l8rdaze,

The main thing that Piranesi has that Photoshop hasn't is the depth channel. That makes it possible to place the entourage like trees, plants, rocks under and over each other just like in a 3D program (although Piranesi is a 2D program like Photoshop). However that functionality is better implemented in Vue, and Vue has superior plants and trees too not to speak about landscape and if you move everything to its own layer in Photoshop you have the same control and no need to use Piranesi for that reason!

But when they do the painting and the post work it do seems like magic. Thank you for the link to the Video! :) But what can it be other than colors, blend modes and textures? I guess there is no way around it I have to buy the Piranesi book. But I suspect that once I master it, I will also know how to do it in Photoshop. i e by learning Piranesi I will learn Photoshop better.