Prefer Photoshop 6
Can't go back to my own personal Photoshop 6 and still use current operating system, use a new computer or to connect to the web, so I went ahead and subscribed. I really don't like the experience so far. Way too many dialog boxes show up. A few key stroke shortcuts were changed like lasso, command "F", smudge etc. for seemingly no reason, transform went wonky, brushes changed in ways I still have yet to figure out, oil paint was hidden, refine edge became needlessly complex and pink lines around everything were annoying. I slowly learned how to shut the distracting stuff off, got back legacy shortcuts. My problem was that I used Photoshop 6 for 20 years. That's a lot of muscle memory. Now, it seems things still annoy if, God forbid, I close Photoshop, even with my workspace saved, I still manage to forget something and it reverts back to confusing like the annoying intro page instead of just the file opening page of Photoshop. Every time I turn that distracting intro page off, it seems to come back after I close Photoshop and restart. Another thing, if I work for too long , Photoshop starts to get weird with delays and spinning balls, so I close it to trash my preferences upon opening it again and things work until the next time it gets quirky. Each time I have to find my saved workspace so everything doesn't go back to annoying. I wish I could have my own photoshop again and not have to subscribe. The software has done well for me, I just don't trust the changes, and, at least for me, it's buggy. For soemone new to Photoshop, I'm sure it's great. I'm a dinosaur, so it makes me feel extinct.
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