Lighthouse reviews Paint Shop Pro
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Lighthouse's review: If the Photoshop's too pricey, your best
bet is the Paint Shop. It works remarkably well. Includes links to other
reviews. Much of this material is published in regular columns in one of
Australia's leading newspapers, The Age.
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Cheaper Shopping
If the Photoshop's too pricey, your best bet is the Paint Shop. This
program from JASC has grown up on the Web, downloaded by countless
thousands all over the planet. The most recent version, 4.10, is
available free as "trialware", but disables itself after 30 days. You
can download an earlier version free, or get the full version by paying
$A110 to the program's Australian distributors.
It's worth it. All graphics programs have their quirks, but by the
standards of the breed, Paint Shop works remarkably well. As well as
allowing the usual effects, it supports transparent GIF images, important
for smooth page presentation. And its color management outstrips more
expensive competitors. Vitally, it includes the 216-color "browser-safe"
palette, allowing you to create graphics which won't "dither" (turn into
a visible pattern of dots) on 256-color monitors.
You can download the trial version of Paint Shop Pro at
JASC's site, where you'll also find
a useful Web Developer's Forum. Paint Shop also crops up on many shareware
disks included with books and magazines such as Australian Personal Computer.
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