Digital BW, The Print

On 27/11/2013 15:50, John Castronovo wrote:
> The best advice is to save work as generic files like Tiffs which don\u2019t
> depend on Adobe\u2019s involvement to open them. Keep the original raw files
> and flattened tiffs is all I\u2019m saying I guess, and don\u2019t depend on LRcc
> being there for you with all the work you\u2019ve done to your files in it.

Well said.

The reasons for Adobephobia are of its own making, as its interests have 
changed and sometime competitors (Photostyler, Picture Publisher) 
eliminated. Short memory and lack of imagination is optional.

At one time, PS was distributed as bundled OEM software as a low-cost 
means of access, as well as retail, now it isn't.

At one time PS was immature and developed significantly between versions 
justifying cost, now it is a mature software that changes little except 
updating for newer hardware in a saturated market.

At one time PSD was a fully-documented open file format like DNG, now it 
isn't.

At one time you could upgrade from as many as 4 versions back, now you 
cannot.

At one time the US price and elsewhere in the world were roughly comparable.

At one time you could buy from the US or anywhere else in the world, now 
you cannot.

At one time it was safe to buy from dealers who discounted competitively, 
now - thanks to vast and expert counterfeiting to which Adobe appear 
strangely indifferent - the only truly safe place to buy is via Adobe 
online, at full SRP. There is no online list of franchised dealers from 
whom it is safe to buy, you have to phone Adobe and ask.

At one time PS was a flagship product aimed at designers and 
photographers, now it's a single component of a creative suite aimed at 
corporates with bigger wallets.

At one time, PS was Adobe's key strategic product, now Acrobat is.

All the changes, every single one, has of course been formulated to 
increase Adobe's commercial grip, not to primarily improve the product or 
benefit users.

You may or may not be comfortable with these demonstrable changes, but 
they exist, and you don't have to be a weatherman to see which way the 
wind blows.

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Regards

Tony Sleep
http://tonysleep.co.uk