paint shop=MS paint??

[Hagar]

You guys must be experts. I prefer to stick to one program if at all possible. I can't see the point of messing around learning how to use alternatives. PSP7 suits me & does all I could ever want + plenty more besides. Been using it for years & still find new features every time I fire it up. I'm sure PSP8 has even more features.

[Felix/FFDS]

You guys must be experts. I prefer to stick to one program if at all possible. I can't see the point of messing around learning how to use alternatives. PSP7 suits me & does all I could ever want + plenty more besides. Been using it for years & still find new features every time I fire it up. I'm sure PSP8 has even more features.

I will admit that while having both PSP7 and PSP8 on my system, I do most of my painting in PSP7.  However, the straightening tool in PSP8 is helpful, and pixia has a "tornado" effect that mixes/jumbles the pixels, sort of a brushed on noise effect, that reminds me of a similar tool that MacPaint had - when I used Macs back in 88-90

The vector drawing tools in Corel Draw are more powerful, I feel, than in PSP, and of course, I use Abacus FS Repaint to deal with alpha channels and detail touch ups.

[kuplayer]

ok thanks for the replys and help i got pixia and am using the psp demo. i like psp better because when you color it theres some stuff that wont color like the fuel hole place and the door handles suff like that. my question is can you do that with pixia

[Hagar]

I don't use Pixia & have no knowledge of it. As I mentioned earlier, Photoshop 5.5 is more like PSP. [url]http://www.freeserifsoftware.com/serif/ph/ph5/index.asp?ref=http://www.g oogle.com/search?sourceid=navclient&q=photoplus5&SP=
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As with most things it's a matter of preference. I always advise anyone to try all available alternatives until they find the one that suits them.

[Steve_Dra]

You guys must be experts. I prefer to stick to one program if at all possible. I can't see the point of messing around learning how to use alternatives. PSP7 suits me & does all I could ever want + plenty more besides. Been using it for years & still find new features every time I fire it up. I'm sure PSP8 has even more features.

Hehe, Hagar, PSP 8 has one feature that I'd buy it for (and did) alone....layer GROUPS!
It has made my life, as a certified layer junkie, much less hectic.

In the pics below, you can see that I have arranged my layers into right and left groups.




I can collapse/expand each group as necessary, and of course turn them off/on as required.

Here is the right layer group expanded.

[FaxCap]

I also went on a search for a freebie painter....tried dozens and ended up using Image Forge quite a bit. I will give PSP 8 demo a shot though as it's about time I bought a paint application.

FaxCap