Adobe Photoshop vs. Corel Photopaint
Thursday, December 13, 2001 by John Hamp | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
What is the best graphics package for making skins would you say? I currently have Corel Photopaint 10 but am thinking of purchasing Photoshop 6. Anyone out there have experience with both?
DavidK
Reply #2 Friday, December 14, 2001 2:33 AM
Reply #2 Friday, December 14, 2001 2:33 AM
Photoshop doesn't really add anything that Photopaint can't do. If you also have Corel Draw10 then you're all set. Use the drawiing tools in Draw and export the result to Photopaint. It's not much different than using Illustrator and Photoshop...
AJCrowley
Reply #3 Friday, December 14, 2001 3:46 AM
Reply #3 Friday, December 14, 2001 3:46 AM
I'd personally say go with Photoshop if you can. I could be considered biased though, since I've been using Photoshop for so long. I also use Paint Shop Pro, but imho after version 5, it stopped being a rich man's Paintbrush, and started being a poor man's Photoshop.
paxx
Reply #4 Friday, December 14, 2001 6:29 AM
Reply #4 Friday, December 14, 2001 6:29 AM
No, really, Photopaint is just as good as Photoshop, althoughPhotoshop is the standard in the industry. So, unless you're looking to get hired in a production company - then you need to know Photoshop or nobody will hire you - then you'd be waisting your money. I'm not saying Photoshop isn't good, no no, it's excellent, but Corel's graphics suite is just as good, it's just not as popular. I know some people who will even argue that Corel is actually better.
Frogboy
Reply #5 Sunday, December 16, 2001 11:30 PM
Reply #5 Sunday, December 16, 2001 11:30 PM
I've been using Photopaint since it started being included with Corel Draw. I now have Photopaint 10 and I must say I'm quite disappointed that Photoshop 6 has surpassed it.
Photopaint has always had a better UI for many things, it takes fewer steps for many common tasks.
But Photopaint has fallen behind in some pretty basic stuff such as being able to do quick effects to "objects" (the Corel equivalent of Layers).
In Photoshop, I can select a layer and choose blending options and features such as bevel, drop shadow, glows, etc. are all right there.
In Photopaint, by contrast, those features either don't exist or are pathetically poor and require far more steps. Take Beveling, for instance, the Photopaint version of Bevel and emboss is basically broken. It's just so much quicker to apply quick effects to a layer in Photoshop that do what 99% of users would want that it overshadows for me, the nice things in Photopaint's UI.
And Photopaint is rather buggy. Ctrl-Insert, a CUA convention, works but Shift-Insert will cause the Marque feature to go into "Add" mode and only a literal mouse click on the UI will change it back, very annoying.
Photopaint has always had a better UI for many things, it takes fewer steps for many common tasks.
But Photopaint has fallen behind in some pretty basic stuff such as being able to do quick effects to "objects" (the Corel equivalent of Layers).
In Photoshop, I can select a layer and choose blending options and features such as bevel, drop shadow, glows, etc. are all right there.
In Photopaint, by contrast, those features either don't exist or are pathetically poor and require far more steps. Take Beveling, for instance, the Photopaint version of Bevel and emboss is basically broken. It's just so much quicker to apply quick effects to a layer in Photoshop that do what 99% of users would want that it overshadows for me, the nice things in Photopaint's UI.
And Photopaint is rather buggy. Ctrl-Insert, a CUA convention, works but Shift-Insert will cause the Marque feature to go into "Add" mode and only a literal mouse click on the UI will change it back, very annoying.
LancerKMT
Reply #6 Friday, January 4, 2002 12:57 AM
Reply #6 Friday, January 4, 2002 12:57 AM
the Photoshop work mothodology is professional, thats why people who has desing studies prefer it; of course anyone can use it. Photopaint is for amateurs.
jtfolden
Reply #7 Friday, January 4, 2002 1:27 AM
Reply #7 Friday, January 4, 2002 1:27 AM
Has anyone tried Painter 7 for Windows? I use this under Mac OS X now and wouldn't trade it for anything else. I have no idea how the Win version stacks up, though. I'm wondering if Corel hasn't reduced it's efforts in the area of Photopaint 10 (which I also find lacking under OS X) in order to put all it's eggs under the Painter 7 basket. P7 might be overkill for those used to Photpaint.
deadman67
Reply #8 Friday, January 4, 2002 1:30 AM
Reply #8 Friday, January 4, 2002 1:30 AM
i,m using Corel Photopaint 10,adobe photoshop6,Ulead photoimpact6,paint shop pro and zoner draw3.
it may seem alot of programs but each can be handy to have.
it may seem alot of programs but each can be handy to have.
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Reply #1 Friday, December 14, 2001 1:24 AM