Photoshop & Painter!
 

In regards to retouching images etc....is there any advantage that Painter has
over Photoshop?

With all of the plug-ins available, I would give photoshop the definite edge. Just my .02

whats are some good plugins for photoshop

Painter is for painting and illustration. It can't compete with Photoshop because they're NOT THE SAME TIME.

not the same time?

The ones that I use most are:

Alienskin EyeCandy 5
Alienskin Xenofex 2
Andromeda Shadow
various Richard Rosenman plug-ins
(all) FlamingPear plugins
DigitalElement Aurora2
Panopticum LensProIII (also Fire3, Engraver, Alphastrip, and Digitalizer)


There are a few others too, just depends on what you want done.

I think he meant 'not the same thing'

Fast fingers. Not the same thing. :1orglaugh

But yes...one is technically a photo manipulation tool and the other is an illustration and painting tool.

Maybe PS can do what Painter can, but Painter can't do what PS can.

^^^^^^^^

That's what I was needing to know. I read an article about a photog who was
using Photoshop and Painter to retouch and manipulate his images and I was
wondering why he might be doing in Painter that he couldn't do with PS. Any thoughts???

What kind of photog was he?

He was a people shooter.

which ones do you use for the glamour/ soft touch on thumbs/pics?

Richard Rosenman's Advanced Color Corrector does a great job for that. Also, AutoFX's Dream suite and Mystical Lighting plug-ins.