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Grazie wrote on 3/28/2005, 1:32 PM
This COULD be good news for PsP, which at present could be adavnced by some exceptional COREL draw tools - yeah? Anyways, we'll see.

Grazie
busterkeaton wrote on 3/28/2005, 1:33 PM
This happened several months ago. I think it happened before Paint Shop Pro 9 came out.

So far, Corel, has not abandoned Paint Shop Pro 9 and considering how many emails they keep sending me, it doesn't look like they will anytime soon.
TheHappyFriar wrote on 3/28/2005, 5:39 PM
They didn't abandon Painter eigther, but it's basicly unsuported & buggy. :( I hope they keep PSP working good.
jmeredith wrote on 3/28/2005, 5:58 PM
Received an email from Corel last Monday (3/21) regarding a special Painter IX upgrade as I'm such a valued customer - so I purchased for $199.

Today I receive another email (3/28) again because I'm such a valued customer only this time the price is $149.

Was I crazy in assuming that I could call, explain my situation and get the $50 credit?

Even though I can circumvent their stupid policy by returning the one copy and purchasing again - when I explained to them exactly what I was going to do (thinking we could save a lot of extra work on both ends by just giving me the credit), they said, "do what you have to do" - doesn't make a lot of sense to me. Hopefully they won't screw up Paint Shop Pro because it's a pretty killer program for the money.
Stonefield wrote on 3/28/2005, 6:17 PM
This is interesting.

Corel Photo Paint was what I used before I got to know Photoshop. It was an awesome product even back at versions 7 and 8.

Paintshop Pro was great because you could use Photoshop plugins ....

( Mmmm...using Adobe Plugins......nice...sigh )

....in it. I'm curious how they're gonna play the whole PaintShop Pro/PhotoPaint thing....
BillyBoy wrote on 3/28/2005, 6:23 PM
Corel stumbled badly a few years back and they never recovered. Some squables about the direction of their flagship product, Corel Draw, which also doesn't have the following it once did. Shame, they used to be a really good company, now just another also ran at best.
ReneH wrote on 3/28/2005, 6:53 PM
I'm a bigtime PSP user, have been since version 1 I think, seen it grow & improve. Very stable program, the equivalent to Vegas if I may, in terms of stability, value, the swiss knife of Photo editing prgrams out there. God, I hope they don't screw it up.
johnmeyer wrote on 3/28/2005, 9:31 PM
Ah yes, Corel. We go back a long way ("Google" my name and Corel).

Once Mike Cowpland left, they lost their way.

Erk wrote on 3/28/2005, 11:32 PM
Speaking of Photoshop vs. Corel Draw vs. PSP.... I've been using Corel Draw and Paint for a while, mostly cause I got a cheap academic version at a swap meet. But... I've always wondered what I might be missing with Photoshop and PSP.... are there reasons to hop to one or the other? I do a lot of image work, both photograph and CG, and also of course am interested in the connection with Vegas and video work.

A specific question, for example: Corel always bundles Draw + Paint, and I like that because I do layout as well as image work. With Photoshop, must one use Illustrator also in order to get the equivalent function? Speculation on the future of an application (market-wise) is always in order as well.....

Thanks for any comments. Greg
RexA wrote on 3/28/2005, 11:43 PM
Sorry, what is JASC exactly?

I have an old Corel version. Will they give me something good if I ask.

PeterWright wrote on 3/29/2005, 12:13 AM
JASC was the software company that produced PSP until the recent acquisition.

Like Sonic Foundry/Sony, they were a responsive company, and have always had a good presence on a usenet group dedicated to this software.

As has already been said, I've always think of PSP as the "Vegas" of the still editing world - full of amazing features yet much cheaper than its better known opposition.

One big difference is that, even though PSP9 is out and I own PSP8, I still use PSP7 all the time -just haven't found time to learn the new interface!