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What are some choices in graphic editing tools?

Jul 19th, 2000 10:28
Matt Gregory,

Photoshop is by far the standard.  This tool has it all, including 
(arguably) the best suite of manipulation algorithms in the industry.  
It's a little pricy however and requires a decent multimedia machine to 
perform well.  The plug-in choices are phenominal.
http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/main.html
You can also get a trimed-down version (Photoshop LE) if you don't need 
all the features of the more expensive full version:
http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshople/main.html
Paint Shop Pro is arguably the least-expensive production-quality 
graphic tools on the market.  It's algorithms fall a little short of 
the quality of Photoshop, but for Web or home use it is more than 
adequate.  This tool has filter and plug-in support.
http://www.jasc.com/product.asp?pf%
5Fid=001&mscssid=WLVGSJ5JB5S92P5S00SPN10L3MLKFQV6
There are many other editing tools included with other packages, but 
most will leave your images looking amature and cheap.
You can find lists of freeware at http://www.moochers.com/index.html?
w95draw.html or shareware/otherware at http://www.tucows.com/
If you can't tell, I use Photoshop.  In my opinion if you are going to 
spend any substantial amount of time working with graphics and learning 
a tool it might as well be a good tool.