[Petrarch of the VBB]

How about something we can all agree on.

CorelDraw sux0rs!

[Sesquipedalian]

We can't agree on that.  Corel is extremely powerful and versatile.  Unless you are comparing the most recent version of Photoshop to a version of Corel from, say, the early nineties, I seriously doubt that you can have any reason for such a claim.  Compare two contemporary versions, and you will find no basis for it.

<--- See those avatars there?  I have 75% of those avatars because of Corel, not because I am a very good artist.  Oh, and the other avatar I made with Corel PhotoPaint.

[Stryke 9]

Eh. My version of Corel is from the mid-eighties, I believe (doesn't run on anything fancier than Windows 3.1, last I checked), and I've never really used PSP much, so I might be biased as to what I KNOW I can do, but it seems to me that Photoshop is... well, it's the standard for 2D, and it's that for a reason. It's possibly the most comprehensive tool I've ever seen for what it does, and it's getting more so all the time. There's next to nothing you can't do in Photoshop if you know how to go about it, and the endless third-party plugins make up for the rest.

'Course, I use it a lot of the time for a lot more... advanced applications than texturing and Glitterato. Since I'm a photographer, I probably get exposed more to the field Photoshop was really made for- However much it is becoming a paint app in its own now, it's really supposed to be an image editing tool, not an image creating one like PSP and (last I checked, which might be fifteen years ago) Corel.

[Turnsky]

Prefer Photoshop.. though it is more expensive, paint shop runs extremely slow on mine when i'm using layers.. plus Photoshop had got more options..

[ZylonBane]

Originally posted by Tiara
I've heard too many people say "PSP is da bomb" or "PSP sux! Photoshop pwnz PSP!".

What about those of us who favor PSP, but don't talk like a drooling idiot?

[Anaz]

Originally posted by Petrarch of the VBB
How about something we can all agree on.

CorelDraw sux0rs!

if you are trying to use CorelDraw for anything FS2 related, then you have some serious issues. CorelDraw is for creating vector graphics, rather than raster graphics, like CorelPhotopaint, PSP, and PS are.

[Sesquipedalian]

Originally posted by Analazon


if you are trying to use CorelDraw for anything FS2 related, then you have some serious issues. CorelDraw is for creating vector graphics, rather than raster graphics, like CorelPhotopaint, PSP, and PS are.

Heh.  I did not feel it worthwhile to try disabusing him of his confused notions.  However, there actually is one useful application of Draw for FS2-related work: shield ANIs.  One can create very sweet shield bubbles to encase the ship image in Draw, and then paste them into Photopaint.  See the tutorial below.

[J.F.K.]

Well, I resent PhotoShop, because it is ridiculously expensive (I don't know a single person - literally - who uses a legal copy), uses way too many system resources (upgrade? are you kidding? money doesn't grow on trees ), and also hides prodigious amounts of its power beneath dozens of palettes. The entire summary of what I learnt in two years of graphics class

[Fineus]

Originally posted by ZylonBane
What about those of us who favor PSP, but don't talk like a drooling idiot?

You get ++ for logic, sanity and generally not acting like an arsehole about the entire debate

[ZylonBane]

Assertion: There is a positive correlation between people who worship Photoshop/laugh at PaintShop Pro, and people who honestly don't understand the difference between pixel resolution and DPI.

[Warlock]

Originally posted by ZylonBane
Assertion: There is a positive correlation between people who worship Photoshop/laugh at PaintShop Pro, and people who honestly don't understand the difference between pixel resolution and DPI.

[Petrarch of the VBB]

Originally posted by Analazon


if you are trying to use CorelDraw for anything FS2 related, then you have some serious issues. CorelDraw is for creating vector graphics, rather than raster graphics, like CorelPhotopaint, PSP, and PS are.

Actually I meant PhotoPaint, as it is what they have at school. However, that version is from 1995, and so is ****. I haven't used any newer versions. I tried installing PSP at school, but was smitten down by the IT technician for "Improper use of the IT facilities".

I was providing a service, for god's sake!

[Lonestar]

I use Photoshop 7 for all my Pre-design works. Sometimes ill use Illustrator for some Perspective drawings or some high vector stuff for use in flash. Fireworks is also another thing i use, in a process of other programs. I usually use a bunch together to get that best look. I dont use Paintshoppro anymore i stopped about 2 yrs ago. I found Photoshop had everything PSP did, and then some.

I agree Photoshop is a resource hog, however on a P3 450 with 512MB of SDRAM on a 10GB Drive you can run it and about 5 other high end programs without crashes or delay. It isnt so bad, worse then other but not so bad.

[ZylonBane]

I don't think anyone will argue that Photoshop is bad. But the fact is that for what most people do with it, it's like using a cappucino machine to boil water. Or a thresher to pick a daisy. Or a 747 to get the mail.

Well, you get the idea.

[Lonestar]

I hear you. Im the kinda guy who likes to go 10 miles at 100 miles an hour. However i dont use PS just to add text or simple little effects. Usually i open it because im designing an entire site. And any real designer knows the start of a website begins on a nice 780x460 canvas. No better tool the PS to do it in.

[karajorma]

well I currently use PSP at the moment cause I got hold of a fairly cheap copy of PSP 7. I`ll upgrade if I ever get to the stage where I know what half of the options do (let alone actually use them)

Speaking of which does anyone know any good tutorials for making textures in PSP? Most of the ones I ever find are for photoshop.