What makes Photshop a 'good program?'

[Jabroni]

What are the features that make it better than every other peice of softwre?

Why do professionals use it instead of Paint Shop Pro or owther Paint program?

 

[FOBSIDE]

thats a good question. most of the stuff i use is in both programs but im nowhere near being a pro. i dont even know the shortcut commands to get to the different tools. i just learned this week how to make perfect 45 degree angle lines. i think what may make photoshop better are little things like that. im not sure if there are scripts for other paint programs that will run and do things to batch files. thats also nice when it comes to photoshop.

 

[IaPuP]

Photoshop ain't no "paint" program.


The dynamics of Photoshop vs PaintShop are very different.

Photoshop has INCREDIBLY advanced vector graphics capabilities, using paths and the subsequent mapping of effects to paths via layers.

Paint Shop did not introduce capabilities like this until recently and they're still not as advanced.

But.... also, people know how to use Photoshop, so even if PSP suddenly released a more powerful version, people would stick with Photoshop for now.

I haven't used PSP in about 2 years, so I can't speak to its relative improvements. I like Photoshop, but I've used it since 1996 or so and I still find new ways to do things every time I use it. One of the more complex programs I've ever used.

It could use a better interface- the tool boxes still bug me. I'd love to see animated toolbars like in 3dsmax.

Eric