CCat
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Is the software that you use Paint Shop Pro?
I went to Corels web site out of curiosity and they had
Paint Shop Pro X. The price was $99.00. Is this right or is there another program? I was under the impression that it was much more expensive.
I noticed there are other programs also.
I would like to get into this more when I get another computer (whenever that will happen). Right now I dont have enough of a system to handle it.
What programs would you recommend to start with?
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Jasc PSP9 comes with Animation Shop and can now be found pretty cheap on Amazon. Corel X does not have Animation Shop and also even if pay for it separately doesn't have the intuitive export to AS that comes with 9. I uninstalled Corel X and haven't installed it back. However the Gimp has been compared by some to Photoshop and is free. Some artists use Fireworks too. I use a combination Photoshop and PSP 
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Heck, I'm still running PSP 7! 
I'm primarily using Photoshop now, but that's got a VERY steep learning curve to it.
A good place to look for older versions of software at a sweet price is on eBay.
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I started out using PSP 9 with Animation Shop. I upgraded to PSP X which I really like now that I have gotten use to it.
I am able to use it with Animation Shop. Hawk  told me to keep PSP 9 installed and when I wanted to send something from AS to open PSP X first and then to export AS graphic to PSP. It will export to X as long as you have X open. To get it back to AS, you close the graphic in PSP and say don't save changes and yes to update AS.
My suggestion would be to get PSP 9 as it comes with AnimationShop. You should be able to find it at a good price. Then if you like that, maybe upgrade to X keeping 9 installed so you can use AnimationShop easily.
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CCat
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Thanks All for the tips. |
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PXPX isn't worth it if you can find PSP9 with Animation Shop (not used) I'd try to go that route. I bought PSPX without realizing it didn't have animation shop. Luckily I had PSP8 which came with AS3.
Currently I have PSPX, AS3 and Photoshop Elements on one Pc
And PSP8, AS3, Fireworks on my second one.
I basically use PSE to put most of my avatars together. And really only use AS3 if I want to adjust the individual frame speeds since PSE can't do individual frame speed just one set speed for each frame. Animation Shop also comes in handy for adding scrolling marquee and other text effects. As well as Image transition and image effects applied to every frame.
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dandelion
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Might want to check cybrog's animation using The Gimp \
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CCat
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Wonderland | I did see that, really nice! Gives me an alternative and a place to start without investing anything. Thanks Dandy.
And thanks also Varlik.
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