I jumped from 9 to XI, which I really only bought for testing scripts so they would be compatible, I never used it for actually working in.

I got X2 a few months ago and have been using it exclusively since. There are a couple of irritations: drag and drop doesn't work, it only opens a new image rather than a new layer in an open image. I miss that feature. Layer Styles are quite good although the control is a bit hit and miss as there are no boxes to add numbers, it's all sliders and even a ball for the drop shadow! But for all that, they are quite good. However, I also discovered that an image with a layer style will not print that layer style unless it has been merged into another layer, or flattened as jpg.

I was a diehard PSP 9 user and never thought I'd change, but I do like X2 and I'm comfortable in it.

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Jane

Paint Shop Pro X2
Nikon Coolpix/Sony Cybershot