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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