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Kathy,

Well, I can`t answer your question about Printmasters since I haven`t used it. But I`ll try to tackle the PSP/Photoshop question.

Also, remember my point of view is that of a web designer. I mainly use photoshop for designing web pages and other misc web graphics. I also do some photo editing, but not as often as webpage design. Your uses / needs for either PSP or Photoshop may be slightly different. Anyway, onward to my opinion :-)

I have been using Photoshop for a little over a year now. (Used Paint Shop Pro for about 6 years prior to that). So far, I find Paint Shop Pro to be absolutely fine and usable for everything I`ve done in web design. The older versions of PSP may`ve been worlds away from Photoshop, but the newer versions are really trying to close the gap and becoming quite powerful. The main thing I find better about Photoshop at this point, is accessibility of tools, better workflow in general, and a little more power in the vector area.

It`s just easier and faster for me to edit things in Photoshop than in Paint Shop Pro. So if a client wants me to go back and change the color of the navigation system from blue to purple, I can do it in a snap. I like the way Photoshop handles layers and vector shapes. The "smart group" feature is quite useful. Going back and editing something that is a year old is faster and easier to start up where you left off.

I guess the best way I can express it, is that while I haven`t found anything that Photoshop can do that Paint Shop Pro CAN`T do, I have found that Photoshop is more efficient in how it handles tasks and the way it presents your tools/options to you. In that essence, I find it more powerful and I am glad I took the time to learn it. It makes me a more efficient web designer in general. Plus, in the process of learning the new tool, I`ve learned a few new tricks and of course, I am still learning. I`m sure there are many things to unearth in such a powerful program.

I hope you find ths novel of a post useful :-)


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