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11/17/2006 06:57:01 PM · #1 |
I need some advice, please. Sorry about the long post.
A few weeks ago, I found myself a job involving photography :-)
Nothing glamorous, but it pays the bills and I get to take and process photos.
The job is with a local hardware store chain. They are in the process of building/updating their website, and I'm now taking care of the photography for it. Guess that makes me a professional photographer now, right? :-)
The bosses are being very tight with their web budget, and I am using some slow, old clunker of a computer (windows) with Paint Shop Pro (version 10) *sigh*
The only alternative I was offered at this point is to change to another computer they have sitting around - supposedly faster than the one I am using.
I know it is a Mac, but I know nothing else about it, and I know nothing about Macs. It does have Photoshop on it, but only version 6, and I'm used to CS2 !! *double sigh*
I would mostly be using Photoshop, IE (or whatever the browser is) and their resident inventory program.
Should I ask for that computer? Is it a big change or learning curve from Win XP to a Mac? Will PS 6 be even more frustrating than PSP 10, compared to the setup I'm used to at home?
Thanks in advance for your input.
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11/17/2006 07:08:17 PM · #2 |
Its a bit of a learning curve but the mac will better for processing images depending on What kind of mac it is, also you should ask them to either throw in a version of PSCSII if the mac can run it or give you the updated computer with csII on it but if you have an oppertunity to go to mac and its photos i would say go for it as long as the mac is at least a G4 800mhz or over preferably you want a G4 1ghz power mac or over with some nice RAM in it about 512MB so it will run nicely for you.
I did the change a few years ago and never looked back, it took me about 1 month to get used to the new interface.. the biggest thing i noticed was there is no RIGHT click on the mouse but you can fix that by simply putting a windows mouse in it. |
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11/17/2006 07:24:52 PM · #3 |
Beetle, I'm just curious... why not strike a deal to let you PP the photos at home and then load them via CD to thier machines?
Could be an opportunity to save a bit of gas, travel time, etc.
As far as your question goes, I'm relatively sure PSPX is more up to date than PS6, but I never used PS 6, I went from 5.5 to 7.
Message edited by author 2006-11-17 19:26:49.
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11/17/2006 07:34:48 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by MAK:
you should ask them to either throw in a version of PSCSII |
There is no way....... I even had to beg for a cheap tripod!!! Until today I have been using my own, and I'm still using my own camera, too (the Pro1), while I'm waiting for them to replace the very basic little P&S thing they expected me to use.
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
why not strike a deal to let you PP the photos at home ..... |
My immediate boss is very "with it" - he'd be happy with flexible schedules and even with working from home at times ( I know that because it had occured to ME, too :-)
However, further up the food chain is a different matter. They are VERY conservative and terribly stingy, too - and they have the last word :-(
Re Paint Shop Pro: overall not a bad program, but it just isn't CS2. |
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