On Mon, 31 Dec 2001 02:15:26 +1100 Des Paroz wrote:
>Consider Photoshop Elements. PSEL is targeted to photographers, and has
>most of the features we would use regularly, at a fraction of the cost
>of Photoshop Pro (PSP).
>
>PSP is really targeted to the high end - graphic artists, art directors,
>etc.
PSP is the common name for Paint Shop Pro, not Photoshop, a competitor. It
confuses the issue to call Photoshop by Paint Shop Pro's name. I use PSP
7, have found it to be just right for me, and it is a fraction of the cost
of Photoshop. PSP's publisher, JASC software, sells it for $99 online at
<>, although I see it in the retail stores frequently
with a $30 or so rebate from that price. I would say it is targeted more
at photographers than Photoshop, although it approaches the capabilities of
Photoshop, and has lots of graphics tools. However, the learning curve
isn't as steep as Photoshop's.
Someone also said Paint Shop Pro doesn't support color management, which is
dead wrong. PSP has full support for color management. In addition to
being able to install color management for any defined monitor, one can
make the image on the monitor appear to emulate the printer in use, or both
the monitor and printer emulate the color output of any third device. This
is all done with standard Windows ICM files.
I haven't used Photoshop Elements, but I have used all the other "mini"
Photoshops and have them to be quite crippled, compared to PSP 7, and
certainly compared to their parent, the full version of Photoshop.
- Rick Housh -
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