Grab the camera...and shoot.|O|

You don´t have a camera ? Even a small instamatic one ? I do not believe you Sally....really :Happy

You don´t have a camera ? Even a small instamatic one ? I do not believe you Sally....really :Happy

Got realy good just using a Canon AE Got stolen! Bought a Canon Rebel (just as good) But My scanners RES. sucks I want the newer Canon Digital ($900) for bringing my shots to SB.......... Maybe I´ll buy a new Scanner (Cheaper) :p 😮 😁 ==== 😎

My 1st avatar was from my cell phone cam, + it shows, itll be fun to make good ones a bit later. For the messenging friends + admins told me: Get webcam - I did. Whenever I want a webcam conference: :( not installed now bra, or its a work, in the other city (happens to me, too). GRRRR! BUT: Now I can make bigger shots of the day for messenging, and amateur videos for planned tool tutorials later. <br /> <br />GT´s right, MANY |O| s are affordable good enough for MANY people to do a LOT with em. Even for skinning. As soon as my PC itself is updated, a better scanner for the second city (old 1 by Mustek is CRUDE but replaces a color xerox cheap) - and SOME camera will be FUN ASAP, might even be towards the end of the year, if I dont have to move. <br /> <br />Even without travelling, there are unusual or nice things to capture around the corner. And for skinners it saves MULTIPLE © correspondence hassles + embarassements. You can really get far without perfection, and every day I am experiencing TANTALIZING inspirations. :brb And my printer sobs: When will you ever make use of my 9600dpi on photo paper? <br /> <br />

Sed, if this interest you, I bought one month ago the Epson Perfection 4490 Photo and it&acute;s a great all around scanner, being that is pointed towards photography ( films and paper). I was undecided between this one and the 4990, but the difference in price -here almost 200 euros - are not worthy. I am very happy with it. Toby, as far printing photos is concerned, I prefer to put the files on a usb pen , and print them on a local photo shop. It&acute;s cheapper, at leat here in Portugal, as the ink cartrudges just disappear if we use the printer often to print photos. <br /> <br /> |O|

Now I am back to the crossing where I wonder whether to take a left or a right - Captain Americas photoshop bootskin is so cool if Vista keeps their wicked boot procedure and I have spare money, should I first get the camera or photoshop. AGGGGGHHHHH :, :( Decisions are an awful thing - almost another topic ;)

The camera and PaintShopPro isn&acute;t a bad substitute and would probably fit your needs at a fraction of the cost. Just a suggestion. ❤️

I don&acute;t know if you are studying Toby, but there are academic versions of photoshop available :) <br />

Again I think that Photoshop is praised by the graphics artists - although I also think that Gimp is almost capable to do the same that Photoshop does ( the problem is that when using Gimp for the first time, its a scary program, but people that are used to work with Photoshop will find quickly their way with The Gimp ). As Sally said the combination of a camera and PaintShop is a good one - personally and when not using Gimp. I use Photoimpact , a great &quot; digital dark room&quot; program, for photography. I use it for 5 years in a row and its simplicity and a lot of wealth features makes it probably the best relation price/features/simplicity/workflow I know. And it is not only pointed towards photography but even to webdesign. and graphics. For webdesign I use Namo Webeditor with good results. <br /> <br />But keeping this thread subject in our minds,- photography,photography, photography - believe me that there are some free software that are perfect matches to any camera, being Photofiltre the one that surprises me the most.And for more 25$, you can have the Studio version. Also PTLens, is a must have for correcting chromatic aberrations, lens distortions, with a big data base in terms of cameras and lenses and can include a plug-in for photoshop. <br /> <br />Just some ideas... |O|

Again I think that Photoshop is praised by the graphics artists - although I also think that Gimp is almost capable to do the same that Photoshop does ( the problem is that when using Gimp for the first time, its a scary program, but people that are used to work with Photoshop will find quickly their way with The Gimp ). As Sally said the combination of a camera and PaintShop is a good one - personally and when not using Gimp. I use Photoimpact , a great &quot; digital dark room&quot; program, for photography. I use it for 5 years in a row and its simplicity and a lot of wealth features makes it probably the best relation price/features/simplicity/workflow I know. And it is not only pointed towards photography but even to webdesign. and graphics. For webdesign I use Namo Webeditor with good results. <br /> <br />But keeping this thread subject in our minds,- photography,photography, photography - believe me that there are some free software that are perfect matches to any camera, being Photofiltre the one that surprises me the most.And for more 25$, you can have the Studio version. Also PTLens, is a must have for correcting chromatic aberrations, lens distortions, with a big data base in terms of cameras and lenses and can include a plug-in for photoshop. <br /> <br />Just some ideas... |O|

GT .... I&acute;ll check out the 4490 cuz at one time I was buying a new scanner every 18 mos. And now that I know wahat a pixel is I should be able to show more photo influenced work in my WALZ rather than just the MUD racing THX! 😎