hehehe Yes, I made the icon. I saw your icon and had to use mine in my reply. Glad you enjoyed it. ;-)
I think that PaintShop Pro 9 and earlier are easier than Photoshop. I can't say for certain about the current versions of PaintShop Pro because Corel bought out the company that originally developed PSP - Jasc - and when I tested the trial version of PSP X - Corel's first release of PSP - I loathed it. So I've stayed with version 9. Once I'm on a computer with Vista I probably won't have a choice but to upgrade, but I'm not looking forward to it. That said, I suspect that PSP X and XI are still easier to learn than Photoshop. And they cost a heck of a lot less. But if you already have Photoshop, give it a little more time. Look for some beginners tutorials that show you the basics of the program. You're not going to find that in icon_tutorials, necessarily, but tuts like that *are* out there.
PLEASE let me know if you post anything you make with Apophysis! I friended you, but I'm horrible at keeping up with my friends page. Horrible. OH! There's an awesome beginners tutorial for Apophysis here. Very useful, IMO.
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I think that PaintShop Pro 9 and earlier are easier than Photoshop. I can't say for certain about the current versions of PaintShop Pro because Corel bought out the company that originally developed PSP - Jasc - and when I tested the trial version of PSP X - Corel's first release of PSP - I loathed it. So I've stayed with version 9. Once I'm on a computer with Vista I probably won't have a choice but to upgrade, but I'm not looking forward to it. That said, I suspect that PSP X and XI are still easier to learn than Photoshop. And they cost a heck of a lot less. But if you already have Photoshop, give it a little more time. Look for some beginners tutorials that show you the basics of the program. You're not going to find that in icon_tutorials, necessarily, but tuts like that *are* out there.
PLEASE let me know if you post anything you make with Apophysis! I friended you, but I'm horrible at keeping up with my friends page. Horrible. OH! There's an awesome beginners tutorial for Apophysis here. Very useful, IMO.