Re: [Usability] inability to experiment

[Calum Benson <Calum Benson Sun COM>]

On 28 May 2008, at 03:02, David Dolphin wrote:

> Photoshop's undo system is incredibly useful. It is closely tied to a
> history of applied commands and can be compared in ways to a simple
> revision control system.

It's also, quite frankly, pretty complex, and way OTT for controlling  
the sort of changes we're talking about here IMHO.  (I know you were  
just describing it, rather than suggesting it, though!)

Let's not forget that Photoshop is a specialised pro tool that takes  
many months or even years of learning to master.  The 'consumer'  
version, Elements, for example, has a much simpler and more  
conventional Undo stack-- at least, it does in PE3, I'm a bit behind  
the times :)

Cheeri,
Calum.

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