Finding a favorite old tool again: PaintShop

I did not know that PaintShop still exists! I used the Jasc versions in Windows 95 and XP.  Granted, I didn't use it particularly well. Using speech recognition to draw is… INTERESTING. Still, I could do what I wanted to do for the most part.

Then Jasc was sold to Corel. I could not afford the next upgrades, so I made-do. It worked. I could still do what I wanted to do for the most part. It was really getting clunky to use software that was designed for Windows Xp on a Windows 7 machine, but I've always been the slowest part of my computer.

I've tried installing on Windows 8. Yeah… It was time to find ANYTHING Else. I knew that Photoshop prices were way out of my league and I want all legal software. Besides, my niece showed me her copy. It didn't do anything that PaintShop used to do at well under $100, it just was slicker…

I tried GIMP, and did not like it. It was well worth the price. Other people swear by it, but I would wind up swearing at it.

Aviary had some interesting online editors for a while. SUMO Paint is really good for what it does and has an inexpensive desktop thingy. It just doesn't quite work with my brain.

My nieces and nephews still think that PHOTOSHOP is the gold standard. Next time I win two or three lifetimes worth of Publishers Clearing House, I will think about thinking about trying that overpriced bit of fluff.

For now, this fits my budget:

I Made Myself Tired! :-)

I also made myself LAUGH!

I was telling my new boss at Internet Toolbox For Churches  http://www.internettoolboxforchurches.com/  that I sometimes have bouts with self-doubt.  It usually passes quite quickly, but not as quickly as it did today.  You see, I was mentioning that I was still a little nervous about the Sunday School Christmas Program tomorrow.  Then I said:

I'm looking forward to that being in the rearview mirror, so I can go back to just being a Sunday School Superintendent, 6-8 grade Sunday School Teacher, Board of Christian Education Member, Evangelism Committee Member (and technology go to gal), church website assistant, newsletter article writer, blogger, and freelance writer.

OK, I have not pulled a MacGuyver this week -I did not build a car out of three sticks of chewing gum and a ball of twine.  I have not single-handedly brought peace to the Middle East.  I have not cleaned Mount Everest…  Or even Mount Mckinley.  I did what I could, and will leave the rest in God's hands…

Even so, I seem to have a ridiculously high opinion of what I can get done in a limited length of time.