Photoshop vs Paintshop - difference?

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    Can someone explain to me the biggest difference between the 2. I have been using Paintshop, simply because it was less expensive, but I see everyone uses Photoshop and I would like to know why.

    Thanks!
    Cher
     
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  2. Amsterdam

    Amsterdam Well-Known Member

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    Photoshop is considered to be the 'industry standard' for professional web developers and a good working knowledge is a big advantage.

    T
     
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    Never heard of paintshop before till now, have been using paint, and photoshop most of the time.
     
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    You should give Gimp (gimp.org) a shot. Gimp is a rip off of Photoshop and 100% free and legal. It is layed out almost identical and just has different names. If you are wondering what you are missing try it and see for yourself :)
     
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    Interesting thing about gimp will try it out myself too.
     
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    photoshop is the industry standard photo and graphics tool, paintshop is a good replacement if you are on a budget
     
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    Sounds good.So what's better,Gimp OR PS?
     
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    PhotoShop is probably more powerfull although I have not had time or the ability to know for a fact. I started out using Gimp because it is opensource and just recently got photoshop. I'll see how it works out.:)
     
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    The biggest difference is the price tag ;)

    Other than that its just little differences here and there
     
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    Photoshop is more powerful just because every tutorial ever written is for it. GIMP is similar, but you kind of have to know the tools to get threw a Photoshop tutorial. None the less, it is Open Source and as close as you can get to Photoshop. If you are thinking about buying Photoshop I would try GIMP out first and see if you like it.
     
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    You can download a free trial of Photoshop to see what you think. If you are going to be a professional web designer it's useful to have Photoshop because it is industry standard and people can send you photoshop files.

    Rgds

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