Google| Subject | Re: Paintshop and Corel |
| From | Mayayana |
| Date | 2013-11-23 15:24 (2013-11-23 09:24) |
| Message-ID | <l6qdr1$2gr$1@dont-email.me> |
| Client | |
| Newsgroups | rec.photo.digital |
| Follows | Eric Stevens |
| >to be very bloated. The system requirements say | >it needs at least 1 GB of disk space. | | I think that's for temporary files as well as software. |
Hard to tell. I can't get the trial download to work. I get a 401 page -- "no access". And Corel gives no indication of the download size. I did find downloads for earlier version trials at places like BetaFiles. Interestingly, X3 was a 485 MB download while X4 was 286 MB. So maybe they've been cleaning it up a bit. But a download in the range of 250 MB still probably means an install in the neighborhood of 600 MB. I assume a sloppy job at that size.
It's a surprisingly good deal, though, and always has been. When I bought PSP5 it was $100, while PS5 was $600. Now that one can't even buy PS, it's even more appealing.
I want to like GIMP, and I do like that it finally has a parent window for all the tools, but I just don't find that I use it. There are a lot of little irritations. The bloat means it takes several seconds to open... Then the tool windows need to be adjusted a bit, because the program doesn't remember last window placement... Then I can't save as any normal image type; only GIMP's .xcf. I have to "export" to save other types, which is basically a passive-aggressive GIMP salespitch every time one saves a file. I always end up with a feeling that the GIMP developers are more focussed on their "GIMP trip" than on making a functional graphic editor.
At one time most large programs used to take up to 10 seconds to get a window onscreen, due to CPU limitations. These days that kind of thing implies sloppy bloat, and I find that I don't have patience with it. GIMP, LibreOffice and Firefox all require far too much time and space to get going. As a result I find that I avoid using them. It's sort of like digging out the big stew pot for the holidays. It's not a big deal, really, but it's enough hassle that one avoids it unless it's absolutely necessary.
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