When comparing Pixel Art Pro vs PaintShop Pro, the Slant community recommends PaintShop Pro for most people. In the question“What are the best pixel art / sprite editors?” PaintShop Pro is ranked 20th while Pixel Art Pro is ranked 23rd. The most important reason people chose PaintShop Pro is:
There are quite a few tutorial videos available on Paint Shop's website for users.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Export as animated gifs
Pro Share animations as stickers in iMessage
Pro Frames and layer support
Pro Allows import/export from sprite sheets so you can edit existing artwork on your iPhone/iPad
Pro Has tutotirals
There are quite a few tutorial videos available on Paint Shop's website for users.
Pro Several file formats supported
Can read and write images in several file formats: PCX, PNG, GIF, CDR, PSD, JPG, EPS, TIF, TGA, WMF... even RAW.
Pro Custom palettes
Being able to work with a pre-defined number of color palettes, save and load custom palettes and several modes to reduce the number of colors on a picture.
Cons
Con Limited toolset
Con iOS only
Animated stickers sent to android devices do not animate on android side (animation not yet supported on android).