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Q: How much does crappy software cost?
A: $999
The piece of shit is called Photoshop CS3 Extended. Adobe recently came out with a new version of Photoshop. They claim its optimized to run all the new hardware, platforms & most decent configs of today. The first sign of trouble was when they released 3 versions of the same product a la Windows Vista fashion. Most of the features work just fine except for the brush tools. There seems to be a 2-3 second lag! When it comes to digital painting thats a lot! Its like watching dubbed Hong Kong Kung Fu movies (i.e, the lip-synch is way off). Brush tool is pretty important tool & personally something I used the most.
Adobe guys had released a Beta version last year. The forums are clogged with frustrated complaints & queries regarding this matter. 2007 saw the alpha release, with the lag issue intact and few months ago they released a patch for machines running with 4GB upwards of RAM to rectify the lag situation. 4GB RAM! Obviously someone forgot to optimize!
$999 my left foot. Not even worth pirating.
UPDATE: An unusual tip from one of the threads. Place a piece of paper on the tablet's surface. This gives you paper like texture & associated friction. So the effects of drawing on a slippery surface of the tablet is reduced
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