Quote Originally Posted by Photo-John
If they had all the functionality of CS4 there would be no reason to use CS4. There's a reason people cough up the big bucks for the full version of Photoshop. It has no competitor.
I'm currently learning CS4 because it is the industry standard I.E. what everybody else uses but I have to tell you, I haven't found anything yet that CS4 does that PSP does not, and VERY FEW things that CS4 does marginally better. I think the reason most people cough up the big bucks for it is the same reason people are beating each other over the head at Toys Я Us to get one of those stupid hamsters this Christmas, everybody knows a guy that knows a guy that heard from a pro that nothing else compares, and very few actually know anyone that has taken any real initiative and compared them. I've used PSP for about 10 years now. You tell me what Photoshop can do, and I'll tell you how to do it in Paint Shop (except of course saving in .DNG format, although it can save in .PSD )