When comparing Corel Draw vs PaintShop Pro, the Slant community recommends PaintShop Pro for most people. In the question“What is the best photo editing software?” PaintShop Pro is ranked 19th while Corel Draw is ranked 20th. 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 Advanced tools for a fast workflow
Symmetry tool, pages, copy attributes, etc.
Pro Efficient and intuitive UI
Pro Great for large scale prints
Corel Draw can handle large sized printing projects. You can use the feet as the unit for output size and it can still export the graphic without problems to your computer's system resource.
Pro Price is good
The no-subscription option is $449.00 and subscription is $198.00 per year.
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 Expensive
In US it costs $499, and although it's worth the money for advanced users, for ordinary users it's too much.
Con UI can be confusing for users coming from Adobe
It might need some time to adjust.
Con Windows only
