Photoshop is a giant, it is one of the most used and most respected (or disrespected) 2d application for professionals.

Photoshop is not just a post work tool. It can, and is, used to produce highly creative original artwork. And yet it is tossed in with a sea of lesser applications and drowned.

Using Photoshop effectively requires skill, but the rate at which these images are buried in the 2d gallery does not allow time for proper attention and critiques. Photoshop needs a pure space where artists can share their work and skill with other artists without the hindrance of being perpetually associated with every other 2d application in existence. It needs a space where it can be represented fairly it does not get such respect in the 2d forum.

I see about, oh, 23 forums for 3d applications. How many forums do I see for 2d applications? 3. Or 3.5 if you want to include Z-Brush (and Z Brush is lucky if it gets so much as 1 message a month). And many of the 3d forums are virtually ignored.

You could argue, then, that all the 2d applications should be given their own respective galleries, especially the ever-popular Paint Shop Pro. Sounds fair. But obviously that is not feasible as there is an issue of space and supply on demand. There is a demand, and a need, for a Photoshop gallery.

This idea has been proposed in the past, and was ignored. Why? Obviously guidelines and rules for posting will need to be set. Perhaps this is considered too much hard work for Renderosity?

Photoshop stands out above the restor at least it could if we let it.