'Microsoft Photoshop'

[n4gix]

... 3ds max

Adobe doesn't own 3ds Max, so that wouldn't be included with any acquisition by MS.

Autodesk owns 3ds Max, Maya, etc. :ernae:

 

[Bjoern]

How any one can use it is beyond me...

1) Install.
2) Run.
3) Use.

That's how.

 

[TeaSea]

But maybe Steve Ballmer of Microsoft did. Think about it.

Regards, Mike Mann

If he did, he broke the law.....ask Martha Stewart.

 

[Allen]

1) Install.
2) Run.
3) Use.

3) is farking hard to do if you ask me.

 

[wombat666]

Photoshop now part of the windows O.S. install package!

Only with a corresponding price increase.
I only use Photoshop when I have no other choice, and then grudgingly!!
Agreed, GIMP can do almost everything the PS can, and costs nothing, but it is a steep learning curve.
This could end up like PSP as it is today, Corel really ruined that program and I believe MS might well do the same to PS.
Time will tell.

 

[Quixoticish]

3) is farking hard to do if you ask me.

http://www.gimpshop.com/

 

[Stratobat]

Lmao @ Bjoern... Install. Run. Use

I installed the Gimp a few weeks ago and it didn't give me any hastles during the installation :salute:

3) is farking hard to do if you ask me.

In a couple of months you'll have Gimp with single window integration.

Regards,
Stratobat

 

[Bjoern]

3) is farking hard to do if you ask me.

PS CS4 and 5 can't even draw straight lines without paths. Inconvienient^8.

In a couple of months you'll have Gimp with single window integration.

In 2.8?

 

[n4gix]

PS CS4 and 5 can't even draw straight lines without paths. Inconvienient^8.

Say what? I've no trouble at all with "straight lines" at any angle.

Pencil or Brush.
Click to place start.
Hold Shift key, click to place end.
Done.

 

[Stratobat]

In 2.8?

That's what I read.

If you google "Gimp Single Window Mode" there are a couple of articles and screenshots floating around.

Regards,
Stratobat

 

[Bjoern]

Say what? I've no trouble at all with "straight lines" at any angle.

Pencil or Brush.
Click to place start.
Hold Shift key, click to place end.
Done.

Wasn't like that in the CS5 version I took for a spin. Hmm...

Ah, never mind that. I'll stick to GIMP. It's just so much leaner.

That's what I read.

Then I shall wait patiently. If there's one thing ticking me off about GIMP, it's those free floating, uncontained, task bar overlapping, always size-resetting, extra windows. *Grr*

 

[Lionheart]

We all have our favorite tools, be it PSP, PS, Gimp, etc. Same with 3D design, be it Gmax, Max, Maya, Blender, LightWave, Collada, etc, etc...


I am so used to my PS 6.0 that I dont know if I could adapt to CS5, but I know one thing. I wouldnt pay thousands for it, lol... I'll go to Gimp first..


I thought Autodesk purchased Adobe...

 

[n4gix]

I thought Autodesk purchased Adobe...

They did, which is what I wrote in my post up there ^ somewhere...

 

[Stratobat]

Hey Bjoern,

Then I shall wait patiently. If there's one thing ticking me off about GIMP, it's those free floating, uncontained, task bar overlapping, always size-resetting, extra windows. *Grr*

I thought I was the only one experiencing the problem with the resetting windows.

Gimp 2.6.11 has just been released: http://www.gimp.org/

I installed UFRaw the other day as well... Seems to work nicely. Just pay attention when installing it as if you don't uncheck some boxes you'll associate all the raw file formats from various camera manufacturer's to the program :salute:

http://ufraw.sourceforge.net/

Regards,
Stratobat

 

[Bjoern]

Gimp 2.6.11 has just been released: http://www.gimp.org/

Dang, just upgraded to 2.6.10 a few days ago!

I've been using Inkscape (open source) for the last few days. What an awesome tool!


Seriously, who needs commercial pixel/vecor graphics tools?

 

[Stratobat]

Hey Bjoern,

Dang, just upgraded to 2.6.10 a few days ago!

Hehehe... I installed 2.6.11 the other night and the floating windows are still there. Otherwise, everything seems to be working as usual.

I've been using Inkscape (open source) for the last few days. What an awesome tool!

It is... I installed it a little while ago out of interest and so far I've used it to layout a DVD cover for a wedding I attended. The templates are pretty awesome.

Seriously, who needs commercial pixel/vecor graphics tools?

They still have a long way to go before they can compete with some of the commercial offerings, but the potential that I see in open source is that is offers anybody the opportunity to create a job for themselves.

I know reference material is somewhat absent from bookstores but this, in itself, is only a market going begging for someone to fill - You can have a lot of fun writing content.

Regards,
Stratobat

 

[Bjoern]

They still have a long way to go before they can compete with some of the commercial offerings, but the potential that I see in open source is that is offers anybody the opportunity to create a job for themselves.

As a sidenote, I regard FlightGear as one of the, if not the most promising flight simulator out there.
It just avoids everything shedding a bad light on the commercial sims out there.