Re: Advantage of Adobe Photoshop vs Corel Paint Shop

 Kitty,

I can do all that w Corel also and it is more user friendly. My neighbor is
semi-professional and she came over one day and was amazed at what all Corel
would do. She really couldn't find a lot of difference.

I just put the question out in case there was someone out there that had
really compared the 2.
I think everyone just jumped on the band wagon w Photoshop without checking
into Corel. But I'm not sure about that.  I can't seem to find anyone that
truly knows or even has an opinion.
In the meantime, until I know more of what photoshop will provide me that
corel Pro XI won't, I can't make a valid judgement. Right now, the only way
I know to do that is go back and try photoshop myself again.  Maybe later.
Right now it's iris season, and I do good to just keep up w getting the
photos shot and into my computer.

I wish there were time for a representative from each to be at national and
explain their programs.



Linda in CW AZ
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From: K. Loberg
Date: 04/05/08 09:25:38
To: iris@hort.net
Subject: Re: [iris] Advantage of Adobe Photoshop vs Corel Paint Shop

Linda, to have a good answer for what other programs are "useful", it is
really helpful to have an idea as to what the user (average?) wants to do.
Do they just want to organize and print?   Do they want to do lots of
cropping, size adjustments, and contrast/hue adjustments?   Do they want to
correct faults in the photo?  Do they want to do graphic design?
I don't know Corel but I've used Photoshop for about 8 years.  I'd highly
recommend anyone wanting to know Photoshop to take a class at a community
college, you'd find it so much fun and you'd get hooked.  It's true that
Photoshop is expensive but there are often student discounts available when
the class registration is confirmed.  Often there are introductory weekend
classes which will demonstrate what Photoshop really does.
Photoshop allows unparallel capabilities to use layers, layer masks, filters
and adjustments to do just about anything to a photo and for graphic design.
For me, I'm able with just an average digital camera to take lots of amateur
photos, and easily select the best or parts of the best of those photos and
do
amazing things to them.  I rely as heavily on Photoshop as my photographic
tool as I do my camera.
However, starting off with other lower cost tools will certainly allow one
to
begin to be familiar and enjoy working with their photos.
Kitty Loberg


John,
The learning curve for me on Photoshop was too much, so I went w Corel Paint
Shop Pro XI.
Not only is Corel about 1/3 cost but is very user friendly.

My question is what advantage does Photoshop have over Corel ProXI for the
average user?
Does anyone know that has used both?
Or is there another program equal to Corel, that is cheaper, and as user
friendly for the average user?
(This is assuming everyone has the free programs, Picasa and Irfanview)

Are there anymore free programs as useful as these are?

I use Picasa for some minor things like cropping or if I just need a black
and white etc.

  I use Irfanview for contact sheets and printing rather than the wizard or
Corel.
  I like what it allows me to do without a lot of trouble.

Linda in CW AZ

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