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Face it, man. Photoshop (not paintshop) is the better software - for this reason the _entire_ publishing and advertising industries use it (you think they wouldn't switch to free software if they could?! Do you have any idea how much creative departments spend on photoshop software?).PETER wrote: I actualy didn't say what you put in quotes, so please don't quote me on stuff I didn't say.
PS has been around for longer than the gimp therefore it has had more chance for it's popularity to grow.
Yes I have used paint shop and I did have a good look around. I found gimp better.
OMG, yes. Last time I used gimp, not having those blending options made me want to kill myself.Spazzy Mcgee wrote:Layer blending effects - what are known as 'non destructive' effect, these blend with the layer - to produce bevel, shadow and outline effects - without the underlying layer actually changing. They also update in real-time and are a daily can't-live-without for many photoshop users.
You can afford to buy it and only use it for one week?PETER wrote:Yes I could have, I don't know how because I am still learning.
Spazzy, you have convinced me to switch to photo shop for a week, I'll give it a good try and then make my decision.
How come that sounds illegal...? Oh, wait, because it is. Please see section 2.4 "Portable or Home Computer Use" and section 4.4 "Transfer" of the Photoshop CS2 EULA.PETER wrote:My dad writes for a computer magazine (PC Plus) so he gets loads of free software and hardware for him to use and write about (finger print reading mouses, vista, PS and other stuff) . The best bit is that I get to use it as well.
That doesn't necessarily mean that the "evaluation" copy that was provided can legally be transferred to another individual (even a relative). So it's up to PETER to decide the risk he's willing to take. Talking about it on a public forum may not be the smartest thing to do though.(section)2.4 Portable or Home Computer Use. They primary user of the Computer on which the Software is installed may install a second copy of the Software for his or her exclusive use on either a portable Computer or a Computer located at his or her home, provided the Software on the portable or home Computer is not used at the same time as the Software on the primary Computer.
Wrong.PETER wrote:there is no such thing as a British citizen
Furthermore, a right to "free speech" is not similar, let alone equivalent, in any way, to a right to steal.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_subject wrote:On 1 January 1983, upon the coming into force of the British Nationality Act 1981, every Citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies became either a British Citizen, British Dependent Territories Citizen or British Overseas Citizen.
The use of the term "British subject" was discontinued for all persons who fell into these categories, or who had a national citizenship of any other part of the Commonwealth. The category of "British subjects" now includes only those people formerly known as "British subjects without citizenship", and no other. In statutes passed before 1 January 1983, however, references to "British subjects" continue to be read as if they referred to "Commonwealth citizens".
British citizens are not British subjects under the 1981 Act. The only circumstance where a person may be both a British subject and British citizen simultaneously is a case where a British subject connected with Ireland (s. 31 of the 1981 Act) acquires British citizenship by naturalisation or registration. In this case only, British subject status is not lost upon acquiring British citizenship.
The status of British subject cannot now be transmitted by descent, and will become extinct when all existing British subjects are dead.
Your dad is an end-user the moment he installs the software on his computer and uses the Photoshop software. That is because in order to install it, he must agree to the EULA, which is a contract with him and Adobe in regard to how he can use the Photoshop software. Journalists do not get out of contracts just like normal citizens do not. Although journalists have the right to free speech, just as every citizen (that is, in some countries) does, free speech does not allow them to break a contract or to bypass them. All free speech means is he can report on what he sees, it does not give him the authorization to break a contract (the EULA) to get to see something (in this case, Photoshop).PETER wrote:A Meteorite and a temporal distraction
The EULA is an end user license agreement. My dad isn't an end user.
My dad is a British subject (there is no such thing as a British citizen). As such, we have a right to free speech. My dad is also an accredited journalist and as such, he has the right to report.
If you don't believe it, read the legislation here or at about a million other places online: http://www.legislationline.org/legislat ... 1&lid=3866 Oh, and I'd say wikipedia is pretty darn accurate due to the amount of peer review it goes under.Macrosoft wrote:about wikipedia... not saying that the above isnt true...but you cant automatically assume is true just because you saw it on wikipedia