Bert -
Paint Shop Pro is intended for (emphasizes and makes easy) different uses than Photoshop, although there is a lot of overlap.

You can use whatever strokes your creative gremlins, and PSP is pretty good for creating art. It only takes a little practice to learn that Photoshop (and especially Photoshop Elements) is much better for photo manipulation, changes in format, etc for my gremlins.

LH -

Did you miss my last suggestion? (Not actually a method I'd recommend.)

John