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New Toys
Tuesday, May 22, 2007

The camera is still off at the shop. I hope I get it back (in proper working order) before we go to Kyle's nephew's wedding. I want to see how well I can take some wedding photos with a "real" camera. Not as well as a "real" photographer, but oh well.

I got some presents in the mail today. The kind of presents that come in a box with a crooked arrow smile, you know, the Amazon.com box. I got Corel Painter X and Adobe CS3. Such fun! I love new software. I have many happy hours of tinkering ahead of me. The new version of Painter bodes particularly well. It's a lot faster than it used to be and there are a bunch of new brushes. I know, I'm such a nerd.

Oh well.

I really need to go to sleep. Wish me luck. I'm gonna need it.

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CS3! I'm so jealous. What are the big differences so far? Are you finding it was worth the upgrade?

I may just have to take advantage of that nifty student discount at the Adobe store and upgrade from CS2. Grin.

By krystyn, at 5/30/2007 1:41 PM

If I had a student ID and could buy things that way, I would definitely upgrade. CS3 has a bunch of new features, but I've been using the beta for so long that I can't remember what they are. One is a new black and white adjustment level, which is very handy. The Adobe Camera Raw plugin is greatly improved.

I'm the kind of person who thinks newer is better (in the software world, at least) so I always go for the new when I can.

By Angela, at 6/07/2007 8:08 AM

I just blew this year's budget (and probably next year's too) on a new MacBook Pro 17" with CS3 Premium, Parallels Desktop and WindowsXP (need it for a couple of my core biz apps, sigh), so I'm with ya. (I already have Painter IX.5 so I'm waiting a bit to upgrade to X...)

Somewhat poorer, but I'm happy. Now I have to drum up some freelancin' to pay for all these toys...

There's really not a lot of differences. Just the usual new gewgaws, really. The new Perspective tools in PS are pretty awesome!

By Jeff Z, at 6/08/2007 7:10 PM

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Write Off? Right On!
Saturday, May 19, 2007

It's upgrade time. Oh yeah. Why is it that every program I use for creating my wonderful freelance illustrations all get updated at the same exact time? Hmmm. I'm thinking conspiracy. Corel and Adobe are in cahoots to get me to drop yet even more money on their career-sustaining products. Oh sure, I could wait. Use the old versions. Maybe I'll just wait and upgrade the next time around. But I know I won't. I need the most current, the latest and the greatest. The best! So here I sit, contemplating my dwindling bank account, and drooling over the new natural media brushes in Painter and God-only-knows-what enhancements to Illustrator. Oh well. If I've said it once, I'll say it again: Thank God for tax write-offs.

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