Top 4 Advanced Windows Image Editing Programs for DTP

An image editor is the tool you need for working with photographs and bitmap graphics. In addition to strong photo-editing features your image editor should easily import and export common graphics formats including TIFF, GIF, JPG, and EPS. For professional design work, Photoshop and Photo-Paint are the industry standards.

1. Adobe Photoshop 7

The most widely-used professional image editing program has a hefty price tag but it's packed with features. Photoshop is almost a prerequisite for most professional design employment.

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2. Corel Photo-Paint 10

Popular among both experienced and novice Windows designers it is becoming increasingly popular for professionals as a less-expensive but feature-rich alternative to Photoshop, especially when you consider that it comes as part of the powerful CorelDRAW Graphics Suite.

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3. procreate Painter 7

Combining natural media painting tools with more traditional image editing features, Painter is truly a digital artists studio.

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4. JASC Paint Shop Pro 7

Sometimes called the poor man's Photoshop it's a powerful program in its own right -- for Windows only. Available for about $100US, it has many of the same or similar features as the high-end programs.

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