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What Graphics Software Are You Using With Vista?

What Graphics Software Are You Using With Vista?

As I have said in previous articles that Photoshop CS2 has been great with XP, but not as much with Windows Vista. I also don't want to spend the $200 to upgrade to CS3 just to make Photoshop work right on Vista. So I started looking to see what other options I have when it comes to graphics software when I finally decide (which may be soon) to go back to Vista full-time.

The first application I am evaluating is Corel Paint Shop Pro XI.

I know this is popular among many skinners going back several versions, and I also use version 9 along side of CS2, and have made many projects with it. I didn't upgrade beyond that because I didn't care for the more photo oriented direction they were taking. I have downloaded the trial and it has worked quite well with Vista. There is still a few quirks that have always bothered me with PSP, but I will work with it some more and see how it goes.

The second trial I downloaded was Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.

I found it quite interesting that Adobe released at patch for Photoshop Elements 5 to work with Vista, but not CS2. Anyways, I have Photoshop Elements 4 on my Mac and it does a great job, so I downloaded this trial to see the updates and how it works with Vista. Obivously the interface is more familiar and is a little easier to work with, but I will also give this a try for a few days and see how it goes.

So for you who are running Windows Vista, what graphics software are you using?


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I had small issues with CS2. Occationally the drawing space and toolbars woulbe become unresponsive. And some other graphical glitches happened some times.

Just upgraded to CS3 and it seem to work alot nicer.