Corel PhotoPaint is one of the few programs on my computer that I have actually paid for, as part of the Corel Draw Suite.

As I mention many times on this site, 90% of the software that I now use is from magazine cover CD's

I have purchased version 3 and also upgrades to 5 and 8. The problem is that each upgrade gets more expensive. The upgrade to version 8 cost AU$469.

I didn't bother with version 9 and when I found out that the version 10 upgrade would cost me over AU$600, I decided that I didn't need that either.

Version 11 is due for release soon now, but I doubt that I will be able to afford it.

Well thanks to a terrific price on the academic version of Corel 11 graphics suite, I have been able to upgrade to the latest version