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.