"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.