I think they are both great programs and they will do the job very well if that is your choice. Since trying them both out I have migrated to LR for the bulk of my PP and again use PS for special needs.ĭoes this mean that I don't like PSP and ASP2? Not at all. I mean at $10/month it was a no-brainer for me. I just used PSP for special needs like removing something from an image that was complicated or advanced image processing.īut a few months ago I decided to try the CC version of PhotoShop and Lightroom. I found it to be pretty simple and straightforward to use and worked well for 95% of my PP needs. In fact, it seemed pretty zippy to me.Īfter a while, I bought AfterShot Pro 2 from Corel and liked it even better than PSP. The downside for me, which will be an upside for you, was that PaintShop Pro was SLLLOOOOjbcohen wrote: There's some organization and terminology differences that are easily overcome with just experience. Many of the tools are the same, my Photoshop plugins (Topaz, Portrait Professional) all say they're compatible with PaintShop Pro. It's very much like Photoshop and has layers (very important for me). This isn't much different than my CS6 checking periodically to see if my license is valid.Ī couple things stuck out at me when using the PaintShop Pro trial. The way I understand it, the software for Photoshop CC is still installed locally on your computer (just like CS6) but CC just checks periodically to see if your account is all paid up. I currently use Photoshop CS6 (the last non-cloud version) and have tried the Paintshop Pro trial version (X7, I think). I have personally used PaintShop Pro but not Photoshop CC so I can't really comment. I would like to hear from anyone who has used both software packages about which one they prefer and for what reason.

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