Photoshop and Paint Shop Pro

[yellow peril]

Hi Folks,

I'm not a regular poster here...piccies aren't up to the standard of yours......

But I could do with some advice please......

I want to register for a course starting this September. Thing is...it's Paint Shop Pro and I have Adobe Photoshop on my computer.

Are the programmes similar enough for me to do the course on Paint Shop Pro and apply the priciples to Photoshop or are they use entirely different to use?

I did do a search......but the thread went off into pirated software so I thought I'd post up for advice.

Cheers......


YP

[4hero]

not used psp myself, but there is a 30 day trial available from the corel website

[stigmundfreud]

they are very similar in theory just execution/tool layout is slightly different.

[GetCarter]

I use both. PSP is a lot easier to use and is aimed at the home market - Photoshop is the industry standard pro application. If you have the full version (not elements) it costs 7 times as much as PSP.

Having said that PSP is very good and will do 90% of what Photoshop will do.

They do have annoyingly different shortcuts - so moving from one to the other isn't a breeze.

[yellow peril]

Thank you for the replies....

4hero...will check that out...thanks...

Have decided to do paint Shop Pro course locally and the money I save (£300) by not travelling to the next town to do Photoshop will go towards buying PSP if I need it.

[Deluded]

Both are similar in the way tools work and such, just different layouts.

Photoshop is the industry standard for a reason. Think of PSP as a cheaper version of Photoshop. Does the same sort of thing and you could probably swap between the two without much hastle.

[yellow peril]

Thank you.....


I feel better now in laying out for the PSP course without thinking I might be wasting my money.

What I don't feel so good about is the fact that an advert for cosmetic surgery has appeared in my post....

I think someone is trying to tell me something

YP

[GetCarter]

I won't even mention what the ad I'm looking at wants me to buy!

[_dobbo_]

One of "those" mags is it Steve?

[chris.mapey]

Don't forget that you can buy Paint Shop Pro as a download from Adobe.

It may be useful to change the currency into dollars before paying as well

I upgraded to PSP X2 (12) for less than £30 IIRC.

HTH

Chris

[yellow peril]

Thank you....well worth a look.....

I'm really looking forward to the course now.

YP

[stigmundfreud]

chris.mapey said:

Don't forget that you can buy Paint Shop Pro as a download from Adobe.

It may be useful to change the currency into dollars before paying as well

I upgraded to PSP X2 (12) for less than £30 IIRC.

HTH

Chris

you mean Corel not Adobe

[Deluded]

I thought Jasc made PSP? They used to anyway :-)

Can you not take a Photoshop course instead? Would be alot more relevent and useful if it is graphic design or similar that you want to get into.

[VxDuncan]

Agree with Mr Carter (as usual) - the shortcuts being different is a right pain. I've been using photoshop for ca. 13yrs and paint shop pro when it was just "paint shop" on windows 3.1! PSP was always far better for browsing images, printing them, esp. multiple. Used to use it all the time. Improvements to Adobe Bridge have made PSP largely redundant for me now though. Tried to use PSP for a while at work before I got an extra PS licence - drove me mad! Everything was there, just annoyingly different, for the sake of it...

Latest version maybe a lot better though.

[VxDuncan]

Should have said...

Don't worry about doing a PSP course - you'll basically be learning process of using layers, blending modes, masking, colour manipulation etc. All of which is directly transferable to PS. Like driving a car, once you know the theory and have had a bit of practice, you can jump into another car. Just takes a while to find the rear wash/wipe!

[stigmundfreud]

psp layers = root canal
photoshop layers = dream
psp batching = sublime
ps batching = degree in computer sciences required

I tend to use psp purely for batching, its layers were a nightmare compared to ps

[yellow peril]

Thanks for the replys guys......

deluded.... I don't want to get into graphic design.....this is purely for fun.

I have Adobe Photoshop on my computer...have learnt to clone stuff (great fun) and would just like to experiment with the layering and changing colours...all the basic stuff really...nothing too advanced.

As mentioned before...two courses on offer...one is PS but is in the next town £10 per night petrol costs...or a PSP course locally just a mile away in town.

If it's as easy as just jumping in a different car and refamiliarising yourself with the controls...well..I'll have no trouble Been doing that for many years.......

I used to like it in the old days...where you bought a computer programme and a book the size of China came with it and you could dip in and learn what you want as it was required.
Now all the instructions are in the 'Help' section and they are written for people who know what they are doing.

I did go and buy a Photoshop for Dummies as my course was cancelled last year through lack of interest (problem with living in a small town).........

But now they have put both course on the curriculum and I will get on much better in a classroom and set lesson situation.

Thank you for all your replys....

YP