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- Price: Free to try (30-day trial); $69.99 to buy
- Operating system: Windows XP/Vista
- Date added: January 15, 2008
- Total Downloads: 2,389,038
- Downloads last week: 4,032
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 125 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
Perhaps a touch less powerful than the most elaborate photo-editing packages, Corel has expanded Ulead's PhotoImpact and blown it up. The download file is nearly double the size of the last version, but PhotoImpact X3 makes a concerted effort to compete with Adobe. Positioned between Elements and Photoshop, this app delivers everything most users need: editing tools, effects, and ready-made elements for creations.
The wide variety of textures, frames, effects, animations, and brushes wouldn't necessarily justify the download, but the app is more or less a snap to use. Wizard dialogs let you instantly create attractive and functional Web-page objects, including buttons, image maps, bullets, and backgrounds. The program works with layers, too. The traditional photo-editing interface has only one peculiarity: the main docked panel, which can hold all the other panels and quickly hide and show them. It also lets you quickly switch among work-space layouts. Beginners, for instance, can display just the controls for basic editing.
All in all, this powerful graphics program will appeal to photographers and Web designers who need a significantly cheaper alternative to monster packages such as Photoshop.
Publisher's description
From Corel :Corel PhotoImpact X3 combines full-featured photo editing with inspiring photo projects and amazing digital art to make digital photography and image creativity fun, fast and easy. Easy & Fast ExpressFix Mode: Automated enhancements and easy-to-understand options put the tools you need at your fingertips. Instantly fix exposure, color, and composition. Beginners like the simplicity, experienced users like the efficiency. Take Your Photos to New Places Use easy wizards to create fun photo projects and gifts. Choose from over 200 customizable templates for a wide range of ways to share your pictures. Collages Comic strips Calendars Greeting cards Create Amazing Digital Art: Paint realistic looking clouds with the cloud pen, Enhance your photos with creative filters, and draw and paint like a pro.
Version X3 includes Corel Painter Essentials 3 Full Version, Slideshow Prep Wizard, and new crop tools.
What's new in this version:
Version X3 includes Corel Painter Essentials 3 Full Version, Slideshow Prep Wizard, and new crop tools.
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- Average user rating: 3.1 stars out of 125 votes
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3 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Version: Corel PhotoImpact X3
Pros: Spellbinding! It's got all you can think about your photographs. Just open the images and do the required changes. Save it to get the best out of your images. Simply speaking, with this cool piece of software, you can get the world of photo editing at your fingertips.
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1 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Version: Corel PhotoImpact X3
Pros: i only like the pens thats all..
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Version: Corel PhotoImpact X3
Pros: I have been using Ulead PhotoImpact since v.7 with absolutley no complaints aside from a needed BugFix here and there, which was always taken care ASAP. I hope Corel is as reliable as ULEAD was. So far, so good with PI X3. Anything PS can do, PI X3 can do just as good in one-tength of the time. The features and the price tag cannot be beat by any other Graphics editor.
Cons: Newbie reviewers.
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3 out of 6 people found this review helpful
Version: Corel PhotoImpact X3
"Great but not supported by Corel"
Pros: I have used this exellent software for years as a semi-pro because it is intuitive and quick with virtually every tool that Photoshop has, but with a usable, right-clickable interface. MUCH simpler than Photoshop.
Cons: Corel has stopped updating to supported cameras, ie. newer Nikons are not supported (D300, D3, etc) The answer they gave me was "we're not allowed to say" if we will support new hardware. Arrogant. Also does not seem to be fully functional with Vista 64 bit.
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0 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: Corel PhotoImpact X3
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