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Old 03-23-2008, 06:59 PM  
SilentKnight
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Originally Posted by Socks View Post
How many "designers" here could afford $600 photoshop at 12-13 years old when they were perfecting their craft? Yet they probably grew up, and bought a bunch of Adobe products they now use in their professional business.
Before Photoshop even existed - some of us learned the basics of our craft using shareware/freeware versions of photo editors such as Aldus PhotoStyler (which I still use daily - despite owning paid-for copies both Pshop Elements and Photoshop7).

One needn't shell out the $600-700 clams for the cadillac Photoshop to develop their skills.
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