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minatophase3
13th of May 2004 (Thu), 17:18
I currently have Photoshop 6.0 and would like to upgrade to CS. Does anyone now if I can simply buy the upgrade to CS and skip completely over 7.0?

I have spent some time on the Adobe webpage but was not able to find that answer.

Thanks for your help.

Tim
DReb-MO
13th of May 2004 (Thu), 18:26
That's the upgrade path I took. No issues. Well worth the $160 for the upgrade. :D
kb244
13th of May 2004 (Thu), 18:58
Yea i wish I held out on PS 7, and just went PS6 to CS .. Oh well I got CS now so doesnt matter.
minatophase3
13th of May 2004 (Thu), 20:11
That's the upgrade path I took. No issues. Well worth the $160 for the upgrade. :D

Thank you very much, that is exactly what I wanted to hear. :D
vvizard
14th of May 2004 (Fri), 15:35
Gimp.org <-- It's free as in _REAL_ free, with sourcecode and everything. And yeah, as an added bonus, it doesn't cost money either :) I seriously doubt that more than 1% of photoshop-users couldn't get along with gimp too. Doesn't have inbuilt raw-conversion, but it's available as free plugins all over the net. Works like a charm. I used photoshop for 4-5 years, but finally got around to fiddle with Gimp when it hit v2. A couple of days was all it took for me to do what I did in photoshop. Now after some months, I think I'm doing more stuff in Gimp than I ever did with Photoshop. It's a nice free world right under your nose, take advantage of it, and spend the PS-CS money on L instead :)

Just my two cents..
PhotosGuy
14th of May 2004 (Fri), 20:59
GIMP - I agree, it's certainly worth the money! There were a few other things I thought it did better than P$, too.
1. The only reasons I'm not using it now is that I already have P$hop 7 & sometimes teach it. (I'm easily confused!)
2. GIMP is best if you get a stable version & don't constantly upgrade it as soon as the new version comes out. (Sorta like microsoft!)
vvizard
14th of May 2004 (Fri), 21:20
Quick overview:

www.gimp.org
(website with downloads and information)

http://jimmac.musichall.cz/gimp2demos.php
Video-demonstrations to get you going quick

Tutorials to get you a little deeper
http://gimp.org/tutorials/

The official documentation
http://wiki.gimp.org/gimp/GimpDocs

RAW-converter capable of taking almost whatever you throw at it:
http://ptj.rozeta.com.pl/Soft/RawPhoto