photoshop has million features. and used by a lot of professionals. photoshop has my vote. but it can be just too much for some people. paintshop pro is also very good. its easier to use. its good for beginners. if you want to do logo design and website graphics or touch up images, painshop pro is very good too.

Phoootoshoppp definitely. i'm too poor to afford either but thats all right. i used photoshop once, and it's a lot more professional and easy to use, and it creates better look designs =] but i use GIMP and it's almost the same, but i'd still say photoshop was better, but as gimp's free............i think they're giving you a pretty good deal considering it's free and photoshop's like 100$

Photoshop for sure, i've used it for many years now, all versions from 6.

photoshop. all the way. a great program to edit images with (probably the best one) and the only one i know how to use :\

Haha I'm one of the two that vote for PSP.

I voted for it because it's the only one I can use and because Photoshop confuses me almost all the time and I don't have it anymore soooo PSP is my number 1.

I don't disagree that it is a level lower than PS though, that part is true : )

Gimp, to me, is better than PSP and free. The thing that really draws down GIMP is the lack of plug-ins like there are for Photoshop. There are several attempts to create knock offs, but overall the quality of Photoshop is just so much better and has so many more plug-ins to create many different things.

I mainly use Photoshop for creating textures to use in 3D animation programs. Photoshop 6 still does everything I need, so I am hard pressed to spend the money on the upgrade. I am sure when I move to OSX-Intel in a couple years, I'll get the latest version then. But for now...

The major problem I had with GIMP was that it didn't really show any improvement from 1999 to about 2003. In that time Photoshop went from version 4 to 7 and had a lot more features added that were useful and great additions while GIMP remained pretty stagnate. That hurt GIMP a lot in my book.

Now GIMP has picked up steam and there seems to be a much better developers community and much more activity. GIMP is getting better with more options all the time and I could see a day when I go with GIMP and not need Photoshop if there are a couple GIMP plug-ins that are comparable to the ones I use now.

I voted for Photoshop, cause I never used PSP) I can't imagine my life without my fav. Photoshop CS. It's easy to learn and to use. It has everything that is needed for doing the graphics. But, one of my friends uses PSP, and he does really great things with it. He's an wonderful artist, and his works are stunning. It's easier for him to use PSP. What I'm trying to say is, everyone uses the program that is more convinient. I think people can't say that one program is better than the other one. Each of them is good itself I think.

photoshop definietly for me. They have much better functions and heaps of updated versions. It's pretty easy to use as well with plenty of tutorials and willing people on the net that would teach you how to use the program. Paintshop just isn't the same! It doesn't have the same vibe as photoshop

Yes, I agree. I used to swear against PS because I used PSP, I soon switched over and would never go back.

Definetly Photoshop. What I like about it is that both professionals and amateurs can use it to create decent works. It has a lot of features and is used by just about any graphics designer.