Becky Pleiman wrote: >Ken, > >As a former employer in Silicon Valley, just down the >road and around the corner from Adobe, I also *do not* >advocate software piracy. > >My cousin provided a copy so that I could determine if >I *could* learn how to use it before I paid the $s for >the real thing. As far as I can tell, Adobe doesn't >provide a comprehensive demo. I'm not a graphic >designer / artist, the primary user of this particular >version of the software. > I do not think that the primary users of Adobe Photoshop are mostly designers and artists. Many amateur photographers use it. I think you will find a lot of subscribers to this list have it and use it. bob gillis