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AFAIK Photoshop Elements is a stripped down version of Photoshop.. why not Photoshop?
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Mar 4th, 2007 05:39 PM #1Deal Fanatic
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Photoshop Elements or Paint Shop Pro?
Hi, I'm looking for a good yet fairly intuitive photo editing program. From what I've read so far, Elements and Paint Shop Pro seem to be pretty good. Which of these would you recommend? Or is there another program that's better? I'm looking for moderately advanced features so as colour correction using a histogram and things like that. Thanks.
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Mar 4th, 2007 05:50 PM #2Deal Guru
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Mar 4th, 2007 06:06 PM #3I'm gonna take a wild stab at this one and say price.
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Mar 4th, 2007 06:59 PM #5Deal Fanatic
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Correct! I don't want to spend too much. Paint Shop Pro is about $20 less than Elements. I've downloaded trial versions of both to see first-hand which one is better. It would really help to explain your choice. Saying "Elements" doesn't really mean much. Originally Posted by thedarkhorse
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Mar 6th, 2007 12:12 AM #6
I use Nikon Capture 4 which has been replaced with Capture NX. It does photos exclusively where as Paint Shop/Elements do photo editing and digital painting.
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Mar 6th, 2007 08:45 AM #7
Elements doesn't have some of the most fundamental features of Photoshop like masks...
Photoshop CS/CS2/CS3 or nothing. Reply With Quote
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Mar 6th, 2007 08:56 AM #8CS3 is already out??? Originally Posted by board123
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Mar 6th, 2007 08:59 AM #9In Jon Lai's world, every one can afford 2 Ferraris in every drive ways and $500+ photo editing software. This guy is completely in his own fantasy world. Originally Posted by thedarkhorse
If you haven't heard of [url=http://www.gimp.org/downloads/GIMP[/url], check it out. It's free and works very well. Has a pretty standard, run of the mill interface. Layers and History palettes look similar to Photoshop so the learning curve may not be that high for past users of PS.
Beta has been floating around for a few months now. Originally Posted by Cyber6
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Mar 6th, 2007 09:10 AM #10
When I said CS3, I meant if he's going to go for the full-fledged Photoshop, he might as well wait for CS3 to come out in a month or so and get that instead of getting CS2 right now only to have it rendered obsolete in a month.
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Mar 6th, 2007 09:25 AM #11Oh Beta... I don't do Beta. Originally Posted by Emancipated
C'mon, CS2 can never be call 'obsolete'. Not everyone has $800 to drop on a graphic image software. Originally Posted by board123
If anything, when CS3 comes out .. more people will be able to get CS2 at a reduced price.
EDIT: Just found out that Adobe will not support CS2 under Vista, thus CS3 is the Vista compatible version. That's a pile of dung if you ask me.
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Mar 6th, 2007 11:29 AM #12 Originally Posted by Cyber6
Oh Beta... I don't do Beta.
EDIT: Just found out that Adobe will not support CS2 under Vista, thus CS3 is the Vista compatible version. That's a pile of dung if you ask me.
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Can you clarify this? I'm running CS2 on Vista Ultimate right now without any problems.... Reply With Quote
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Mar 6th, 2007 11:40 AM #13Support doesn't mean it won't run under Vista. It just means they won't provide any official technical support for the program or fix bugs that may occur with Vista. Since the majority of users probably didn't pay for it anyways I don't think it's much of an issue. Originally Posted by tmash
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Mar 6th, 2007 11:44 AM #14
I will also chime in on GIMP. If price is an issue, but you want to have great results, it's a winner. The interface is close enough to Photoshop that switching should be no problem for someone willing to play for a few hours.
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No, in my world, nobody pays for software, everybody downloads Originally Posted by Emancipated
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