Plan  31 

Product 

Pros 

Cons 

Best for: 

Photoshop 

Extremely powerful 

Steep learning curve 

Professional graphic 

designers  

Plenty of books, 

Expensive 

guides, online 

resources available 

Third-party plug-ins 

extend its 

functionality 

Paint Shop Pro 

Inexpensive 

Not quite as powerful as 

Site Builders who aren t 

Photoshop 

full-time designers 

Excellent Web 

functionality 

Fireworks 

Combines drawing 

New program without 

Graphic designers who 

and image editing 

extensive support 

want a program tailored 

tools 

to the Web 

Sold in discounted 

package with 

Dreamweaver 

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