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Subject:Re: PaintShop Pro5 vs. Photoshop??? From:Jane Bergen <jbergen1 -at- EARTHLINK -dot- NET> Date:Thu, 17 Jun 1999 21:38:43 -0500
Peter,
Unless you are seriously into graphic production, PaintShop Pro 5.0 is
perfectly adequate. I use it every day of my life and like it. I do
have Photoshop 4.0 also and chose not to upgrade to 5.0 because of the
cost, plus the fact that I just plain don't need its advanced
features. As I understand it, the advanced features are good only if
you have to produce color manuals. I doctor screenshots all day with
PaintShop Pro, including replacing colors, replacing text (to make
dummied up names), etc.
Hope that helps. I think we've had this discussion on this list
before, and the general consensus was that PSP was the way to go in
most cases.
Jane
Jane Bergen, Technical Communication
jbergen1 -at- earthlink -dot- net
web page for technical communication: http://home.earthlink.net/~jbergen1/
----- Original Message -----
From: Peter Kleczka <pkleczka -at- YAHOO -dot- COM>
To: <TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU>
Sent: Thursday, June 17, 1999 11:33 AM
Subject: PaintShop Pro5 vs. Photoshop???
>Hello
>
>Our documentation group wants a better graphics
>package. We currently use PaintShop Pro4.
>
>Could someone give me a rough idea of the
>comparative pros/cons between PhotoShop and
>PaintShop Pro5? I have PaintShop Pro5 at home and
>really like its multiple "undo" features and its
>layering features. But I have no experience with
>PhotoShop.
>
>Is PhotoShop markedly better than PaintShop Pro5?
>What are some of the things we could do in PhotoShop
>that we couldn't do in PaintShop Pro5?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>Please email me (Peter -dot- Kleczka -at- na -dot- manpower -dot- com)
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