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It depends on what you want to use it for??
I used Paint Shop Pro (when it was still freeware!!) for many years through many different versions. I have been using Photoshop for about the last 6 years and now use it exclusively, together with Lightroom.
I use a lot of its capability but there is still much more that I will never use. I have spent many hours watching videos, doing tutorials etc and have picked up a lot, but much of it you will forget over time if you are not using it constantly.
If you enjoy learning how to use things properly then PS maybe for you - if you just want to do a quick edit on your photo's then something simpler (and cheaper) will suffice. Photoshop Elements would probably do everything you wanted.
I used Paint Shop Pro (when it was still freeware!!) for many years through many different versions. I have been using Photoshop for about the last 6 years and now use it exclusively, together with Lightroom.
I use a lot of its capability but there is still much more that I will never use. I have spent many hours watching videos, doing tutorials etc and have picked up a lot, but much of it you will forget over time if you are not using it constantly.
If you enjoy learning how to use things properly then PS maybe for you - if you just want to do a quick edit on your photo's then something simpler (and cheaper) will suffice. Photoshop Elements would probably do everything you wanted.
Thanks for all the advice guys much appreciated.. I've read a couple of reviews on both and it seems the Photo Pro X4 does exactly the same as PS (on toptenreviews.com) it won 2011 review of the year... just.. The reason it did so according to this site is it's easier to use than PS. I've used Illustrator in the past and found it frustratingly difficult to get the results I wanted swapped to Corel Draw and got better results..
Tho I've never used any photo ed software (except paint) so I guess I'm looking for something that will do pretty much everything but not be a PITA to use. MagicJ Shane have you found that PS Elements is difficult to get used to as in a complicated userface (like the old Illustrator)?
Tho I've never used any photo ed software (except paint) so I guess I'm looking for something that will do pretty much everything but not be a PITA to use. MagicJ Shane have you found that PS Elements is difficult to get used to as in a complicated userface (like the old Illustrator)?
Picasa , from Google, is supposed to be a good basic editing software - available as a free download from
http://picasa.google.com/
http://picasa.google.com/
What do you mean daveH ;)
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