Hrmmm.... I'm a little confused here. I don't have VS's background of teaching PS and Illustrator, but I'm reasonably adept with both. I've literally spent hours designing photoshop and illustrator actions to automate repetitive imaging tasks that I know I'm going to do often - old rule of thumb: if you do it more than 3 times the same way, make an action of it and save it. Frees up time better spent experimenting with new techniques. I'll also go to various photoshop sites and download free actions and brush presets if I see something that will be useful and save me a few minutes down the road. How is spending effectivly 60 cents an action substantially different? Assuming I care to spend the money, it's MY money... shrug As far as artist, I always liked an old co-workers term "I'm a commercial graphics technician". ;] Man thip... I need to browse your work more often. Very cool. ;]

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