Personally I don't like photopaint, but that's mainly because I have the dtch version and all the names of standard tools have really weird and unlogical names. I think it's powerfull and probably much easier to use in english. Personally I use PSP, but Photoshop is the most powerfull of the three and the most commonly used. It's an industry standard.

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