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Photoshop Express Terms of Use Cause Stir, Will Be Revised

Posted by Soulskill on from the read-the-fine-print dept.

Earlier this week, we discussed Adobe's beta launch of Photoshop Express, a free, online version of the popular image editing software. However, as a number of readers pointed out, the terms of use included language which granted Adobe a wide range of rights to any photos that were made available on the site. Now, after receiving a great deal of feedback from potential users, Adobe has stated their intent to rewrite the terms of use, as Ars Technica reports. David Morgenstern of ZDNet also notes the impending change, and briefly discusses the privacy and ownership concerns involved with content you post online.

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  1. Just use the GIMP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    Certainly Photoshop has a few remaining strengths over the GIMP when it comes to professional editing. However, the audience that Photoshop Express is marketed too have much simpler needs, and when they might need something a bit more powerful, the GIMP can step in and help. I'm ever more delighted as I discover the power that GIMP has for photo editing on an amateur basis, and it's all free and Free.

    All it really needs is a better manual--the GIMP docs are much less friendly than e.g. Beginning GIMP .

    1. Re:Just use the GIMP by chunk08 · · Score: 4, Informative
      I have used both (GIMP at home, Photoshop at school). I can see several areas where gimp needs to catch up with Photoshop. Most of these should be made much easier to implement by GEGL
      1. Text scaling: use actual font rendering for scaled text instead of image scaling
      2. Adjustment layers: won't be needed when GEGL's non-destructive editing is implemented.
      3. layer effects: Useful for adding text to images, among other things
      4. clipping masks: Also useful for adding text, especially when combined with layer effects
      5. brush sizes: do away with "brush editor" for everyday circle/square brushes and get a toolbar. I hate using a dialog to adjust size/hardness/transparency.
      6. CYMK etc. color support
      If GIMP gets these things, it will surpass Photoshop. I personally enjoy using software that I'm required to pay for a license for, or be bound to use on only 1 or 2 computers. Also, I can't wait to get my hands on non-destructive editing.
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    2. Re:Just use the GIMP by Virgil+Tibbs · · Score: 3, Informative

      If they are already proficient with Photoshop, pimp Gimpshop to them.
      Otherwise, like you say, show them, The GIMP with some good tutorials.

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    3. Re:Just use the GIMP by Brian+Gordon · · Score: 3, Informative

      Because it's ugly! Have you ever seen microsoft's widgets? Droool, especially their Office 07 stuff. Even cocoa is much slicker than GTK.