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Hi, I recently installed Mac Box Set with version OSX 10.6.5 on my Macbook Pro. Since then I cannot use My Photoshop 7.0 anymore. From other topics I learned that I was not the only and I had to install the free X11 and Gimp. Problem is that this is complete different and I don't know how it works and I cannot find users instructions. So I also installed Gimpshop because this should be more users friendly. But this refuses to open and crashes immediately. Can somebody help me with an easy and clear users manual for using Gimp and how can I solve the problem with Gimpshop ? Thanks for all help !

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.5)

Posted on Jan 13, 2011 9:46 AM

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Jan 15, 2011 4:12 AM in response to Tom Gewecke

I tried to find version 6 for free but it is the same : try version for 1 day and same price of version 7. In Europe 35 euro (even more expensive than in usa).

You are living in Flagstaff ? Beautiful place ! I have been there twice while visiting the West. Do you know Beaver Street Brewery ? Good food and beer !

Regards, raf.

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Jan 15, 2011 5:17 AM in response to muesli

Do you know Beaver Street Brewery ?

Too well!

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Jan 15, 2011 8:40 AM in response to Whitecity

Hi Whitecity,
Photoshop 7.0 is much much better than GC 7 indeed. For simple needs GC will do it and when I need more I will return to Photoshop. Therefore I will re-install OS X panther instead of snow leopard. Raf.

Jan 15, 2011 8:49 AM in response to muesli

It is your computer so you can do with as you like but I certainly would not go that route.

I have found that Aperture is much faster way to handle the vast majority of my editing needs plus it also maintain the original photos untouched in a database for me. Things that are not possible with Photoshop.

I would suggest you try the demo before you downgrade to see if it fits your needs as it does mine.

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Jan 16, 2011 3:13 AM in response to Allan Eckert

Hi Allan,
Thanks for the suggestion. I looked it up and aperture will cost me at least 200 euros! That is a little bit too much for me. And I looked on eBay but only new for sale, no used.
Thanks,
Raf.

Jan 16, 2011 5:00 AM in response to muesli

If you get it from the App Store, it is only $80.

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Jan 17, 2011 8:26 AM in response to Allan Eckert

In the USA perhaps 80$. Here in Belgium Apple store prices : Aperture 3 : 199 euro (= 265 US$). That is more than 3 x your price.

http://store.apple.com/be-nl/product/MB957F/A?fnode=NDQ5MDg0MA&mco=MTY5NjU2NDc

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Jan 17, 2011 8:55 AM in response to muesli

In the USA perhaps 80$.

If you upgrade to 10.6.6, you may have access to the new Mac App Store, which has the low price.

http://www.apple.com/mac/app-store

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Jan 18, 2011 1:55 PM in response to Tom Gewecke

Hi Tom and Allan,

I downloaded a trial version of Aperture 3 for 30 day trial. But on first sight it is not much different with the existing iPhoto 11 on my Mac. Perhaps a little bit more possibilities but not fundamentally different. Am I wrong ?

As I wrote before I used Photoshop for vacation photos but mainly for drawing purposes. And I don't find this possibilities in Aperture. For example : I take scans of a plan of a house (ground floor, 1st floor, 2nd floor etc) and save these on my computer. Then I opened them in Photoshop and I could begin to make changes : erasing existing walls, drawing new ones, filling up spaces, adding symbols etc. etc. I could also change perspectives. I don't find all these drawing and writing tools in differen layers in Aperture. It looks to me as a refined iPhoto program. Do you have any experience with these applications ? Thanks for all help, Raf.

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Jan 18, 2011 2:19 PM in response to muesli

Well, again, I would not say that PS is 'better' than GC, they are different tools, for different jobs. For what you are doing you might look at OmniGraffle or Inkscape, possibly even seashore?

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