[DEMUG] De-Photoshopping

[Duke Thatcher]

How about using the open source GIMP?  http://gimp.org/features/


On Jan 19, 2008, at 4:10 PM, Steve Sharpe wrote:

> At 3:59 PM -0500 1/19/08, Sheryl Davis wrote:
>> Help!  I had Adobe Photoshop 4.0 LE  that came with a scanner I
>> bought.  Loved it and would have happily used it forever, but I got a
>> G5 with OSX.  I could keep going back into Classic mode, but wanted
>> to stay in OS X, so I bought a cheapie version of Photoshop 7.0, you
>> know, the one where they say it isn't good for registration, tech
>> support, or upgrades.  It worked fine for a while, then began to
>> freeze up everytime I tried to view a photo.  I reinstalled it 4
>> times, went to Adobe for an update (of course, it couldn't recognize
>> my version).
>>
>> I can live without Photoshop, but how can I easily convert all those
>> photos?  I tried dragging them into iPhoto and copying back onto the
>> desktop, but Photoshop still tries to open when I click on them.
>> Preview can't see them.  Oh yes, I saved many of them without the
>> .jpg tag, so have to manually rename them just to see them in iPhoto!
>>
>> I can't justify buying a full version of Photoshop with the little I
>> would use it.
>
> Would Photoshop Elements work for them?
>
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> Steve
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