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Category: Software
List Price: $649.99
Buy New: $589.00
You Save: $60.99 (9%)
New (3) Used (4) from $299.00
Rating:  24 reviews
Sales Rank: 4128
Format: Cd-rom
Platform: Windows Xp
Media: CD-ROM
Edition: Standard
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Operating System: Windows XP
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 3.7 x 3.1 x 0.8
MPN: 23101764
UPC: 718659340025
EAN: 0718659340025
ASIN: B0000DBOAX
Release Date: October 24, 2003
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 The only PRO photo/paint package but not the only package November 8, 2004
41 out of 44 found this review helpful
Okay here is the lowdown on why you should get this product and why you should not get this product.
You should get this product if:
- You want to learn the #1 photo/paint package that is an industry standard.
- You do not mind the massive learning curve.
- If you do not want something that you pop out of the box and use right away without spending weeks learning it.
- If you want total control over every aspect of paint/photo manipulation.
- If you do not mind it being a bit slow on anything less than a cutting edge computer.
- If you do not mind it taking up a lot of hard disk space.
You should not get this product if:
- You do not need to learn an industry standard package.
- If you want to use something right away out of the box.
- If you do not need total control over every aspect of paint/photo manipulation.
- If you want a fast package.
- If you want to conserve hard drive space.
If you are looking for a paint/photo package that you can use out of the box and has lots of features then use Paint Shop Pro. If you are looking to learn the industry standard with the most features then learn and use Photoshop.
However I would like to finish this off by saying that I have worked for various multimedia groups that have demanded experience with this package and yet when it came to working for them they used 10% of this package and should have been using Paint Shop Pro instead. If you mention Paint Shop Pro in an interview then the interviewer will look at you sideways. What a load of mumbo-jumbo. They simply use this package because it is the "industry standard" instead of actually looking at a package that suites their needs. If you are an interviewer and someone says they also use Paint Shop Pro then you should actually listen to them for not toeing the official line. You might learn something there that will save you time, money and wasted space. Why bother training people for a couple of months to learn this package when they can do your intermediate tasks on a package they can use out of the box? That is the bottom line.
Must Have September 26, 2004
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
I am lucky enough to use this software at no cost because I am taking a Multimedia class in school, the follow-up to my Digital Imaging Class I took last year. This is my first year using CS, last year we used Version 5.5. I enjoy working with this program because there is endless possibilities to create anything you so desire, of course you'd have to be familiar with the program and fairly advanced. I've tried many other Digital imaging programs and so far I'm sticking to my Adobe Photoshop CS
Is there anything that can stand up to it?!? August 25, 2004
8 out of 10 found this review helpful
Adobe Photoshop CS is a fantastic program, a must for any graphics designer, webpage designer, editor, ect.
It helps to have a little background info on how to create graphics but this is for the more advanced user.
Great program though a bit expensive.
Adobe wins! August 12, 2004
16 out of 17 found this review helpful
My last version of Photoshop was 4.0, and that was quite impressive in itself. However as the price of the software increased, I decided to look at other alternatives which were cheaper. I'd played with Macromedia Fireworks for a while, actually up to MX, and even JASC Paintshop Pro. While these programs work, they're often too slow compared to Photoshop and not as intuitive. So I went back to Adobe with version CS, and I must say, I was coloured impressed. With intuitive features like colour matching and the healing brush, it just fit right into my workflow. I was even able to select paths and copy and paste into Macromedia Freehand. I got this software at a special Adobe discount, so the price wasn't a big hurdle, but I must say for what I can do in Photoshop today in five minutes, would've taken an hour in Fireworks. Any graphics program can do anything if you work at it long enough, but who has the time these days to spend hours on one photograph? Adobe understands our changing needs and priorities and I give this product a big thumbs up.
Great Addition to the Photoshop line August 3, 2004
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
This is an amazing program if you know how to use its power. For an amature just looking to touch up his photos, this may seem like a confusing and expensive program. But if you take some time to learn how it works, try some things and ask around for advice from experenced people, in no time you can have enough skill to really make this worth the money. Any negative things you hear about Photoshop are from people who probably never used it before, this is not comparable to any other image software i've ever used it's just way ahead of them. If you're looking for something that will give you amazing results and tons of customization this is a worthwile buy. You get lots of features unique to photoshop, new and old, some of which are really obvious, some you have to be experenced with the old photoshop to be able to admire. Definetly upgrade if you already own Photoshop, and you should definetly look at it if you're interested in a top notch profesional product. If your a casual digital photographer and all you want to do is crop and touch up, I would suggest something else. Personally, I'm satisfied compleatly.
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