PSP - V- Adobe PS/CS

[AnnaKirsten]

I LOVE PSP! I recently carried out a survey on another site to find out what advantages/disadvantages there were between PSP and Adobe PS/CS.

Do you know, there was hardly anything in it - except the cost!

People who had used both programs said that really it depended on what you were used to using in the first place, and that both programs have more or less the same facilities all round, although they might be called by different names.

The main difference, for whatever reason, is that PS/CS is the Industry Standard! The slight advantage over PSP in this respect is that there is more compatibility in specific additions, such as certain filters or tools, or even brushes, simply because it is the Industry Standard. It is, however, possible to get most of these with PSP compatibility. There is also a converter program available to convert from the psd format to the one used by PSP for brushes etc.

The main disadvantage of PS/CS is its exhorbitant cost!!!

I have PS/CS on my own computer, as well as PSP8, and by far prefer the user-friendliness of PSP. The version I use is the Jasc Power Suite which includes PSP8 complete with Elements 1 & 2. An excellent package! There is also the photo album that goes with this package, but I don't in fact bother with that.

Having just looked at Jasc's site, it appears that we now have PSPX out. I could not, however, see any advantages worth looking at unless one uses the Phot Album facility and one is entirely into editing photos, which I am not!

There is also incompatibility between PSP8 and 9, so obviously would be with X also. That is to say, a tube saved in any of the upper versions is not back-gradeable unless it is saved in the format of an earlier version in the first place. I also found this with ver. 8 - I have to save as an earlier version if it is to be compatible with 7, 6 or 5.

Anyway, these are just some things I found out and thought them worth passing on...

[classylady]

Interesting isn't it, like the work I do psp is all I need for letters, post work etc, frames when I decided I need new ones lol masks, brushs for me I'm used to it and used the animation shop a lot.

Now if your talking to someone who does things for Poser they all use Photoshop for final tweaking, or even making backgrounds they say they can get a better final image. I could never see much different myself we do have adobe PS7 Ron has psp 7,8,9 and the new onexp as far as difference I have no idea a lot of people who have tube sites still stay with 7 for that.
I don't think Ron has noticed any difference between 9 and xp You ought run a poll here would be a great way of also finding out who use what and what they are used for.......

gotta run talk soon
Carolyn

[AnnaKirsten]

It really would be interesting to know how many people here do use PSP as opposed to PS. To be honest, I cannot agree that better results are obtained by using PS - it just depends on what a person is used to using, and therefore how it is they get their better results! At least that's what I'm led to believe..

Not sure who the moderator is for this particular forum, but I guess it's up to them if they want to run a poll. Seems a shame this forum isn't used a little more than it is.

Goodness, if people had PSP hints and tuts to share, this would be a good place for them to go. Unfortunately I can never put into words how I do anything, other than an overall resume - could never write tuts out in easy steps for others to follow.. I'm sure there are some people who could, though..

Same with the other programs in their appropriate forums I guess.

[ppetersen]

I haved upgraded all the time. I didn't like version 8 from 7 and used both on the comp. Once I got 9 I found a whole new world opened with the addition of the various painting tools and brushes (you can use the ones from 8 in 9 and save in a seperate folder) I like the ease and inexpensive price of PSP as I do upgrade and that is quite low (49$) as I always have it shipped.

It's true, that its all what you are used to, but I did find when I first began to use the computer that PSP was much easier to understand than PS as I am a visual learner and tend to fiddle with things till I have it mastered.

I also have found that PSP now is compatible with many of the plugins out there and I always use it to tweak my TG pics if needed using the various photo adjustments.

Again it was the price that got me and something to look into when you want to recommend a good art program at an affordable price. :)

[classylady]

That is what we do Pat, Ron keeps them up and he does use the newer versions , for me like I said I use 7 only because when I do use it I'm normally in a hurry to get a ton of new stationery out for me to learn another version probably would be xp... what I fine most who have tube sites still use 7.... as for PS and PSP we have both for me I can't make heads or tails of PS yet a lot of people really enjoy it.. Time I guess I'll have to change. lol I just don't want to take time away from playing with the art programs....now that is bad huh lol

[shadowwalker]

I have both also,and I think I use PS once in a blue moon and use PSP daily. Personally I find PS to be clumsy and the controls not to be as friendly as PSP.I think this is mainly because I have used PSP longer and by the time I started using PS, I was already used to working with PSP.PS does have one feature that I dont currently have on PSP and that is lens flares,but I am sure that I simply haven't found a plug in for this feature yet.I use a Dreamworks studio plugged into PSP which I am very happy with,unfortunately the other packages I had were trial and ran out of time and I havent the chance yet to purchase them. I also havent used the tubes much, but have found them in large abundance and have quite afew.I am using PSP7 and frankly am not sure if I want to upgrade or not. There was a great leap between 6 and 7 which was worth it,but 8 didnt seem worth the purchase for the feature difference. I have yet to really look into the difference between versions 7 and 9.So I would be interested in hearing or seeing the info on this.

[AnnaKirsten]

Hi Shadowwalker,

Firstly, a very good filter plugin that includes lens flares is Filters Unlimited available at www.icnet.de . It isn't free, but it's not expensive either (£24.95 GBP). Once you have it, you cand download hundreds of other filters to add on, and also make your own and save them into it. I think it's an excellent feature, and it's both PS and PSP compatible.

Secondly, I upgraded from PSP7 to Jasc Power Suite, which included the full version of PSP8, Animation Shop, Paint Shop Photo Album 4 and Paint Shop Xtras 1&2. Over here it was valued at £160 and I got it on special offer at £58!!! (Sorry not sure of the exact conversion rate into USD.) Thing is that this gave me a huge resource of filters, effects, and all sorts of extras besides the program itself. (I don't bother with the photo album though!)

I did try out Version 9, but found that all the tubes made within it were incompatible with the lower versions and also less comprehensive, but the main thing was that it didn't contain any of the stuff I have with Version 8, and it was jolly expensive taking that into consideration! I believe we are now onto version X, but I'm so happy with what I have now that I really don't want to go any further than that. Of course Corel have taken over from Jasc too, which means that just as in the old days of that awful WordPerfect program, there are back-tracking incompatibilities with PSP in any case. It really is rather like starting over in many respects.

Be warned, too, even going from 7 to 8, the layout is different and takes some getting used to. I found version 7 to be extremely good in actual fact.

The only problem is that I suppose eventually, if we don't try to keep up to date, it will be more and more difficult to get addons and plugins that are still compatible...

On another aspect.. As you use both PSP and PS I wonder if you would be able to answer my question in the separate string as to the equivalent names for the tools in each program?

[shadowwalker]

Over the next couple of days, I'll see if I can write down that info. It will probally help me re-aquaint myself with PS,since I get rusty by non usage.I am more than happy to help,I'll post it on the other thread as soon as I can.In the hopes that someone can benefit from the info as I have from everyones input.Its nice being around caring people that don't mind sharing information and tips and the such.

[AnnaKirsten]

Oh fantastic if you could do that, Shadowwalker! That would be a huge help for many, I'm sure! Certainly for me..