Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X2

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. It's filled with everything from easy automatic photo fixes to precision editing tools. It even includes a built-in Learning Center to help new users get started right away!

• Process
• Edit
• Enhance
• Create

Photo tasks are quick and easier than ever before with professional strength power in easy to use tools.  Make good photos great and turn your photos in works of art!




Included FREE with Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 - Over $100 Value:

• Corel MediaOne Plus via Download ($39.99 Value)
  Fast, fun and easy photo and video software.  turn pictures and video clips into slide shows or create collages, calendars and album pages. (Note: DVD Maker not included) 
  
• 2 Hours of Video Training ($49 Value)
  Learn by watching video clips of Paint Shop Pro Photo in action from lynda.com
  
• Special Effects Filters by Nik Software ($25 Value)
  Add stunning effects and styles to transform pictures into unique photographs.

Additional FREE items - Over $75 Value:

• ZAZZLE ($30 Value)
  Create high-end art and hundreds of retail quality products using your photos.
  
• Imagekind ($25 Value)
  Print and frame your photos at Imagekind.com
  
• snaptotes ($25 Value)
  Turn your photo into a custom handbag.

Express Lab
This all-new, super-fast photo fixing mode is amazing! You'll save hours of time with the Express Lab, because now you can edit dozens of photos in the time it used to take to edit just a few! Just think how easy it will be to breeze through folders full of photos - cropping, rotating, removing red eye, and straightening, - without having to wait for each individual photo to open.  That's only a small taste of the photo fixing you can do in the NEW Express Lab. We can tell you how it helps you fly through viewing and fixing your photos, but to truly understand the power of the NEW Express Lab you have to experience it for yourself.

Graphite Workspace Theme
Not only is Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 packed with all-new features, it looks different too. As soon as you launch the program, you'll see the NEW Graphite Workspace Theme. This darker theme really makes your photos stand out! And for people who don't like change, you can switch back to the classic interface with just a few clicks.

Layer Styles
With the NEW Layer Styles you can easily add drop shadows, embossing, outer and inner glows, bevels and even reflections to your text, photos and creative projects. The best part of these new Layer Styles is if you make any changes to the layer the effect is automatically changed to match.

Visible Watermarks
Whether you're a professional photographer or someone who wants to share your photos online, it's a good idea to add a discrete watermark that reminds those viewing your pictures who the photographer was. With the NEW Visible Watermarks feature you can easily create and add a personal watermark to all your photos.

Picture Tubes and Picture Frames
Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 includes over 30 brand-new, professionally-designed Picture Tubes™ and 30 new Picture Frames! Plus for people who upgrade to Paint Shop Pro Photo X2, there's an exclusive set of all-new, never seen before Picture Tubes and Picture Frames just for you!

Improved! Black and White Film Conversion
This feature lets you create dynamic black & white photos by simulating the effects of shooting black & white film with colored filters.  Now you can select from a virtually infinite range of color combinations where before you could chose from pre-chosen color filters. This gives you the full creative control of the Channel Mixer command, but in a far simpler interface. Plus you can adjust brightness and apply Clarify to further enhance the black & white effect.

New and Improved! Makeover Tools
Paint Shop Pro Photo's Makeover Tools give you a set of professional retouching tools that are easy to use. This year we've added two new features to your toolbox: NEW Thinify, which makes the people in your photos look thinner with just a click, and New Eye Drops that takes the red out of bloodshot eyes. In addition, improvements have also been made to the Blemish Remover and the Suntan Brush.

Crop to New Image
For people who scan a lot of images, especially multiple images at once, New Crop As New Image will save you time! Now you can click Crop As New Image, and the cropped portion of your scan is automatically opened in a new document. All you need to do is save it!

Process

• Harness the power of Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 in an all-new, fast photo-fixing mode
• The Express Lab lets you crop, rotate, straighten, fix red-eye, remove blemishes, plus adjust brightness, shadows, highlights, and saturation without having to open the photo.
• Use the Express Lab to view and fix dozens of photos in the time it used to take to edit just a few.
• Take credit for your photos by easily adding a visible watermark.
• Original photos are automatically preserved when saving an edited version.
• Email photos or slide shows to family and friends.
• Download photos from camera to computer effortlessly - including Raw.
• View photos in over 50 different formats - video clips too.

Edit

• Make the people in your photos look thinner in seconds or whiten eyes with a click using the expanded set of easy-to-use Makeover Tools.
• Smooth wrinkles, paint on a tan, and remove blemishes.
• Use the Crop As New Image feature to quickly split up multiple-images you scanned at once.
• Change the color of objects (clothes, walls, etc) in your photos in just a few seconds.
• Easily cut out the subject of your photos while retaining fine detail (like strands of hair) to place on another background or photo.
• Use layers and adjustment layers for precise photo editing.
• Quickly smooth photos by removing digital camera noise.
• Straighten photos taken at awkward angles.
• Get rid of unwanted distortions by correcting perspective.
• Restore old, damaged photos by removing scratches and fading.
• Improve photos by covering up unwanted distractions.

Enhance

• Merge photos with different exposures to create one perfectly exposed photo that captures detail in the highlights and the shadows.
• Create dynamic black & white images by simulating the look of taking photos using a colored lens filter.
• Correct lighting and color problems automatically or use Smart Photo Fix to make manual corrections on your own.
• Eliminate red eye in one click or use advanced red-eye removal that even works on pets.
• Sharpen fuzzy photos with precision and without compressing or degrading the quality of the image.
• Change exposure using advanced features including Levels, Curves or Histogram Adjustment tools.
• Remove fish-eye, barrel and other lens distortions.
• Add depth of field to any photo in seconds.
• Work with a variety of professional-level options including 16-bits-per-channel editing, color management settings and Raw file conversion.

Create

• Easily add professional effects to individual layers.
• Decorate your photos with 30 sets of all-new professionally designed Picture Tube artistic elements.
• Give your photos a classy finishing touch with 20 brand new Picture Frames.
• Go back in time using the Time Machine effects that replicate the unique look of photos taken in the 1800s, the 1950s, and other points in history.
• Convert to sepia, mimic infrared film, or do advanced black & white conversions with the Channel Mixer.
• Apply a Vivid or Vibrant Foliage filter to simulate the unique look of slide or portrait film.
• Add shapes or words to your photos.
• Use your logo and graphics on business cards, letterhead and more.

 

• Windows Vista or XP, with latest service packs installed
• 768 MB of RAM
• 1 GHz processor (2 GHz recommended)
• 500 MB Hard Disk space
• 24-bit color display, 1024x768 resolution
• Microsoft DirectX 9.0c or higher (included in Windows Vista and XP)

Additional Requirements for selected features

• Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Express, WordPerfect MAIL or other MAPI-compliant email software (to email from the product)
• Apple QuickTime 7 or higher (to play .mov movie files)