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24. I use Corel Painter and Aperture

Wed May 8, 2013, 02:15 AM

May 2013

I just can't afford Adobe prices so I started using Corel. I have Painter 12 - the current version and the latest version of Aperture on my Mac.

Although it's a pain that Painter is not as widely used as PhotoShop so you don't find classes as easily as you would classes for PhotoShop. And it seems all the colleges have standardized on using PhotoShop for their digital media courses too. But I can do anything artistic I want with Corel Painter and my Wacom graphics tablet and I can use Aperture to do anything I want with photos.

I'm an amateur photographer, not a professional. So what works for me may not work for others of course. Though, selfishly, I'd like to see more people using Painter so more classes and tutorials would become available

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Adobe goes subscription only [View all] LunaSea May 2013 OP

There's more to it than just Photoshop. evlbstrd May 2013 #1

I only have the full versions at work. I cannot afford it at home. Buzz Clik May 2013 #2

umm.. it's monthly fee only. no other fees for the CC toadzilla May 2013 #14

and I was getting excited about the upcoming version of PS DrDan May 2013 #3

Adobe - "We don't care, We don't have to..." Blue Idaho May 2013 #4

Maybe they'll find themselves here eventually... LunaSea May 2013 #10

PS is not a monopoly there is more than one alternative for Adobe products nt msongs May 2013 #16

Do this... Blue Idaho May 2013 #45

2012 profit ~$1B on ~$4B sales William Seger May 2013 #35

I'll have to think about early retirement. Wait Wut May 2013 #5

Screw Adobe! NV Whino May 2013 #6

I love it. tridim May 2013 #7

$600 a year for EVERYTHING continually updated is actually a really good price. toadzilla May 2013 #13

Arghh rightsideout May 2013 #8

It's only $29 a month to upgrade from CS5 toadzilla May 2013 #12

Rah! Rah! Wednesdays May 2013 #19

Looks like I'll be sticking with CS6 and Lightroom 4. nt justiceischeap May 2013 #9

Yup. Adobe can bite me. n/t dogknob May 2013 #30

great for me FreeJoe May 2013 #11

So, in effect, one never owns the software? bunnies May 2013 #15

That's the way proprietary software has been going mythology May 2013 #18

With few exceptions RudynJack May 2013 #25

Yeah, but at least you owned the license William Seger May 2013 #32

You probably expected me to read the story. How was I to know... Buzz Clik May 2013 #17

Who? hunter May 2013 #20

They'll be losing a lot of government work and gov contractors. politicat May 2013 #21

I don't think that you understand it correctly FreeJoe May 2013 #36

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I use Corel Painter and Aperture dballance May 2013 #24

I just bought my last version of Photoshop. Screw the cloud. lob1 May 2013 #26

I have an older version of Photoshop Warpy May 2013 #27

It's time for Gimp. longship May 2013 #28

Try doing a color sep in Gimp and get back to me jmowreader May 2013 #29

That can be done William Seger May 2013 #31

Not well enough for professional use jmowreader May 2013 #38

Or one of the thousands of other things Gimp can't do. tridim May 2013 #37

Just 30? jmowreader May 2013 #40

Amen! Programming should be a hobby, not a profession FrodosPet May 2013 #33

It costs money to have a soul jmowreader May 2013 #39

Yes, I was FrodosPet May 2013 #42

I like Gimp, but it doesn't handle .psd very well DavidDvorkin May 2013 #41

I understand that GIMP has shortcomings. longship May 2013 #43

Yes, that may well happen DavidDvorkin May 2013 #44

I am no pic edit pro but I like GIMP. longship May 2013 #46

In my case, "professional" doesn't refer to editing pictures DavidDvorkin May 2013 #47

Judging by the comments below the article, the response isn't going to be as favorable as they hope Turborama May 2013 #34

Argh. GIMP it is then... Matariki May 2013 #48