Corel Draw x3 Vs. Adobe Photoshop CS2 Vs. Whatever

Which graphics suite is best overall?

from JoeUser Forums
I am just starting to use DesktopX and am unsure which graphics suite would be best to facilitate the design and creation of various objects and background images for logons and desktops, etc. It seems that for picture manipulations, Adobe may be best, but I also want to try my hand at designing things too ... and it may be that Corel is best suited in this category? It may even be that there are other alternatives out there that I am not even considering at all (yet). Any help or guidance from users of these kinds of graphical suites would be greatly appreciated. Thank You. Michelle Ps-I have a couple of weeks in which I am going to be able to purchase Adobe Photoshop CS2 from Adobe for less than half price ... which has prompted me to try and make a rather quick decision.
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Reply #1 from JoeUser Forums Top
It's not necessarily a substitute for commercial paint programs, but make sure you check out the freeware Paint.net and install the plugins. The Codelab plugin has lots of example code and lets you program your own plugins. Some C# knowledge is required, but you can start by tweaking the existing examples. You can do some truly amazing textures.

For 3D stuff try freeware POVray and use the beta modeller Bishop3D with it. Great quality 3D for free. I prefer it to Blender. I purchased Truespace, but find the interface is often confusing.
Reply #2 from JoeUser Forums Top
My goodness, what a quick response. Thank you ever so much. I am going to investigate all your suggestions asap. Michelle
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