Wednesday, September 1, 2010

New Toy

I decided to update Corel's Paint Shop Pro X2 to X3. This program is what I call a poor man's version of Photoshop. For me PSP is more intuitive and at 1/6th the price, a bargain. Bundle it with Video Studio Pro X3 and it was too good to let go. Corel was also offering a program called Paint It! Takes photographs and instantly transforms them into paintings. You select your photograph, a drawing/painting style: watercolor, pen & ink, pastels (and a bunch more), click start and watch the program transform your photograph. For an extra $10 bucks and free shipping, I had to go to the dark side. Some women lust after shoes, for me it's software, electronics, DVDs...

I used one of the sample photos that came with Windows 7 and applied the pastel style. Ta da! I could even use a pen feature to sign my work. Too fun! Looks like it will be a happy little time waster.

What new toys have you purchased lately?
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6 comments:

  1. Andy FishSeptember 1, 2010 at 7:46 AM

    Great pic!
    This has been an equipment update year in my studio: iMac, MacBook, iTouch, Nook, Photoshop and Illustrator CS4 (just before CS5 came out!). Toys toys toys!

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  2. CJSeptember 1, 2010 at 7:58 AM

    Andy, my eyes just turned green!

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  3. Erica VetschSeptember 1, 2010 at 10:25 AM

    I got a new laptop. :)

    Also, books...do books count?

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  4. CJSeptember 1, 2010 at 1:13 PM

    Yes, Erica, books count

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  5. Jill KemererSeptember 1, 2010 at 2:21 PM

    I'm a gadget/tech luster too! I always wondered about this program. Might have to try it!

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  6. Jennifer ShirkSeptember 1, 2010 at 5:51 PM

    Well, that looks fun!

    I have an IPad I just bought that I still don't know how to use, really. I'm a little intimidated by it.

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