Product Description

Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 Ultimate Win

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #16 in Software
• Brand: Corel
• Released on: 2008-10-01
• Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows XP
• Format: Unknown format
• Dimensions: 4.41 pounds

Manufacturer's Description

Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 Ultimate is dynamic photo-editing software that combines ease of use with full professional power. Fix brightness, colour and photo imperfections in a few clicks, or use precision editing controls to create the picture you want. Give photos a unique look using hundreds of special effects, and turn your favourite shots into fun projects for sharing! The Express Lab lets you view and fix photos quickly and easily. And the built in Learning Center takes you step-by-step through common editing tasks

Plus, the Ultimate edition is packed with extras like media recovery software, bonus creative content and a 2 GB USB flash drive.

Why Buy

Easy to Use
Automatic photo-fixes, a user-friendly interface and the innovative Learning Center make it easy to edit your photos. Remove red eye, blemishes, scratches, dust or flaws with one click using powerful tools. When you're ready, choose the Advanced Adjustments option for step-by-step instructions on how to perform professional-level enhancements.

Fast results
Use the powerful One Step Photo Fix to make 7 different adjustments automatically. Import, view and edit your photos faster than ever before with the new Express Lab, which puts the most popular photo fixing tools in Paint Shop Pro Photo at your fingertips in a sleek, easy-to-use interface

Best value
Don't settle for a feature-limited version of a more complete photo editing suite. Paint Shop Pro Photo is full-featured photo editing software that delivers ease of use that lets you be productive right away, combined with an unrivalled depth of functionality that ensures the product will grow with you as your skills improve

Professional results
Take your photo to the next level with tools like HDR Photo Merge, Levels and Curve adjustments and Histogram Adjust. Choose from hundreds of different professional-style enhancement filters and black and white conversion methods. You can even add a distinctive watermark to your photos so everyone will know who took them, without learning a complex, multi-step process

Most complete<
With Paint Shop Pro, photo editing is just the beginning. With tools for vector and graphic creation, drawing, painting and other special effects, it is our most comprehensive version yet. Create pieces for print, the Web, and for integration into larger projects. Innovative organising and sharing features mean it has never been easier to find and work with a large number of files. The Ultimate Edition comes packed with extras like digital media recovery software, professionally designed creative content, a 2 GB USB flash drive, and more!

Extra benefits of the Ultimate edition
Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 Ultimate is certified for Windows Vista
Import photos in raw format from more than 250 camera models
ImageSkill Background Remover plug-in to create unique and exciting background effects
Extra content with 150 brand-new, custom-made photo frames, photo edges and Picture Tubes
Corel Painter Photo Essentials 4 to help you turn photos into digital art
A 2 GB USB flash drive for easy back up and file transfer
PHOTORECOVERY software for Digital Media to recover images, movies and sound files from memory cards

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Customer Reviews

A lightweight easy to use alternative to Photoshop
As a software developer working mainly with web technologies, I have to constantly manage and manipulate images. This is a task I am hopeless at I can crop and resize images but anything else and I find it almost impossible. I have a full copy of Adobe Photoshop CS3 yet find the program totally bewildering; I have completed several courses on using it but to no avail. Image manipulation is completely different skill to software development, requiring a different mindset.
After struggling a friend suggested I try PaintShop Pro, as it was a lightweight image manipulation package designed to make tasks easy. So I downloaded the trial version and started to give it a try; after about an hour I ordered the full version. It is so easy to use and create the effects my clients so often want. The ability to apply effects and create what I considered complex tasks in Photoshop was an absolute doddle in Paintshop Pro. Adding a drop shadow effect is just a few clicks as is creating a reflection.
For the price this is a superb application and should form part of any developer's toolbox.

The one to buy
The full version of photoshop is of course the standard by which all photo editors are measured, but it's cost is huge. Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 Ultimate is a fraction of the price but still contains the vast majority of the functions that photographers are likely to need- more than Photoshop Elements.
Perhaps not the easiest application for beginners, but I would still recommend it as something you can grow into-better than having to buy it later when you discover that your existing program can't do what you need.
The Ultimate version adds extra programs, some are useful, others less so but definately worth trying out at the very least. The video tutorials provide an excellent way of getting to grips with the methodologies. And an always useful pendrive is an added bonus!

Not quite perfect but what is?
Another long time user, started in the days of floppy drive releases, loved 7 when it came out and still run 9 alongside X2 Ult. I have had no problems with this version as Corel seem to have overcome most of their earlier problems. It does like plenty of processing power, especially for the initial indexing process which would be improved with a calendar indexing option running off Exif data as per Olympus Master 2.
Otherwise with a bit of practice it will do most things you will ever need.
Hint: If you are in a hurry use Smart Photo Fix and be prepared to reduce/fine tune the suggested levels of correction, as left to its own devices as it can go over the top!