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Post by Lynnrose on Dec 4, 2009 21:08:52 GMT
Looks like Amazon is offering this at the cheapest price...£32.97
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Post by ken on Dec 6, 2009 2:29:06 GMT
Thanks Lynnrose, I have gone for that. My Christmas pressie to myself. I have dozens of old photos to repair and print and I'm still using Paintshop Pro 7. This looks like it will make my job a lot easier and probably do a better job. I will need to watch the videos a few more times, but I think I will be able to master it in the next decade or two. It looks like they have simplified some of the features and you can get more accuracy without straining your eyeballs. I use M$ Office Picture Manager for quick fixes, but it not a lot of good if you have serious work to do. Some of the pictures I'm repairing are well over 60 years old and in not very good condition.
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Post by Lynnrose on Dec 6, 2009 16:15:23 GMT
Merry Christmas KC, you deserve it!
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Post by ken on Dec 6, 2009 18:32:30 GMT
Merry Christmas to you Lynnrose, thanks for all your hard work and all the very best to you and yours in 2010.
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Post by Angelstardust on Dec 7, 2009 17:04:52 GMT
Is it worth it for me to upgrade from 9?
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Post by ken on Dec 7, 2009 22:32:35 GMT
I think it depends on what you use it for Angel. This is a special for Photo editing, which is what I do. Anyone who is into tubes and things, stick with whatever your used to. They all do photo editing. Even version 7.0, is a big program if your not using 95% of it like me. I was teaching photo repairs with v. 7.0 and the centre changed over to Elements, as it was lighter. Both myself and my students who had learned with Paintshop, couldn't get on with Photoshop. I have even got a copy of Elements, which I have hardly used. This works in the Paintshop style and I think I can do a better job of repairing old photos with it than I can with v. 7.0 I should think you can still use tubes with it, but I think its a waste for anyone who only make tubes and dont mess with photos much. I think v.7.0 was the best all rounder they made, as Animation Shop 3.0 was part of it.
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Post by Angelstardust on Dec 7, 2009 23:49:19 GMT
I do use mine a lot for photographs, in addition to the other stuff. Doesn't this one come with animation shop then?
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Post by ken on Dec 8, 2009 0:59:31 GMT
It edits video as well as photos, but it doesn't have Animation Shop. This isn't PSP as most people think of it, it's purely a professional photographic program. You can add tubes to photos, but Coral dont say anything about being able to make tubes. You can probably get addons to do a lot of extra things, but I wouldn't bank on getting them for free. This box set also includes Corel Painter Photo Essentials 4 to turn photos into paintings. Media recovery software to retrieve images, movies and sound files, even from reformatted memory cards. 2 GB USB flash drive . Here is a link to the overview: www.corel.com/servlet/Satellite/us/en/Product/1184951547051#versionTabview=tab1&tabview=tab0 |
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Post by Angelstardust on Dec 8, 2009 7:58:52 GMT
Sounds more like an addon than a replacement for me then.
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Post by ken on Dec 8, 2009 9:30:47 GMT
Its not an addon; its a complete program, but not one of the Jasc PSP range. Its put out under the Coral name the original makers of PSP.
Although Jasc and Coral are the same company now, they make products under their own names and the products are different types of applications. That X makes it a bit confusing, people think of PSP X (10), but its PS Photo X2 and that dont add up to 12.
If your happy with the Jasc product, its not worth buying. I have bought it because it suits me for what I do. Movie Man might show an interest in it, but he's snowed under with software already. Most of the PSP users that I know, it wouldn't be any good to whatsoever.
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Post by Angelstardust on Dec 8, 2009 17:31:59 GMT
I am pretty well set up myself with a couple of Serif programmes as well and I'm quite happy with most of my Jasc stuff, so it would only be an addition to me even thought it's a stand alone.
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Post by ken on Dec 10, 2009 9:05:10 GMT
Well I got it yesterday afternoon and installed it last night. I used it briefly, just to clone out a piece of information that I didn't want to show in a screenshot I made. In the few minutes I used it, it gave me an insight into what I had got hold of. I love it already. It is purely a photographers workshop and bears no resemblance to the normal PSP range. It is much easier to use for one thing and doesn't have millions of icons that even the makers have forgotten what they do. It has got menus and sub menus until you are ready to go to work and then you have got icons for the tools you need to do the job. No matter which way you decide to repair or alter a photo, you have only got the tools you need on the workbench for each stage of the repair. Being uncluttered, the tabs to change and resize the tools are clear and self explanitory. Then you have tool tips to give advice as well, so even I can understand it. The 3 main programs, 2 small programs and the movie clip tutorials, could have gone in a bubble wrap envelope with the 2 gig flash drive. Everything was on one DVD. It came in a box with a big thick manual, in several different languages. At least the manual is a proper paper back book that is readable without the aid of an electron microscope. There are 127 pages in clear plain English. I'm very pleased with what I got for the money.
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Post by Lynnrose on Dec 10, 2009 15:22:00 GMT
Great stuff KC x
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Post by ken on Dec 11, 2009 5:38:07 GMT
I cant wait to try it out Lynnrose, but I've got a fractured collar bone and having trouble with my right arm. Been in a lot of pain since last Friday. When I'm a bit better and got a bit of time I will give it a go and show you all the results.
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Post by Lynnrose on Dec 11, 2009 8:53:39 GMT
Awwww poor you KC, look forward to your work x
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Post by Angelstardust on Dec 22, 2009 17:04:01 GMT
It looks like I'm going to be forced into an upgrade. My PSP 9 crashed yesterday and refuses to open properly.
If I go for the new one, do I get Animation shop?
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Post by ken on Dec 22, 2009 18:51:51 GMT
Why dont you uninstall it and reinstall it again. If you upgrade you need Jasc PSP 10, but I'm not sure if you get Animation Shop with that. You certainly dont need Coral PSP Photo X2 Ultimate. Its purely a photographic program, its not for tubes and animation. You can make slide shows and things thats all. You can introduce tubes into it, but Its not for making them. It suits me and MM might even like it, but I dont think Jasc users will find it much good.
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Post by Angelstardust on Dec 22, 2009 19:03:57 GMT
I will try uninstall and reinstall when I find my disk. Meantime I have PSP 7 for Ani shop and Corel PSP10 for the other stuff, plus some serif programs.
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Post by ken on Dec 22, 2009 19:46:09 GMT
I still think that PSP 7 was the best one they ever made. I like this new one, as it doesn't have all the stuff I don't use and new and improved stuff that I do. I must confess I have a lot to learn about the new techniques that they have introduced.
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Post by ken on Feb 15, 2010 18:03:19 GMT
Although its not using it for what its actually made for, all my last attempts at altering pictures have been done using PSP Photo x 2. I dont think they have been too bad, anything thats not been right is down to me and not the program. I really like it and it was the best Chrissy Pressie I bought myself.
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