I've been using for years professionally Photoshop, but wanted for various reasons (one of which is that you can now Photoshop monthly rents should !!) away from it. I then bought the new Corel PaintShop Pro x7 because I already know it from earlier versions. Of course, photoshop leader, but what the heck, I need for the same processing steps but not 3 5, but the result is the same! It is also slightly slower than Photoshop, but at the price you can see on such things away. It has everything Photoshop also has and will have to stand in line in no way back! I highly recommend this program each. Not only amateurs! Who is familiar with Photoshop with this program absolutely no difficulty to find your way. Layers, masks, tools ......... There was everything you need for professional image editing!