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| Photoshop ...please add which version in a post |    | 16 | 76.19% |
| PaintShop Pro ...also add the version in a post |    | 1 | 4.76% |
| GIMP |    | 4 | 19.05% |
| Voters: 21. You may not vote on this poll | |||
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I wondered what you guys thought about these three graphics packages. Which you use and which is your favourite an what your main use is for them.
I have to say Photoshop is my favourite but I did use Paintshop pro for quite a while and that is very good but a bit annoying at times. But GIMP in my opinion is terrible and very hard to use. I DO NOT understand why you have to have "the GIMP" open and then you image in a seperate window.? I mainly use these programs for web graphics and optimizing and editing a few photos. But I ain't no photographer!
Let me know what you think.
I have to say Photoshop is my favourite but I did use Paintshop pro for quite a while and that is very good but a bit annoying at times. But GIMP in my opinion is terrible and very hard to use. I DO NOT understand why you have to have "the GIMP" open and then you image in a seperate window.? I mainly use these programs for web graphics and optimizing and editing a few photos. But I ain't no photographer!
Let me know what you think.
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i like Paint.NET (freeware, may be open source but dont know)
Not quite as flexible as the Gimp but easy to use - works well as a general purpouse editor when you cant be bothered waiting for photoshop to load
Not quite as flexible as the Gimp but easy to use - works well as a general purpouse editor when you cant be bothered waiting for photoshop to load
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I use Paintshop Pro Studio for enhancements, but I have an old Windows 3.1 program from Ulead that is better than anything out there for working with images. Even Ulead employees have never heard of the program (Image Editor). Superb at adding something from one image to another. I never have figured out how to use layers!
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Originally Posted by jbennet 
when you cant be bothered waiting for photoshop to load
I have to say that can be annoying but the more you use it the faster it gets.
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The gimp hands down.
The magnetic scissor tool sucks but using bezier curves is the way to cut around images professionally.
It supports all the other gimmicks you may find in photoshop. And you can use plugins such as the resynthesizer for smart erase etc.
Amen to open source.
Whatever you might be able to do in photoshop I could match in the gimp. Fact.
The magnetic scissor tool sucks but using bezier curves is the way to cut around images professionally.
It supports all the other gimmicks you may find in photoshop. And you can use plugins such as the resynthesizer for smart erase etc.
Amen to open source.
Whatever you might be able to do in photoshop I could match in the gimp. Fact.
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I use Photoshop when i really have do something huge i mean good whatever. I have photoshop CS2 and its although damn good, but i hate waiting for it to load, so i rather use Fireworks 8, its nice for graphics for webpages. Oh yeah, it easier to and integrates well with flash. So basically i use Fireworks cause i do more work for web.
As far as slow loading is concerned, fireworks loads slow to but not that as ps, however once you get used to with that, everything seems normal
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As far as slow loading is concerned, fireworks loads slow to but not that as ps, however once you get used to with that, everything seems normal
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ive noticed the macromedia suite is slow (we have the eucation version in college)
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It isn't to slow really. Once the aps have loaded they are quick as any other program.
As for vishesh's comment - I find fireworks quite obstructive (for want of a better word) because I don't feel as free to do whatever I want with it as I do in ps. But that's probably because I don't use it very often at all.
BTW, Adobe have got a beta testing thing for fireworks 9 at the moment.
As for vishesh's comment - I find fireworks quite obstructive (for want of a better word) because I don't feel as free to do whatever I want with it as I do in ps. But that's probably because I don't use it very often at all.
BTW, Adobe have got a beta testing thing for fireworks 9 at the moment.
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It isn't to slow really. Once the aps have loaded they are quick as any other program.
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As for vishesh's comment - I find fireworks quite obstructive (for want of a better word) because I don't feel as free to do whatever I want with it as I do in ps. But that's probably because I don't use it very often at all.
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BTW, Adobe have got a beta testing thing for fireworks 9 at the moment.
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Flash pro 8.0
Now that's nice. Especially if you want to make professional looking banners.
But I still think the gimp is comparable to photoshop. Do you guys use any 3d software?
Now that's nice. Especially if you want to make professional looking banners.
But I still think the gimp is comparable to photoshop. Do you guys use any 3d software?
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