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> I am increasingly needing to edit graphics before they enter my
> documents, and in doing so am finding "Paintbrush" incresingly
> deficient. Someone mentioned the following programs to me.
> I need a graphics editing tool that is 1) more powerful than
> paintbrush, but 2) not be so powerful that it will either cost a
> fortune, be a resource hog, or take forever to learn.
> I have seen CorelDraw 5, but consider it beyone my needs (and a
> little pricy). Does anyone out there have any other info on the
> products listed? Any recommendations? What do *you* use?
> Please respond to me directly. And thanks in advance.
> --
> kjr
> johnr -at- brs -dot- com
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> |/ K. John Russell \| Anagram of the year:
> | Dataware Technologies, Inc. |
> | 5 Computer Drive South | Information Superhighway |\
> Albany, New York 12205 /| New utopia? Horrifying Sham!
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You might look at Paint Shop Pro 3.11. It's an incredible little
program and a real bargain. You can download the shareware version
(fully functional), and if you like it, pay just $69. Just last night
I was playing around with making borders for bitmaps that looked like
brush strokes and it did a great job. I've seen other programs that
did this for much, much more. You can do screen captures, masks,
color reduction/increases, limited drawing, format conversions, and
more.
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Jane Bergen
Technical Writer
janeb -at- answersoft -dot- com or janeb -at- iadfw -dot- net
"The difference between the right word and the almost right word
is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug" (Mark Twain)
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