Well personally I can tell you I liek Adobe much better! Can`t say I have used Corel though only just tried it out and said to myself WTH am I doin! I liek and know it why change! LOL! So as far as funtionality and easyness to learn then Photoshop is the ticket,besides soem of the good plugins or second hand plugins don`t work in Corel. I would go with Photoshop all the way!