But it also has distortion correction tools for fisheye barrel and pincussion (only as addons for photoshop), You need this for a wide range of lens issues. Paint shop pro is simpler, much better layed out for intuitive learning (why did you buy a Mac again ?), requires less time to do the same operations. photoshop has much more user oriented support with a wide range of tools available.most of dubious quality. Photoshop has nicer more comprehensive (for the mostpart) effective tools, but the layout sucks, the menus have become way too nested and the interface looks like it was designed by newspaper men (not that it should matter). Paint shop pro is photograhy oriented.yes stupidly inverse names Photoshop is a graphic artist oriented program