Well, with PSP and Photoshop 6 I would have said that they were pretty even. PSP has tubes, which Photoshop 6 does not have, but Photoshop has some more advanced features useful for professionals or experts. HOWEVER.. Photoshop 7 is coming soon. The demo on their web site looks simply outstanding. It features new painterly brush sets, a healing brush that is sure to make postwork for 3D a 10 minute operation instead of a 60 min affair, and a variety of other features that look like they will kick PSP out of the water until PSP makes a catchup version. If you are entertaning buying photoshop, I would wait until version 7 is out.