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Vixen Valkyrie

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06-26-2004 15:00

Hi guys....anyone able to let me know if Photoshop Elements will do enough to make clothing viable?
I have PSP......and am loath to spend the full amount for PS itself.......but as most tutorials are for PS, I'm wondering if PS Elements has enough of what I would need?
Opinions?
Thanks in advance...x

Goshua Lament

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06-27-2004 11:12

When I first joined, I used Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0 to make my first shirt. It can do most of what the regular Photoshop CS can do, but it lacks:

Actions Palette for recording and playing actions
Vector Layer Masks
The all-important "Liquify" filter. It is used for making wrinkles, distortions, ect. Maybe you could get by without it.
Channels Palette. Might make Alpha textures a little tricky.
Fullscreen and hide desktop view modes
Many of the tools in Elements are less complex than their counterparts in Photoshop CS. For example, the Levels command is simplified in Elements.
A number of other minor changes and features

Those were the features that I could think of in 5 minutes of the top of my head with both programs open. Would anyone else care to chime in or critique this list?

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Vixen Valkyrie

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06-27-2004 16:07

hmmmm....thats enough to convince me to carry on trying to master PSP!!! Thanks for that...xx

Ulrika Zugzwang

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Try Gimp First

06-27-2004 16:15

Try Gimp first. It's free, easy to use, and is significantly better than PSP. It also supports alpha layers in targa files (unlike the new version of photoshop).

~Ulrika~

Goshua Lament

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06-27-2004 17:34

Yeah. The GIMP is a really good alternative to Photoshop.

Ulrika, what do you mean, tha† Photoshop doesn't support alpha in TGA? Photoshop 7.0 had some problems with Targa and alpha channels, but that was fixed in the 7.01 update. CS handles it no problem for me

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Vixen Valkyrie Registered User Join date: 2 Jan 2004 Posts: 123	06-26-2004 15:00 Hi guys....anyone able to let me know if Photoshop Elements will do enough to make clothing viable? I have PSP......and am loath to spend the full amount for PS itself.......but as most tutorials are for PS, I'm wondering if PS Elements has enough of what I would need? Opinions? Thanks in advance...x
Goshua Lament Registered User Join date: 25 Dec 2003 Posts: 703	06-27-2004 11:12 When I first joined, I used Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0 to make my first shirt. It can do most of what the regular Photoshop CS can do, but it lacks: Actions Palette for recording and playing actions Vector Layer Masks The all-important "Liquify" filter. It is used for making wrinkles, distortions, ect. Maybe you could get by without it. Channels Palette. Might make Alpha textures a little tricky. Fullscreen and hide desktop view modes Many of the tools in Elements are less complex than their counterparts in Photoshop CS. For example, the Levels command is simplified in Elements. A number of other minor changes and features Those were the features that I could think of in 5 minutes of the top of my head with both programs open. Would anyone else care to chime in or critique this list? _____________________ Flickr Second Life Photo Gallery I no longer regularly login to SecondLife, but please contact me if an issue arises that needs my attention.
Vixen Valkyrie Registered User Join date: 2 Jan 2004 Posts: 123	06-27-2004 16:07 hmmmm....thats enough to convince me to carry on trying to master PSP!!! Thanks for that...xx
Ulrika Zugzwang Magnanimous in Victory Join date: 10 Jun 2004 Posts: 6,382	Try Gimp First 06-27-2004 16:15 Try Gimp first. It's free, easy to use, and is significantly better than PSP. It also supports alpha layers in targa files (unlike the new version of photoshop). ~Ulrika~
Goshua Lament Registered User Join date: 25 Dec 2003 Posts: 703	06-27-2004 17:34 Yeah. The GIMP is a really good alternative to Photoshop. Ulrika, what do you mean, tha† Photoshop doesn't support alpha in TGA? Photoshop 7.0 had some problems with Targa and alpha channels, but that was fixed in the 7.01 update. CS handles it no problem for me _____________________ Flickr Second Life Photo Gallery I no longer regularly login to SecondLife, but please contact me if an issue arises that needs my attention.

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