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Originally Posted by Rense
I've had all the version from paintshop.
Version 7 is a long time ago, but in my memory it was really good: it was before the corel days and Jasc inc. was developing the program.
In the paintshop fora there is a saying that the even versions are better than the uneven versions.
Corel has just released version XII, that is really nice. The price is about the same as Photoshop elements, but you get somer more functionality.
Best advise: use version 7, if you need more download trials from both Photoshop (elements) and paintshop pro. Then decide wich way to go.
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Rense;
I used PSP 7 before I bought my Canon 300D which came with Elements 2.0 free. I recall preferring just about everything in PSP when it came to user interface but there were a few functions missing that were present in Elements (and I can't recall what it was so long ago) so I never upgraded PSP beyond 7. Can you (or anyone) address what is 'really nice' about PSP XII that might be of interest to a photo processor? I am not interested in computer graphics or desktop publishing but only image manipulations like dodging and burning, curves, local color adjustments and the sort of things that come up turning a camera file into a finished photo. A few specific questions:
Does PSP support 16 bit images for all of its operations? For example Elements 3.0 (last one I bought) allowed local 'lasso' selection and brightness/contrast control in 16 bit but the dodge/burn tools were grayed out until you went to 8 bit.
Does PSP allow easy selection and controllable edge feathering so you can apply any operation to parts of an image as well as to the whole thing?
To what degree are layers supported?
Will PSP now accept plugins written for Photoshop?
Thanks.