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Corel® Paint ShopPro PHOTO X2
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What's NEW in Paint Shop Pro Photo
X2
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.
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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:
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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.
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Graphite Interface Theme--A new, darker
theme for Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 makes photos look their
absolute best while users edit them.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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S upporting
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 opposed 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.
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The new Save
for Office and Copy Special commands help you optimize images
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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 shot 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
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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,
bloodshot 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
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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 mountain
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.
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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 shots 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 shot adjusts the
exposure to capture the shadows, while another shot 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 shot 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:
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Product Description
New Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 is the ideal choice for any
aspiring photographer's digital darkroom. It's filled with
everything from easy automatic photo fixes to precision editing
tools. You'll save hours of time with the new Express Lab, because
now you can edit dozens of photos in the time it used to take to
edit just a few. All sorts of new tools are available, including a
set of professional easy-to-use retouching tools and special
features for professional photographers, HDR Photo Merge and a
feature to create and add presonal watermarks. It even includes a
built-in Learning Center to help new users get started right away!
New and improved Makeover Tools with new features including
Thinify! Improved Black & White Film Conversion Requires Windows
XP or Vista
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System
Requirements
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Microsoft® Windows Vista™ or
Windows® XP, with latest service packs installed
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512 MB RAM (768 MB
recommended)
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768 MB RAM required if using
Windows Vista
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1 GHz processor (2 GHz
recommended)
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500 MB hard disk space
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24-bit color display, 1024x768
resolution
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Microsoft DirectX® 9.0c or
higher (included in Windows Vista and XP)
Additional Requirements for selected features
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Microsoft® Outlook®, Outlook
Express, WordPerfect® MAIL™ or other MAPI-compliant email software (to
email from the product)
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Apple® QuickTime® 7 or higher
(to play .mov movie files)
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