New version of PSP coming soon

[Grenou]

http://www.nulime.com/paintshop-pro-...en-mb/p1095815

Grenou

[gwpriester]

I got a press release today from Corel and they are apparently going the same route that Adobe went earlier this year with a "cloud" based membership option. I have not used Corel for many many years, since I discovered Xara, so I did not read much more of the press release.

What Adobe have done with Creative Suite 6 is make all the suite products available as "Apps" for a reasonable monthly fee. They also have a series of iPad and tablet apps that work with their CS products.

I suspect that Corel is offering the same kind of deal.

[Grenou]

Corel seem incapable of original thought, or maybe that's just my interpretation.
When they bought PSP from Jasc in 2004, they bought an excellent product, every bit as good as Photoshop in the right hands, but easier to use, easy to customize, which one can't say of PS.
Now Corel are just copying what others do.
I am very sad about that.

Grenou

[gwpriester]

In the mid-90s Corel entered into a distribution agreement with Xara. The deal was they would get Xara into US markets.

After one year, Corel stopped supporting Xara. After they had copied Xara's on-screen interactive interface, transparency tool, Infobar etc. All of these features were new to the next release which was DRAW 7.

Fortunately, Xara was able to get out of the contract and has done very well since.

[Grenou]

I didn't know that Corel had made use of Xara's features, but do remember Xara pulling out. I cheered (very loudly!) especially as the "Corel is where good software goes to die" remark in a forum, many years ago, has a ring of truth about it.
Poor PSP is suffering this indignity now. I would love to knock some heads together, but it is likely way too late.
Am still beta testing though, I hope it makes a difference..

Grenou
PS: Am not very proficient at holding my breath!

[gwpriester]

I love your avatar.

Yes, holding one's breath can be bad for your health in general.

[handrawn]

Can I just say a word here in support of Corel, in as much as they do have one excellent product and that is Corel Painter, and version 12 is much improved and Corel have put a lot of thought and effort into it.

It is a shame the same cannot be said of the current Paintshop Pro

[Grenou]

I love your avatar.

Yes, holding one's breath can be bad for your health in general.

Hehe, thank you Gary (Sir), I enjoyed making it, not in PSP, but in Xara :-) With the avatar needing to be small, I need to explain that the dot in the camera lens is a birdie..
I love your brain power, any spare bits going, erm.. spare? I could do with a large chunk!

Grenou