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Jul. 10th, 2014 05:26 pmAdobe Photoshop is only available through monthly subscription now (ever since my major system update made my paid-for-in-full copy totally obsolete...seriously, updated the Mac OS and it won't even open now).
So I have a barebones subscription for $9.97 (or somesuch) a month. I'd rather pay the big license fee, because the monthly subscription makes me evaluate, on a monthly basis, whether I'm using it ENOUGH.
This is primarily what I use it for:
Before:
After:
Removing specks and scratches on old family photos. (This is a photo of my dad. And he's totally adorable.) You can most see the difference on his nose--where one piece of damage (speck on the original photo) has been removed (there's also a small scratch in the upper corner and more specks on his forehead and throughout the background).
It's nothing drastic, but it's important to me. And kind of fun to do. And easy with Photoshop. There are probably similar programs that can give me similar results, but I'm extremely familiar with this one.
The expense on a monthly basis is just so irritating. I'd have an easier time being reimbursed for it via work if it were one big license (I do use it for work occasionally, as well) vs. "Well, we don't have a project right now, so we don't want to pay for it THIS month."
So I have a barebones subscription for $9.97 (or somesuch) a month. I'd rather pay the big license fee, because the monthly subscription makes me evaluate, on a monthly basis, whether I'm using it ENOUGH.
This is primarily what I use it for:
Before:
After:
Removing specks and scratches on old family photos. (This is a photo of my dad. And he's totally adorable.) You can most see the difference on his nose--where one piece of damage (speck on the original photo) has been removed (there's also a small scratch in the upper corner and more specks on his forehead and throughout the background).
It's nothing drastic, but it's important to me. And kind of fun to do. And easy with Photoshop. There are probably similar programs that can give me similar results, but I'm extremely familiar with this one.
The expense on a monthly basis is just so irritating. I'd have an easier time being reimbursed for it via work if it were one big license (I do use it for work occasionally, as well) vs. "Well, we don't have a project right now, so we don't want to pay for it THIS month."
