Anyone use Corel products?

[Bluefish]

I've been using Corel Draw and Corel Painter for years for non-photography graphics. I'm easing my way onto the digital bandwagon and I wondered how Corel Photo Paint and Painter compare to Photoshop. Since it comes with Corel Draw, it would certainly save me quite a bit of dinero. It seems to have similar features, but never having used Photoshop, it's hard to tell.

 

[Dee]

I used Coral Draw a little bit years ago, before photography, but I can't rmember enough to draw any comparisons. Sorry!

 

[MildlyDamp]

I've been using Corel Draw and PhotoPaint for many years, too, and I've done quite a bit of photo retouching. PhotoPaint was pretty much equivalent to Photoshop until the most recent release of the latter. The most recent version of Photoshop adds some pretty nifty tools, while I don't believe that version 12 of PhotoPaint has much new in it.

If I was buying new, I would go with Photoshop without question. If you're just getting started, then I would stick with PhotoPaint until you feel you've outgrown it (which could take several years!). It's a very powerful program with tons of features and will probably satisfy most, if not all, of your needs.

 

[onbelaydave]

I found Photo-Paint a little easier to learn than PS and in a few areas better than PS. Overall PS is probably still my choice. You won't go wrong with either. Save the dinero and buy some dive gear instead.

 

[Bluefish]

Thanks for the advice everyone, I feel better already. Glad I'm not missing TOO much. I especially like the advice to buy new dive gear!