Corel's Paint Shop Beauty

Advantages: Affordable, massive range of tools, accepts many Photoshop plugins, easy to learn
Disadvantages: It's not Photoshop.

...I've been using Paint Shop Pro since around 1998/9, when PSP5 was out. Since then, it's been through many different upgrades, and I've learnt much about photo and image editing along the way. Until version 10, or Paint Shop Pro X to give it its proper title, the software was developed and sold by Jasc. From version 10 onwards, however, it has been part of the Corel family of software, alongside the likes of Corel Draw and, of late, Winzip. From version 11 onwards, the software gained the word 'Photo' in its title, becoming Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo XI. It's impossible to give a review that covers absolutely everything about a product like Paint Shop Pro. Certainly, I doubt there are many people in the world who could claim to use everything it has to offer confidently enough to give a worthwhile opinion. I'll try my best...

sexyjw 06.11.2007 · Read review
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Review of Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X2

Top draw,

Advantages: re usable drawing mat
Disadvantages: ?

...Tomy aqua draw, Guess what I bought Adrian? Yes an aqua draw. Tomy Aqua draw is a mat 90cm x90cm it is double skinned the bottom layer a blue waterproof fabric the op layer a white close weave material. There are two water pens that come with the mat these are filled by removing the nib and filling with water from a jug. Yes all that is needed to draw on this mat is water no ink involved. The mat has a border around it with pre printed numbers and letters there are pictures, which relate to the letters too. The letters are large and drawn double so that you can copy the letter inside. These are very good for practicing early writing skills The centre square of the mat is plain white plenty of room to draw a magnificent picture. Place the mat on a table or directly on the floor blue waterproof side down draw on mat...

mumsymary 16.03.2005 (30.08.2006) · Read review
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Review of Tomy AquaDraw

Should It Be Back To The Drawing Board?

Advantages: convenient location, superb staff, good food
Disadvantages: pub quiz or DJ nights may be an unwelcome aural addition to your meal

...**WARNING! : Alright-y, you know the score by now - long review, might ramble a bit... if there isn't a swear-y there's likely to be something else you might find offensive. By reading on you waive your right to bitch about it. ** On a blazing hot Saturday morning, while the other half was asleep, I decided that we should partake in a spot of lunch and so popped onto a trusty reservation website to peruse what offers were available on the many (but not all) restaurants they had listed. After a bit of hmm-ing and haw-ing I decided we'd be heading to the West End part of Sauchiehall Street (as opposed to the City Centre part, for you non-Glasgow folk) to investigate The Drawing Room. We could have walked there to be honest, but once I woke up the Boyfriend (it was for his benefit, don't feel sorry for him!) he insisted upon...

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Review of The Drawing Room Bar, Glasgow

Graphics heaven

Advantages: good software package,
Disadvantages: takes time to get used to it

...I got this for a bargain price of £18 why because it was from a friend who I personally think is hooked on Graphics software, being a Graphics student he’s always updating regardless of how fast they come out, and with version 10 out very quickly, I got myself a true bargain which I am very pleased with. It is very easy to install, just follow the wizard and it will be installed within minutes. It has a good manual book if you require help, they even have UK based phone number which you can ring if you have trouble, but I doubt you will have any problems. The range of features which Corel Draw 9 version is more than enough to keep you busy. With so many different tools to ‘experiment’ with, and I still after having this software for a month now haven’t used them all. They have so many templates...

WAD1-2-3 19.05.2001 · Read review
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Review of Corel Draw 9.0 Complete package

Jess Klein certainly Draws You Near

Advantages: Soulful and very expressive vocals, several excellent tracks
Disadvantages: Not a household name so few will have heard of her or want to take a risk on her

...CD Review: Jess Klein ? ?Draw Them Near? (2000) Jess Klein ? not exactly a household name, is she? No, sadly she isn?t. For your delectation and amusement, I?ve trawled through my extensive CD trove to find Jess Klein?s third solo album, 2000?s ?Draw Them Near?, a little-known but very likeable piece of Americana. Whilst she?s labelled as a folk artist, her work veers more towards the alt-country and rock genres, her strong and forthright voice supported by plenty of bold and yet sympathetic electric guitars. Whilst this album doesn?t necessarily contain enough to make it one of my top 20 favourite CDs, there?s still quite a bit to enjoy ? and since Jess sounds uncannily like Suzanna Hoffs from The Bangles at times, she?s won me over straight away! Born in Brooklyn in 1974, Jess Klein started playing the acoustic guitar...

graeme10 28.02.2009 · Read review
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Review of Draw Them Near - Jess Klein

Learning to Draw

Advantages: Step by step guide, lots of ideas
Disadvantages: Some of the artwork is too intricate for under 5s.

...۩۩۩ Introduction ۩۩۩ Having been delighted with a couple of other Usborne Activities books relating to things to ?make and do? I was expecting to be just as pleased with some of the ?How to Draw? Usborne Activity books that I bought for my niece who is a huge fan of everything to do with princesses, fairies and mermaids. ۩۩۩ The book ۩۩۩ At the beginning of the book as you would expect there is a Contents page which is very easy to use. As with the majority of books in this series, there are 17 things to make, which I have listed below: ~ Simple fairies ~ Moonlight fairies ~ Flying fairies ~ Fairy flower garden ~ Fairy cakes ~ Love-heart fairies ~ Rainy day fairies ~ Dancing fairies ~ Fairy Queen ~ Fairy paperchain ~ Mermaids on rocks ~ Diving...

neenn 19.08.2007 · Read review
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Review of How to Draw Fairies and Mermaids - Fiona Watt

Draw It! Draw It! (UPDATED!!!!)

Advantages: It's Aerosmith
Disadvantages: Only 9 Tracks

...The album 'Draw The Line' was released in December, 1977 under the label Columbia Records. It is Aerosmith's 5th studio album.It was produced by: Jack Douglas and Aerosmith themselves and recorded at: The Cenacle in Armonk, NY and the Record Plant, New York, NY After years of none stop touring and recording the band was beginning to become run down. This, combined with the hectic rock and roll lifestyle began to cause problems for Aerosmith as they worked on their 5th album,' Draw The Line' The band members claim that their music began to turn "cloudy" due to fights, heavy drug use and fatigue "The Beatles made their 'White Album,'" says Joe Perry. "We made our 'Black Out' album." Problems placed aside, 'Draw the Line' became Aerosmith's third platinum record. People claim that this album is not up to scratch with the likes...

benraiben 03.04.2004 (16.06.2004) · Read review
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Review of Draw The Line - Aerosmith

Graphically proven to be more than useful

Advantages: Flexible and powerful
Disadvantages: Bit complicated

...recommend Paint Shop Pro, or Fireworks (for web based graphics), and I?m sure they both have their uses and are very, very good packages, but when I started messing about with home PC?s in a serious way two or three years ago, the one I managed to get hold of cheaply and then cut my enormous buck teeth on was the CorelDraw 8 suite, together with the excellent PhotoPaint 8 module. As usual (for me at least), once you?ve worked out how to use a package and get it to do more or less exactly what you?re looking for, it?s the devil?s own job to unlearn it and then relearn a new package, so when you switch it can be a lengthy exercise. I have tried to get the hang of both PSP and Fireworks, but I have always found myself struggling, until in the end I resign myself, click the familiar old icon on my desktop and lose myself once more in the glory...

dave27 10.10.2001 · Read review
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Review of Corel Draw 9.0 Complete package

Painting or Drawing

Advantages: People might agree
Disadvantages: People might disagree

...Many artists use a sketch with a pencil and then paint with many different paints. Children on the other hand like to draw and then colour them with felttips or colouring pencils. If any of you were making a landscape would you paint it or would you colour it with pencils. I would think that all the adults painting would use paints but i think many of the children would use felt tips. There are many colours with different shades, in the paints you can get different colours and mix it but with the colouring crayons they normally have the different shades of pencil What do you think? Adrian.Lee...

leea 20.12.2000 · Read review
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Review of Corel Draw 9.0 Complete package

A no mess drawing mat!

Advantages: No mess
Disadvantages: Not easy to clean

...My brother and his wife bought this for my daughters second birthday last year, i had never seen them before. My sil said someone had recommended it to her and what a great present it was! *****What is this product***** A 90cm x 90cm mat made from a very durable but soft plastic. Children can use the water filled pens to draw on the mat. As it dries the images fade away. This product contains 2 stencils and 2 pens. ***** Who can use this***** The product states 18months + but i would say it can be used by younger children under supervision and can be enjoyed by people of all ages - even my 84 year old Grandad has had a go! *****Advantages***** No mess is a main advantage!!! Also it is very easy to store.As a teacher i found the bright pictures, letters and numbers around the edge have helped my daughter with letter...

ineichen1 15.07.2007 · Read review
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Review of Tomy AquaDraw