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Author Why Microsoft should release ImageComposer for Public Domain
J.W.

2004-08-26, 7:14 pm

I agree with you whole heartedly.

I first found out about IC when I installed it from the
FP98 CD when the cd first came out.

IC was my first program to learn about true graphics
editiing/creating and I don't mean re-sizing and
cropping. It tought me about all the essential things.

I have been using Photoshop for the past two years but I
still use IC when I want to do something quickly (almost
everything in PS takes many more clicks than IC).

If M$ does release IC to the public domain then I'll be
one of the first to offer support to those who need it.

Long live Image Composer!

J.W.

>-----Original Message-----
>MS needs to just release IC to the public domain since

it's not going to pursue
>future versions. I know there were some licensing issues

with the original
>author of IC, but it's such a damn fantastic program

it's a CRIME not to
>release it to the public.
>
>I've moved on producing materials for Flash and such,

but I still always come
>back to IC because it's quick and easy and transparency

and taking out the
>background on images is so much easier! Photoshop

certainly has it's merits,
>but its overbloated and has far too many features for

what most people need.
>
>I discovered IC back in '98 when I got FP98, and have

always made it one of the
>first programs I install on a new machine!
>
>We all know it'll never happen (IC be in the public

domain), but it's just a
>wish (and something to take our minds off Arnold's

suicide and Osama's hanging
>corpse).
>
>Lets discuss what you enjoy about IC. I wonder if

somebody put IC up for
>download somewhere if MS would really care.... (oh, what

am I thinking.. Of
>course they would, and they'd spend thousands on lawyers

upholding their
>copyright).
>
>- Chris
>
>.
>

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