What Graphics Software Are You Using With Vista?

Monday, April 23, 2007 by Island Dog | Discussion: Windows Vista

As I have said in previous articles that Photoshop CS2 has been great with XP, but not as much with Windows Vista. I also don't want to spend the $200 to upgrade to CS3 just to make Photoshop work right on Vista. So I started looking to see what other options I have when it comes to graphics software when I finally decide (which may be soon) to go back to Vista full-time.

The first application I am evaluating is Corel Paint Shop Pro XI.

I know this is popular among many skinners going back several versions, and I also use version 9 along side of CS2, and have made many projects with it. I didn't upgrade beyond that because I didn't care for the more photo oriented direction they were taking. I have downloaded the trial and it has worked quite well with Vista. There is still a few quirks that have always bothered me with PSP, but I will work with it some more and see how it goes.

The second trial I downloaded was Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.

I found it quite interesting that Adobe released at patch for Photoshop Elements 5 to work with Vista, but not CS2. Anyways, I have Photoshop Elements 4 on my Mac and it does a great job, so I downloaded this trial to see the updates and how it works with Vista. Obivously the interface is more familiar and is a little easier to work with, but I will also give this a try for a few days and see how it goes.

So for you who are running Windows Vista, what graphics software are you using?


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Snowman
Reply #1 Monday, April 23, 2007 8:36 PM
Still hanging on to good ol' PSP 7.04

47songs
Reply #2 Monday, April 23, 2007 8:42 PM
Still using CorelDRAWx3 but with the Vista upgrade Corel gave freely when Vista came out. Seems to work fine.

vStyler
Reply #3 Monday, April 23, 2007 8:47 PM

Still hanging on to good ol' PSP 7.04


Your a braver man than me.   


Im not using Vista but if I was, i would use CS2..

WHOOPS.. no I wouldnt, it doesnt work correctly.   

boss0190
Reply #4 Monday, April 23, 2007 9:18 PM
I've never had a problem with CS2 on Vista, but I don't have WB installed yet on Vista either.

Could PS and WB compatibiliy be the problem?

I know I had problems with the CS3 beta and Windowblinds on XP...windows wouldn't minimize or close, but I haven't upgraded to the CS3 release to know if there's still a problem.

vStyler
Reply #5 Monday, April 23, 2007 9:35 PM
The CS2 menus dont skin correctly in WB.. in Vista or x64xp

stubbyfinger
Reply #6 Monday, April 23, 2007 11:43 PM
PS 7
Painter X
Pixologic ZBrush

I'm not upgrading PS until they release a 64bit version.

Life is a Game
Reply #7 Tuesday, April 24, 2007 2:13 AM
I'm using CS2 on Vista and it works just fine. I haven't had any problems with it.

Otherwise you might also use Corel X3 which you need to download an update to work on Vista.

Fuzzy Logic
Reply #8 Tuesday, April 24, 2007 3:08 AM

Still hanging on to good ol' PSP 7.04 

Same here. It's all I need to make skins


Snowman
Reply #9 Tuesday, April 24, 2007 12:16 PM

Same here. It's all I need to make skins

Good laddy, and fine skins you do create!


GreenReaper
Reply #10 Tuesday, April 24, 2007 1:56 PM
I use The GIMP for Windows. It works, and it's free.

Snowman
Reply #11 Tuesday, April 24, 2007 2:41 PM
GR you darn freeloader   

Armbut
Reply #12 Tuesday, April 24, 2007 3:19 PM
i use The GIMP and Paint.NET

ALMonty
Reply #13 Tuesday, April 24, 2007 3:20 PM
CS2, PSP XI, Adobe LightRoom, Bryce 6, Carrara Pro 5, Draw Plus 6

I prefer PSP XI,I've used it since 7 (8,9,10). So I know it well.

ZubaZ
Reply #14 Tuesday, April 24, 2007 5:16 PM
Paint.net here. (Not that I can skin.)

Lucid Nightmare
Reply #15 Tuesday, April 24, 2007 6:16 PM

Illustrator CS2
Photoshop 6 & CS2
Painter 7
Corel Draw
Gimp 2.0
Paintshop Pro

ama02
Reply #16 Tuesday, April 24, 2007 9:04 PM
Now that I have Vista installed and running....Paint Shop Pro X (with all patches + Vista patch). I have Photoshop CS2, but am trying to decide if I should install it. I have a plugin/filter from Alien Skin that only works on PS, and it wasn't cheap.   Sorry, but Adobe just chaps my hide...Photoshop isn't the only thing they are neglecting, all of the Macromedia 8 Suite has been tossed aside as well. So far I am able to get most to work okay.

Good news though, as old as it is, The Font Thing works just fine in Vista!!   

Latinsfinest
Reply #17 Tuesday, April 24, 2007 9:15 PM
Using Adobe Design Premium Suite CS3 as of yesterday (I'm a Graphic Designer). I never did have any problems with cs2 programs on Vista though.

AzDude
Reply #18 Tuesday, April 24, 2007 9:30 PM
I've used CS2 some on Vista 64bit and had no issues

I like MS Digital Image Pro , though works great on vista

Bluephaze
Reply #19 Thursday, April 26, 2007 12:20 AM
I have to say, you may want to try out the current beta of Expression design. It gives you raster and vector graphics tools and many more. Not sure what our final release date will be but the tool is nice and works well on Vista. It will be a great tool for doing graphics on vista! Anyway not to sound like a sales man but you can try it out at the Expression Site. Have fun!

Jon Loveless
Reply #20 Thursday, April 26, 2007 11:13 AM
I use Xara Xtreme Pro from www.xara.com. It is very fast, very powerful, and (relatively) inexpensive. It actually started out several years ago as a better Corel Draw but they must have run into some legal problems with Corel because they pulled in their horns a bit and generally only sell through their online store. They handle vector graphics at lightining speed and thy cann import salmost any file type, including Adobe PhotoShop and Illustrator. I have all of the Xara products and they are all excellent. It's also a very good company with pretty good support. They have a try-before-buy option for most of their products. The most fun is Xara3D and the most powerful is Xara Xtreme Pro. 

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