| Title | Photoshop | CorelDRAW Graphics Suite | Paint Shop Pro |
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| Manufacturer | Adobe | Corel | Jasc |
| Current Available Version | 5.5 | 9.0 | 6.02 |
| Available Platforms | PC or Mac | PC | PC |
| Estimated Street Price | $600 | $180 | $100 |
| Main Features | Create, edit, and enhance images and create GIF animations for Multimedia | Illustration and image editing | Illustration and image editing |
| HTML Support | Exports HTML as ImageReady or GoLive native code | HTML export and live hyperlinks. | No HTML export |
| Recommended Processor and Speed | Pentium or Power PC (speed not specified) | Pentium 133 MHz | Pentium 200MHz |
| Recommended RAM | 64MB | 64 MB | 64 MB |
| Required Disk Space | 125MB | 100 MB | 200 MB |
| Recommended Display | 24-bit color | SVGA monitor | 24-bit color 1024X768 |
| Possible applications and uses | Graphics creation and editing for Web and other Multimedia applications | Traditional Graphics uses, creating and editing images. Low level Web and Multimedia applications | Traditional Graphics uses, creating and editing images. Minimal Web and Multimedia applications (graphics creation only) |
| Other Comments and Impressions | Powerful tool with many features. May be overly complicated and expensive for just making graphics for web | Main features are intuitive to use while more powerful features are very complex to utilize. Weaker Web capabilities than Photoshop | Great basic image creation and editing, lacking in more powerful tools for Web and Multimedia |
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