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    Default Paint Shop Pro, after a 20-year vacation, should I?

    First, Happy New Year to all. And, for 2024, thought I'd see what new features are in Paint Shop Pro these days, since I am still using the old JASC version 6. Well. Even better, OMG! From Corel this time around. So many new tools! Auto background replacement! And their basic version, which has everything I'll ever need, is only USD $80. Probably same as I paid for PSP 6 back when, with inflation.

    So tell me. Is anybody using this new Paint Shop Pro? Is it as good -- as useful -- these days, as the old one used to be? And please don't recommend Photoshop... I still have old version 7, and stopped there because their next version freaked out when I brought in a dollar bill image. À bas l'Adobe!

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    Default Re: Paint Shop Pro, after a 20-year vacation, should I?

    I would suggest Affinity Photo. Less cost and less overhead. I used to use an older version of Photoshop before they initiated their subscription. But the old version did not support a 4K monitor. -sigh But the Affinity line of products is well designed, well supported, and well worth the modest price.

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    Default Re: Paint Shop Pro, after a 20-year vacation, should I?

    PSP 32bit version I keep on my desktop because it has a twain interface and I scan a lot, and like you say it didn't break the bank

    64bit programs don't seem to have twain, I think because there are no [reliable] 64bit twain drivers, printer/scanner manufacturers seem to have stayed 32bit by and large

    but even then windows has it's own [fax and] scan software built in which I now find suffices most of the time unless I specifically want my scanner twain options

    I had jasc 9 back in the day, ahead of it's time, but I never liked Corel PSP as an editor; affinity photo is good, there is of course a learning curve...
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    Default Re: Paint Shop Pro, after a 20-year vacation, should I?

    The last time I used Twain was when I had a 256 color monitor.
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    Default Re: Paint Shop Pro, after a 20-year vacation, should I?

    that would be a while ago

    of course the best way, especially if you are copying things like pencil is to photograph... but I appear to have mis-placed my process camera...

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    Default Re: Paint Shop Pro, after a 20-year vacation, should I?

    Wow PSP, I've not heard that program name in years. It used to be a favourite giveaway with computer magazines.

    I've now gone down the Affinity route but tbh don't actually use Affinity Photo that much (no particular need). I can confirm however as handrawn mentioned, to get the most out of it, there is a learning curve (as PSP will also have no doubt). A good thing though is there's a ton of tutorials available, both official and by experienced users.

    If you are serious about photo editing AND organising collections of photos, ON1 Photo RAW is a great (non-subscription) alternative to Adobe Lightroom. I think it works out around $20 more than PSP.
    Jon (Jono) Xara Photo & Graphic Designer 19.0.0.64329 DL x64 May 19 2022

 

 

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