Comments on: Photoshop Interview: John Nack http://jasondmoore.com/blog/2009/01/photoshop-interview-john-nack/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:11:52 +0000 hourly 1 By: Carl http://jasondmoore.com/blog/2009/01/photoshop-interview-john-nack/comment-page-1/#comment-650 Carl Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:37:40 +0000 http://jasondmoore.com/blog/?p=1652#comment-650 Very nice interview. I'm a big fan of John Nack and his blog so this was great to read. I do however, have a comment about something John said. He mentioned that: "Sometimes you have to build a house brick by brick, and the whole thing looks a little silly until it’s complete." I think John hit the nail on the head by realizing that people aren't using these features and they do indeed feel incomplete. The problem with John's "brick-by-brick" thought process is that we're not being charged to live in the house while it's being built. Sure it looks silly when there's just a few bricks up and the plumbing is sticking up through the ground, but I'm ok with that because they're not promoting this to me as the final product and charging me for it. Compare that with Photoshop. They are charging us for it and there's a big marketing campaign out there to promote it as a complete product (not one with incomplete features in it). Again, I have a tremendous amount of respect for John after following his blog and I appreciate the work he does. I hope Photoshop does indeed get better and better and they complete some of these features that he's talking about. Thanks for listening. Very nice interview. I’m a big fan of John Nack and his blog so this was great to read. I do however, have a comment about something John said. He mentioned that:

“Sometimes you have to build a house brick by brick, and the whole thing looks a little silly until it’s complete.”

I think John hit the nail on the head by realizing that people aren’t using these features and they do indeed feel incomplete. The problem with John’s “brick-by-brick” thought process is that we’re not being charged to live in the house while it’s being built. Sure it looks silly when there’s just a few bricks up and the plumbing is sticking up through the ground, but I’m ok with that because they’re not promoting this to me as the final product and charging me for it.

Compare that with Photoshop. They are charging us for it and there’s a big marketing campaign out there to promote it as a complete product (not one with incomplete features in it).

Again, I have a tremendous amount of respect for John after following his blog and I appreciate the work he does. I hope Photoshop does indeed get better and better and they complete some of these features that he’s talking about. Thanks for listening.

]]> By: Roy Evans http://jasondmoore.com/blog/2009/01/photoshop-interview-john-nack/comment-page-1/#comment-652 Roy Evans Tue, 13 Jan 2009 03:13:37 +0000 http://jasondmoore.com/blog/?p=1652#comment-652 Don’t give up on Layer Comps --“ *seems* people should love, but which go largely unused (e.g. Layer Comps, the How To content under the Help menu).” I just sent out two separate web sit proofs to two clients. I used the Layer Comps to Jpeg script, and then used Acrobat Portfolio to send the clients a pdf. It would have been even easier if you could do it in one step in Photoshop. PS the Portfolio in Acrobat needs some more options (formatting in the description section, adjusting the size of the image in the carousal Layout for and example. Don’t give up on Layer Comps –“ *seems* people should love, but which go largely unused (e.g. Layer Comps, the How To content under the Help menu).” I just sent out two separate web sit proofs to two clients. I used the Layer Comps to Jpeg script, and then used Acrobat Portfolio to send the clients a pdf. It would have been even easier if you could do it in one step in Photoshop.

PS the Portfolio in Acrobat needs some more options (formatting in the description section, adjusting the size of the image in the carousal Layout for and example.

]]> By: Jason Anderson http://jasondmoore.com/blog/2009/01/photoshop-interview-john-nack/comment-page-1/#comment-651 Jason Anderson Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:03:46 +0000 http://jasondmoore.com/blog/?p=1652#comment-651 Cool interview here Jason - and thanks to John for kicking things off. It was especially interesting to learn it was the CIA that "discovered" the 30k pixel limitation. It makes sense of course with how he explained it, but cool nonetheless! Cool interview here Jason – and thanks to John for kicking things off. It was especially interesting to learn it was the CIA that “discovered” the 30k pixel limitation. It makes sense of course with how he explained it, but cool nonetheless!

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