Going on a rant

Originally Posted by southernlady

Then PSP9 would work as well, cause it does deliver in psd format if you save it that way. Liz

haha...then I have just revealed my PS biased ignorance!

Btw, I love your designs. I've downloaded a couple from vb.org...trying to take them apart now But you really are skilled and I'm still too new at this. So yours are safe for now. What I WANT to do is design my own. Liz

Thanks Liz...appreciate the kind remarks! I'm sure you will do well, you have talent yourself! The hard part for me isn't designing, i's coding...that is a big wide world I'm still learning

Originally Posted by southernlady

I have seen some extremely talented artists using many other programs but because it isn't adobe, it's not considered REAL graphics.

I'm not sure where you've heard this from but graphics are graphics. Personally I think PSP is an excellent program for the money and a MUCH BETTER value than PS. If we didn't get PS at cost we wouldn't be using it right now. However PS is also much more powerful than anything else so of course people interested in the best graphics are going to gravitate toward it, especially if they plan to only own one graphics program. If GIMP was easier to use I assure you that it would be the program that everyone would switch to.