinced that the increase in productivity and durability of the product would pay for itself. How wrong I was!!! In the first place, when I upgraded to Windows ME, I was surprised to find that Photoshop 5.0 didn't work and support couldn't help me at all. Their only suggestion was to upgrade to 6.0, which definitely had ME support. Wait, so spending $500 means that I can't upgrade my operating system without paying $200 for an upgrade? No patches? I'm not a real fan of Paint Shop Pro or Gimp (both have deficiencies and usability problems), but they offer comparable features at a fraction of the cost. Plus, you're more protected in the event of OS upgrade or Adobe's failure to deliver free patches. Unless you think only 2 years of productivity is worth $600, your interests might be better served by buying a cheaper product and learning it inside out and out.
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Summary: Great Application ¿ Could Have Stood a Bit More Testing
Review: PhotoShop is without a doubt the best digital image editing software on the market. However, Adobe seems to have placed testing of the application on the users who fork over the big bucks and stake their livelihood on its use. If you check the User to User Forum on Adobe's WebSite, you will see the large number of problems people are experiencing with this product. Foremost is speed. Take the minimum system requirements on the box and times those by 4 if you expect it to run efficiently. Also there are many features that either do not work correctly or were just not thought out well when designed. If you are a graphics professional, you will find some of the new features and design a work flow killer. The guides and slice tool are not precise, the text tool is half thought out and there are many features hidden away in right mouse click menus such as text attributes like bold and italic and layer options (you can't rename layers without going to a menu anymore). There is a complete lack of consistency between PhotoShop, ImageReady and Illustrator, which makes no sense at all. I am finding myself switching back and forth between 5.5 and 6. Hopefully, with all of the complaints, Adobe is finding out what real world users need in an application (not what programmers and product people think we need) and are working on a patch.
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Summary: PS6
Review: There are certain software packages that I skip versions of as I don't feel they're worth the upgrade: Photoshop has always been an exception. This is the number 1 app I use in my work and with each new version it gets easier to accomplish that work. With the release of Photoshop 6, Adobe has made a number of interface changes and/or enhancements. Most notably is the context-sensitive toolbar at the top of the screen. It might take some time to get used to but I feel it's one of those things that most users won't want to get rid of once they've experienced it. Other features include new selection tools, more color palettes and choices, better layer management and the ostensibly useless Liquify effect. I'm sure someone out there will find a way to abuse this feature. One overlooked feature that seems to have gone unnoticed by most previous beta reviews is the annotation tool. In my work, this will come in handy for jotting down design notes such as what typefaces and colors were used to create an image, etc. It's similiar to a little Post-It™ Note that you can attach to your images. Overall, Photoshop 6 is a great product and worth upgrading to.
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Summary: No tech support
Review: There is, apparently, no tech support for this product. It works fine, when it works. Photomerge, the only thing I am interested in, drifts in and out. When it is out there is no help to find out why, or how to get it to work again. I would never buy this product again.
I am extremely computer literate, but this product is impossible.
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Summary: uummmmm??
Review: This is definitely a good product, but I still like Fireworks better! Why? It's much more user-friendly than Photoshop, and so far there's nothing that I haven't been able to do with Fireworks (Macromedia product).
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Summary: For Pro's or ppl serious about their images!
Review: This version is more heavy then the previous version and you need quite a bit of knowledge about your OS in order to manage your scratch disk (yeah, you have to know what that is first of all *lol*). As usual learning PS takes a long time, however it is worth it, considering that it is easy to understand how the other Adobe software work - the interfaces are very similar and it's almost like learning all the software at the same time. It's fairly easy to learn a new version, which is good and no matter what improvements that Adobe has done from one version to another it is easy to feel at home. I think the intuitiveness of the program increases by the version too - can't wait to get PS 7 and that internal file manager! The ability to colorsynch with other Adobe software such as InDesign is great and it makes life a lot easier, another reason for choosing Adobe over Jasc (Paint Shop Pro) or any other software producer. It is also easy to find courses on the software, if needed and Adobe really listens to their customers whish list!
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Summary: The industry standard gets better
Review: What a great product. When it comes to image editing, if you can imagine it, with Photoshop, you can do it. If you are new to graphics/design I recommend that this be the first software you start to master. (if you aren't new, then you already know this) Not only is it powerful, its a great deal of fun to use. Adobe has updated the interface. Now when you select a tool all of the options for the selected tool appear (you don't have to go to the pallettes as often). The selection tools and text handling are much better than previous versions. There are several other improvements that I haven't mentioned. Using Photoshop is an art in itself. I've been using this product for several years now and I'm still learning.
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