Photoshop V Corel Paintshop Pro

[Andrew Bennett]

I have PSP 6 from when it was jasc.
Best and tidiest prog I ever had after microsoft image composer, I imagine XI is far superior but it will still be easier to learn and use Dawn.
Give it a go though because at the end of the day it is down to personal preference really 😀

[Steve Underhill]

Photoshop has a steep learning curve but its not a long one,
and once you get used to it you’ll wonder how you managed without it.
Its also likely theres reason it costs 7 times more than paint shop pro, and is the industry standard image editing program.
Paint shop pro is good but photoshop is the way to go if you’re serious,
it all depends on what you need it to do really.

[Alan Drury]

Don’t ignore PhotoPaint which comes with the Corel Suite. X3 introduced some very useful tools including image lab and cut out lab. Some may argue that Photshop is the top application and to be honest for very high end image manipulation this may be true but for the everyday type of work a signmaker will do PhotoPaint is more than up to the mark and for those with the Corel Suite – you already have it.
Alan D

[Steve Underhill]

I have to agree with that, photo paint is very good, I sometimes use it when I need to do stuff in corel draw just for ease of use, I’m biased towards photoshop as I don’t just make signs, I do a lot of photograph restoration and graphics work so need it really.
But photo paint is very useful too.

[Robert Lambie]

I dont use Corel but andrew does and seems to like it. he doesn’t seem to be restricted much with print or vector work from what i have seen of it being used. has some nice features and he has commented on the vectorising tools being rather nifty… i know it can be used as a sign making program but its not for me.
I use photoshop for all things print and signlab for all things signs/vector.
i rate both very high in what they can do…. signlab is far easier and faster to use than photoshop but that is because it is vector files your working with…
photoshop takes time to get your head around but i think its because there seems to be more steps to take for simple alterations. damn good program though and i doubt ill ever use it to its full potential.

heres a you tube video based on ms paint, fantastic stuff…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElrldD02if0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uk2sPl_Z … ed&search=

[John & Dawn Roddick]

Thanks for the feedback. I’m quite sure it will be a bit like the Signlab v Flexi, Cadet v Versacamm debate, where a lot of it is down to individual preference.

I’ll download trial version from Corel’s site and see how I get on.

Dawn

[Nicola McIntosh]

hi dawn 😀

i used to detest corel draw…only because ive used signlab since the day dot 😀 but since going digital….i love it, took a bit of time to get used too, but wouldnt be without it now along with illustrator and photoshop 😀

nik

[Peter Normington]

I use corel, but only because I have used it for years, and it works for me.
Signlab is getting better with its plug ins and bitmap editing, not in the same league as cs2 or x13, but suprising how much it can do with it.

Peter

[Andrew McCreadie]

Hi Dawn

Can’t really comment on corel, but can comment on Photoshop, as has been said it really depends what you want to do with it.I use photoshop nearly every single day, dont think its as steep as learning curve as everybody says you just need to get your head round layers and selecting the layer you are working on. I remember one of my first times using photoshop I did a quick project with different images on screen then tried to apply a filter to one and nothing happened, I thought this was naff but then slowly learned all about it.
I was down at the SignUK last week and sat in on a few adobe workshops – they were always busy as adobe is industry standard, dont think the corel workshop was as busy!! Also the speaker showed us some new things in AI especially the new live trace – it looked awesome 😮 maybe you should look at the full creative suite, hope this helps .
Andy

[derek longhaven]

quote Nicola Rowlands:

hi dawn 😀

i used to detest corel draw…only because ive used signlab since the day dot 😀 but since going digital….i love it, took a bit of time to get used too, but wouldnt be without it now along with illustrator and photoshop 😀

nik

Its not coreldraw, its paintshop pro they’re on about, paintshop pro used to be jasc, bought out by corel.

[Nicola McIntosh]

quote derek longhaven:

Its not coreldraw, its paintshop pro they’re on about

smart @rse :lol1: :lol1:

thats what alcohol withdrawl syndrome does to me…..the (signuk kind) 😉

nik

[derek longhaven]

quote Peter Normington:

I use corel, but only because I have used it for years, and it works for me.
Signlab is getting better with its plug ins and bitmap editing, not in the same league as cs2 or x13, but suprising how much it can do with it.

Peter

its not coreldraw, its paintshop pro they’re on about, completely different software

[Peter Normington]

quote derek longhaven:

quote Peter Normington:

I use corel, but only because I have used it for years, and it works for me.
Signlab is getting better with its plug ins and bitmap editing, not in the same league as cs2 or x13, but suprising how much it can do with it.

Peter

its not coreldraw, its paintshop pro they’re on about, completely different software

Please read the subject, I never mentioned draw, just corel
Sorry if I got it wrong

Peter

[derek longhaven]

quote Peter Normington:

quote derek longhaven:

quote Peter Normington:

I use corel, but only because I have used it for years, and it works for me.
Signlab is getting better with its plug ins and bitmap editing, not in the same league as cs2 or x13, but suprising how much it can do with it.

Peter

its not coreldraw, its paintshop pro they’re on about, completely different software

Please read the subject, I never mentioned draw, just corel
Sorry if I got it wrong

Peter

You never mentioned paintshop pro either?
Nowhere in the same league as photoshop !

[Peter Normington]

edited without reason 😀

[Robert Lambie]

derek, why not be a bit more constructive with your replies mate.
seeing as you know so much based on the software that is…

[George Kern]

Dawn,

My best advice to you is to take on Photoshop piece by piece little by little. There is no way to tackle every aspect of this software in one night, they have been developing the software since 1988…they have added exponential amounts of features since then lol so there is a lot to handle. I really would not turn my back on this type of software because of its power and just about endless creativity options. One thing I have learned with Adobe products in general…there is always more then one way to do something in their software. If you aren’t comfortable doing it one way, do it another. I would set some goals aside each night when you have some spare time…maybe only 15-20 minutes each time, but write down what you want to learn in the software, then look up online how to do it. There are millions of Photoshop tutorials. The learning curve is steep, its not easy, and the tool bar and palettes look frightening at times but the rewards will speak for themselves in the end by staying with Photoshop.

[Alan Drury]

The learning curve is steep with most software when you start out. Although I have only ‘flirted’ with Illustrator and Photoshop from my experience and from comments from users who use both, general opinion seems to be that although both are very strong applications thay are a little harder to use than Corel apps to learn. With Corel a novice could grope their way through a job as the interface is a little more intuative.
Adobe users may disagree and the above is not a critism more an observation.
Alan D