Quote - i have photoshop.. but was wondering whether painter or something esle was better than it. 

Depends on what you want to accomplish, Rosie. If you want to try your hand at digital painting with traditional media look and feel, like oils, acrylics, etc. then Painter is a good software for that. Photoshop has great tools designed for postwork, filtering, photo-manipulation, etc. All these imaging programs have  some things they excel at. It's kinda like asking which tool is better, a hammer or a screwdriver...do you want to drive a nail or insert a screw?

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