Speaking of all this design stuff… actually, I do have a serious problem. A problem that would make it hard for me to even do a new logo for this site, for instance.
The logo at the top of the page (at the time of writing!) was done in Photoshop 4.0 on my old computer. It was nothing fancy; two gradient fills stitched together, Black Chancery font stretched vertically a little bit, standard emboss filter. That’s as fancy as my logos get, anyway.
Then: new computer, not running Win98 but WinXP. It doesn’t like Photoshop 4.0. It hangs/exits very frequently on load and save of images. I’m sure this is due to the age of the software. So now I’m stuck with a thing called PhotoStudio (I think it came with my old scanner), which works fine but is frankly crap!
Oh, I can use my old computer, I guess. But that kind of defies the point of having a new one. Anyway, it’s disconnected and shoved in a corner. Situation: I don’t currently have access to decent image editing software.
[Note: this posting comes courtesy of the ‘thinking aloud’ dept. It’s odd how I get the urge to experiment with new logo ideas simply because I am presently unable to do so…]
have a look at suprnova.org to find a torrent link to a newer photoshop version. I am not condoning piracy but when you can’t afford the software and use it for personal use I can’t see the harm.
software companies will earn by more users becoming used to their software and getting their bosses to buy a copy.
It used to be the norm for software developers to all have a copy of the compiler at home. I am sure the developers made more money out of sales when developers moved companies and insisted the new bosses evaluate the technolgy than they would have getting everyone to pay for pirate copies at home.
Once you get a web dev gig and use the software commercially use the money you earn to purchase a legit copy as it is only fair.
Not that it bothers me I use open source software 😉
Hi,
Take a look at either the short cut or the menu option when you run Photo shop.
Right click said menu option or shortcut – select properties, then select the compatibility tab.
Tick the box for Run this program in compatability mode for – then select Windows 98/Me – and try it. Most programs do work this way.
Good luck,
Gary
Checking on Usenet, it appears the compatibility mode trick doesn’t work on PS 4. There was a 4.01 patch that helped, but it’s no longer available.
As to the d/l site: I’m on a 56k (at best) connection, and life’s too short to be tackling 400mb of data. *sigh*
Well,, perhaps the only thing I can suggest is that you go along to a local club and find a nice friend who’s got some software you can borrow.
Other than that you could try looking for freebies in popular magazines,,,
Club? You mean computer club? The trouble with those places is that they’re full of people obsessed with computers. That would require me to also be obsessed with computers, unless I just show up and say, ‘Hey, anyone got a new copy of Photoshop?’ Maybe not…
Never mind. It’s not the end of the world.
Personally speaking (as if I do anything else), I don’t think your choice of graphics program really matters. The more limited it is, the more creative you have to be. Parallel – Joe Meek made amazingly futuristic instromentals using recording equipment that was outdated even in the 1950s, and Beatles made Sgt.Pepper on a 4-track tape recorder. They have masses of expensive software and equipment these days, but is the music really that much better?
You have to be a mad genius to get away with it, but is that really the worst thing to be?
Before Photoshop was in the budget where I work, I used the GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP: http://www.gimp.org) which comes standard with most Linux distributions these days. I can’t compare it with Photoshop–still haven’t used it even though we own a copy–but it’s *probably* not as user-friendly. Its raison d’etre is to provide a Free Software alternative, however, and it’s been around for quite a while. As a bonus, it should scream on your old machine.
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