by toprob » Sun Jun 09, 2019 10:49 pm
I've always had my Adobe apps set to update automatically, but I really should be a bit more careful -- more than once I've run into problems with updates, and since I rely on it a lot, it can mess things up for a while. Still, photoshop is the one I use, and can do most things, and I'm too old to change...
However, I still have Micrografx Picture Publisher version 10, which back at the turn of the century was a good alternative to Photoshop. It hasn't been sold or supported for 20 years, and as an old 32bit program it doesn't manage memory well, but I still do all my building/object night lighting using the PP Light Studio:) I just have to remember to save often, as it crashes often... It loads and saves modern photoshop files, which helps a lot. I use it heavily for about a week at the end of every project, then I forget about it for another year. One day it'll stop working, that'll be interesting.
I have used GIMP, but don't have it now, since I sold my graphics soul to Adobe. The few dollars a month for the cloud subscription are very worthwhile to the business, otherwise I'd probably find a free alternative.
