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With a smorgasbord of tools for working with digital photos and creating illustrations, the latest version of Paint Shop Pro clearly has lofty intentions. However, this application shares a few minuses found in similar full-featured image programs. The busy, cluttered interface is almost certain to overwhelm newcomers, though more seasoned veterans of image-editing applications will quickly find their sea legs. Also, the installation file eats up a whopping 98MB of disk space, so be prepared for a wait before you can begin testing Paint Shop Pro's powers.
In return for the hefty toll it takes on your system, this program offers just about every tool you'll need for illustrating and perfecting your digital photos. In addition to the standard assortment of drawing implements, you'll find such new additions as a palette knife and a smear tool. Any errant brush strokes or adjustments can easily be undone via a small pane in the lower-right corner. If digital photography is your game, you'll appreciate the boatload of image-editing options Paint Shop Pro puts at your disposal. You can manually adjust such attributes as sharpness, color balance, and contrast, or you can use the program's One-Stop Photo Fix feature to automatically whip your shots into shape. A wide variety of effects will come in handy if you want to go beyond simple corrections, or you can simply resolve flash or backlighting problems. If your shots have too much noise or purple fringing, Paint Shop Pro can fix them up in a jiffy. Though this program may leave casual photographers or illustrators a bit bewildered, its all-encompassing feature set makes it a great bet for pros or anyone else craving a fine degree of control over his or her images.
Publisher's Description
From Corel:
Whether it’s a photo, graphic, or digital art, Paint Shop Pro 9 is going to help you get that vision out of your head and onto the screen. Your pocketbook doesn’t have to suffer for your art and you don’t have to settle on the pricey standard for quality. What you need is right here.
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All versions:
3.5 starsout of 487 votes
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Current version:
4.4 starsout of 93 votes
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"it was ok a bit hard to find out what things did."
Version: Paint Shop Pro 9.0
Pros
Made great layouts.
Cons
Hard to know what things are.
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"Wonderful WONDERFUL PRODUCT OMG SO GOOD!!"
Version: Paint Shop Pro 9.0
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Very Easy to use [once you learn how to do it]. Making images is great. Adding text has so many options to do. Very Wonderful product
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"good"
Version: Paint Shop Pro 9.0
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good
Cons
good
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"Its has good products for movies and pics like making a lightsaber look real"
Version: Paint Shop Pro 9.0
Pros
it has all i need
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"Has saved my photos new and old! But get ready to learn."
Version: Paint Shop Pro 9.0
Pros
Scrapbookers dream! Gives the ability to repair scans of old damaged photos, makes graphics, super frames, tons of creative potential. take a look at a few things I've done with it at, (Tree Pruitt at ArtWanted DOT COM -Google gets ya there), I had the free trial and WILL purchase! It's worth it folks. I'm spoiled now without it!
Cons
Some applications shut down if too many layers or applications are open. Save often and it shouldn't be an issue. Company says they're working on it. Some of my graphics will load into images hosting sites but don't appear when I install the tag in code line. And I haven't been able to figure out why. So help issues could be more clear on the program. Nothing else I can find in this price range that can do all this one can though.
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"This is great"
Version: Paint Shop Pro 9.0
Pros
This program is simply GREAT, it has lots of options and it loads very quickly
Cons
The price and the file size
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"GET IT"
Version: Paint Shop Pro 9.0
Pros
If this program was a car, you'd see it in every single garage. Why? Because we're talking value here. If you're reading the reviews chances are that you are comparing this with Photoshop.
This program has most of photoshop features and then some unique ones. Photoshop is overall more powerful...but expensive as hell. Plus, it won't run smoothly in hardware in which Paint Shop Pro is very comfortable.
Unless you make a living out of digital photography, you need to get Paint Shop Pro, you will most likely never outgrow it and let your creativity run wild.
Cons
Splash screeen and loading times are a little long, and saving files in a different format can be a little annoying (big list to scan); but these are very minor cons.
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"confusing"
Version: Paint Shop Pro 9.0
Pros
there are a lot of things you can do so long as you know how to use the program.
Cons
not really for beginners. very confusing set up.
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"PSP9 lets my creativity run wild"
Version: Paint Shop Pro 9.0
Pros
PSP can do anything you can think of doing to, for and with your photos. I can work with PSP for hours, never getting bored or running into a situation that wont let me go any further into the program, I always loose track of time when working with my photos on PSP9.
I am a professional photographer.
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"LOVE IT!!!"
Version: Paint Shop Pro 9.0
Pros
-Graphic skills improved
-Blending tool
-Swirl brushes
-just great!!!
Cons
-You have to pay and its expensive!! (I used a trial.)
-It loads long
-Doesn't do animations
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