Hi Damien,

Thank you so much for taking the time to explain this to me. I appreciate it very much.

I understand what you are saying. What you have written makes sense to me, it's like you are adding an extra step. It makes nothing but logical sense.

The one thing I would disagree with you about is color control. I have seen UF's color controls and GUI, and I have never seen the capability of Photoshop in that arena. (if I am incorrect, then UF has changed so dramatically in the past couple of months with Version Four that my head would spin. ;)) I do not see these controls in UF:

1. Selecting color (two different ways to select color, with a selection tool and by specific color and tolerance) and the ability to save color selections for bands of similar color that one can control with specific tolerance, and being able to reload these same selections later

2. Curves- enhance monocromatic contrast, enhance per channel contrast, find dark/light colors  (with the option of saving the selection to reload later)

3. Color Balance (with the option of saving the selection to reload later)

4. Channel Mixing  (with the option of saving the selection to reload later)

5. Equalizing  (with the option of saving the selection to reload later)

6. Not to mention the ninety-four Photoshop native filters, along with the third party plugins that are practically endless in scope and artistic effect.

I, too, would want to do everything I could in one place, and generate as large as possible for printing purposes (it's my printing of my work that has created this problem for me, after all), but I don't believe I can sign off on your contention about UF's control control. :)

Warmly,

Mindy