Paint Shop Pro



Paint Shop Pro from Corel - photo, graphic, or digital art, Paint Shop Pro is going to help you get that vision out of your head and onto the screen. Your pocketbook doesn't have to suffer for your art and you don't have to settle on the pricey standard for quality. What you need is right here.

Paint Shop Pro 9 is the most complete software for easy-to-use professional digital imaging With a unique combination of automatic and precision tools for superior photo editing and creative graphic design, Paint Shop Pro 8 is the most complete, easy-to-use professional digital imaging software. Transform snapshots into beautiful photographs with automatic enhancement tools, professional correction filters, and powerful retouching brushes. Design graphics from scratch or use preset shapes and effects to add extra impact to your personal or business projects.

Create and optimize interactive buttons, banners, and animations for your Web pages. Save time and energy by recording common tasks as automatic scripts for easy image editing. Automatically rename and convert files from your digital camera with Batch Processing. Print photos in a variety of sizes and layout templates. Open and save over 50 file types to share files between other people and programs. Use the integrated learning system to help you deliver superior results with power and ease. It's your complete solution for print and Web.

Save time and eliminate repetitive editing tasks by recording and saving any series of steps or actions as a Script that you can apply to other images. Scripts can be set to run automatically on an image or you can activate them yourself. Use the Background Eraser to quickly remove background sections from photographs and cleanly place the remaining image on another background to create sophisticated compositions. Organize complex images with multiple layers and Layer Groups. Create and edit Mask Layers to reveal selected areas of an image. It's easier than ever to paint and retouch images with Paint Shop Pro's new painting engine, which gives you smoother control over brush strokes. Save custom brush tips to use with any brush tool or to share with others. New deformation correction tools make it easy to adjust images that aren't quite perfect. The Straighten tool automatically fixes crooked images imported from scanners or cameras. Keystoning and other perspective errors can be fixed with the new Perspective Correction tool. Digital camera users can apply the Lens Correction filters to correct pincushion, fisheye, and barrel distortion effects.

The new, integrated Learning Center makes it easy to learn Paint Shop Pro 8 with step-by-step Quick Guide tutorials, links to Product Tour movies, and integrated Help topics. The new Warp Brush lets you paint distortions directly onto your images for fun, creative effects. Mesh Warp alters an image by distorting a mesh laid on top of the image. Load and save deformation maps to easily apply warping effects to other images. Use the Seamless Tiling and Offset Effect filters to prepare high-quality seamless patterns and tiled images for use as Web page backgrounds. Smooth skin and produce romantic lighting effects with the Soft Focus filter. Add realistic bubbles with the Balls and Bubbles Effects filter. Use the Halftone filter to represent your image with dots. Simulate the placement of a glass lens on your image with the Magnifying Lens effect. Paint Shop Pro 8 has added support for over 15 new and enhanced file formats, including JPEG 2000, PDF, SVG, Postscript Level 3, and lossless JPEG. View and edit EXIF data such as exposure levels, shutter speed, date and time, and many other details.