(btw, any STRONGLY typed words are for emphasis, not yelling... i rarely actually yell online, it makes no sense LOL)

Pearl~
please, PLEASE feel free to use your right (giggles, you're correct there, it IS a right) to point out to me when I mess up something (like the upgrade path) - i am ALWAYS more than open to someone saying "hey - yer facts are skewed, here look at this..."

how else am i to learn? =D  I'll even freely say "yep - yer right, my bad!  do as so-and-so says and not what i said LOL"  I've even been known to change my opinions on things based on facts.

I just don't like my character being attacked, and thats what it felt like.  I've had it before from the ones I consider the "gurus" here, and I will not stand for it.  I'll denounce it as politely as possible, but I won't stand for it.

as for the tools versus affording.  Here's a fun fact for you:  I wouldnt have 7 infinite even now if it wasn't for the fact that a state agency purchased it for me - vocational rehabilitation.

I am disabled and on a very  VERY limited fixed income.   i couldnt even afford to get 6inf on my own, although I managed to get up to Pro Studio without (much) help.  So yes, I understand all too well how finances can hold someone back.  Another reason I say - look at what you have and what you think your future might hold for you.

But what shocked... no, wrong word... confused?  i dunno LOL.... but anyways it did something to me... me was the way you worded it - it sounded as if you thought that now that 7 is out, ANYTHING in the 6 line is now considered "inferior" - and it isn't the case.  far from it!

Watercolor (i skipped that reference earlier somehow... eyes go too fast sometimes?) - i agree, student grade watercolors just lead to irritation and crappy results, and pro grade improves the possibilities.  ...But not everything operates that way... Esprit for instance.  When I got it, i was pleased as punch - WOW.  i was amazed at everything it COULD do.  At that time, it was everything I could have wanted from a program.

Then, i found out what INFINITE had, and i started dreaming.... and working my way up.
i am thankful every day... EVERY day... for what I have... and that i DO have Vue, because in any flavor - its an excellent program.  (sorry some of the flavors are filled with bugs ATM, though LOL... they will be resolved... soon enough LOL (thats like pluto time or something).)

Pnina... wow, what a beautiful name.  Means pearl? wonderful!  I'll be sure to use Pearl if i shorten your name again =D  ( i really like that... Pnina... Pnina... how do you pronounce that?  is the P silent?)

Mine is Melissa, and is either hebrew or greek for honey bee (my mom's is Deborah and its either hebrew or greek for worker bee - if hers is hebrew, mine's greek, and vice-versa LOL)

oh... and about rekindling passion - you are sooo absolutely correct.  a new tool can work wonders =D  (when i cant afford that option, i head for the tutorials LOL)

ohhh one more... how are my actions and intentions nicer than yours?   LOL.   i just jump in to help cus.. well... that's me.  So what if that's not you - your strengths may lie elsewhere - like in helping point out when someone's messed up a "fact" ;)

you are you and that makes you "you"-nique - NOT "nicer" or "meaner" or that your intentions are any better or worse than mine.  

my problem stems from that brain to finger issue - things get muddled in the middle when i'm trying to type.  Its worse when I'm hand-writing.... so things come out with important words dropped sometimes, and meanings garbled when my intention is to be as clear as possible... (i usually end up as clear as mud...)...

i do my best however, and sincerely hope that others can see that my only intent here (other than to share art with others) is to help others - like they helped me in the past.  That pay-it-forward thing.  Sometimes, I'll jump in just to get someone who actually knows the answer to speak up.  (nothing like the wrong info to bring folks out of the woodwork... LOL)

I've also watched threads where folks ask for help and it sits empty... for DAYS.

And i've had it happen to me.  so, if nothing else - i like to let them know that they've been heard, its not gone into some internet wormhole, and their posts ARENT invisible.... even if i dont have the answer.

there ya go... a quick guide on what makes meli tick in the forums (and what sets her off... defamation of character LOL)  ;)

For those who've been stuck in this side-conversation, I do apologize... Returning thread back to its other discussion ;)

Rarer than a hairy egg and madder than a box of frogs....

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