"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Thu, 05 Jul 2007 00:03:29 GMT, "RG" wrote:

I agree with one exception.

Paint Shop Pro by Corel is more than adequate editing software. The
full boat version is $99 and does what Photoshop does only
differently. If you are just starting off editing digital photos, PSP
is probably the way to go - most bang for the buck. Photoshop
Elements is nice, but it's not comparable to the complete version of
PSP. It's only limitation is that is doesn't handle all versions of
RAW and you wouldn't be shooting in RAW anyway.


He might. The S6000 does have raw capability. I remember many years ago
using CorelDRAW. It was the king of graphic programs in its day. Then
Corel bought WordPerfect, and they've been steamrolled into a second-tier
software company by the likes of Microsoft and Adobe ever since. When it
comes to buying software, I'm a firm believer in hitching your wagon to the
horse most likely to remain pulling for the long run. Especially if you're
starting from scratch in a particular genre. So for me, the issue isn't so
much about whether PSP is capable, I have no reason to believe it is not.
Rather the issue for me is how much third party support is offered in the
form of books, magazine articles and online tutorials. I've bought a number
of such books over the years, and have taken advantage of web-based
instructional aides as well and have found them invaluable. I also subscribe
to several digital photography magazines as. All their how-two articles
seem to assume Photoshop speak, and it's really not too surprising, given
the market share of Adobe's products. So, I would advise a guy just
starting out in photo editing software to hitch his wagon to Adobe. And
besides, Corel is Canadian, which is reason enough to avoid them.

On Thu, 05 Jul 2007 00:39:18 GMT, "RG" wrote:

And besides, Corel is Canadian, which is reason enough to
avoid them.

Intersting take - I gather your not familiar with the history of PSP.

It was the original digital photo manipulation software. In fact,
many of the features of what eventually became Adobe Photoshop were
lifted almost directly from PSP. It's been around since 1992 and is
cross platform for Mac and Windows.

And it's still the only software available under $100 that handles
both vector and raster manipulation.

It's every bit as capable as Adobe and in some ways, better.

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Thu, 05 Jul 2007 00:39:18 GMT, "RG" wrote:

And besides, Corel is Canadian, which is reason enough to
avoid them.

Intersting take - I gather your not familiar with the history of PSP.

Nope.


It was the original digital photo manipulation software. In fact,
many of the features of what eventually became Adobe Photoshop were
lifted almost directly from PSP. It's been around since 1992 and is
cross platform for Mac and Windows.

Sounds very much like the history of CorelDRAW.



And it's still the only software available under $100 that handles
both vector and raster manipulation.


How or why would you use vector manipulation in pixel-based photo editing?
I believe Elements uses vector manipulation when you ask it to build frames
around your photos and silly stuff like that, but I don't understand where
vector manipulation would come into play in the actual editing process. Can
you assist?



It's every bit as capable as Adobe and in some ways, better.


As I said earlier, the issue for me isn't about capability. I assume both
are capable. WordPerfect is a capable word processor and QuatroPro is a
capable spreadsheet. I just wouldn't use them over Word or Excel. When it
comes to software, I believe in using products that dominate their market in
terms of user base. It's one of the reasons I don't use a Mac, which is
just as capable as a PC and in some ways, better.

On Jul 4, 9:01 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Thu, 05 Jul 2007 00:39:18 GMT, "RG" wrote:
And besides, Corel is Canadian, which is reason enough to
avoid them.

Intersting take - I gather your not familiar with the history of PSP.

It was the original digital photo manipulation software. In fact,
many of the features of what eventually became Adobe Photoshop were
lifted almost directly from PSP. It's been around since 1992 and is
cross platform for Mac and Windows.

And it's still the only software available under $100 that handles
both vector and raster manipulation.

It's every bit as capable as Adobe and in some ways, better.

Wow, I remember when PSP was from Jasc, we had one of the earliest
versions. Used Corel for a while too, the mrs. did a 3d fish tank
thing, maybe I can find it, prett cool. We did a couple of fliers for
a retirement home with PSP too, made a watercolor rendition of the
building and grounds. Had the 4 color seperations done and they have
been using it ever since. Still use PSP for everything digital though.