jeez, man, give them a break already. Nobody buys the Photo Paint package by itself. They buy the graphics suite.
YES they are a company that makes money. YES they are going to charge for their products.
NO they will not open their source.
So What. Nobody hates Loki. I think it is all in their attitude, and you have to be suspect of Corel because they are not a new company, they are part of the 'good ol' boys' network of software builders for commercial outlets. It's what they do. ATLEAST they have embraced Linux (albeit in a weird-ass way). I personally don't understand them in any way, although I do use their products.
Corel Photo Paint can do just about everything that Photoshop can do - although I think it is a tad bit clunkier in the UI than Photoshop (I have only used up to 7 though, maybe it is better now).
My biggest problem with Corel Anything is the inter-operability with the other Adobe products, as well as with Page Maker and Quark. It is difficult to go between Illustrator and Photo Paint; just as it is to go between Photoshop and Corel Draw. If you are an illustrator or print designer you are constantly using both, plus Quark - Drawing your illustrations in Illustrator/Corel Draw, rasterizing them, then bringing them into Photoshop/Photo Paint, applying filters, then export into.eps for Quark.
I forgot where I was going with this, but anyway...
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you [we] have to do more.
damnit, I wish I was a programmer.
I cannot even get passed the 16th page in Learning Perl.
damnit, damnit, damnit.
jeez, man, give them a break already. Nobody buys the Photo Paint package by itself. They buy the graphics suite.
YES they are a company that makes money.
YES they are going to charge for their products.
NO they will not open their source.
So What. Nobody hates Loki. I think it is all in their attitude, and you have to be suspect of Corel because they are not a new company, they are part of the 'good ol' boys' network of software builders for commercial outlets. It's what they do. ATLEAST they have embraced Linux (albeit in a weird-ass way). I personally don't understand them in any way, although I do use their products.
Corel Photo Paint can do just about everything that Photoshop can do - although I think it is a tad bit clunkier in the UI than Photoshop (I have only used up to 7 though, maybe it is better now).
.eps for Quark.
My biggest problem with Corel Anything is the inter-operability with the other Adobe products, as well as with Page Maker and Quark. It is difficult to go between Illustrator and Photo Paint; just as it is to go between Photoshop and Corel Draw. If you are an illustrator or print designer you are constantly using both, plus Quark - Drawing your illustrations in Illustrator/Corel Draw, rasterizing them, then bringing them into Photoshop/Photo Paint, applying filters, then export into
I forgot where I was going with this, but anyway...
indeed it can.
since version 7 I think.