Photoshop VS everything else

[ChantalFournier]

Of course Adobe is all about making a profit. It's a company. That's what companies do. So while I *LUUUURVE* the ink tool in Manga Studio and I'm sure there are other software that are better at painting (I don't "get" Painter, even though I tried) there is nothing that comes close to Photoshop for general digital work. You can paint, you can do basic animation, you can do vector, you can resized stuff, you can paletize stuff, you can touch up photos and screenshots, you can do all kinds of operations that might not be obvious to you, and so it's the standard in studios around the world. I worked in major studios and EVERYONE uses PS. Of course, sometimes we had to use specialised tools (debabelizer for palettes, fireworks for weird file formats for vintage engines, pro-motion for pixel animation etc) none of them were ever useful enough that we'd have more than a handful of licenses in the studio.
Also, if you have a problem in PS, there are thousands upon thousands of people who are proficient with it and can help you.