Re: Photoshop Elements 2.0 or Paint Shop Pro 8 ? ? ?

Apr 01, 2004 2 Replies
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if you have linux, try tucows.com, many of the free programs are good,


> with linux, unix, or mac os GIMP is very good, and the price is
> excellent(free)

I was going to chime in with the GIMP myself, but it's not limited to Linux and similar Unix-like environments. I dumped Windows some considerable time ago, but I was definitely running the GIMP natively on Windows before I did. It ran just fine.


It's a bit of an odd duck interface wise, and I will admit that the most important reason why I run the GIMP is because it's the only application in its class for Linux. I'm not sure I can see myself getting and using the thing if I still had other choices.


OTOH, it's completely free (politically, and a price of $0.00) and very powerful. It can do some seriously cool stuff, and can easily go head to head with PSP. It's not a full-blown mega editor like Photoshop, but you won't find a better editor anywhere at this price. Especially not one that runs on all three of the most common PC operating systems.

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Go to

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? click on downloads, click onmultimedia, find "Livepix". An image processing package that makes anexcellent accompaniment to a digital camera or scanner. This is a fullfeatured program, FREE for the download! I have used it quite a bit andfind it very usefull.PCPLUS is one of many magazines published by Future Publishing in GreatBritain, look at the top right and you will find a white box saying "Selecta site" click on the down pointing arrow and a dropdown menu will appearlisting the other publications, "Computer Arts" may be of interest as wellas some of the others. Barnes & Noble carries some of these magazinesdepending on location. PcPlus usually has attached a CD or DVD loaded withFree full featured software, I check out the offerings the first of eachmonth and buy the mag of interest.

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I teach a class at the RV Resort where we spend the winter. PSP-8 is the software that we use. I began at the first of this year, and am now fairly comfortable with it. It is, like Elements, a powerfull program. In either case you will spend a good deal of time learning the program. We chose PSP-8 because of the rebates at the time. Elements has a good deal more independent ionformation available in teh form of publications available in your closest book store. Also, it is my understandinf that Elements is a shorter version of PhotoShop. Being a retired newspaper production director, I can relate that the full version of PhotoShop is no easy program to learn. We figured about two years full time before someone was proficient. I digress. I am happy with PSP-8, and recommend it, however, you may wish to look into something like Picture It by Microsoft, or Photo Suite 5 by Roxio. They have a much shorter learning curve, and you can do great work with either of them. Good Luck snipped-for-privacy@aol.com

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