PSP9 is buggy as hell, at the moment. It was released not all that long ago. I am staunch supporter of the application in general. Mainly because of it's ease-of-use for new users just starting-out with graphics. At that stage, you really do not need the uber power of Photoshop. Sort of like squashing an anthill with a howitzer, IMO.Originally Posted by orcutt989
I started out with PSP8 and am quite happy with it overall. It does not do a great deal so far as .png images are concerned but other than that weakness, it truly does the job well for me. Mainly creating XP visual themes and simple image editing/manipulation. A decent share of the well-known plugins are compatible for it and so far as I can tell, Paintshop Pro 8 is considerably less taxing on system resources, IMO. A good thing to keep in mind if you are running on a machine with anything less than 512MB ram with about half of that to spare at any given time. The installation is simple. For retail versions, there is no product ID key required. And you can even legitimately register the application through Jasc/Corel without utilizing phony .dll files.
Do not get me wrong. I would love to be able to say that I can use Photoshop CS. I just believe that the learning curve is out of my league for the time being. And for what I currently need out of a graphics application, PSP8 does the job well. And at a 90MB download, I think you would spend considerably less time aquiring it.
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