Hey all- I have been using Paint Shop pro x2 ultimate for about a year now, and have been mostly happy with it, but I'm looking to upgrade. I would love to be able to use actions which Photo Shop has tons of, but Paint Shop is seriously lacking in. Also, PS has tons of texture layers and PSP is also lacking in this area. I love being able to use layers and masks. So given this information which product do you all suggests that is not seriously expensive?
PS Elements 9 is quite good, for a cut-down version of PS. Much better than previous incarnations of the software.
Buuuut, if you qualify for Education Discount, get the full CS5 version. You won't regret it. Don't worry about the "Extended" option if you don't qualify and decide to get CS5 - it has nothing useful for photography IMO (but the non-Extended version has no Education version, so you get the extra bells and whistles automatically with edu edition).
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Buuuut, if you qualify for Education Discount, get the full CS5 version. You won't regret it. Don't worry about the "Extended" option if you don't qualify and decide to get CS5 - it has nothing useful for photography IMO (but the non-Extended version has no Education version, so you get the extra bells and whistles automatically with edu edition).