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Subject: Re: [OM] Images - One day in SW Maine
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 15:07:29 -0400
I'll add that I started with PWP and used it for a couple of years with 
film scans before moving to PhotoShop at about the same time as I got my 
first digital camera (Minolta A1).

I don't know that I'm terribly proficient at either one but I was never 
as proficient with PWP as I am with PhotoShop.  I had initial difficulty 
coming to terms with layers in PhotoShop since PWP doesn't work that 
way.  But once I got a better understanding of layers I've had no desire 
to go back.  But I should add a couple of points.  I never had any 
instruction on the use of PWP apart from the user's manual and what I 
could teach myself.  I also stopped upgrading my copy of PWP about 3 
years ago.  By the time I got to PhotoShop I was already reasonably 
proficient in PWP and I also had the opportunity to work with a very 
experienced PhotoShop user as instuctor.

The only thing I strongly preferred in PWP over PhotoShop was PWP's 
implementation of the clone tool.  But I suspect my problem with the PS 
implementation may be that I've never gotten a proper education on 
brushes as used in cloning.  The PS clone tool often surprises me by 
painting beyond where I think it should.  In PWP the outermost diameter 
of the target area of the clone tool is always outlined by a faint 
circle.  There is never any surprise about where the brush is going to 
paint.  Not so in PS.

Chuck Norcutt



On 10/14/2010 12:02 PM, Ken Norton wrote:
>> Does PWP5 offer any features that are not found in PS CS5 ?
>
>
> Maybe better/different sharpening options. Way faster operation with
> light memory load. Excellent masking tools. HDR/Image stacker. Maybe
> something here or there, but it's more a matter of being different.
>
> Oh, and an outright purchase of PWP is $89.95 while upgrades are
> $44.95. Compare that with the upgrade costs for PS.
>
> Once in a rare while I have to do something in PSE with layers, but
> you can accomplish about the same task with the image stacker.
>
> Some of us really like PWP, others can't stand it. I will admit that
> the learning curve, coming from other editors, is rather harsh. PWP
> doesn't work the same.
>
> AG
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