From: Robert Peirce on
In article <bob-F32950.15455001042010(a)5ad64b5e.bb.sky.com>,
Robert Peirce <bob(a)peirce-family.com> wrote:

> In article <bob-58009D.21225131032010(a)5ad64b5e.bb.sky.com>,
> Robert Peirce <bob(a)peirce-family.com> wrote:
>
> > I had a situation where I needed one or the other. Ken Rockwell showed
> > a way to add your address to the wallpaper on an iPod Touch that I
> > thought was pretty cool. I was able to get the image on my MBP, but
> > then I had to figure out what to do next. He used PS, which I don't
> > have.
> >
> > PDFpen allowed me to write on the image and save it as a PDF. GC would
> > have allowed me to convert that to a jpg or tif, but I didn't have GC
> > either. Grab allowed me to grab the part I needed and save it as a
> > tiff. I imported that into iPhoto, synced and turned the image into
> > wallpaper.
>
> I found out I could also open the file in Preview and save it as a tif
> from there. That is even easier.

I meant jpg. Sorry, but Preview, at least in 10.6, can do both.
From: Mike Rosenberg on
John <jwolf6589(a)NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote:

> I am wondering if the current GC will do the job for me.

You've wondered this several times. Here's a radical idea - TRY IT.

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From: Walter Bushell on
In article <hp3fc3$4sk$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>,
Phillip Jones <pjones1(a)kimbanet.com> wrote:

> nospam wrote:
> > In article<hp2nm4$7e5$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Phillip Jones
> > <pjones1(a)kimbanet.com> wrote:
> >
> >> GC will allow you to try out for 30 days.
> >
> > so will photoshop.
> Ahh Yes but GC is less than 70 dollars while Photoshop is about 5-6
> times that much.

34.95 half the price and the support is great. You get support
*directly* from the programmer. How cool is that?

And with Photoshop it's not the initial cost, it's the upkeep. That said
if you are semi pro in photo editing, photoshop is a *must*.
>
> If I was Professional Photographer I would have no choice but Photoshop.
> But when the most I do is scan old photos to put in a Family Tree
> website I have. Does as much as I need. I use to be a Deneba Canvas user
> but when it went to almost the same price as Photoshop I never upgraded
> when I made the switch to OSX.

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