RayP Loc: New Jersey

Is anyone using this program? I've never seen any discussion and want to know if anyone loves it or wants to blow it up. I have it and the book "Paintshop Pro X6 For Photographers" by Ken McMahon and so far they're great. The book is excellent and I do recommend it.

jaygreen55 Loc: Westport CT

I've been using PSP since 2005 when I got my first digital camera. I have found it to be a much better program than Elements and a lot easier to use than full photoshop. It has a full selection of editing tools and multiple filter effects that are available a a touch of a button

I just got X6 and it is a great improvement over X5 because its 64 bit. The only problem is that the raw converter sucks big time so if you shoot raw you will need to get Lightroom or another raw converter and then export the files to PSP.

Black & White conversion in PSP is especially great. Just goe to Effects/Film and Filters/Black and white film and it
gives you a color wheel with RGB filter effects

sarge69 Loc: Ft Myers, FL

Had it for a while. Very good and powerful.

Sarge69

Rongnongno Loc: FL

As far I know PSP is a good solid program at what it does. I use a different one but I have different needs and requirements so... Look onto what you need more than what a program does first THEN compare.

dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida

Rongnongno, is philosophically correct by saying start at the needs and find a program that fits. i.e. Start at the out put need and work toward the input. You have already purchased PSP X6 and asked comments from those with experience with that specific program. And thank you for the book recommendation.

RayP, may I suggest that you bit-wise expand your abilities with Topaz programs (purchasing when they have sales contact them and see if you can get last month's 50% sale on remask.) If you had full PS I would suggest the same... Topaz does complicated PS, PSP, things at the click of the finger.

However he says he uses a different editor and then go on to imply PSP is a very limited program by using the phrase "at what it does" .... Reality is PSP X6 (especially... Ultimate) is a well recommended powerful program if you read the many reviews that Goggling yields. Rongnongno as are many in UHH, is a victim of requiring himself to be an authority on things he has not researched ... do not join his or others pseudo intellectual, pseudo authoritarian "Jones Town Koolaid" party.

You, RayP, asked, "Is anyone using this program?" Yep I am. My experience with PSP X3,5,6 is very positive and I find that I agree with reviewers that there is not much that PSP will not do that PS does. Well surly there are things but that is a bit of a CMA comment. How can any one say that there is but one god, Adobe out of fear of retribution. Same goes for saying that Sony is comparable to Nikon and Canon... appears it is superior considering the Camera of the Year awards!! Restricted go with the flow thinking is a danger to progress... same applies to editing programs.

So, to answer your question RayP, in one word about PSP X-6, EXCELLENT and a great buy at 1/10 the price of PS.

mldavis2

Corel's PSP is an excellent program. I used it years ago and had to switch to PS due to job-related issues and consequently purchased PS way back in version 4.5 which I kept up to date every year through CS6. Several of these top end editors contain equivalents to PS, feature for feature. If they lack a new innovation (content-aware fill for example), they soon add that. In many cases they contain features that PS lacks, so it's a matter of choice, not superiority.

Having said that, I agree with @dpullum that you need to determine what you need to do and then commit yourself to learning how to do it in the program of your choice. The basics of layers, curves, colorspace, etc. are the same, only the menu structures and locations of the tools you will need may be in different places or under different menu headings. (The lack of standardization is frustrating but necessary to avoid copyright infringement.) It does not work to buy a user manual for PS and buy PSP, but books that teach in a more generic manner (not menu specific) can be used with any good editor.

In addition to PSP, another good alternative to PS is OnOne which is doing an excellent job of keeping up with PS competition, and the freeware Gimp is largely able to use PS-intended 3rd party plug-ins which Adobe seems to be abandoning.

bobmcculloch Loc: NYC, NY

I use it all the time, does everything I need, Bob.

Wahawk Loc: NE IA

I have used it since the old shareware version 4.12 when it put out by Jasc before Corel bought it. Originally bought it simply for the awesome ability to load so many formats and then save to another!! Then I started buying the updates some years ago and get at least every other update and at times I will pick up the very next version if the changes are significant.

Does a lot more than I will ever want to do! Haven't taken the time to read a book about it yet, but can usually figure out what I need without a lot of trouble or time.

pixbyjnjphotos Loc: Apache Junction,AZ

Paintshop Pro (PSP) X6 Ultimate is my main post-processing program. I am a believer that PSP is all that many photographers need. It does so much for a decent price. I wholeheartedly agree with dpullum. I think you will find there is a lot of PSP users on this forum. PSP also uses a high percentage of the third part plugins that photoshop uses. Very capable program. The book you have looks like a great book. I have a book "Picture Yourself Learning Corel PaintShop Pro X6" by Diane Koers. Maybe not quite as good as the one you have but also a great book. I have used PSP since JASC version 7 and wouldn't even think about getting tangled up in Adobe software. I am still learning some things about PSP that I have never used before. Have fun with your PSP X6. Great software. Good decision.

zincgt Loc: Tucson AZ

Been using Paint Shop Pro back from Jasc software circa 1998 or '99. Excellent program and X6 is the best yet. Now 64 bit compatible as newest machine is 64 bit. Very fast, tons of plug ins available and numerous adjustments. Conversion from RAW to TIFF, PNG or even JPG is simple. Works VERY well. Write a script for the conversion you wish and adjust the file size for compression. I've had 300-500 shots convert in 20-25 min.

texashill Loc: Texas Hill Country

I had forgotten about Jasc. But I remember now, I guess that I had about the same program; probably 14,15 years ago. My camera, and cameras in general, were weak back then. It needed MUCH more PP help than have subsequent cameras. Getting that Jasc thing at least brought the images out of the shadows. But all of the tools and choices was overwhelming! After all of these years and updates, currently Pro X6, I have a procedure developed; a procedure that changes with each new camera. For example with my last camera I used "clarify" and "high pass sharpening" a good bit. But with my Canon g1 x mark ii, a lot of what I used to do make the image appear worse. My current procedure is to adjust white balance on interior shots, use fill flash to lighten up shadow, a little "unsharp mask" after re sizing. "clarify" has had a name change to "Local Tone Mapping" and a new "Adjust Fill Light/Clarify" has been added. "Adjust Fill Light/Clarify" is what I currently use the most. I didn't know that there was a book. I should get it.

Peterff Loc: O'er The Hills and Far Away, in Themyscira.

I also date back to PSP 4, I still use PSP6 for simple things, and I have PSP X5.

I also have photoshop. One of the advantages of photoshop is the sheer size of the user community, so finding advice, tutorials etc. is pretty straightforward.

4ellen4 Loc: GTA--Ontario

I had Adobe Elements 10. Got version 4 of the corel software and had it on the computer for 3 weeks. did an uninstall because i hated the program. Got the Adobe CS6 and been a happy camper ever since with the 2 Adobe programs

pixbyjnjphotos Loc: Apache Junction,AZ

I am sorry you had to get the one version (X4) That had the most bugs in it. That was all fixed in version X5 and now X6 is outstanding. I can understand why you had some problems with X4. Hope you are really happy with PS. So many people are. And there is always a myriad of PS users on the forums trying to figure out what they are doing wrong or how to do something, or where their lost pictures went. I don't have those problems with the PSP. Now you have a subscription to deal with. Have a GREAT DAY!

Nikon_DonB Loc: Chicago

Use it a lot and love it. You can't beat the price.