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This program any good? I only see people mentioning up to version 7.

I have Adobe Photoshop (latest version and find it a hair pulling experience) and would rather find a simpler program for creating repaints.

Hi SaVas. I've been using PSP for many years & wouldn't be without it. I found it much easier to use than other graphics editors & I tried most of those available at the time. I started with PSP4 & graduated up to PSP7. When the free trial expired I missed it so much I went out & purchased it. Each new version is similar but obviously has various improvements over the last one. I found this took a little getting used every time I updated but not really a problem. I assume that PSP8 will be much the same. I believe that Felix has PSP7 & 8 so might be the best person to give advice on this.

PS. I think there should be a free trial version of PSP8. You could try it & see what you think. Only you can tell if it suits you.

Thanks hagar. It isn't a very expensive program, and figure if I don't like it for repaints, I can use it for something else anyway, so methinks its going to be purchased soon!

And Felix, care to leave a comment or your opinion as well?

Thanks hagar. It isn't a very expensive program, and figure if I don't like it for repaints, I can use it for something else anyway, so methinks its going to be purchased soon!

And Felix, care to leave a comment or your opinion as well?

I've been a registered user of PSP since v.1.0, when it was a non-limited shareware.

Adobe's Photoshop is the graphics industry "standard", and the Corel Photopaint/Draw suite is also powerful.  Each program has its benefits.  For my purposes, and epecially since I'm used to it, the Paint Shop Pro versions are my tool of choice.

I actually have both PSP7 and PSP8 installed.  Some things are easier/faster for me in PSP7, I do others in PSP8.

Of course, there are freeware programs that offer similar (and possibly "extra" features )  but I prefer the PSP series.

Felix, I have been reading that there are numerous bugs in version 8. Would you say that this is an accurate statement? It seems most prefer PSP 7 with the exception that its a slower program compared to 8.

I am just looking for the best in the PSP line

Felix, I have been reading that there are numerous bugs in version 8. Would you say that this is an accurate statement? It seems most prefer PSP 7 with the exception that its a slower program compared to 8.

I am just looking for the best in the PSP line

I have no comment, I probably don't use more than 15% of either version's capabilities.  Example, any alpha channel manipulation I do with either VAS-Gold (on the source file) or FS Repaint! on the compiled model.

HiSavas,
I have had all of the last 4 editions of PSP and i have ended up selling my version of PSP8.
i find 7 a lot more user friendly with very minimal disadvantages. i e, hardly any.

go PSP7
of course you should test both first.

Felix kind of worried me lol.

I just want one program to be able to make all repaints with a not so time consuming learning curve as my time is short and I do not have as much time to invest in it as I would like.

I have been reading not so favorable PSP 8 reviews. 99% of the bad ones say PSP 8 is decent but buggier than a Florida summer, and 100% say PSP 7 is the way to go. I think within the week thats what I will be getting is 7.

For flightsimming purposes, PSP8 is not that big an "improvement" over PSP7.

Have no complaints with v7

Regards,
Stratobat

One really useful tool that PSP8 has is the background eraser.  I use this in some of my repaints, when I need to take a badge (or similar) from an external source, I can take out the background in full and merge in as a new layer.

One really useful tool that PSP8 has is the background eraser.  I use this in some of my repaints, when I need to take a badge (or similar) from an external source, I can take out the background in full and merge in as a new layer.

I normally edit the background on a badge or emblem using Ms Paint. Making the area that I want to be transparent, Red. Then all you do is load the bitmap into PSP and set the transparency to Red, after that you can copy and paste the badge/emblem onto the texture

Regards,
Stratobat

I normally edit the background on a badge or emblem using Ms Paint. Making the area that I want to be transparent, Red. Then all you do is load the bitmap into PSP and set the transparency to Red, after that you can copy and paste the badge/emblem onto the texture

Regards,
Stratobat

Why not do it all in PSP & done with? It can do anything M$ Paint can do so much better & easier. Saves all that messing about. I never understood why you need to use separate programs for all this stuff.

Why not do it all in PSP & done with? It can do anything M$ Paint can do so much better & easier.

Your right... It's just the way I do it

I never understood why you need to use separate programs for all this stuff.

Well... some programs have features that others don't

Regards,
Stratobat

Just for the record, I ordered version 7 instead of 8, so hopefully I should have it in a few days, and maybe, JUST maybe I will have some time soon to tinker with it