Photo Element 9 or Corel PaintShop Photo Pro X3?

Has anyone here used both these software?

I am trying to determine what direction to take and am very confused. I have used an old version of Adobe PhotoShop in the past - it think it was PS 7.

Very much a personal preference kind of thing. I have always found PSE quite a bit easier to use than PSP but that could be because of my familiarity with Photoshop.

There used to be a big gap feature wise but PSE has evolved quite bit over the years.

I would get trials of both if you can.

I used PSP years ago, and bought X3 when Corel sent me an offer for a really cheap price. For the last few years I have been using Elements and I found X3 somewhat confusing. I am sure it is just a matter of what I am familiar with using.

I have since upgraded to CS5 and love CS5, but I think Elements is an excellence program.

I agree with Dalto and try both and see what you like.

Thanks guys for the suggestion. I will download the trials and take it from there.

I think Photoshop (Elements) is more widely used. So it would be easier to find (good) tutorials.

Corel is running some really cheap offers for Paint shop Pro X3. This tells me there is an upgrade coming pretty soon to X4 or something.

René Damkot wrote in post #12584274
I think Photoshop (Elements) is more widely used. So it would be easier to find (good) tutorials.

+1

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