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- Price: Free to try (30-day trial); $99.99 to buy (Buy it now)
- Operating system: Windows XP 64-bit/32-bit/Vista 32-bit/64-bit/7 32-bit/64-bit
- Date added: January 26, 2010
- Total Downloads: 13,915,910
- Downloads last week: 12,891
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 393 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: Jessica Dolcourt on January 26, 2010
What you get with the latest version of PaintShop Pro is a midlevel photo editor with a low learning curve and some very nice editing and output features. The easily navigable interface puts photos front and center and surrounds them with tools and menus. It doesn't have all the pixel-pushing prowess of its pricier competitors, but PaintShop Pro X3 does add a few significant enhancements and new features. Support for HD video projects is the biggie here, as more users are investing in fancier digital cameras and in high-def computers and TV screens.
Shutterbugs will also appreciate the new RAW feature (called the RAW Lab), which is a specialized editor for processing RAW images. It's a feature similar to those found in Adobe's Photoshop Elements and Photoshop Lightroom.
Corel has also acknowledged an uptick in the popularity of social networks by baking in more sharing options, specifically for Facebook, Flickr, and YouTube. In addition to sprinkling some new editing tools into PaintShop Photo Pro X3, Corel has turned on the capability to import and export HD videos. The multimedia photo editor contains templates for photo projects found in other Corel products, like Corel Digital Studio 2010. Though the templates offer simple, visually exciting ways to get started on a photo book or a slide show, those who dip into them often will find themselves limited to the same handful of designs.
It's clear that PaintShop Pro X3 is aimed at enthusiast-level photographers who prefer a clean, all-in-one app to not just edit but also process their photos onto a disc, an online album, or a photo project like a slideshow. Pros who prefer to get into the nitty gritty details of image editing should look elsewhere, but others would benefit from downloading PaintShop Pro's trial software.
Publisher's description
From Corel :PaintShop Photo Pro X3 is the most rewarding way to enhance your photos and create professional-looking images. Now with a complete RAW workflow, this photo-editing program lets you manage, adjust, edit and share your digital photos--all in one place. Accelerate the way you organize, rate, tag and sort with new photo management tools. Make automatic fixes in the enhanced Express Lab, or go deep with a full set of advanced editing tools. Then upload to Flickr, Facebook and YouTube, create high-quality photo books and projects, print, email or back up photos on disc. It's your entire photo workflow in one high-performance package.
What's new in this version:
- New: RAW Lab -- manually adjust groups of RAW photos during the loading process
- Enhanced: Express Lab -- quickly fix common flaws in this speed-editing mode
- New: Advanced editing tools -- edit fast with Smart Carver and Vibrancy
- New: HD photo and video -- import and export HD video
- New: Integrated projects -- create photo books, HD slideshows and cards
- Enhanced: Photo sharing -- email, print online or at home, and send directly to Facebook, Yo... see all new features
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 3.8 stars out of 393 votes
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Version: Corel PaintShop Photo Pro X3
"I recommend PsP to any photographer."
Pros: You have a very complete set of tools. Some of the lesser priced photography tools just perform the basic edits like cropping, contrast, lighting and similar type fixes. Their is a large FAQ file at Corel.
Cons: The user manual isn't much more then a basic pamphlet. That is why it doesn't get 5 stars. If you used the program before this isn't a problem but for a new user this is worthless.
Summary: If you are serious about photography and you don't have bucketful of money for Photoshop this is the program for you. I have restored thousands of slides and prints that I inherited from my Dad using the previous versions of PsP. I liked the PsP x... read more >>
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Corel PaintShop Photo Pro X3
"It installs but just refuses to stay running."
Pros: 30 day money back guarantee.
The specs sound nice.Cons: It plain does not work... at all..... for anything.... at all. Well I guess you can use it to look at pics as long as you don't ever intend to DO anything with them.
Summary: I've spent the better part of 2 days trying to get this program to work on 2 machines. One with Vista, the other with Windows 7. Both will install the software but when you try to do anything at all, and I really mean anything at all, the program cr... read more >>
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: Corel PaintShop Photo Pro X3
"NO GOOD ON WINDOWS 7 32 or 64 bit"
Pros: IT ONLY LOOKS GOOD ON THE PROMO PICTURES
Cons: I WASN'T EVEN ABLE TO OPEN THE PROGRAM AFTER INSTALL
Summary: I can't believe that Paint Shop Pro X works on windows 7, but not X3. Are they going backwards or something? im going to try installing in XP and see what happends. I was a waist of time downloading this file.
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2 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Version: Corel PaintShop Photo Pro X3
"Crashes on Windows 7 PSP Pro X2 Works Fine"
Pros: Not a Thing as it would not function
Cons: ? Cons: Huge download of several hundred megs, first download failed near the end, had to restart. After all that, encountered a serious bug. No user support worth speaking of.
Summary: Summary: After lengthy download and a further lengthy install I loaded some pics. Quite like the user interface compared with Adobe photoshop elements. However, went to do some basic editing and immediately got an error message from windows along th... read more >>
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2 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Version: Corel PaintShop Photo Pro X3
"Dreadful, dreadful, dreadful"
Pros: User interface
Cons: Huge download of several hundred megs, first download failed near the end, had to restart. After all that, encountered a serious bug. No user support worth speaking of.
Summary: After lengthy download and a further lengthy install I loaded some pics. Quite like the user interface compared with Adobe photoshop elements. However, went to do some basic editing and immediately got an error message from windows along these lines... read more >>
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