Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo provides the average photo editor with a much more user-friendly alternative to Adobe Photoshop. It's a high functioning program that's both easy to use and full of features. Usually, a program with a lot of features is far from easy to use, but that's not the case here. Corel decided to dedicate itself to bringing the most user-friendly products possible for the same price their competitors charge.
New to this version is improved photo organization and performance and support for additional RAW formats, HD video, Windows 7 and additional creative project options. They added new tools like multi-photo editing, Express Lab, Smart Carver, Vibrancy, Object Extractor and On-Image Text Editing.
Ease of Use:
You would think a photo editing program with this large of a feature set would be difficult to use; however, that's not the case with Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo. It has a feature set as large, if not larger, than most of its more prestigious competitors, but its presentation has a way of making everything make sense. We had no problems navigating this program's menus or figuring out any of its features. We were pleased with how simple it was to complete even the most complex of projects.
Importing:
Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo can import screen captures, custom brushes and images from your scanner or camera.
Editing:
Editing photos can be easy with Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo One Step Photo Fix. With one click, this program will make automatic adjustments to color, brightness, contrast, and sharpness. In many cases, this was enough to bring out that extra amount of detail or vivid color, but sometimes it just doesn’t do the job. This is where Smart Photo Fix comes in. Manually adjust brightness, saturation, focus, and black and white levels until you get the results you want. Smart Photo Fix shows you the before and after in real time so you always know what the end result will be. Additionally, One Step Noise Removal will automatically get rid of unwanted pixels or groups of pixels that show up as a result of image compression. The Color Balance editor makes it easy to make a picture appear “cooler” or “warmer” by changing the color temperature and tint in both white balance and color balance.
Similar to the Photoshop’s Dodge and Burn tools, Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo's Clarify tool analyzes the image and adjusts the brightness in each region to intelligently compress contrast into a range that can be shown on screen or on a print. In English, the Clarify tool will sharpen your image, you just choose the strength of the effect and this program does the rest. It’s a great way to bring out fine detail in an image. It’s rare that one remembers to take a tripod to the game or on a hike, and often it’s just too heavy and cumbersome an accessory to lug around. As a result some pictures are more blurred than we would like. Enter High Pass Sharpen, the last in the Enhance Photo tool set. By increasing the contrast of certain pixels, the High Pass Sharpen tool will make the blur crisp again. Specifying the radius around the soft edges will tell this program how far to go, and the resulting image will be much clearer. It’s something one must play with and adjust manually, but it’s an essential tool in the photo editor’s array.
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