Photoedits

[pen_grunt]

Adobe 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."

Comments

[silverpoet01.livejournal.com]

Here ya go:
http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-65225054-Photoshop-Elements-12/dp/B00EOQZB0A

No subscription required. You buy it, you own it.

Welcome to essentially Photoshop Lite.

I'm using 11 and not 12, but I think they are virtually the same.

I use Elements for all my editing even as a professional - I haven't had a need for anything further yet. It will do layers, masking, cloning, and even run actions. For what you're doing this would be more than enough, I'd think. Unless you do a lot of CMYK - then Photoshop has a huge edge.

Also, bonus, on sale right now via Amazon.

[pen-grunt.livejournal.com]

Oh, THANK you. I will definitely check this out. I'm sure it'd be enough for the minor edits I do (mostly the scratch removal and some light reconstruction work).

[silverpoet01.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, it'll def do that stuff. It has layers and the healing and clone tool. They aren't quite as sensitive as Photoshop provides, but that's expected since it's not a full fledged version. I haven't had to use more and I do light skin retouching and have removed and reconstructed images. I guess it depends on how much you are fine tuning the tools if there's anything you'd miss. :)

I'm actually intrigued by what a full Photoshop version offers and have been playing around with CS4 recently, but I'm more of a old school-as-I-see-it-capture-it Photographer than a 'creator in Photoshop-tographer' sort. Not that there's anything wrong with either, lots of folks shoot to edit, and I have huge envy for those that work the hell out of the program. Maybe someday. :)