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Name · 06-11-2005, 02:08 AM

I don't see this hurting adobe or photoshop too much for several reasons

1, many users of photoshop use macs(no date for a mac release of this "photoshop rival")

2. Most professionals that use photoshop spent years learning photoshop, and are not willing to drop those years of practice to learn a new interface.

that's all I got right now, but those two, especially the last is quite significant. There is a reason(besides poor marketing) that the GIMP(Gnu Image Manipulation Program) hasn't replaced photoshop(and from what I hear, its a pretty powerful program, but I'm a photoshop user). Microsoft may catch the consumer market with this program, or maybe a few newbies, but the seasoned pro's will probably stick with photoshop.

Kevy Baby · 06-11-2005, 11:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Name

I don't see this hurting adobe or photoshop too much for several reasons...

Given the resounding success of Microsoft Publisher in overtaking Quark XPress, I doubt Adobe is losing much sleep right now.

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Name Title Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: here Posts: 779	I don't see this hurting adobe or photoshop too much for several reasons 1, many users of photoshop use macs(no date for a mac release of this "photoshop rival") 2. Most professionals that use photoshop spent years learning photoshop, and are not willing to drop those years of practice to learn a new interface. that's all I got right now, but those two, especially the last is quite significant. There is a reason(besides poor marketing) that the GIMP(Gnu Image Manipulation Program) hasn't replaced photoshop(and from what I hear, its a pretty powerful program, but I'm a photoshop user). Microsoft may catch the consumer market with this program, or maybe a few newbies, but the seasoned pro's will probably stick with photoshop. __________________ Signature
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