From: ray on
On Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:02:27 +0000, Chris Malcolm wrote:

> In rec.photo.digital nospam <nospam(a)nospam.invalid> wrote:
>> In article <7ujpt3Fb4lU17(a)mid.individual.net>, ray <ray(a)zianet.com>
>> wrote:
>
>>> Great. What's even better than "$50 if he likes it"? How about FREE if
>>> he likes it.
>
>> some things aren't worth free.
>
> And some free things are better than anything you can buy. But at least
> if you paid a lot of money there will be someone paid to listen to your
> complaints and try and make you happier about your purchase.

Yeah, right
From: Robert Spanjaard on
On Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:43:00 +0000, Chris H wrote:

>> And I've never yet found myself wanting a feature
>> that's in Photoshop and not GIMP.
>
> SO Elements would suit you.

Right. "If GIMP has everything you need, get PSE."

Seems like PS(E)'s biggest advocates have the smallest brains in this
group.

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From: C. Neil Ellwood on
On Wed, 24 Feb 2010 11:24:37 -0500, nospam wrote:

> In article <OqadnZeSTc6izxjWnZ2dnUVZ7rVi4p2d(a)bt.com>, C. Neil Ellwood
> <cral.elllwood2(a)btinternet.com> wrote:
>
>> >> BTW do you use a MAC or a PC?
>> >
>> > the fact that he uses iphoto means he uses a mac.
>>
>> It also used to be on windows - given away free with other items. I got
>> it with a printer.
>
> iphoto has *never* been available on windows.

Surprising how wrong YOU can be - that is how I got it many years ago and
my wife used it up to about five years ago. I have never had a mac and
have used the Gimp for around six or seven years (Hugin for panoramas and
Rawstudio for my raw files)



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From: nospam on
In article <7ul2ptFb4lU19(a)mid.individual.net>, ray <ray(a)zianet.com>
wrote:

> And again, OP is not a pro - a rank amateur. Amateurs and pros don't need
> the same tools.

that's why there's photoshop elements and the full photoshop.

> > In this instance PSE is a better choice than GIMP. Only the religious
> > would say otherwise.
>
> That's very possible - what, exactly, do you have against letting OP try
> them both and see what's best in his situation?

what do you have against advice from those who have tried both and
found that the gimp is not worth the bother?
From: nospam on
In article <OqadnZaSTc6DyhjWnZ2dnUVZ7rVi4p2d(a)bt.com>, C. Neil Ellwood
<cral.elllwood2(a)btinternet.com> wrote:

> >> > the fact that he uses iphoto means he uses a mac.
> >>
> >> It also used to be on windows - given away free with other items. I got
> >> it with a printer.
> >
> > iphoto has *never* been available on windows.
>
> Surprising how wrong YOU can be

i'm not wrong. iphoto is an apple product and has *never* been
available for windows, ever, and the likelihood of it being ported to
windows is for all intents, zero.

> - that is how I got it many years ago and
> my wife used it up to about five years ago. I have never had a mac and
> have used the Gimp for around six or seven years (Hugin for panoramas and
> Rawstudio for my raw files)

what you got was not iphoto.