RE: Photoshop Elements 5 v Paint Shop Pro XI

"Mark Needham" wrote:

> I currently use free photo editing software; FastStone, Picasa etc. But I am
> ready to go that bit further and would like to start playing with layers,
> erasing and pasting etc.
> Adobe Photoshop CS3 is out of the question due to cost.
> Does anyone have a view on Adobe Photoshop Elements 5, as against Corel
> Paint Shop Pro XI?

I use GIMP:

http://www.gimp.org/

"GIMP is an acronym for GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely
distributed program for such tasks as photo retouching, image
composition and image authoring.

"It has many capabilities. It can be used as a simple paint program, an
expert quality photo retouching program, an online batch processing
system, a mass production image renderer, an image format converter, etc.

"GIMP is expandable and extensible. It is designed to be augmented with
plug-ins and extensions to do just about anything. The advanced
scripting interface allows everything from the simplest task to the most
complex image manipulation procedures to be easily scripted.

"GIMP is written and developed under X11 on UNIX platforms. But
basically the same code also runs on MS Windows and Mac OS X."

Bob

i've become accustomed
to photoshop.

i think photoshop 4 is
still available.

then there are a couple of
websites that give your free
filters and add-ins
for photoshop and really
make it photoshop more
powerful.

in regards to the freewares
out there, they are pretty
good but have undisclosed
time outs.

so i uninstalled them all
and didn't bother with
downloading newer versions.

i am highly suspicious of
undisclosed information
by freewares and the push
to have users manipulate in
regularly downloading their
software, free or otherwise.
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> "Mark Needham" wrote:
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>> I currently use free photo editing software; FastStone, Picasa etc. But I am
>> ready to go that bit further and would like to start playing with layers,
>> erasing and pasting etc.
>> Adobe Photoshop CS3 is out of the question due to cost.
>> Does anyone have a view on Adobe Photoshop Elements 5, as against Corel
>> Paint Shop Pro XI?