| From: | Richard Lane |
| Date: | 26 May 2000 at 02:07:28 |
| Subject: | Re: Tempted by Photogenics V4.x |
Hello Adam
On 25-May-00, Adam Eccleshall wrote:
>> I've just had a another read of the Photogenics 4.x review and a look at
>> the web site, and I'm very tempted to buy it. Currently I own V2, which
>> though good is a bit long in the tooth now (never did like those silly
>> widget gadget thingys). Anyone else got the latest version and care to
>> comment on it?
> Sometimes it can be a bit slow, but given what it's doing, it's
> to be expected from a 040/40.
I should be OK then as I have a 060/50, sadly no GFX card....yet.
> The fire effects are fun to play with. I specifically went out
> and took some photos of buildings to be butchered with those ones
> 3^D
Hmmm, sounds like fun. :)
> Some of the effects are very cool- I particularly like the burn
> through effect (more fire :)).
You have a thing about fire? :)
> The UI is still a bit dodgy, IMO.
Well it cant be any worse than the odd way the GUI on version 1.x/2.x works,
that's really frustrating.
> There's also a couple of buttons that look
> odd, but that's just my opinion on the aesthetics, and it doesn't
> actually affect the package at all.
I had a close look at the screen shots on the web site and thought how good
they looked. Though of course how they work in practice may be a different
story altogether.
> All in all, it's a great piece of software.
That's what I was hoping to hear, I might just be able to squeeze the purchase
price out of my budget this month.
Please tell me the Cloner mode is still there, it's one of my favorites.
>> Apart from the obvious what other stuff is on the CD, fonts etc.
>
> There's a small galery, produced by Paul Nolan, Eric Schwartz and
> Rod Volkmar (!?!), and a small selection of sample images showing
> off the various effects.
> No fonts that I can see.
Darn, I was hoping they'd be a few top quality fonts on there, as some of what
I'll be using it for is logo's, I guess I'll have to look elsewhere for
those.
Thanks for taking the time to reply.
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