Originally Posted by function=(dwmx)

Who said anything about buying it. When your trying to learn to use an application to build skills so that you can be of value to future employers I think paying hundreds or thousands of dollars is too much, and 30 days isn't long enough. I'll buy stuff if I use it for clients to make money, but not to learn. I think Maya has the right idea in offering a full version free developer edition for their $7000 3D application.

How do I get it without paying? Borrow it...

And by borrowing you mean pirating?

The GIMP does all of the things i need.

Ibbo

I would like to point out that I just landed a full time designer gig using nothing but Paint Shop Pro for all my work. When asked what tools I use so he could load up my computer with them he was relieved that I used cheap software effectively.

If you can get paid with any program, it's a good thing. Congratulations cptn!

When I have to do simple stuff like crop something and cut-paste I use Photoimpact. That's all I'm willing to do with it, although 2 years ago I was it's biggest fan, because Photoshop was to hard for me I couldn't see what's with the layers ... after I got it, I moved to Photoshop and it's been the "standard" for me ever since. PSP ... tried it, didn't like it.
All my work is done mainly in Phoroshop and I think my sites are not ugly ...
Each day I discover new things and love it even more.

PhotoShop, PSP, PhotoImpact heck even Paint... Are these not just the tools we use? If a designer is able to create, his/her goal using whatever program is he/she wrong? Is there are "better" program to use? Doubt it. I have seen some designers work, initially I want to say "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!?! Why don’t you do it this way blah blah blah..." until I see the result they are able to achieve. In my experience its never about the programs (tools) we use, its all about the designer.

To say all that, I do prefer PhotoShop. I have been using it for over 10 years and it’s quite difficult to drop it and go elsewhere.


Jambla

I have to say I really love photoshop. I've used several versions over the last few years and still have new things to learn. I teach using PSP, though, because it's more economical for students.

I cant work with PSP i despise it. PS all the way man

Paint and Webcanvas all the way!

--twitch

fireworks

I have used PSP7 for a while now and i think it's great, i'v never tried PS so i couldn't say which is better i heard someone say the other day that paint shop pro 9 is the new Photoshop, does anyone have PSP9?
because if it's any good i would be very interested in buying it

I took the time to actually learn PhotoShop, although it was time consuming I can now see the advantages. While PSP 9 is very good the file quality produced is sub-standard compared to PS.

timsquash5 you can download a trial of psp9 from jasc.com

Originally Posted by cptnwinky

I took the time to actually learn PhotoShop, although it was time consuming I can now see the advantages. While PSP 9 is very good the file quality produced is sub-standard compared to PS.

Ouch! Well, cptn, there is an entire community of PSP users who would strongly disagree. This is a common sentiment, however, among Photoshop owners. I wonder if this position isn't sometimes taken to justify that purchase price....

Photoshop is the best bitmap software out there.

I do like corel too...when talking about vector design.

I know people who do sites in corel..and it looks awesome as well.

Cheers,
Jan

I would have to say paintshope pro if only because i can't afford to buy a copy of photoshop! Maybe someday...

PhotoShop hands-down!

Personnly i like Paint Shop. I have used them both, but i like Paint Shop more, it just took a me day or so to get used to it.

Photoshop Rocks

Paintshop is very versatile, and allows me to do real graphics work in a very small amount of time