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Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 is the ideal choice for
any aspiring photographer's digital darkroom. Fix brightness,
color, and photo flaws in a few clicks and use precision editing
tools to create the picture you want. Give photos a unique,
exciting look using hundreds of special effects, and much more!
Plus, the new one-of-a-kind Express Lab helps you quickly view
and fix dozens of photos in the time it used to take to edit a
few. Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 even includes a built-in Learning
Center to help you get started, it's the easiest way to get
professional-looking photos - fast!
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Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 is the ideal choice for
any aspiring photographer's digital darkroom. Fix brightness,
color, and photo flaws in a few clicks; use precision editing
tools to create the picture you want; give photos a unique,
exciting look using hundreds of special effects, and much more!
Plus, the NEW one-of-a-kind Express Lab helps you quickly view
and fix dozens of photos in the time it used to take to edit a
few. Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 even includes a built-in Learning
Center to help you get started, it's the easiest way to get
professional-looking photos - fast!
Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 is the ideal choice for any
aspiring photographer's digital darkroom.
Introducing Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X2
Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 is the ideal digital photography
software for users who want professional-looking photos and new
ways to unlock their creative potential. With the widest
selection of photo-editing features--ranging from automatic tools
when you need results fast or precision controls for
fine-tuning--Paint Shop Pro Photo provides a depth of
functionality that grows with users as their skills and knowledge
advance. Downloading, viewing, orting, and quickly processing
photos is a breeze, and users can learn as they go with a variety
of learning aids in the application. With version X2,
award-winning Paint Shop Pro Photo continues to set the standard
for easy-to-use, powerful software at an affordable price.
Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 continues to focus on photo editing,
making it the ideal choice for any aspiring photographer's
digital darkroom. The exciting new features in Paint Shop Pro
Photo X2 include the following:
* Express Lab--A new streamlined mode of Paint Shop Pro Photo
helps users quickly view and fix dozens of photos in the time it
used to take to edit just a few. Now users can crop, rotate, and
fix their photos without having to open them individually.
* Graphite Interface Theme--A new, darker theme for Paint Shop
Pro Photo X2 makes photos look their absolute best while users
edit them.
* HDR Photo Merge--Users can take advantage of their camera's
autobracketing feature and combine multiple exposures of
high-contrast scenes, which are otherwise impossible to capture
adequately.
* Integrated Clarify Control--Users can achieve incredible
results with HDR Photo Merge by applying automatic dodging and
burning. The enhanced Black and White Film dialog box also
provides a Clarify control, so users can create dynamic,
high-contrast images that mimic the use of black-and-white film
with a color filter on the lens.
* Makeover Tool Modes--The suite of easy-to-use retouching tools
grows in Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 to include the new Thinify and
Eye Drop modes, which give super results, fast.
* Layer Styles--Users can easily apply effects such as embossing,
drop shadows, glows, and even reflections, which automatically
update whenever the underlying layer is edited.
* Visible Watermarks--Users can take credit for their work by
adding watermarks to photos. All it takes is a few clicks before
printing or uploading proof copies.
* Workflow Improvements--Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 makes it easier
to use photos in documents, presentations, and Web pages through
the new Save for Office and Copy Special options, plus redesigned
Resize and Save As dialog boxes.
* Auto-Preserve Originals--Original photos are now automatically
preserved when users save an edited version. This new feature
provides a safety net in case users want to return to the
original version. The Express Lab helps users quickly process
large batches of photos.
Supporting these features is the award-winning Learning Center,
which help new users get up to speed quickly. The Learning Center
is laid out in workflow order, so users can easily identify what
they'd like to do with their photos. The Learning Center is truly
integrated into the application, so selecting a topic
automatically launches the corresponding tool. Unlike products
with limited feature sets, Paint Shop Pro Photo provides a full
range of functionality, from quick, single-click adjustments to
full manual controls. Many common photo-editing tasks are much
easier to perform in Paint Shop Pro Photo than in comparable
applications, such as Adobe Photoshop Elements. Examples include
the following:
* Replacing color selectively--Change the color of any object in
a photo with just one click of the Color Changer tool while
preserving the shading and texture of the original object. Even
changing a dark color to a light color requires just a single
click, as sed to the difficult, multistep manual process
required in Adobe Photoshop Elements.
* Correcting perspective--Turn any lens into a tilt-swing
perspective correction lens with the Perspective Correction
feature. Simply line up four corners on a photo element that
should be square, and double-click. Photoshop Elements requires a
complex process involving multiple controls.
* Blurring the background selectively--Draw attention to an
object of interest in a photo with the Depth of Field effect.
This feature simulates the use of a low lens aperture setting.
* Sprucing up photo subjects--Apply tooth-whitening, slimming,
suntanning, and other enhancements with a suite of Makeover tool
modes.
* Giving images an older look--Take photos back in time by using
the seven different historical effects in the Time Machine
feature.
* Removing unwanted objects in photos--Outline an object to
remove, and a background area to use to replace it, and the
object is gone. This technique is particularly useful for objects
that are larger than the area you use for the replacement
texture. In Photoshop Elements, this task requires cloning, which
often leads to noticeable repeat patterns.
* Removing purple fringe--Detect and remove the colored fringe
that appears along high-contrast edges in many digital camera
photos by using the Purple Fringe Remover.
* Simulating infrared film--Simulate the ethereal effect of
infrared photography. The Infrared Film effect even includes
options to simulate the flare and film grain qualities of this
unique film type.
* Importing and exporting CMYK format files--Benefit from fully
supported color management, with ICC-standard color profiles,
including importing and exporting CMYK format files.
* Merging auto-bracketed images--Take advantage of a digital
camera's auto-bracket feature to create images that retain all
the detail of shadow and highlight areas in a photo. Process Your
Photos Like the Pros
Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 has a variety of tools and features that
allow users to quickly process vast quantities of images without
sacrificing quality. Whether users work in offices, in
photography studios, or at home, their ability to quickly create
top-notch images is critical. Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 helps users
get the end results they demand with a variety of high-quality,
intuitive, and time-saving tools and features.
New! Express Lab:
Nothing has fueled the digital camera revolution like the
ability to take large numbers of pictures without having to worry
about the cost. As a result of this newfound freedom, however,
users are faced with the daunting tasks of viewing, deleting, and
fixing all of those downloaded photos.
The Express Lab is ideal for processing an entire folder of
photos all at once--without having to sacrifice power for speed.
It helps users sort through a vast quantity of images, allowing
them to view and process the photos without having to open each
one.
Advanced users can fine-tune photos by using a histogram and
separate controls for shadows, brightness, highlights, and
saturation. Less experienced users can easily refine their photos
by using the Suggest Settings feature of the Smart Photo Fix
tool. The Express Lab also offers a toolset that lets users
easily perform many common editing tasks, such as cropping and
straightening photos and removing red-eye and blemishes. Users
can also assign ratings to their photos, so they can quickly find
their favorites.
Take credit for your work by adding watermarks to photos.
The new Save for Office and Copy Special commands help you
optimize images for their intended destination.
New! Visible Watermark:
Professional photographers and hobbyists alike want to put their
stamp on the photos they take and share. The Visible Watermark
feature lets users add a discreet watermark to their photos to
remind viewers who took the and to help safeguard against
misuse of their images. This new feature simplifies the task of
adding a logo or other graphic as a watermark, and users can
choose from options such as embossing to give their photos a
subtle, professional look.
New & Enhanced! Auto-Preserve Originals and Save As:
Users don't have to worry about overwriting their original
photos, thanks to the new Auto-Preserve Originals option. The
first time a user saves an image, a backup copy of the original
is automatically created one level deeper in the folder
hierarchy. The original can easily be restored by using the
Restore Original command in the File menu.
Paint Shop Pro Photo is renowned for the number of file formats
users can save to. The improved Save As command helps users
quickly choose the formats they use most often by listing common
and recently used ones at the top of the file format list.
New! Save for Office and Copy Special:
Preparing an image for use in documents, in presentations, or on
the Web can be tricky. The Save for Office command removes the
guesswork by automatically optimizing an image for its intended
use, thereby avoiding problems with file size, performance, or
printing.
When users copy and paste images into other applications, the new
Copy Special command prepares the image based on its intended
purpose. The resizing function is built in, ensuring that no
unnecessary image data is added to the document.
E-mailing:
Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 lets users e-mail photos as embedded
files or attachments. A preview feature lets users double-check
their images before sending them and check a running count on the
size of selected files.
Color Management:
The Color Management engine lets users read and save
ICC-standard color profile data in their files, which ensures
that on-screen colors match printed colors. In addition, Paint
Shop Pro Photo X2 supports CMYK input and output for commercial
printing.
Makeover tool modes let you quickly and easily touch up the
appearance of photo subjects.
Discover Editing Tools You Can't Find Anywhere Else
Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 has a powerful toolset that can fix
nearly any digital photo imperfection. If the problem stems from
the quality of the image produced by the camera, a user can apply
quick, easy corrections with a series of time-saving tools. If
photo subjects don't look their best, their appearance can be
spruced up faster and easier than ever before.
New & Enhanced! Makeover Tool:
Everyone wants to look their best in a photo. To that end, Paint
Shop Pro Photo X2 includes a suite of Makeover tool modes that
let users quickly and easily touch up the appearance of photo
subjects. The professional-strength Makeover tool contains the
following modes:
* New! Thinify Mode--makes photo subjects look thinner
* New! Eye Drop Mode--takes the red out of irritated, blood
eyes
* Enhanced! Blemish Fixer Mode--removes blemishes from photo
subjects
* Enhanced! Suntan Mode--adds color to pale, washed-out skin
* Toothbrush Mode--quickly whitens discolored teeth The Color
Changer tool lets you easily change colors in your digital
images.
With the Perspective Correction tool, you can fix buildings,
landmarks, or objects in your photos that appear in the wrong
perspective.
Quickly remove purple fringe from your photos.
The Object Remover makes it easy to remove unwanted or
difficult-to-clone portions of images and fills in the removed
detail with portions of the remaining photo.
Color Changer Tool:
The Color Changer tool lets users easily change colors in their
digital images. For example, users can easily change the color of
an object in a photo, such as a car or a piece of clothing.
Rather than simply replacing a color, the Color Changer tool
detects and analyzes variations in brightness caused by shading
and texture, and then it makes the necessary adjustments to the
new color to produce a realistic recoloring effect.
Noise Removal:
"Noise" artifacts--small specks of color that interfere with the
clarity of the image--are one of the most common problems in
digital photography. Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 gives users two
noise-removal options. The One Step Noise Removal command offers
one-step, automatic noise removal.
The Digital Camera Noise Removal command allows users to
precisely control how these same corrections are applied. This
feature has been favorably compared to specialized noise-removal
plug-ins that cost as much as Paint Shop Pro Photo X2!
Perspective Correction Tool:
This longtime favorite gives users the power and versatility of
an expensive tilt-correction lens. With the Perspective
Correction tool, users can fix buildings, landmarks, or objects
in their photos that appear in the wrong perspective or that were
taken from an angle other than directly in front. Users can
simply line up the four corner points with a shape that should be
rectangular to adjust the entire image
Purple Fringe Removal:
The One Step Purple Fringe Fix command gets rid of the purple
glow that sometimes appears in digital photos around edges of
objects under high-contrast conditions.
Straighten Tool:
Users can easily straighten crooked images by simply specifying
a line along an image feature that should be horizontal or
vertical, such as the horizon or a building.
Background Eraser Tool:
Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 lets users selectively erase pixels with
the Background Eraser tool. For example, in a photo of a ain
range, users can erase the sky or isolate an object from the
surrounding image area. When the background behind photo subjects
is erased, fine-edged detail around hair or fur is retained.
Object Remover:
If the only thing that stands between a good photo and a perfect
one is an unwanted element--a lamppost, a tree, even a
bystander--the Object Remover can help. The Object Remover makes
it easy to remove unwanted or difficult-to-clone portions of
images and fills in the removed detail with portions of the
remaining photo. Just outline the object to remove, and a
background area to use to replace it, and the object is gone.
The Crop to New Image feature lets you quickly separate
individual images from group scan
The HDR Photo Merge feature helps users get the most out of their
digital cameras.
Easily correct distorted images with Lens Distortion Correction
filters.
Enhanced! Crop Tool:
Users who scan multiple images at the same time will love the
enhanced Crop tool. The new Crop to New Image feature
automatically creates a new file from the cropped area and keeps
the original full scan open, so users can easily separate
individual image files from the group scan.
Enhance Photos Using Powerful, Easy-To-Use Tools
Paint Shop Pro Photo is renowned for being user-friendly--that's
because user feedback has always played a huge role in its
development. From requesting one-click automatic fixes that take
the guesswork out of image correction to insisting on advanced
image-editing tools, the user has spoken, and Paint Shop Pro
Photo X2 has responded. And as digital cameras have evolved,
Paint Shop Pro Photo has kept pace, so that users can get as much
out of their photos as their cameras offer.
New! HDR Photo Merge:
Many digital cameras have an auto-bracket feature, which lets
users take multiple s of the same scene, each with a
different exposure level. This feature is ideal for photos taken
in high-contrast scenes, such as a sunset. One adjusts the
exposure to capture the shadows, while another adjusts the
exposure to capture bright areas. The HDR (High Dynamic Range)
Photo Merge feature lets users combine auto-bracketed photos to
create a photo that retains the critical detail of the images
being combined. While ideal for photos using a tripod and
auto-bracketing, this feature can automatically align images
captured with handheld cameras using manual exposure adjustments.
Enhanced! Black and White Film Effect:
Users can easily create dynamic black-and-white photos by
simulating the effects of shooting using black-and-white film
with colored filters. Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 gives users the
full creative control of the Channel Mixer command by letting
them select from a virtually infinite range of color combinations
within an intuitive, easy-to-use interface. The enhanced Black
and White Film dialog box also provides a Clarify control, so
users can create dynamic, high-contrast images that mimic the use
of black-and-white film with a color filter on the lens.
One Step Photo Fix and Smart Photo Fix:
The One Step Photo Fix command automatically applies six common
photo corrections to an image. All the user needs to do is select
the command.
The Smart Photo Fix analyzes a photo and suggests settings for
auto-corrections of color, brightness, sharpness, and saturation
used in One Step Photo Fix. Completely flexible, users can apply
the suggested settings or experiment further by manually
fine-tuning the settings. At any point, if users decide that they
prefer the results of the initially suggested fix, they can
quickly reapply the suggested settings. Paint Shop Pro Photo X2
gives users the flexibility to experiment freely with confidence,
knowing that they can always revert to their starting point.
Depth of Field Effect:
Paint Shop Pro Photo lets users draw attention to a specific
area of an image. The Depth of Field effect applies focus to a
region of a photo while applying an out-of-focus blur to the rest
of the image. This allows users to easily replicate the look of
limited depth of field, an effect that usually requires precise
manual lens aperture adjustments.
Advanced Adjustments:
Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 offers advanced users the
professional-level tools and features that are usually found only
in expensive image-editing applications. These advanced features
include the following:
* Curves and Levels Adjustments--The Curves and Levels features
in Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 give users exceptional control over
some of the most critical imaging adjustments. The Curves dialog
box includes a histogram, so photographers can easily and
intuitively fine-tune their work. Three automatic settings let
less-experienced users optimize the contrast and color levels in
their images with a few clicks.
* Histogram Adjustment--With Paint Shop Pro Photo X2, the
Histogram Adjustment feature lets users display the tonal range
of an image and fine-tune the balance of shadows, midtones, and
highlights. More advanced users can use this feature to manually
correct exposure.
* Adjustment Layers--Whenever a tonal or color change is applied
to an image, the image's information is altered, which means that
the image ultimately starts to degrade. The advantage of using
adjustment layers is that they do not permanently modify the
image layers themselves. Advanced users love working with
adjustment layers in Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 because they offer a
great way to adjust the color or tone of underlying layers
without actually modifying the pixels of those layers. In
addition, users can add multiple adjustment layers to test
various color corrections or to see how several corrections look
when they're combined. Lens Distortion Correction Filters:
Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 provides excellent Lens Distortion
Correction filters that help users correct common photo
distortions, such as fish-eye, barrel, and pincushion.
Create One-Of-A-Kind Photos
Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 offers an array of graphics tools and
creative effects that help users transform their photos into
one-of-a-kind artistic images. While professional-strength
image-correction tools have always been at the core of the
application, Paint Shop Pro Photo is also renowned for letting
users push their artistic boundaries. Whether making a photo look
like it was taken long ago with a bygone era's film and camera
technology, or adding stunning artistic effects, users of Paint
Shop Pro Photo X2 can unleash their creativity.
New! Layer Styles:
This feature lets users apply a variety of artistic effects to a
layer, such as Drop Shadow, Emboss, and Reflection, without
having to leave the Layer Properties dialog box.
Film and Filters:
Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 offers users a range of effects inspired
by classic film and filter types. Users can experiment with a
variety of film-effect and filter-effect combinations to produce
interesting, eye-catching results. Users can also simulate the
effect of using color filters on the lens of a camera by applying
a Creative Filter effect, or they can apply a Film Look to
simulate the effect of using different types of film in a
traditional camera.
Layer Styles lets you easily apply artistic effects to your
images.
Time Machine:
The Time Machine offers users a tour of photographic history by
letting them see what their photos would look like if they had
been taken in another era. With a range of settings based on
photo styles from the 1830s to the 1980s, users can easily send
their photos back in time. A live preview lets users see the
evolution of photography on a single image.
Warp Brush:
The Warp Brush lets users easily create caricatures of their
photos or photo subjects by distorting the pixels in a particular
area of the photo.
Effects Browser:
The Effects Browser lets users preview an enormous range of
effects before applying them to an image.
Vector Drawing Tools:
Using the Text tool, users can add descriptive or decorative
text to an image, and the text can be easily edited and
formatted. Using the Preset Shapes tool, users can add predefined
shapes--such as callouts, arrows, flowers, and gears--to images.
The range of predefined shapes has been expanded in Paint Shop
Pro Photo X2.
Enhanced! Picture Tubes:
A longtime user favorite, the Picture Tube tool lets users paint
on their photos with a collection of professionally designed
artistic elements. For example, users can add butterflies and
beetles to a picnic setting, fill an aquarium with fish, or frame
a picture with holly. Picture Tubes are available in a variety of
themes, and users can also create their own graphics to use with
the Picture Tube tool. Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 has several new
Picture Tubes, giving users more options when enhancing their
photos.
Enhanced! Picture Frames and Photo Edges:
Using picture frames and photo edges, users can easily add
eye-catching final touches to their images. Paint Shop Pro Photo
X2 provides a variety of picture frame styles, and the frames are
editable, so users can tweak them or create their own. The
addition of new picture frames and photo edges in Paint Shop Pro
Photo X2 offers users even more creative possibilities.
- The ideal choice for any aspiring photographer's digital darkroom; an array of graphics tools and creative effects help you transform their photos into one-of-a-kind artistic images.
- Fix brightness, color, and photo flaws in a few clicks; use precision editing tools to create the picture you want; give photos a unique, exciting look using hundreds of special effects, and more.
- One-of-a-kind Express Lab helps you quickly view and fix dozens of photos in the time it used to take to edit a few.
- HDR Photo Merge helps you combine two or more photos taken at different exposures, and then automatically dodges and burns to bring out the contrast.
- Includes a built-in Learning Center to help you get started; it's the easiest way to get professional-looking photos--fast.