VicTek wrote:
Wayne J. Cosshall wrote:
Hi All,

I've posted a new column article, called "Why Do Some Fear Photoshop and
Others Think Digital Photography is Something Special?" to my site at:
http://www.dimagemaker.com/specials/dimw.php

Cheers,

Wayne

My fear of Photoshop is what it may do to my wallet, so I'll stay with
PhotoPlus (and it's companion product PagePlus).
Dave Cohen

Yes, Photoshop does cause one's wallet to be overexposed g. There are
many photo-editing programs that are quite capable that cost a lot less than
PS. I imagine there are jobs that only PS can do well, but as a hobbyist
I've managed without it.

In many ways a hobbyist is *more* at risk there; we don't mostly have
the production rate, and hence the need for a really efficient workflow,
that professionals do. We can afford the luxury of hand-tuning each
exposure (just like we used to do in the darkroom).

Personally, I'm addicted to non-destructive editing, and hence
adjustment layers. Again, this is more an amateur problem in some ways
(and high-end professionals of some sorts). People doing wedding work,
say, will never look at a picture again after their first hit at it (if
they even consider hand-adjustment at all, with that kind of volume), so
doing destructive editing is fine. But I'm always going back to old
photos (I've re-edited scans of old negatives, so I've adjusted that
photo *at least* three times). Only Photoshop has adjustment layers,
that I know of. Sigh.