[@beergas] Glad you already had v9.2, because v9.6 had tons of new features in the 3D Designer, especially. Actually starting with 9.5. See this as a summary of what’s new in 9.5
http://www.thebest3d.com/howler/9/what-is-new-in-the-Howler-9.5_Purely_Ballistic.html
Ok, so this is from the Howler edition, just ignore anything related to animation & video. That will give you an idea about what’s in PD Artist.
Any ‘Anima’ option in any filter, that’s Howler.
Any filter in Filter>Animation, that’s Howler.
Any option in the Animation menu, that’s Howler.
Keyboard shortcuts like painting with animbrush while holding ALT key down to paint with video on video, that’s Howler.
Pretty much anything else is available on both Howler AND Artist edition.