Wonderfull program for the home user (Paint Shop Pro 6.0)

Member Name: thepanther

Product:	Paint Shop Pro 6.0
Date:	10/11/00 (138 review reads)
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Advantages: Relitively cheap. Lots of usefull features

Disadvantages: Still not the top of the range package.

I dont buy many Applications due to the sheer expense of them, but this one lept out at just the right price. I have my own WebSite to look after and so some sort or art package is certainly required. While trying out all the shareware versions of these programs, I got to like Paint Shop Pro.

At first this program struck me as being an art package, a sort of far superior version of MS Paint for instance. But after using the program for a while I discovered there is so much more to it than that. There is capability for vector editing and layered drawings. There was all the things I find in the more expensive programs.

While playing about with designs for my website I often find myself playing with all the affects and deformations you can do to the images. There are loads some with really striking effects. There are things such as wind or motion blur, also effects that make your image look like its jumping out at you etc. Well worth a look round.

Other usefull things in Paint Shop Pro are the batch conversion which can change a number of files into a specific file type such as Jpeg, in one go. This is usefull for me when I want to use them on a website because IE only recognises Gif Jpeg and BMP, this means pictures in any other format have to be changed.

The other usefull thing is certainly the capture feature. This allows you to capture anything on your desktop, except DVD's of coarse or they will show up as black. Then you can use the caputered image for anything you like.

All round a great little program well worth the money if you need a usefull drawing package without too much expense.

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