If you don't use it why?

I use it for everything I make, and sometimes I wish it had just a little more of whatever but it seems to make good graphics.

The reason I ask, I see a lot of discussion about dreamweaver, photoshop, etc. but nothing about PSP.

GR

I know I can be more productive in less amount of time with the features Photoshop has compared to PSP. This is important if you are meeting deadlines.

Another reason I attribute to boosting Photoshop's popularity is its better features for producing web graphics and web optimization. Although Imageready is not as good as Fireworks for optimization (my opinion). This is another major reason that Photoshop is used more.
You have to admit that PSP is very weak when it comes to making great quality fast loading graphics.

...just my 2 cents

I'm an old networking type person and just started about a year ago building websites in my pastime. Since that time I have become pretty good with PSP (at least I think so) for text graphics and such. Maybe I will find a little extra cash and give Photoshop a try.

Thanks for the input.

But most of my use is resizing and adding text to graphics, not creating them from scratch, so I give it a THUMBS UP.

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You have to admit that PSP is very weak when it comes to making great quality fast loading graphics.

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Me agree that Photoshop is numero uno sir, no question about that.

But, could you mention precisely what Photoshop can do that PSP cannot do, besides coming bundled with plugins/filters.

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But, could you mention precisely what Photoshop can do that PSP cannot do, besides coming bundled with plugins/filters.

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I'm pretty sure you can achieve the same results with PSP as with Photoshop. It would take you allot longer to do it with PSP though, and time is money.

I mean, it has vector and raster support for text and objects, it's got some nice filters/effects, it's got shapes/tools galore, it's got multiple undo's, it's got layers, it's got most everything that is needed to edit ANY images.

I am accustomed to using PhotoShop, but I honestly am also going to purchase PSP since I am so impressed with it.

Graphic design is not about "who has the most filters/effects" since most of those things are abused anyway. I believe that 'clean' design doesn't need too many excesses, I will not continue to upgrade to future versions of PhotoShop if PSP is putting out such a top notch product that seems to possess everything I need.

However, if I am missing something that would urge me to continue upgrading PhotoShop in the future, please point it out below in the form of a "list" of things that cannot be done in PSP that are mandatory for every web site design (and that can be done in PhotoShop).

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Please fill in the blanks above with missing options, I am looking for a reason to continue upgrading PhotoShop since I do love it, but it just seems to me that the new verion 7.02 of PSP has everything I use in PhotoShop. Maybe I am missing something though.

[This message has been edited by I am illiterite (edited 07-22-2001).]

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… that cannot be done in PSP that are mandatory for every web site design (and that can be done in PhotoShop).

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Mandatory? Every design? Gee, you wouldn’t try stacking the deck on us, would you?

Many people write their HTML pages with Notepad, and it’s quite “possible” to do it from a DOS prompt without using an editor at all. Those who are concerned about production and who value their own time, however, usually find better tools. Because, sometimes, it’s not about just what’s “possible.”

Disclaimer: I’m not particularly fond of either program.

I am and have been a loyal PhotoShopper myself, and I may continue to be.

It's just that I have never used PSP until the other night (since 1998), and I was "expecting" some second rate hand me down type of program like I saw in 1998.

But I was blown away at what I could do. As you made your point Ron, I agree there is no defintion of what is mandatory in "every web site design" (I should have said "typical web design" but worded it wrong).

Anyway, I guess what impacts me most is that I and most people here have been buying Adobe's steep priced products for years, Illustrator, PhotoShop, Acrobat(writer), etc.

But I always thought there wasn't even anything close to Adobe's products.

I think either PSP should raise their price or Adobe should raise their product to a level far beyond any other product to justify their overpricing.

Back in 1998 Adobe was 10,000 light years beyond PSP without any doubt (PSP sukkkked the big-one bigtime back then), but Adobe has been sitting on their hands letting themselves almost be caught up to and I personally find that insulting.

I'm done with my Adobe rant

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I think either PSP should raise their price or Adobe should raise their product to a level far beyond any other product to justify their overpricing.

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I remember the innovative step between Photoshop 4.0 to 5.0, but from 5.0 to 6.0 it was more like we need a new product so lets move some things around and change some keyboard shortcuts to make life "easier".

They need to get in gear, it seems like they do a good job of making the high end features like layer masks and levels but they waste peoples time by leaving out the simple things such as a rounded rectangle marquee, I would also like to see a triangular marquee.