How much better is Photoshop CS3? (Or is it?)

[sisom]

I've just been reading this review of Photoshop CS3 (somebody was selling it on an auction site, starting at ¢G10.00, but the price has already gone well over what I would be prepared to pay), and I wondered how it was any better than PI12 or X3.

http://www.trustedreviews.com/software/ ... hop-CS3/p1

Looking at all the features, what does it do that PI12 can't do? The more I use PI12, the more I realise what an absolute bargain it was.

[sjj1805]

I've just been reading this review of Photoshop CS3 (somebody was selling it on an auction site, starting at ¢G10.00, but the price has already gone well over what I would be prepared to pay), and I wondered how it was any better than PI12 or X3.

http://www.trustedreviews.com/software/ ... hop-CS3/p1

Looking at all the features, what does it do that PI12 can't do? The more I use PI12, the more I realise what an absolute bargain it was.

It rips a hole in your pocket. Bargains on Auction sites can come back to eat you - often you end up with a piece of pirated software - or the bidding just keeps getting higher and higher so that in the end you probably pay the street value anyway once you add posting and packaging costs.

I recently bought a firewire cable so that I could connect my camcorder to my laptop. The cable cost 1 penny. Post and packing cost ¢G4.50

[sailorbr549]

I don't know about "Better" I think it is. It's a little more professional and is regarded as such. If you want a job with the heavy hitters you have to know and use photoshop. I guess that's what you are paying for.

[sjj1805]

I don't know about "Better" I think it is. It's a little more professional and is regarded as such. If you want a job with the heavy hitters you have to know and use photoshop. I guess that's what you are paying for.

Erm.... no - the heavy hitters use even more expensive stuff than that such as Adobe Illustrator or Corel Draw.

[Luna Esterhuizen]

I've just been reading this review of Photoshop CS3 (somebody was selling it on an auction site, starting at ¢G10.00, but the price has already gone well over what I would be prepared to pay), and I wondered how it was any better than PI12 or X3.

http://www.trustedreviews.com/software/ ... hop-CS3/p1

Looking at all the features, what does it do that PI12 can't do? The more I use PI12, the more I realise what an absolute bargain it was.

[Ron P.]

@Luna Esterhuizen,

Do you have a specific question? I'm curious as to why you just posted a quote from sisom?

As this is a web board sponsored by Corel, to be used to provide help for Corel, (former Ulead, and Intervideo) products, and not for competitor's products. The Rules prohibit discussions about the competitions products, so continuing this discussion thread would violate the rules.

We can provide details and information concerning PhotoImpact, but for Adobe's products you need to visit one of their forums. I also will add that the comparison that sisom is asking for is like wanting to compare PhotoImpact to MS Paint, not a fair comparison.

I do know that at some point in time, Adobe was branded as the industry standard, which aided in demanding higher prices for their products. There are several professionals that are forced to use their products, and would rather use Corel. Some have used Corel, without their bosses realizing it at first, were praised for their works, and then when they had to reveal how they accomplished what they had done, were fired. Spend sometime reading some other forums, or newsgroups and you'll find this sort of information.

Corel's program I speak about is Coreldraw Graphics Suite. It is a very powerful program, and can put Adobe's programs to shame. However just because of a name, people are forbidden to use it.

Why take other's word for products, when you can make that decision yourself, by downloading a trial version of each.

[Luna Esterhuizen]

@Luna Esterhuizen,

Do you have a specific question? I'm curious as to why you just posted a quote from sisom?

As this is a web board sponsored by Corel, to be used to provide help for Corel, (former Ulead, and Intervideo) products, and not for competitor's products. The Rules prohibit discussions about the competitions products, so continuing this discussion thread would violate the rules.

We can provide details and information concerning PhotoImpact, but for Adobe's products you need to visit one of their forums. I also will add that the comparison that sisom is asking for is like wanting to compare PhotoImpact to MS Paint, not a fair comparison.

I do know that at some point in time, Adobe was branded as the industry standard, which aided in demanding higher prices for their products. There are several professionals that are forced to use their products, and would rather use Corel. Some have used Corel, without their bosses realizing it at first, were praised for their works, and then when they had to reveal how they accomplished what they had done, were fired. Spend sometime reading some other forums, or newsgroups and you'll find this sort of information.

Corel's program I speak about is Coreldraw Graphics Suite. It is a very powerful program, and can put Adobe's programs to shame. However just because of a name, people are forbidden to use it.

Why take other's word for products, when you can make that decision yourself, by downloading a trial version of each.

Please don't be so aggressive I really do not want an argument. It was just a question asked. I quoted that I am very happy with my legal copy of PI 12. So please get off my case!

[Ron P.]

Sorry if you took my post as being aggressive or cautioning, that's not what I meant or my intentions.

I was simply trying to figure out or determine what your question may have been.
If you quoted that you're very happy with PI, it apparently did not make into your post, which would have made your quoting sisom much clearer to me.

Again I apologize if you felt that I was cautioning you, I certainly was not.

[HawaiianI]

I think I get the best bang for my buck with PI as well as user-friendliness. I haven't found anything I liked better for what it does.

My digital photographers (pros) love what PI does!

I've gotten into Painter and it works beautifully with PI, even though Painter's layer-based. I do all my prep work in PI and used to do all my artistic work in PI.

I know there is elitism with Adobe PS/CS users but I've used PI since version 4 and, even though I have Adobe CS I just don't use it.

Would love more brushes but with Painter I think I've got a dynamic duo of programs. I also have Corel Draw & Adobe Illustrator but still learning about PI, so color me HAPPY!

HawaiianI

PS. It also doesn't cost you an arm and a leg to upgrade!

[rguthrie]

IMHO they're both excellent programs! I have PI11 and Photoshop CS2. And they both have tons of free tutorials on the internet, which are not only fun to play with, but really help in learning the program. I suggest that you try the trial version for both and see what feels more comfortable to you, because in the end, the program that suits your style of interface will get used more often. I use CS2 just because I was using Photoshop before I got PS11. Again, they're both excellent programs.

[allicorn]

there is elitism with Adobe PS/CS users

Hehe, yep, its silly isn't it? Its like being a snob because you drive a Ford.

One thing that always gets trotted out to me by PhotoShop users when I say I'm a committed Corel user is - "Oh, but I can get thousands of plugins for PhotoShop".

What nearly always surprises them is that PSP will load most PhotoShop plugins right off the bat anyway.

FWIW, PaintShoPro's interface has always seemed a little more logical and intuitive to me, but I guess its what you're used to. As RGuthrie said, there are free trials for both - give 'em both a blast and see what suits you best. Just because one product gets more hits on Google than the other, doesn't mean it's better written

Alli

[Xyzzy2]

The answer is simple: if PI gets your work done in time, it's better. If not, it's not.

For photo work I use now PS, as PI's capabilites are too primitive for me.

BTW bjj, Illustrator and Draw are vector-editing programs, while Photoshop edits raster imges.

[sjj1805]

Some things are easier done in PI and some things are easier done in PS.
I use both - sometimes even when editing the same picture doing a bit in one, then a bit using the other.

Like the previous poster stated, best thing you can do is obtain trial versions of both so that you can work out what is best for YOU.