[LargeFormat] Photoshop
Steve Nicholls
gl1500 at internode.on.net
Sun Nov 27 19:53:46 EST 2005
Paul Aparycki wrote:
> CS2 for $80????????
>
> I don't think so. Someone is lying to you, or you didn't read it
> properly.
>
> The lowest upgrade prices around are in the neighbourhood of $250 or
> so, and that is from a previous version of Photoshop (the FULL
> version, not LE). The best price I have seen for an upgrade from LE is
> $299, and that was offered in conjunction with Wacom and Adobe for
> people who had purchased a Wacom tablet with a software bundle.
>
> Also, CS2 needs about 384mb of ram to run properly (that is what Adobe
> recommends as minimum), add that to your operating system (if you are
> using XP, that is another 150-180mb), so you need an absolute minimum
> of 512mb just to get your computer up to speed. You are talking about
> scans from large format negs . . . they are HUGE . . . add another
> 512mb, preferably 1gb of memory to your system, otherwise forget the
> whole thing . . . you will die of old age waiting for virtual memory
> to pass bits and pieces back and forth.
>
> good luck
>
> Paul Aparycki
>
Following on from this post -- download a free copy of the GIMP it will
do all that most people require. Spend the savings on film :)
http://www.gimp.org/windows/
Steve
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