<div>Illustrator is a better choice as a component? Really? Ever try editing hundreds of screen snaps for software documentation in Illustrator?<br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div><div>Either it's a significant mistake by the marketing team, or a significant win by the marketing team as it greatly increases Photoshop licenses....</div>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 7:59 AM, Gust, Dieter <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Dieter.Gust@itl.eu" target="_blank">Dieter.Gust@itl.eu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
From: <a href="mailto:framers-bounces@lists.frameusers.com">framers-bounces@lists.frameusers.com</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:framers-bounces@lists.frameusers.com">framers-bounces@lists.frameusers.com</a>] On Behalf Of Rob Shell<br>
Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 12:23 PM<br>
Subject: More bad news on TCS4: no longer includes Photoshop<br>
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> I must add that I have found another disadvantage to buying TCS4, especially if you are a first-time buyer.<br>
> TCS4 does not include Photoshop, whereas TCS2 does, or did<br>
</div><div class="im">> I must confess that I find it odd that Adobe and not a single reviewer has mentioned this.<br>
</div>If you really need Photoshop, I understand you.<br>
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If you think of typical technical documentation use cases, RoboScreenCapture and Illustrator which are included instead of Photoshop (!!) are the better choice. .<br>
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> 1. One cannot print a book in unstructured FM11.<br>
</div>You refer to a bug, which is really annoying, but printing the book in structured mode might be a suitable workaround for the short.<br>
Save the book as PDF file is working in unstructured mode.<br>
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> 2. Forget about online support.<br>
</div>Why? Online support always is a combination of official Adobe feedback and customer feedback from all over the world.<br>
While an official Adobe feedback always will have to take into account side effects and therefore must be careful with hastily tips and workarounds, a lot of well-known experts in framers are giving fast and valuable feedback to almost any problem.<br>
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> 3. Do without Photoshop.<br>
Most technical documentation use cases don't deal with CMYK so I think cheap software or freeware (Photoshop Elements, IrfanView...) should fulfill the demands. For screenshots RoboScreenCapture (which is good) is included in TCS4. A lot of customers asked for switching from Photoshop to Illustrator which is now included in TCS4.<br>
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> 4. Forget about timely patches<br>
</div>Why?<br>
The Adobe TCS team is always seeking dedicated contact to TCS customers, and while "I hate bugs like a plague" Adobe delivers patches as soon as possible. O.K. The Adobe team might think about a similar approach like Microsoft in order to establish "hotfixes" beside regular patches.<br>
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> As a user of many programs over the years, what I see here is a drastic cutting down of FrameMaker<br>
</div>If you think of licenses I fear you may be right but if you think of the commitment of Adobe this has increased from year to year.<br>
But indeed to compete with InDesign and Word the commitment might still be much too little.<br>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">Dieter Gust<br>
itl AG, Munich<br>
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