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so I have this program on my computer...

useless.

GIMP is dAbOmB!

PS just pisses me off to no end.  it is NOT intuitive at all
I can do things in GIMP that I cant for the life of me figure out in PS.
AND YES, I TRIED THE HELP MENU TO NO AVAIL.

the more I see other products, the more I'm thinking that PS, while sitting high on their horse, was too freakin high to see the other applications passing them by.


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I admit, I'm just a whiney baby.  and know damn well that I can dump PS and just have GIMP.  ( I started out with PS and resorted to GIMP because work was too cheap to buy anything.. but I guess I used it so much, I forgot how to do anything in PS.)  Am I an idiot for keeping this program because it's "high end" and "expensive"?

Its a simillar situation in the CAD world.. while I was schooled with AutoCAD, I can get on it and whip out all kinds of stuff, but to try the same feat with SolidEdge or Turbocad...fah'getaboutit!   I'm wrong for thinking that simillar products could do or call  the same things by the same name and transition between the two would be pain-free.

Have you tried switching to decaf???  

I don't drink coffee


I havent drank in days (and I only drink about 1 beer/month on average)

I did pull sugar outa my diet... maybe thats it?!

I have issues.. but their mine with me.

Quoted: I don't drink coffee I havent drank in days (and I only drink about 1 beer/month on average) I did pull sugar outa my diet... maybe thats it?! I have issues.. but their mine with me.

It was just a thought.

Good luck with the programs.

i had PS7...  i think you need to take a class to learn now to use photo shop



i know a few people who have gotten pretty good at it just by messing with it and trying different things.


...i, on the other hand, never figured it out

I assume you didn't pay the $600+ for it, and just downloaded it off of some illegal file sharing network. It's a professional tool ... it's not for amateurs.

yep, I know (about the classes)

but I'm an impatient SOB, I want to be able to do it now (or at least be able to learn how via help or the web)  I get frustrated easily by inanimate objects.   I know this all too well.
like I said, I have issues, but they're my issues and they're about me.


all I wanted to do was bring an image into another one as a layer (ok, I can do that) but then I wanted to re-size the damn thing in the process..  I couldnt figure it out and the help was NO help what so ever.  In GIMP, I'd be in bed dreaming about some hotties or somethin by now.

I'm sorry you paid for CS cause its expensive as all hell, if you don't like it I'd more than happily take your CD key, please PM it to me.

Quoted: all I wanted to do was bring an image into another one as a layer (ok, I can do that) but then I wanted to re-size the damn thing in the process..  I couldnt figure it out and the help was NO help what so ever.  In GIMP, I'd be in bed dreaming about some hotties or somethin by now.

If you couldn't figure that out in PS then you probably shouldn't be using it!

Gimp is good, but I'll stick with my copy of CS (upgrade to CS2 isn't worth the money).  I have taken classes on how to use it, and it suits me just fine.

Quoted: yep, I know (about the classes) but I'm an impatient SOB, I want to be able to do it now (or at least be able to learn how via help or the web)  I get frustrated easily by inanimate objects.   I know this all too well. like I said, I have issues, but they're my issues and they're about me. all I wanted to do was bring an image into another one as a layer (ok, I can do that) but then I wanted to re-size the damn thing in the process..  I couldnt figure it out and the help was NO help what so ever.  In GIMP, I'd be in bed dreaming about some hotties or somethin by now.

Quoted: Quoted: yep, I know (about the classes) but I'm an impatient SOB, I want to be able to do it now (or at least be able to learn how via help or the web)  I get frustrated easily by inanimate objects.   I know this all too well. like I said, I have issues, but they're my issues and they're about me. all I wanted to do was bring an image into another one as a layer (ok, I can do that) but then I wanted to re-size the damn thing in the process..  I couldnt figure it out and the help was NO help what so ever.  In GIMP, I'd be in bed dreaming about some hotties or somethin by now. img.photobucket.com/albums/v632/zack3gpics/soccerwrong.jpg

What you want to do is pretty basic for that program.
It is in the help file, I just looked.
Maybe buying the program and getting the books on it would
help a little too.
If you did buy it then call the for support because your help file is corrupt.

I've been using photoshop for years and just got to the point where I think I've used all the little tools, seen all the weird options, and figured out how to use them all successfully. I can do almost anything that Photoshop allows.

It takes a long time, but it is a great tool. I use it all the time. It's almost a neccessity for being online so much.