Software tools

[Dee mcgdo]

a1951pookie@aol.com Does anyone know whether Microsoft
Digital Image Suite 10 is as good a tool for a beginner to home photo printing
than Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0, or the newer version 3.0? Any advice
would be appreciated... thanks

[Rhys]

a1951pookie@aol.com Does anyone know whether Microsoft
Digital Image Suite 10 is as good a tool for a beginner to home photo printing
than Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0, or the newer version 3.0? Any advice
would be appreciated... thanks

Photoshop elements is good but very slow starting. I suspect the microsoft program will have a faster boot time but will be more liable to crash unexpectedly.

[Dee mcgdo]

Hi,

Have you used Microsoft Digital Image Suite 10?

[Rhys]

Hi,

Have you used Microsoft Digital Image Suite 10?

No but having tried at least half a dozen and probably more programs that allegedly write to a vCD and finding they cannot do the job at all I'm going to buy Microsoft Digital Image Suite 10 and will try it. It's also the cheapest of the digital imaging products.

[gary_hendricks]

a1951pookie@aol.com Does anyone know whether Microsoft
Digital Image Suite 10 is as good a tool for a beginner to home photo printing
than Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0, or the newer version 3.0? Any advice
would be appreciated... thanks

For image management Photoshop Elements 3.0 is better. For image editing, I think both are comparable.

[Rhys]

Hi,

Have you used Microsoft Digital Image Suite 10?

I bought it from Amazon, tried it over the weekend, found it wouldn't do what I wanted and sent it back.

[bryanbendo]

photoshop elements 3.0 is very good, if you have the luxury of getting a copy of photoshop cs, then your all set. i used microsoft digital image suite 10 and felt it wasnt that impressive. its somewhat easy to use if you are a beginner, but i prefer my photoshop. also the microsoft digital image suite 10 would run alot faster because its built into the processor just like IE and other microsoft software....

[Rhys]

photoshop elements 3.0 is very good, if you have the luxury of getting a copy of photoshop cs, then your all set. i used microsoft digital image suite 10 and felt it wasnt that impressive. its somewhat easy to use if you are a beginner, but i prefer my photoshop. also the microsoft digital image suite 10 would run alot faster because its built into the processor just like IE and other microsoft software....

Yes but it claims to back up all your digital images. It will back up your jpeg files but not your avi or mov files. Those, you'll think you'll have backed up but won't have. It says it makes vCDs but what's the point if it won't include your video clips?

As I've said before, I've tried so many of these useless vCD writing packages under Windows that I'm abandoning PCs and Windows and going over to Apple Mac. I'm so fed up with poorly written software and although I can write better software by myself, I don't really see why I should when i can make far more money using my time to do other things. Software authoring is a cheap labour activity best farmed out to the Indians and Chinese.