[LargeFormat] Photoshop

[Les Newcomer]

huge machine
pipes
fan
bus.

Sounds like a calliope to me.   "-)


On Nov 27, 2005, at 9:01 PM, Vince Dobson wrote:

> Thanks Paul.  I didn't read wrong, so these must have fallen off a 
> truck -
> but don't know how because the guy has a web site with everything 
> listed.  I
> bought QuickBooks Premier edition for the same bargain and it works 
> fine and
> I still get my tax tables ok.
>
> I have 3 gig memory running on a 333mhz bus or something like that.  
> My best
> friend builds my machines for me.  He just built a super machine for 
> himself
> that is more powerful that anything available now - I'm jealous an 
> might get
> him to build me one also.  I don't know enough to even explain what he 
> did
> but do know he has a huge fan with pipes to pump the air to various 
> chips
> for cooling.
>
> Vince Dobson
>
> ---Original Message-----
> From: largeformat-bounces at f32.net 
> [mailto:largeformat-bounces at f32.net]On
> Behalf Of Paul Aparycki
> Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2005 7:41 PM
> To: vince at visionsinnature.com; f32 Large Format Photography Mail List
> Subject: Re: [LargeFormat] Photoshop
>
> 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.
>
>
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