> -----Original Message----- > From: Mary Jo Sminkey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, December 25, 2007 12:42 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: free/inexpensive html editors/ftp software > > > I don't do anything serious in photoshop, just basic image > correction, > > cropping, and resizing. Are there any alternatives? > > PaintShop Pro is another popular graphics package in the same price > range, but is a bit more of a fringe product and has its own quirky
For what it's worth Paint Shop Pro is now a Corel Product and the latest version is much more consistent. They have positioned it has a consumer tool (with CorelDraw/CorelPhoto-Paint as the professional tools) and have kind of "fluffed it up" with a lot of photo tools and wizards. In fact the new name is "Paint Shop Pro Photo". Some of them are actually really good - like the "red eye tool" but others are "one step" tools which, while great for the consumer, might be a little canned for a pro. It also does image organization and "album-ing". Still - the package is pretty damned full featured. Full support for PhotoShop files (including layers and transparency), most color-models, support PhotoShop Plug-ins and really, truly excellent masking tools (even supporting feathering and anti-aliased knock-outs) and tons more. For 90% of people I think it's more than anybody would ever need. Of course with all that the cost has gone up - it's $90 for the full version now. I used to keep Paint Shop Pro around as a quick and dirty editor and viewer... I still keep it up to date (it does a few things better than anything else) but quick and dirty it isn't any more. It's a large, full featured program with some pretty hefty system requirements. Not nearly has hefty as CorelDraw or PhotoShop but still, small it ain't. > interface. If you want to go cheaper than these, I use ACDSee for my > digital scrapbooking work and would recommend that highly....it's one > of the best digital management software programs available for its > price, and has decent basic photo editing built in. I second this. I don't have a current version but ACDSee was always a quality app with some real brain behind it. > Another suggestion...if you've ever thought of getting a wacom tablet, > check into the Bamboo Fun. The small size is around $99 and comes with > a copy of both PS Elements and Corel Painter Essentials....the previous > version of these, but still a really great deal if you plan to buy one > or the other anyway. In the same vein also look for older versions of products that can nab you big savings on upgrades. For example the CorelDraw X3 suite is $399 full but only $159 to upgrade. PhotoShop is $650 full but only a $199 upgrade. Find any old version and upgrade on the cheap. Also check out alternative retailers - Amazon sells the full version of CorelDraw X3 for $209, nearly %50 off. Finally student discounts can be HUGE... it may be worth it to find a college kid to buy your software for you. ;^) Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:249048 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
