Same here.... I had Corel many years ago, and it was good... then I got Photoshop.... I have used ever since. Of course, there there ARE things I wish it could/would do. LOL I keep Illustrator on the sys as well, because there ARE things that IT can do that you can do in PS, only with difficulty. I think , if I didn't have PS, I would probably have a whole set of programs that I'd have to switch back and forth to, to do some of the things I do. Use most... man that's a hard one... I'm constantly having to resize images in specific ways, as well as making several different colour and toning adjustments, both global and local, in the marquee, or using "lasso". I think, likely, my favourite thing is that I have nearly total control over what, and how things get done. This probably doesn't help much, but there are SO MANY things you can do. By the bye, and I'd address this to everyone, I have CS2, but I keep my copy of 6 on the sys as well... once in a while it REALLY comes in handy. I'd tell everyone, if you upgrade to CS2, keep your old one on the sys, as well. Lou.

"..... and that was when things got interestiing."