Corel's Paint Shop Beauty

Advantages: Affordable, massive range of tools, accepts many Photoshop plugins, easy to learn
Disadvantages: It's not Photoshop.

...I've been using Paint Shop Pro since around 1998/9, when PSP5 was out. Since then, it's been through many different upgrades, and I've learnt much about photo and image editing along the way. Until version 10, or Paint Shop Pro X to give it its proper title, the software was developed and sold by Jasc. From version 10 onwards, however, it has been part of the Corel family of software, alongside the likes of Corel Draw and, of late, Winzip. From version 11 onwards, the software gained the word 'Photo' in its title, becoming Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo XI. It's impossible to give a review that covers absolutely everything about a product like Paint Shop Pro. Certainly, I doubt there are many people in the world who could claim to use everything it has to offer confidently enough to give a worthwhile opinion. I'll try my best...

sexyjw 06.11.2007 · Read review
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Review of Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X2

Jasc Paint Shop Pro

Advantages: Create Web Design and Graphics, Red eye correction & more
Disadvantages: maybe the cost would shock a few people, that is until they realise just how great the program is!

...’m here to tell you about the features of Jasc Paint Shop Pro. I will now list the features that I use the most, as explaining what I don’t use wouldn’t leave much up to my opinion now would it? so here goes... Image Mapper - This is nice and possibly what I use it for the most; I will create sidebars for websites with the relevant graphics on it then use this to separate it up into linkable sections, or Image Map it. Whenever you are on the internet and you see a graphic with two or more links in different places then this graphic has been Image Mapped and its a nice feature considering you give the details and Jasc PSP does the work! wonderful. Red Eye Correction - I have corrected many a red eye with this wonderful tool, its easy to use and leaves a nice clean finish. I havent tried other eye correcters because this...

Marshwwf316 23.09.2001 · Read review
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Review of Paint Shop Pro 7.0 Complete package

Paint Shop Pro 9

Advantages: full of things to do, easy to use, full of features, downloadable tubes, filters etc ..
Disadvantages: price

...~~ Introduction ~~ I have used this program for many years now. I wouldn't consider using anything else than this program, I have tried other programs but nothing comes close to this program in my opinion. It's full of features and loads to use and do within the program. Let me tell you more ? ~~ What is psp? ~~ Paint shop pro is a software program for imaging, enhancing and editing photos. It is excellent for doing the following things: colorizing images, editing and resizing images, adding borders/frames and text to images, adding effects, and more. There is so much you can with using this handy software, and is so enjoyable to use. You can also draw your own images with the draw tool so there is no need to use paint program that you can get with windows, although I have not yet use this tool as I am no good at drawing...

AngelEyes76 28.12.2006 · Read review
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Review of Paint Shop Pro 9 Complete package

Paint Shop Pro 8

Advantages: Easy to use, lots of features
Disadvantages: Might take a while to get used to

...I have always enjoyed editing photos and making graphics on the computer however I never had a decent editing program. I had looked into getting Photo Shop, however it was extremely expensive so instead I looked around and decided to buy Paint Shop Pro 8 instead. This is also fairly pricey to buy, however I searched around the Amazon Market Place and picked up a brand new copy for about £7! For that amount of money, I couldn't go wrong. When the CDROM arrived, I turned the case over and read the information on the back which was very useful. It explained how you could use the software for editing digital photos, creating graphics, resizing images and web design. Inside the case was a four page guide. It had instructions on how to install and register the software. It also gave basic editing tips to get you started. It...

Natanna 21.02.2007 · Read review
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Review of Paint Shop Pro 8 Complete package

Paint Shop Pro 8 - worth the upgrade?

Advantages: Excellent editor, cheaper than Photoshop
Disadvantages: Needs a good computer to run well

...I have been using Paint Shop Pro for several years now. Version 7 seemed to have everything I ever needed. However, I recently bought myself a new digital camera and having read a few reviews of Version 8 I decided perhaps I should upgrade. -- The package arrived on Monday (from Amazon) There are two packs you can buy, one which comes with just Paint Shop Pro and the "power suite photo edition", which also includes Paint Shop Photo Album 4, Jasc Animation Shop, and Jasc Paint Shop Xtras - Creative Editions 1 and 2. It was this latter pack which I purchased. My first impression was that the pack was quite heavy for software. I was very impressed to find inside a manual for Paint Shop Pro, a manual for the Paint Shop Photo Album 4 and a bonus book called Paint Shop Creations, which is a book giving you advice on how to take good...

newc0597 13.05.2004 · Read review
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Review of Paint Shop Pro 8 Complete package

PaintShop Pro - the best graphics program around

Advantages: easy to use, good help files and tutorial
Disadvantages: Non

...From it's early freeware or shareware days PaintshopPro has always been my favourite graphics program. I am currently using version 5 and will probably upgrade later on. For the time being this program provides me with everything I want from a top quality paint package. It is a very versatile and has loads of great features to help manipulate, design and create images. It handles all file types, jpg, tif, bmp, wmf etc and is my default picture browser. Features include, resizing images, altering and adding layers, special filters, hue & saturation, brightness and contrast, in fact everything you would expect from a graphics package costing much more. It is an easy program to use comes complete with excellent help files and represents good value for money....

jonwhite 11.09.2000 · Read review
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Review of Paint Shop Pro 5.03 Complete package

Paint Shop Prose

Advantages: Power for Pounds
Disadvantages: None to speak of

...This opinion is really of Paint Shop Pro 7 Anniversary Edition which is the last incarnation of the package before the release of instalment number 8. Added to the original deal are an array of plug-in filters that increase the power of this remarkable piece of software even further. Also included is the excellent Animation Shop 3, this tool allows the designer to create animated GIF's that can be used on web pages. Animation Shop provides a banner animation wizard as well, a very handy shortcut to dynamic results. As a web designer the choice of a graphics package is an important one. But for me the one that really stood out was this one, you really cannot find anything else on the market that is anywhere near as cheap as PSP7AE that performs nearly as well. The functionality and ease of use where obviously prime factor the designers...

nutkins 28.03.2003 · Read review
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Review of Paint Shop Pro 7.0 Complete package

Paint Shop Pro 8

Advantages: Fun, Designing, Creating, Editing, Enjoyable,
Disadvantages: price, Addictive

...*INTRODUCTION* I thought I would write an opinion on this software as I have been currently using it now for a few months. Paint Shop Pro (psp) is used by many people for different reasons, I use psp for the following things, making email signature tags, graphics, stationary, and also websets for my webpage. Psp is a addictive program that once you start there is no stopping you. *WHAT IS PAINT SHOP PRO?* Paint shop pro is a software program for imaging. It is excellent for doing the following things: colorizing images, editing and resizing images, adding borders/frames and text to images, adding effects, and more. There is so much you can with using this handy software, and is so enjoyable to use. You can also make your own images here with the draw tool so there is no need to use paint program that you can get with windows...

Unicorn76 31.07.2004 · Read review
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Review of Paint Shop Pro 8 Complete package

Painting Revolution..?

Advantages: It is quick.
Disadvantages: It is messy. Limited paint colours available.

...At the end of last month I moved into my new house in Hertfordshire. As I am taking a few months out of the workforce, I am overseeing the ginormous amount of work that needs to be done and am personally handling the painting of just about every room in the house. With this in mind, my thoughtful husband suggested that a Dulux PaintPod roller system would make lighter of these tasks for me. The TV advertisements certainly made it seem this way and so we set off intent on making our purchase. We bought our system in Homebase for £69.99, although I think it is possible to get them a little bit cheaper elsewhere. The paint that needs to be used with the pod comes in a specially shaped plastic container. I understand from the internet that there are about 35 colours to choose from, but a far smaller number were stocked in my local...

Cat199 21.08.2008 · Read review
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Review of Dulux PaintPod Roller System

Paint Shop Pro 7 - Still going Strong.

Advantages: Great Grpahics Package, It is now older :. Cheap!
Disadvantages: Lacks the Power of newer releases.

...Paint Shop Pro 7 is now a couple of years old and has been superseded by Paint Shop Pro 8 and 9. This version of Paint Shop Pro though, remains special and cleared the way for the constant progress seen in 8 and 9, and finally broke the quality barrier between PSP and Adobe Photoshop, but still holds the name as the ?Poor Mans Photoshop.? First you may ask, ?there are newer versions of this program, why bother reviewing it?? Well, Paint Shop Pro 7 though a couple of years old is still a top class Image editing package. For the average user it still has all the tools and effects needed for every day use. I myself have used the program and it suits me perfectly. All the effects I could need are included and this program is great for creating web graphics. This is my main use for it, and it does it well. Stylish and affective web...

markcrymble 20.11.2004 · Read review
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Review of Paint Shop Pro 7.0 Complete package