Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, guy washburn
<guido02474@y...> wrote:
> Steve,
> 
> Considering how Photoshop increasingly focuses on the
> needs of web folks and graphic designers, one wonders
> if the entire photography market is big enough to
> attract Adobe's attention...
> 
> A customized workspace and the pallet well do a good
> job at hiding the worst of the stuff we don't use.
> 
> Guy
> --- Steve Kale <stevekale@b...> wrote:
> 
> > > and overkill for the B&W photographer.
> > 
> > 
> > I agree that many of its functions are not needed
> > for the B&W photographer
> > and it would be nice to see a trimmed down version
> > or trimmed down
> > competitor for the B&W community.  But as we know,
> > the B&W community is a
> > very minor portion of the overall community targeted
> > by companies such as
> > Adobe - and I doubt it could pay its own way (ie
> > cover the cost of producing
> > a B&W only product).  In that case, you might find
> > that a trimmed down
> > version would have to be priced above the full
> > product which of course
> > simply makes it uneconomic to buy and hence produce.
> > 
> > 
> > Cheers
> > 
> > Steve
> > 
> >Hi Steve and Guy,

Photoshop is far too bloated for the needs of most photographers. Even
the trimmed down versions like Elements share the same problems.

The only affordable alternative I have found is Picture Window Pro at

http://www.dl-c.com/

The language and jargon is different from Photoshop but everything you
can achieve in Photosho can be achieved in PWP. For those migrating
directly from a traditional darkroom the workflow and jargon is
probably more familiar.

Yours Graham
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