@Ben2theEdge -
Oh, I didn't mean to imply that the folk who use indexing etc don't have as much talent as someone who doesn't - I messed up that sentence, I can see. I meant the SPEED at which such talent is accomplished. That's what I want. If I have the speed, I can churn out more art quicker. The quicker I can churn stuff out, the more I can practice actually 'finishing' different things. The more I finish things, the better I'll be, and thus hopefully some talent will grow.
I guess folk must spend a lot more time anti-aliasing pixel art in PS than if they were indexing in Promotion.
Edit: Not to say it's a complete substitute either - but it'd seem there are areas where it could save time, that's all.