Computer Graphics with Photoshop - What's the best tool for the job?

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What's the best tool for the job?

Paul Eggermont

2004-01-23, 8:28 am

I need to purchase some photo editing software, but I'm not sure what
the best tool for the job is.

What I need is basically this:

I take/have images of rooms, chambers, halls, etc with some art
objects, paintings, statues, etc...

First, I need to remove some of those objects, take another picture
(for ex. a painting) and paste this into the picture of the room, like
it's naturally attached to the wall.
Sometimes, the walls are in perspective, so I also need to be able to
transform that picture of the new painting so it looks kinda natural
in place.

So wich software tool is recommended to do all this?
I guess PhotoShop can handle all of this (and much more), but there is
also the pricetag issue ;-). And I need a lot of licenses.
Can PS live up to these expectations, or anything else that best fits
my needs?

Thanks for any suggestions you can give me!

Regards,
Paul.

Mark Herring

2004-01-23, 11:28 am

On 23 Jan 2004 03:33:32 -0800, janno@arttower.nl (Paul Eggermont)
wrote:

quote:

>I need to purchase some photo editing software, but I'm not sure what
>the best tool for the job is.
>
>What I need is basically this:
>
>I take/have images of rooms, chambers, halls, etc with some art
>objects, paintings, statues, etc...
>
>First, I need to remove some of those objects, take another picture
>(for ex. a painting) and paste this into the picture of the room, like
>it's naturally attached to the wall.
>Sometimes, the walls are in perspective, so I also need to be able to
>transform that picture of the new painting so it looks kinda natural
>in place.
>
>So wich software tool is recommended to do all this?
>I guess PhotoShop can handle all of this (and much more), but there is
>also the pricetag issue ;-). And I need a lot of licenses.
>Can PS live up to these expectations, or anything else that best fits
>my needs?
>
>Thanks for any suggestions you can give me!
>
>Regards,
>Paul.

Photoshop does all this.

If cost is an issue, you might consider "the GIMP"---free and
available for both Linux ans Windows.

I have not used it much, but I think is has the basic functionality
you are looking for.
**************************
Mark Herring, Pasadena, Calif.
Private e-mail: Just say no to "No".

Tony Cooper

2004-01-24, 2:28 pm

On 23 Jan 2004 03:33:32 -0800, janno@arttower.nl (Paul Eggermont)
wrote:

quote:

>I need to purchase some photo editing software, but I'm not sure what
>the best tool for the job is.
>
>What I need is basically this:
>
>I take/have images of rooms, chambers, halls, etc with some art
>objects, paintings, statues, etc...
>
>First, I need to remove some of those objects, take another picture
>(for ex. a painting) and paste this into the picture of the room, like
>it's naturally attached to the wall.
>Sometimes, the walls are in perspective, so I also need to be able to
>transform that picture of the new painting so it looks kinda natural
>in place.
>
>So wich software tool is recommended to do all this?
>I guess PhotoShop can handle all of this (and much more), but there is
>also the pricetag issue ;-). And I need a lot of licenses.
>Can PS live up to these expectations, or anything else that best fits
>my needs?
>
>Thanks for any suggestions you can give me!
>

This is fairly basic stuff with Photoshop, but it seems the price tag
is overkill for what you want. If PS Elements has layers and free
transform, it would be an inexpensive route. I've never seen
Elements, though. You need something like free transform to skew the
new picture to the right perspective.

I have Corel's "Essentials" which has Photo-Paint 9. I've never used
Photo-Paint 9 since I use PhotoShop 7, but it might do the trick.
Corel sell Essentials 2 for $80, and cheaper legitimate versions may
be available on eBay. Check in a Corel newsgroup with your same
question.

eLeMEnTS ArTZ newbie

2004-01-25, 2:28 am

if you have a small budget, you might wanna go for earlier versions of PS.
they can all handle the task you mention before. when i mean earlier version
i maen v5 or v5.5. but even if you find this an expensive solution you might
wanna give a look at Paint Shop Pro (cheap image editing soulution yet
powerful) or even the Gimp (free image editing solution but also powerful
but the problem with gimp is that i dont really like the workspace)...

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quote:

> On 23 Jan 2004 03:33:32 -0800, janno@arttower.nl (Paul Eggermont)
> wrote:
>
> Photoshop does all this.
>
> If cost is an issue, you might consider "the GIMP"---free and
> available for both Linux ans Windows.
>
> I have not used it much, but I think is has the basic functionality
> you are looking for.
> **************************
> Mark Herring, Pasadena, Calif.
> Private e-mail: Just say no to "No".
>

Paul Eggermont

2004-01-31, 12:28 pm

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quote:

> On 23 Jan 2004 03:33:32 -0800, janno@arttower.nl (Paul Eggermont)
> wrote:
>
> This is fairly basic stuff with Photoshop, but it seems the price tag
> is overkill for what you want. If PS Elements has layers and free
> transform, it would be an inexpensive route. I've never seen
> Elements, though. You need something like free transform to skew the
> new picture to the right perspective.
>
> I have Corel's "Essentials" which has Photo-Paint 9. I've never used
> Photo-Paint 9 since I use PhotoShop 7, but it might do the trick.
> Corel sell Essentials 2 for $80, and cheaper legitimate versions may
> be available on eBay. Check in a Corel newsgroup with your same
> question.

Hey Guys, thanks for the advice!
Photoshop Elements seems fine for what I need it, and it costs only
85,- Euro, so I think I'm gonna go with that, although Corel
Essentials seems great also.

Again, thanks!
Paul.