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There is NO SUCH THING as [ PHOTO WORKS projects 3 standard ] at FRANZIS’s web site, so this is an invented giveaway of no known value. ‘elements’ sells for $23.24, , unqualified Projects 3 sells for $18.6 and there no feature-set comparisons between ‘elements’ versus ‘standard’, so … anyone? Anyone?
Their prices are all over the place, projects 3 anywhere from 16 euro to 60 euro, so search their site via Google as
[ blah blah blah site:franzis.de ]
… but they only offer downloads after payment, no demos.
Basically what they have done is break Photoshop-like programming into little batches and sell each group as a separate product, exposure, focus, sharpening, color, black and white, effects, all separated out with no easy cooperation between them — less work and more money for them than competing head on, and by having a jumble web site, they “get you” at whatever door you enter through, where the same product sells for a variety of prices, some people paying as much as 3 times or more than others pay for the same product, and there is no organized catalog of all their offerings — as messy a bazaar, as bazaar a bazaar as there can be..
BUT, write a review and get $55.31 Amazom gift card:
http://rezensentenprogramm.franzis.de/photo-works-projects-3/
As of 5 pm EST the download and registration receipt are quick.
Yes, the unzip and install take -f-o-r-e-v-e-r-.
And, once you receive the ID and registration code / serial number ( SAME THING ), DON’T click the [ 1. Internet ] button in the program’s registration, just type in your ID and registration code / serial number ( SAME THING )and proceed … then type in, er, cut and past your serial number / registration code ( SAME THING ) again.
It has nice features with plenty of benefits, opens raw files, and with much patience, and learning their ideograms ( gratefully with pop up explanations that are somewhat more helpful than idiot-grams, but experience tells me more, so take notes on the 5 — of thousands of –features you will use most ).
I would like automation and export to Flickr and Picasaweb, but, hey, no one seems to believe in Picasa anymore, not even Google.
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