7 is better than 6 (Paint Shop Pro 6.0)

Member Name: Face2001

Product:	Paint Shop Pro 6.0
Date:	15/12/00 (136 review reads)
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Advantages: Easy to use, animation shop as well, new filters etc

Disadvantages: none

I have downloaded the beta version of PP7, it's a brilliant improvement, I look at 6 and I realise how basic it really is compared
to 7. Maybe its because they have dramatically improved the selection tool, with loads more shapes, maybe because the raster
vector tool has dozens of pre set shapes,or that the browse feature(a brilliant tool) is faster or just maybe that the the colour fill
and textures are miles more manageable than 6 -it actually reminds me of Fireworks 3. The text tool has different inside and outside colour and texture options. You can now use draw arrows (like MS.Word) and choose from different types of pre set lines etc.
In fact I think its because there are now lots more effect filters and more options to edit pictures with.(e.g. light filters, ageing newspaper filters)
But the best part of number 7 is that the animation shop has a far greater range of transitions and image effects(morph, page turns, all the Microsoft Powerpoint transitions), making it a very very
decent animated gif & banner tool (the compression is still not good enough though,use Fireworks3 to compress animated
gifs/jpegs etc).
It has everything you could need to design for the web, its a quarter of the price of photoshop, there are loads of web sites and tutorals on the web to help you use Paint Shop Pro.(e.g. psptips.com)
I recommend you go to jasc.com and download a copy at once!

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