Alternatives to photo editing software POLL
 

Let's say, hypothetically speaking, that you can't find the disc with the photo editing software you like, and you are totally hating this paint.net and gimp.

And let's say, one day you opened your mail and there was a disc with photoshop cs5 on it and lightroom 3.3.

And when you went to install the software you had to copy and paste two small .dll files into the appropriate folder to activate the program.

How would that sit on your moral high ground?

That's all well and good, but unless you set up your hosts file you may still have trouble.


i guess this shows where i stand on the issue

how does one go about setting up their host file?

I'd tell you, but then I'd have to ban myself for using the Cellar to break the law.



...but you could download the torrent and let IT tell you.

I get about 85%™ through those tutorial before I become lost in terminology. I was reading one about setting up your port or connection so that your ISP can't shape your traffic (which mine does after I watch three you tube videos) and I got about 85%™ done when I hit a wall of Huh?

I will search for the torrent of wisdom you describe.

Making your search easy, it's linked to in post #2.

If you don't have a bittorrent client it will be considerably more difficult, install that first

Oh that. Well, I've already got one, you see?
I was thinking of sending a disc of that file to monster

Everybody may be doing it, but that doesn't make it right.

Most of my life I've made my living by working for companies that sell software to consumers. So my salary gets paid by the people who buy the software. It's easy to think you're sticking it to the man, but you're sticking it to all the people who work for that company as well.

I don't work for Adobe, but I have friends who do. Can I make this issue any more personal? Can I make it any more clear?

Photoshop Elements is $55 at amazon.

If you can't afford that, check out some of these free alternatives:

http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/pix...eephotoedw.htm

gimp is really good and is only difficult to use if you aren't used to it. Once you spend a little time with it, it is very easy to use. It's free, open source software and is better than the last (admittedly several versions old) copy of Photoshop that I legally owned.

You can do cool stuff with it in mere minutes, like this:

Moral ? What's that ?

Apparently their software has been utterly pirated and they still work there, so perhaps the issue is more complicated than you make it out to be?

They can, so far, manage to pay the bills and the employees on what they make from the people who pay for their copies. Those who don't pay are riding the coat-tails of those who do.

Zak'ly: it's not the man you're sticking it to, and not the fine people at Adobe, but the people who can afford to pay $1900 per seat for design premium or $2600 for the suite.

So it's ok to harm Adobe and employees because it's still standing? [Hey, they still made some money] What kind of logic is that? [I only cut them a leetle.]

And you admit to ripping off the folks who pay for their copies. And that's ok because?