Product Description

Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo XI is the ideal choice for anyone who wants extraordinary photos. Filled with one-of-a-kind photo tools, automatic photo fixes, precision editing controls and 100s of unique special effects filters, Paint Shop Pro Photo is sure to please everyone with a digital camera. Fix brightness, color and photo imperfections; create photo compositions full of depth and imagination; give photos a unique and exciting look, and there’s a new built-in photo organizer to keep all your photos in order. Plus, with a Learning Center to help first time users get started, Paint Shop Pro Photo is the easiest way to get professional-looking photos - fast!.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1828 in Software
• Brand: Corel
• Model: PSPPXIENGPC
• Platform: Windows XP
• Format: CD-ROM
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: 2.00 pounds

Features

• A complete photo tool; automatic photo fixes, precision editing controls and hundreds of unique special effects filters
• Offers intuitive features that allow the beginner and expert alike to focus on creativity
• One-stop photo management center takes the guesswork out of finding photos stored on a computer
• Apply focus to a region of a photo while applying an out-of-focus blur to the rest of the image with the new Depth of Field Effect
• New Time Machine photographic history tour lets you view your photos as if they were taken in another era

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Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo XI is the ideal choice for anyone who wants extraordinary photos. Filled with one-of-a-kind photo tools, automatic photo-fix features, precision editing controls and hundreds of unique special effects filters, Paint Shop Pro Photo is sure to please everyone with a digital camera. With Paint Shop Pro Photo, you can fix brightness, color and photo imperfections; create photo compositions full of depth and imagination; and give your photos a unique and exciting look.

The new Depth of Field effect lets you apply focus to a region of a photo while applying an out-of-focus blur to the rest of the image.

Plus, there's a new built-in photo organizer to keep all your photos in order. And with a Learning Center to help first time users get started, Paint Shop Pro Photo is the easiest way to get professional-looking photos--fast!

Most Complete Digital Photography Toolkit
No other image-editing software offers so much to the entire spectrum of digital camera users. While Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo offers the simplicity needed by novices to give them impressive results immediately, it also has the power needed to satisfy the more complex requirements of the professional photographer. Whether you need to download images from a camera or share photos through e-mail, the Internet, or prints, Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo offers intuitive features that allow the beginner and expert alike to focus on creativity, not processes.

The new floating Crop toolbar takes the guesswork out of image cropping.

Easiest to Use
The learning curve for Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo is practically nonexistent thanks to the program's Learning Center. New users with digital cameras don't want to spend time learning a complicated application--they want to see results immediately. With award-winning learning tools, and an extensive collection of one-click fixes for common problems, users of all experience levels can get the job done quickly and effortlessly. Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo also gives you the ability to automate the image-editing commands you use most often, saving you time and effort.

Fastest Route to Professional Quality
The ease of use that separates Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo from the competition doesn't come at the expense of the total control for more sophisticated image editing that professional photographers demand. For every one-click solution, there are also tools and features for manual fine-tuning, which are ideal for users with specific image-editing and correction needs.

Absolute Best Value
Some might measure the value of software by what it costs; others might focus on what can be derived by using it. In either case, Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo XI offers the best value in image-editing software available today. It contains a complete digital photography toolkit, which can help you edit, share, and manage your photos and create special photo projects. Based on user feedback, Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo has simplified the steps for the most common image-editing tasks, so that anyone can get to work within seconds of launching the application. Advanced users get all the professional-level tools and features usually found only in expensive image-editing applications.

The Organizer is a one-stop photo management center.

Photo Organization Built Right In
There's much more to Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo than powerful image-editing tools and features. It's a multi-faceted digital photography suite that lets you effortlessly import, organize, and share their photos with the built-in Organizer. This one-stop photo management center takes the guesswork out of finding photos stored in your hard drive. You can search for images by filename, date, file type, or folder location. Thumbnail zooming makes finding a particular image even easier and faster. The ability to assign keywords, ratings, and other information to an image gives you even more ways to search for photos. The Organizer is customizable, so you have several options for integrating it into your workflow. In addition, EXIF-data editing and the ability to play and extract frames from video files make the Organizer an essential, time-saving tool for hobbyists and professionals alike.

Essential Photo Tools For Everyday Jobs
Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo is renowned for being user-friendly, and that's because user feedback has always played a huge role in the program's development. From requesting one-click automatic fixes that take the guesswork out of image correction to insisting on advanced tools to meet the exacting standards in digital photography, the user has spoken, and Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo has responded.

• Crop Tool: In response to user feedback, the Crop tool has been enhanced to give users the exact dimensions they want in a snap. When the user selects an area of an image with the Crop tool, a floating toolbar appears below the selected area, allowing them to choose a predefined crop size or to rotate the selected crop area. The new floating Crop toolbar takes the guesswork out of image cropping.
• One-Step Fixes: Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo XI has several features that allow an image to be analyzed automatically and corrected with a single click. The One Step Photo Fix command automatically adjusts the color balance, contrast, clarity, and saturation of an image. The One Step Purple Fringe Fix command gets rid of the purple glow that sometimes appears around edges of objects under certain lighting conditions. And the One Step Noise Removal command identifies and eliminates the excess "noise" artifacts that are often seen in digital photos.
• Smart Photo Fix: The Smart Photo Fix analyzes a photo and suggests settings for auto-corrections of color, brightness, sharpness, and saturation--all in one easy step. Completely flexible, you can apply the one-click fix or experiment further by manually fine-tuning the settings. At any point, if you decide that you prefer the results of the initially suggested fix, you can quickly reapply the suggested settings. Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo XI gives you the flexibility to experiment freely with confidence, knowing that you can always revert to your starting point.

One click can change this man's shirt from beige to blue.

Editing Tools You Can't Find Anywhere Else
Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo has a powerful toolset that can fix virtually any digital photo imperfection. If the problem stems from the quality of the image produced by the camera, you'll find a series of tools that offer easy, quick corrections. Or, if photo subjects don't look their best in the photo, Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo can spruce up their appearance.

• Color Changer Tool: The Color Changer tool lets users easily change colors in their digital images to achieve more realistic colors. Rather than simply replacing a color, the Color Changer tool detects and analyzes variations in brightness caused by real-world illumination and reapplies the illumination to the new color to produce a realistic effect.
• Depth of Field Effect: Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo XI lets you draw attention to a specific area of an image. The new Depth of Field effect lets you apply focus to a region of a photo while applying an out-of-focus blur to the rest of the image. This allows you to easily replicate the look of the depth of field found in high-end cameras.

You can send your photos back in time.

Unique Special Effects
Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo offers an array of graphics tools and creative effects that help you transform your photos into something truly unique. While it's fun to correct the color and adjust the objects in photos, there's much more that users can do with Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo. From giving a photo an antiquated look, to adding stunning cutting-edge effects, Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo provides the tools to unleash a your creativity.

The new Time Machine offers a tour of photographic history by letting you see what your photos would look like if they were taken in another era. With a range of settings based on photo styles from the 1830s to the 1980s, you can easily send your photos back in time. A live preview lets you see the evolution of photography on a single image.

Graphic Tools To Personalize Your Productivity
Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo XI lets you enhance images with a variety of tools that allow you to add your own personal touches. From text to eye-catching objects to unique borders, Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo helps you take your images to another level of creativity.

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Customer Reviews

Do not upgrade if you have an older version
I've been a loyal PSP (paint shop pro) customer since the 4.x era. I really loved PSP and have used it up to my current version which is 9, or was, until I upgraded to XI. My opinion in a nutshell is: PSP XI is not only a step down, but a whole flight of stairs down from PSP 9. Why? First let me explain what I use PSP for:

- Managing a large image library (over 70,000 images on a NAS)
- Web design artwork / digital imaging for my business
- Vectors, layers, lossless formats
- Tablet work, filters
- Personal photos on the side, with anal attention to contrast, saturation, color balance, etc.

Given why I use PSP, PSP XI is worse than PSP 9 because:

- It takes forever to start the program compared to PSP 9.
- The browser window, which I use extensively, is very slow, unintuitive (at least for a PSP 9 user), and is impossible to use for large folders (> 1000 images) because it takes hours to load all the images.
- The GUI in general is prettier, but a lot of the menus are in different places so it's basically like having to learn a whole new (okay, half new) program all over gain. Plus, the GUI seems to respond slower than with PSP 9. Personally, I'd rather have a fast, simple GUI than a slow, pretty GUI.

Personally, the speed and browser issues killed the program for me, and are the main reasons I've gone back to PSP 9. I admit, I haven't used PSP XI for more than a few weeks, and I suppose if you had the patience, you could get used to the performance of PSP XI as well as learn the new menu placements and such. But I simply don't have the time or patience, given my schedule.

My conclusion is that going from PSP 9 (or 8, which I still use) to PSP XI is like going from a lean, mean, imaging machine to a bells-and-whistles, dressed up package for people with a lot of free time. I'm not saying that it's bad for everyone; I'm just saying it's bad for me, as well as people who share similar concerns and preferences in their software.

Worth the money!
I own both PSP XI and Adobe Photoshop CS. I paid 700.00 for Adobe and about 80.00 for PSP XI. I really like PSP for editing my photos and creating slides. It has a lot a great features that are MUCH easier and faster to perform in PSP than they are in Adobe PS. It is a little buggy in that it does shut itself down every now and then, but it opens right back up. I am a software application manager and developer and I can tell you NO software comes without bugs. The ones I have found here are not enough to keep me from loving this program.

For the money, it is a great buy. I am sure Corel will have a patch for the shut down problem soon, as long as users report the problem.

Bottom Line: If you wnat an affordable solution to edit and create fun and beautiful photos and slide shows, this product does very well!

Great editor for the amateur
I had previously used PSP 7 and had thought that was pretty good in comparison to others I had tried; including Adobe Elements, Microsoft Digital Image, Printshop Prophoto and a few others. I was never impressed enough with the others to switch.

I have finally switched. Picked this up for $50 and for that price it is a great value. The improved red eye remover alone is worth the cost. I can't believe how simple and easy it is. I am not like some of the other reviewers with massive image libraries, so I can't speak to their issues. I am an average digital camera user who needs to do basic correcting and editing before printing or emailing the photos. This handles that job with ease. This program has far more to offer than I will ever use.

As far as the speed and crashes go. It takes about 25 seconds to open on my computer (older 2 gig athlon XP) and has not crashed once. Updated via the web to version 11.11, so that may have fixed some of the other users problems.

Includes the tutorial disk, which I haven't used yet and Corel Snapfire which is a photo organization tool. Have used Snapfire some and it is ok except it is slower than the Windows picture viewer when advancing through photos in a directory while previewing them, however you can do basic editing right from it or choose to load the picture into PSP.

So, if you can get it for less the $100 list price it is definitely a capable editor for the average home photographer.