John,
No doubt like a lot of the people within this forum over the years I have collected a mass of programs luckily some have been given by various Medical Companies and developers, while I am not proficient in all of the mentioned programs I am however VERY proficient in some. As Shaggy, Tomcatz, Tigrou and others will no doubt confirm, a lot of us use one program to do part of the work and others to get the finished article as good as it can be.
When I'm doing my photo macrography I use Adobe Photoshop CS 4 suite for part of the process and Corel Paintshop X2, and other programs to get the finished effect I want or need, such as Nik Color effects, Auto Fx, etc, in fact any add-on that will help me get the effects I need.
I'm sure that when you were a kid you helped your Parents, Aunts, Uncles, Cousins, Friends, around the house or other location doing jobs for them, you were not proficient in all the jobs but you used limted knowledge, taking a little from here and a little from there, the point I'm trying to make is we all have some knowledge and we put it together to make a complete article in whatever form.
John, what peeved me off more than anything was the way you attacked everyone with your attitude, I think you wanted to " shake " them up by being so in their face, in some instances that may work but on a forum like this that is the last thing thats needed, it may work at your place of employment or within a Military enviroment but not here.
Remember that 95% of the people who make the mods have families and a full time job, they do these mods in their own time and mostly at their own expense, sometimes at the expense to family harmony.
By all means put forward your personal view but use your words with more respect, thats all I'm asking.
@ Shaggy, I'm in my early 50's so I have some of the " older and wiser " attributes lol.