Corel PaintShop Pro
Description
Windows-based bitmap graphics editor for digital camera buffs and home and small-office users. Originally produced by Jasc Software, bought by Corel in 2004, useful for:
- Digital camera touch-ups
General image editing Strengths
- Very affordable
- Good documentation
- Built-in Learning Centre
- Smart Photo Fix analyzes your photo and makes suggested corrections
- Faster startup time, the ability to work faster on large photos, and near-instant undo and redo
- Makeover Tools
- 16-bit editing, the ability to work with raw files, save out to CMYK
- Color management and screen calibrations options
- One-click Red-eye removal
- Includes: Photo Album 6 - Standard Edition, two hours of video tutorials, complete Raw workflow package
- Over 500 different Special Effects ad new Picture Tubes
- Object Remover makes it easy to remove unwanted or difficult to clone portions of images and fills
- One-Step Purple Fringe Fix removes the purple glow surrounding the edges of people and objects
- High Pass Filter
- Black and White Conversion and Black and White Infrared Conversion filters
- One-Step Noise Fix removes digital camera noise or excess graininess
- Layers Palette provides thumbnail views of each image layer, making it easier to use and understand
- History palette, which tracks the actions you perform on the active image
- Mixer palette, which emulates the color-mixing mechanics of a real brush and palette
- Automatic Color Balance filter has a slider to adjust for lighting temperature
Weaknesses
- Scripts are difficult to edit
- No CMYK support
- No panorama-stitching function
- Flash Fill and Backlighting filters
- Complicated menu system
- Heavy memory usage
- Not great for absolute beginners.