[LargeFormat] Photoshop

[Paul Aparycki]

CS2 for $80????????

I don't think so. Someone is lying to you, or you didn't read it properly.

The lowest upgrade prices around are in the neighbourhood of $250 or so, and 
that is from a previous version of Photoshop (the FULL version, not LE). The 
best price I have seen for an upgrade from LE is $299, and that was offered 
in conjunction with Wacom and Adobe for people who had purchased a Wacom 
tablet with a software bundle.

Also, CS2 needs about 384mb of ram to run properly (that is what Adobe 
recommends as minimum), add that to your operating system (if you are using 
XP, that is another 150-180mb), so you need an absolute minimum of 512mb 
just to get your computer up to speed. You are talking about scans from 
large format negs . . . they are HUGE . . . add another 512mb, preferably 
1gb of memory to your system, otherwise forget the whole thing . . . you 
will die of old age waiting for virtual memory to pass bits and pieces back 
and forth.

good luck

Paul Aparycki


>I currently have Photoshop LE that came bundled with my Microsoft Office
> package (I think) - anyway it was free.

SNIP,SNIP

> The LE version is ok for this use but I'm thinking that I should keep a
> digital archive cy of my best shots in a separate location so I would have
> these if I was robbed or had a fire.  I've though to also do a very high
> rez. scan, do needed modifications (max considered would be picking up 
> some
> trash or removing graffiti etc.) then have the corrected scan outputted to 
> a
> negative so I could print traditionally.

SNIP,SNIP

> This is a big savings.  I just now saw that they have for sale Photoshop
> "CS2" available for only $80.00 (instead of $500.) but I'm not sure if 
> this
> is the model I need.