When comparing PaintShop Pro vs RawTherapee, the Slant community recommends RawTherapee for most people. In the question“What is the best photo editing software?” RawTherapee is ranked 11th while PaintShop Pro is ranked 19th. The most important reason people chose RawTherapee is:
RawTherapee community maintains a wiki called [RawPedia](http://rawpedia.rawtherapee.com/) that covers everything about the software from top to bottom.
Specs
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Pros
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.
Pro Excellent docs
RawTherapee community maintains a wiki called RawPedia that covers everything about the software from top to bottom.
Cons
Con Windows only
Con Mac version is unstable
Con History is lost when opening a new image or closing the app
History resets as soon as you open a new image in the image editor. A fix for it is planned in a future update.