Photoshop vs Paint Shop Pro

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Photoshop vs Paint Shop Pro

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any experiences on using the newer versions of Jasc Paint shop Pro for image manipulation.. - in comparison with our beloved but darn expensive Adobe Photoshop :?:

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I'm a step behind on both Ott. Version 7. The reason I'm behind is because I now use and prefer Photoimpact. I use a lot of distortion, perspective, slanting, etc, as well as for normal editing techniques and thats where I find photoimpact rather unique, in speed and use. Just only IMHO and what I prefer. I also use Coreldraw 11 and several other specialised graphics and cad packages for CNC work. So for standard photo editing I would suggest Photoimpact 8 or XL. Many, many features that neither PSP or PS has and it still takes PS plug-ins as well if needed.

For normal type work, I would also look at adobe elements 2.

All the best Ott and like I said M8t, only IMHO.

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Post by elck »

I am a fan of Psp and the new version has some great treats like background erasing.
But I think one should stick to ones own program, the small advantages do not weigh against having to learn new commands and ways.
I started years ago with Psp as Ps was far to heavy for my pc, and to me it still seems that ps takes an awfull long time to start.
But again, I think the best program is the program that you know your way around in.

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I own both PSP 8.0 and PS CS. I prefer PSP. It is easier to use for me and has all the features I require (plus it is cheaper!).
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Hi ya' ottl :D

I have PS 6.0 and Psp 7.0. Psp is a great program and I really like the animated .gif program with it. However, I have used PS since version 3.0 and have grown so accustomed to the PS interface that Psp feels alien to me. If you need a very broad range of features, critical color control features, or are prepping images for lithographic printing, then PS is the way to go, IMO. If, however, you are prepping images for presentation on the Internet or for printing from standard inkjet printers, then Psp should be just fine.

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nzmacro wrote:I'm a step behind on both Ott. Version 7. The reason I'm behind is because I now use and prefer Photoimpact.
I'm a big Photoimpact fan too. I think it can compete with the full fledged photoshop but you don't have access to PS plugins. I also don't know if photoimpact will read NEF and RAW files since I don't have a camera that produces anything other than jpg and tiff.

I've used photoimpact for many years, and the new version 10 fixes a lot of the quirks. In addition, v10 processing time is vastly reduced compared to v8 and XL. You also get a nice little web page maker that allows your native UFO files to be converted into web pages--very handy, and you know how to build web pages by virtue of knowing how to use the photoeditor :D BTW--UFO is photoimpact's native format that retains all the layer info, etc.

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Hey thanks Steve, I'll look into v10 for sure. PS plugins work fine, 90 % of them anyway. Just load them into your plugin directory in PI.

Danny.

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