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Adobe Releases Updated Creative Suite
jonknee writes "MacMerc just noted that Adobe has dropped the motherload and updated most of its core non-video apps in a bundle called the Creative Suite: Photoshop, Illustrator, GoLive, InDesign and InCopy (a new product).It looks like Adobe PR popped the press releases a little early as not much is up on their site yet. The official debut will be tomorrow at a press event that looks to have a webcast."
The interesting thing is that Abode is having exactly the same problems as Microsoft. That is, of application maturity.
Photoshop as a tool is completely mature. It has been for quite a while now. For many people that use it, there is no reason to upgrade. This is also true of Microsoft Office, and to an extent some of Macromedia's tools such as Dreamweaver.
The sad thing about all of this is that these companies are trying to find ways of forcing people to upgrade. Macromedia is especially guilty to this I think - it is trying myriad ways of squeezing more money out of the purchasers of their software. Well, I for one am not playing their game - I don't like being strong armed into purchases.
In the long run, I think these companies are going to die out, because they can't improve their applications much more but OSS solutions are going to evenutally catch up and become equally mature. Still, they've got a few years yet. I give them a decade.
Sadly, I still think Photoshop beats the Gimp for high end photo editing. Is there anything available for Linux that uses colour profiles and allows on screen proof previews using those profiles?
Sigs are so 1990s. No way would I be seen dead with one.
I checked out the site and Photoshop CS requires activation a la Windows XP.
Initially only the windows version will get the DRM, but it's coming to Mac soon according to the Adobe FAQ : here
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But when will they actually release an updated SVG Viewer?
The currently released version is just wbout 2 years old. The preview of version 6 is better, but won't get installed anywhere until its actually released officialy and bundled with Acrobat reader.
And corporate muppets won't roll out preview releases.
I have to wonder how commited Adobe is to SVG. Their preview release of ASV6 is good enough to discourage competitors (it would take quite an effort to match it in a ~2 year timeframe), but won't get installed anywhere until release. Are they scared that SVG will eat PDF as well as Flash?
Is gimp 1.3.20. It is a million times better than gimp 1.2. Complete with easier to use GUI, more filters, CMYK support and support for more image formats..
If you wanted to switch to linux but you couldn't because the gimp sucked, try it again. You will be inpressed. Its a development version, so its not included in most distros, but its well worth a look.
Sorry, but have you actually tried to use Photoshop 7.0 to process images from a digital SLR like the Canon 10D? I have, and I can tell you I'm eagerly awaiting Photoshop 8.0.
Adobe has no built-in support for RAW image processing, you have to buy their $99 add-in, and even that doesn't support the Canon 10D without gross hacks. With Photoshop 8.0 this should now be included and cleaned up.
Photoshop 7.0 still only has rudimentary support for 16-bit editing. Try going and applying the vast majority of the filters when working with a 16-bit image. Sorry, out of luck, need to drop back to 8-bit.
Want to resize your picture to a specific inch dimension and resolution so you can print out your digital print at your favourite Costco or on your home printer? Sure, it's possible, but it's not exactly obvious how to do it.
Photoshop 7.0 went a long way to helping web designers use Photoshop for web content. Hopefully Photoshop 8.0 will go just as far to make it a valuable tool for digital photographers.
*What bundling? I run three Windows boxes and have yet to see where I was explicitly forbidden from using a third-party mail client, Mozilla browser, instant messaging tool and office suite.
And how many people did Microsoft jail on DMCA premises, by the way?*
The better question is, *why are you posting as an anonymous coward on a subject relating to jailing people on DMCA issues?* Are you afraid Microsoft might make you a test case? And how can you deny the bundling issue after years of the antitrust case? Do you not remember how many times Microsoft has updated Windows to cripple competing software? I seem to remember several times where Netscape was cripped versus performance gains by IE, and it wasn't because of shoddy Netscape coding. What about people fined and jailed for modding their Xboxes because of DMCA prohibitions on reverse-engineering?
And please do not equate a grandmother running internet access on a 56k dial-up as one of your "stupid people" examples when it comes to bundling. For the longest, Microsoft prohibited OEM manufacturers from bundling competing web browsers and plenty of older folks who didn't know better used Internet Explorer instead of checking out the competitors because it came standard on the PC they purchased. Do you expect your own grandmother (if she is still alive) to build her own PC and install all the programs independently? For gosh sakes, if it wasn't for the Antitrust Case, Windows XP wouldn't run Quicktime or AIM... Are you oblivious to this or are you typing from a cubicle located in Redmond, Washington?
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Courtesy of Digital Photography Review. They go into all the new features that apply to digital photography, and have samples of how they work with real-world photos.
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/adobephotoshopcs/
Kill off Quark? It'll never happen. Quark users have two distinguishing characteristics:
- they are absolute masochists.
- they refuse to learn.
In support of the former point, I present the Quark UI. It is simply fucking awful. It makes it difficult to work quickly and efficiently, and holds itself to no known UI standard. Ugh.
In support of the latter, I present FrameMaker, Ventura, and InDesign.
In every domain, Quark is solidly trounced and thrashed by its competition: FrameMaker and Ventura for long, structured documents (Quark has fuck-all support for the things that are absolutely required to do long document work efficiently); InDesign for short, "artsy" documents (Quark's traditional domain, though it needs a shitload of plugins to accomplish anything useful).
Why do Quark users keep on using such a lousy program? I reiterate my points: undying masochism and steadfast ignorance.
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