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I doubt it but I certainly hope so. If they don't CS6 will be my last Adobe product. I will not rent software. I have already looked at Photoninja (looks good) and now are looking at Silkypix....

Judy, really really nice work.

I second that. Most of the serious amateur photographers will leave Adobe and find something else. Lets hope Adobe stock continues its decline and maybe Adobe will reconsider - but I doubt that. I...

I feel exactly like you and will look for an alternative to Photoshop. Been using it since Photoshop 6. Will be monitoring this thread closely. Photo Ninja is new - I wonder what user experience is...

As others have said - turn it till it clicks. It will feel that you are going to break it but it needs force to click into position.

The 50D is a good camera. If you are happy with it I would wait. No one knows what the 7Dii will look like or when it will come out or what the features will be but the rumors are this year and I...

I for one do not have a problem with the spray and pray technique. That's how a lot of photographers shoot birds in flight. When I shoot my grandson's soccer games outdoors I also shoot multiple...

Too much invested in Canon glass. The 7D is a fantastic camera and at this level of camera its not the camera but the photographer that gets great photos. I must admit I really like the Nikon D800...

I have the same problem. I hate that darn control wheel - takes me 2 or 3 attempts to get it right. That is the only thing I dislike about the camera.

Well done - excellent detail.

I will be real interested to see what your final decision is. The FZ200 will go on sale again - I bought mine at Henrys last fall for $490.00. However, I never sold my Canon 7D and lenses as there...

Two other programs you should try are Fotosketcher (free) and Repaintmyimage (small fee). Both these programs are really good at giving painting/smudging effects and both have trials - in fact...

Topaz Denoise has debanding and it works good. Topaz Denoise is my personal favourite.

Recently read a comparison between Dfine, Topaz Denoise, Neat Image and Noise Ninja. Been trying to find it to post the link but cannot. I do remember that the outcome was that Denoise was a little...

My 1st Intuos tablet was the small tablet. It worked well but I found it too small so when I upgraded I went to the large tablet. The large tablet just takes up to much real estate on the desk so...

I use both photoshop and plugins - depends on what I am doing. My favourite plugins are NIK Color EFex Pro and NIK Viveza as well as Topaz denoise.

Have you considered the Canon 24-105L lens. Its the lens that is on my camera 90% of the time. Also agree that an external flash helps with indoor shots as well as outdoors for fill light.

Try www.atncentral.com. Its where the users of this forum have posted actions that you can download for free. You will find some soft focus actions there as well as others you might find interesting.

As others have said I do not know if the FZ200 is for you. It certainly won't match your Nikon. I have been able to use ISO800 on the FZ200 with decent results and a little noise reduction in post...

I like your minimum specs and hope for even better. Unfortunately for you the 7D was not the camera you wanted and you went Nikon. Nothing wrong with that - if you like Nikon stay with Nikon. I...