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Thread: My 2 cents - Paintshop Pro vs. Photoshop
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MeScorp
Stranger Joined: Jun 27, 2005 Post Count: 4 Status: Offline |
When I started graphics designing, ump-teen years ago, I personally found Photoshop to be a real pain as far as new user "friendliess" went. I chose to go with PaintShop Pro back then and have been using it since. I have always kept upgrading my Photoshop though and would go back to trying it out, but every single time I end up back with my first love of PSP. My last upgrade of PS7 was my last. There's really nothing you can do with Photoshop that you can't do with PaintShop.....so, if you're that new, you may find PaintShop Pro to be a little easier and giving you the same excellent effects. Just my opinion really. Secondly, I don't know if we're allowed to post our own sites on here, and I don't want to do a no-no in my first post, but I do have a newer site that is for web designers and desktop publishers in need of quality, royalty free graphics for their designs. I don't have stock photos, but I do have 3d poser graphics, color mascots and tools for psp designers. If we're allowed to post our url's, I'd be glad to give you the link in case there is anything you can use with your own design work. By the way....I have been browsing this site for an hour this morning and I am truly enjoying it! Thanks for an excellent site related to a field I love! ---------------------------------------- [Edit 2 times, last edit by admin at Jun 27, 2005 8:01:50 AM] |
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admin
Advanced Member Joined: Jun 14, 2003 Post Count: 2933 Status: Offline |
Hi MeScorp, First let welcome you to the board. Second, I appreciate you taking the time to ask permission, shows some integrity. That being said, typically we expect people to contribute to the forum before they start trying to promote themselves. With the (soon to be released) upgrade of this forum, I am actually going to be automatically filtering links on the software level, making them useless for the search engines - using the 'no-follow attribute'. Once members have proven themselves to be true members that contribute to the community, their links will have some value. The reasoning for this:
And some members have 'earned' more. I've let certain people be a little too pushy (trying to sell things,) on occasion in the past, this is going to change (I'm going to get strict!  ) because I want to make the forums a 'commercial free zone'. I checked out your site, it's mostly commercial... About Paintshop Pro: I would love to hear some details about how Photoshop and Paintshop Pro compare - a comparative analysis would be cool. I know Paintshop Pro might be a great choice for new web designers who may not have the big $ to spend on Photoshop. Last time I checked, Paintshop Pro is far cheaper... ---------------------------------------- Stefan Mischook Video Tutorial Store | Web Templates ---------------------------------------- [Edit 4 times, last edit by admin at Jun 27, 2005 8:45:25 AM] |
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tpattison
Advanced Member UK Joined: Dec 29, 2004 Post Count: 1662 Status: Offline |
Now my 2 pence worth.  Spammers will still post here - surely they won't know that their links would be 'no-follow'? I use Photoshop and have never tried PSP - What are the differences between Photoshop and Paintshop. There must be a reason why people want to pay 10 times the price of PSP for PS? Tim ---------------------------------------- Pavonis Mons | Listen of the week: "Residue of Desire" by Acumen |
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LSW
Advanced Member USA Joined: Nov 27, 2003 Post Count: 6287 Status: Offline |
Very diplopatic Stefan LOL Yea it caught my attention too, strange post for a first post. I know alot of people on M$N groups who use Paintshop Pro, I have played with it a bit, I have a gray-legal version (I deom version was sent to a German PC Magazine, but they left the original .exe in rather than delete it. So they tried to get a recall and went to court to have it labeled cracked if anyone replaces the demo with the full .exe. The German court said mistake or not, we payed for the magazine and therefore the program in it, so it is legal for us to use the full.exe as it was included )It is a good program and cheaper than PS. Great for normal folk. But fact is most professional companies use Photoshop so if we wish to get such jobs we have to be able to use it. Personally I like Fireworks as it was built for web work. Eclipse is awsome! it will open massive images that PS would puke on! Then it costs over $1,000.- too. Now I am learning Corel painter, will use it for myLSW re-design, natural-media, excellant program. ---------------------------------------- Gu.aal kwsh� yak'�i it�akw ijeet wugood�k LSW-WebDesign.com |
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Broc
Advanced Member U.S.A. Joined: Mar 28, 2005 Post Count: 962 Status: Offline |
I used PSP in the late 90s for a little while. At that time I found it to be more useful than M$ Paint . I never put it to more use than tinkering around though...I like the idea of the no-follow links, Stef. Good thinkin'. ---------------------------------------- Broc High Tide Web Services High Tide Templates |
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MeScorp
Stranger Joined: Jun 27, 2005 Post Count: 4 Status: Offline |
Thanks for the welcome! I completely understand about spammers....that's why I asked because I don't want to be one! LOL! I had actually meant to post this as a reply to another member's post on the board....but I think I was having a blonde moment or something because I clicked on "new" instead.....sorry about that. When PaintShopPro fist came out, it didn't have nearly the features that PhotoShop did. They have since made some MAJOR improvements and upgrades to the program, so that now you can do anything in it that you can do in PhotoShop. I think these days it boils down to what program someone is used to using.....depending on which one they started with and ended up using most. I started with both, then ended up using only PSP because of the 'simplicity' in achieving certain affects. You had to jump through more hoops to achieve the same effects in PS than in PSP. I have honestly never understood the reason for the huge price difference, because again....nowadays these programs are relatively the same. A big difference is that you can integrate with a lot of other Adobe products with the PS which could be one reason for the price difference. I also think you're paying for their name...Adobe is synonymous with graphics design so that could play a role too. Thanks again for the welcome and now that I have my stuff a bit more caught up, you'll be seeing my ugly mug around here more often! |
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tpattison
Advanced Member UK Joined: Dec 29, 2004 Post Count: 1662 Status: Offline |
Thanks for your last post. I think that the main problem PSP is less popular, is because many still think that PSP is still very simple and far behind PS. I know I will keep my copy of PS7 so that I don't forget how to use it and will also explore it more; you never know, I may get a graphic design job and they will likely to be using Photoshop. I think I will only upgrade if, for some reason I need to, to PSP in the future. Tim ---------------------------------------- Pavonis Mons | Listen of the week: "Residue of Desire" by Acumen |
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fracolon
Stranger Joined: Dec 25, 2006 Post Count: 1 Status: Offline |
Hello Gents, I have been working with PSP for some time and althought I am still a novice with it, I tried PS and found it cumbersome. I kinda want it to try PS again but after reading your reviews, I have to say, for the Price and simplicity...PSP is the direction I will go. Thanks Also thanks for keeping the forum real |
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LSW
Advanced Member USA Joined: Nov 27, 2003 Post Count: 6287 Status: Offline |
Hmmmmm Raises the spam question again considering this is two of only 4 posts scorp ever made here... ---------------------------------------- Gu.aal kwsh� yak'�i it�akw ijeet wugood�k LSW-WebDesign.com |
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Shyster
Advanced Member Joined: Jan 18, 2007 Post Count: 108 Status: Offline |
I just posted my 1st thread in the open forum. (Didn't know where else to introduce myself or thank you all.) I came into this area to see if anyone else uses PSP since there was no mention of it under the "graphic design" forum description. Personally, I am a total PSP 7 fan. I tried PS, and a few others that were so aggravating that I now forget the names of. This may sound odd, but I had no clue about any of the prices these programs costs. (I trade CD's with a friend who gives me all the graphics programs I want in return for my Dreamweaver, Cold Fusion, etc. Cd's.) I tried PSP 8 and 9 and found them to have glitches. So, I just keep my PSP 7 up to date with the patches from Jasc. I find it to be very user friendly. My question, however, is this: Since I'm delving into the graphics and logos business, is there an obvious difference in the quality of work produced by different programs? I cannot distinguish, simply by looking at a graphic, whether PSP, PS or some other program was used. Can you guys see a difference...or "spot" work done by specific image programs? ---------------------------------------- Say what you mean and mean what you say because those who matter don't mind and those who mind don't matter. ~~Dr. Suess |
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