Wrangler Loc: North Texas

Does anyone use Corel paintshop pro x7? If so, how do you like it.

cneajna Loc: Port Angeles, WA

I use it. I like it. :) I don't like the idea of paying a monthly fee (Adobe). I prefer to own the copy I buy (Corel). However, I think it's up to the individual and what they want out of a program. I believe PSP X7 has a free trial... perhaps that would be the best way to see if it works for you.

jack schade Loc: La Pine Oregon

I have Cornell and Photoshop CC. I use them both and like both of them. I need vector files for some of my work and Corell does that conversion for me.
Jack

Wrangler Loc: North Texas

That is exactly how I feel. Some months i may use the program 50 times next month I have wasted my rent money. I would rather buy a program. I think that I would like the magic fill. When I am taking pics of the dogs, my wife constantly says, "Don't get me in the picture. "

cneajna Loc: Port Angeles, WA

Also if you buy Corel when they're offering extras (Topaz, etc) you'll get a lot more for your money. That's what I did and got a TON of Topaz's plug-ins.

JimH123 Loc: Morgan Hill, CA

I have both Corel Paintshop Pro X7 and Photoshop/Lightroom. I mostly use PS/LR and seldom go to X7. If I want some feature that it does better, I will go to it, but most of the time, that isn't needed. I also use Perfect Photo Suite 9.5. I like its masking tools better than Photoshop's.

PVR8 Loc: Raleigh, NC

I recently got paintshop Pro X7 ultimate and I like it a lot. I had Adobe lightroom and it didn't seem to be as powerful as paintshop pro X7. I am amazed at how much Corel gives you for your money when you buy Paintshop Pro X7 ultimate. The Topaz plugins, scripts and other extras combine to make Paintshop pro X7 Ultimate a viable option to Adobe Photoshop for a fraction of the cost of photoshop.

Wrangler Loc: North Texas

That's what I want to hear.

dave_roe Loc: Rome Italy

I have used Paintshop since ver 1.... and love it.

I also use Lightroom and now that 6.0 will be the dumped for upgrades unless you do the cloud and subscription I will stay with PPP X7 as it serves my needs well.

dalematt Loc: Goderich, Ontario, Canada

I use it and I love it! Apparently, it is supposed to be the best pp program now for 2 years in a row.

dalematt Loc: Goderich, Ontario, Canada

I use it and I love it! Apparently, it is supposed to be the best pp program now for 2 years in a row.

pecohen Loc: Central Maine

I've been using various versions of PSP for at least 15 years and I'm quite happy with it. I've considered a switch to the Adobe Cloud; it's a bit more expensive but my primary concern is that I'm so familiar with PSP that I suspect that my editing would suffer for a spell - and I'm not certain that the conversion would really improve my results noticeably.

Armadillo Loc: Ventura, CA

Wrangler,

I am using PSP X-6, and have used PSP since the very early days of JASC. I don't upgrade versions every year, I look for the improvements and options to see if they will help me in my processing. To date the upgrade options from X-6 to X-7 are not that great and I most likely would not see any benefit from upgrading. Normally a two version change makes the upgrade a very good option.

For someone just starting out in image Post Processing (PP) Paint Shop Pro X-7 would be a good investment. If you could compare Photo Shop to Paint Shop you would learn that Photo Shop has a very steep learning curve. There are a lot of teaching aids on the Web for both programs, but unless you take a college course for Photo Shop you will find it rather difficult to wrap your mind around.

If you are using a 64 bit operating system Paint Shop Pro will install two program versions; a 32 bit and 64 bit version, so you can run both if you need the older version. The advantage in the two versions goes to the available plugins for both Paint Shop Pro and Adobe Photo Shop. Both programs use the same plugin extensions, and there are hundreds developed over the years, but only the 32 bit versions will work with the 32 bit PSP version. Plugin developers have been lax in porting their older 32 bit versions over to the 64 bit versions.

Another big advantage in PSP is you have the program installed on your computer, you don't have to rely on a "Cloud Computer" and internet connections to perform work on your image files. Imagine, presenting a group of pictures to a client in a coffee shop, and the WIFI fails to connect to the internet.

Michael G

JimH123 Loc: Morgan Hill, CA

Not quite true about the cloud and Photoshop.

PS installs itself locally on your PC or laptop. At least once a month, it wants to make contact with the cloud to see if you are legit.

There are many things PS can do. But there are no brainer basics too. For anyone who has used Photoshop Elements, they will feel at home with the basics. There are many advanced concepts I haven't tried but it doesn't stop me from doing what I know how to do

But what I like most is the ability to work with Lightroom. I start in Lightroom and only go to PS when I need to. It is rediculously easy to do so. Just right click and choose Edit In and I'm there. And when done, the results go right back to LR. Same for many other Plugins.

Armadillo Loc: Ventura, CA

Jim,

In that case, if you take your laptop out to a client's home to preview the photographs, and the client does not have an available internet connection, and the Wireless is not available, what happens when PS tries to 'phone home' to verify its version?

Michael G