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NEW Corel PaintShop Pro X8 is better than ever with exciting creative tools, enhanced layers, faster brushes and more precise selection tools. And those who choose NEW Corel PaintShop Pro X8 Ultimate will benefit from carefully chosen bonus software that makes it a complete home studio. With hundreds of presets and filters, powerful RAW editing and automatic image correction, it's a photographer's dream come true.

Here are just a few of the new and enhanced features of PaintShop Pro X8:

Text Wrapping   Instantly fill any vector shape or selection with text that automatically wraps within your shape. Try it to create interesting design elements for posters, scrapbooking, brochures, collages and websites.   Magic Move    Edit faster with this content-aware tool that replaces the background when you move an object or person. Drag your selection to a new position and the empty area is filled automatically. Faster brushes   With speed gains of 40 – 120%, many brushes are faster and more responsive than ever. Plus, a larger maximum brush size of 3,000 pixels lets you cover more area, more quickly.

PaintShop Pro X8 offers designers & photo enthusiasts a comprehensive package, now with:

• New! Text Wrapping – Designers and scrapbookers can effortlessly add text within shapes or selections, something you won’t find in Photoshop.
• New! Magic Move – Use this content-aware tool to automatically replace the background when moving objects or people in a photo.
• Enhanced! Batch Mode – This step-by-step process accelerates common photo tasks like resizing and watermarking. Output thousands images in just seconds.
• New! Lens Corrections – Fix common lens performance issues, such as barrel distortion, vignetting and more.
• Enhanced! Camera RAW Lab – Updated layout with new before/after views & large preview window. Quickly add more RAW images and apply new lens corrections.
• Enhanced! Selection Tools Options – Make selections more quickly and accurately with:
  • New! Smart Selection Brush Tolerance – Adjustable tolerance setting to make more precise selections across areas close in tone or hue.
  • New! Selection Style Options – Define a selection size by typing height and width values or fixed aspect ratio, either custom or from a built-in database.
• Enhanced! Power and Speed – Performance gains keep you in the creative groove with faster paint, air, retouch and art media brushes (now 40-120% faster), increased maximum brush size (up to 3,000 pixels), enhanced Smart Edge to help you stay “inside the lines” (up to 50% faster), and accelerated save times (*.pspimage files save up to 50% faster).
• New! 4K Monitor Support – Beautiful workspace and all-new icons ensure your software and photos look incredible.
• Enhanced! Layer Workflow – Manage, control and find layers better than ever before with:
  • New! Quick Search – Search by name to find the right layer in seconds.
  • Enhanced! Layer Control – Individual layers can now be merged and layer groups expanded or collapsed.
• Plus! New additions boost productivity – PaintShop Pro X8 includes numerous new features based on user suggestions including the Before/After button in the Adjust workspace, updated save behavior and ‘Save As’ dialog, new swatches in the Materials Palette, Text & Shape Cutter preview, Gradient preview and more!

PaintShop Pro Version-to-Version Comparison [PDF]

Corel® PaintShop® Pro X8 Top 5 Reasons to Buy

1.            Everything you need for pro-quality photo editing and design

Corel PaintShop Pro X8 is your easier, faster choice for comprehensive photo editing and graphic design. The intuitive 1-2-3 workspace guides you as you:

• Manage – quickly browse, preview, tag, rate and organize your image collection

• Adjust – make photo adjustments quickly with fast fixes like Smart Photo fix, makeover tools and more

• Edit – everything you need for professional photo editing, image composition and graphic design, including layers, creative tools for text, drawing, painting and more—all for a dramatically lower price than subscription-based tools

2.            Powerful tools let you realize your creative ideas faster

The magic of PaintShop Pro is in its wealth of creative capabilities. Whether you are a professional designer or a photo editing novice, the right tools are there when you need them to help you achieve your creative vision:

• New Text Wrapping lets you instantly wrap text inside any vector shape or selection. Simply choose your shape or draw your selection using any of the selection tools—and fill it with text. The text automatically wraps within the shape—faster and more easily than ever before. This is an ideal effect for posters, scrapbooking, brochures, collages, websites and other projects. 

• New content-aware Magic Move accelerates editing by automatically replacing the background when you move an object. Simply select the person or object to move and drag it to a new position. The empty area left behind is automatically filled to match the surrounding background.

3.            Professional-level photo editing at an affordable price

Why subscribe to PhotoShop when so much professional power is available right here? Take your skills to the next level with the advanced, professional-quality photo-editing capabilities in PaintShop Pro X8.

• Layers – use multiple, non-destructive layers when editing images to create photo composites or dynamic designs. New layer enhancements in this release include layer searching, merging selected layers and expanding/collapsing layer groups

• Camera RAW Lab – enjoy complete control over your RAW images with an enhanced RAW Lab layout, including before and after views, and a larger preview

• High Dynamic Range (HDR) tools – recombine auto-bracketed exposures to create a single, stunning HDR photo with intense visual contrast

• Lens Correction – whether you’re in the Edit workspace or the Camera RAW Lab, you can apply Lens Correction tools automatically to correct the distortions, vignetting and chromatic aberrations that are commonly introduced by most camera lenses

• Single RAW Photo for HDR Effect – split an individual RAW file into three images and then selectively recombine them to create an HDR-style effect

• Powerful scripting engine – speed up common and repetitive tasks by scripting almost any action with the full-featured scripting engine and scripting guide. Share your scripts with your team or online

• Support for third-party plugins – support for 64-bit versions of third-party plugin tools and support for Adobe plugins opens a world of creative possibilities

• RAW support – manage and save IPTC metadata in your RAW files, giving you more control over the information contained in your image files. You can also output your RAW file as a JPG or TIF and include IPTC data

• XMP support – PaintShop Pro X8 can now read and import data saved in XMP files, which are created by many RAW image-editing applications to save edits without affecting the original RAW files

4.            Time-saving enhancements speed you through editing

Finish your editing faster and get back outside to shoot or have fun! From brush performance and selection tools, to batch processing and file saving, actions throughout PaintShop Pro X8 have been accelerated and streamlined to minimize effort—and increase responsiveness. Brush speeds of several brushes are boosted again in this release to be 40 – 120% faster. Selection tools now have a Tolerance setting, allowing you to set precise values to define an area. A new Batch Mode interface makes it fast and easy to work with large groups of photos and apply actions, such as Watermark, Resize, Script and more. Choose security features to apply upon output, including deleting file information and location, or embedding a watermark. Native PaintShop Pro image files save up to 50% faster.

5.            Fast fixes and instant effects

Power is great. Speed is often better. PaintShop Pro X8 gives you both! Turn photos into stunning images faster with improved quick-to-preview photo effects tools:

• Retro Lab – bring a vintage look to your photos by applying old school color and contrast to your photos inspired by early lo-fi cameras

• Graduated Filter tool – quickly and easily add unique color gradient effects to your images

• Instant Effects – choose from a variety of preset effects which are organized into style categories such as Artistic, Film Styles, Black & White and Landscape

• Selective Focus – play with depth of field in your photos or apply bokeh effects to keep parts of the image in focus and the rest blurred

Corel® PaintShop® Pro X8 Top 5 Reasons to Upgrade

1.          New! Text wrapping

Corel PaintShop Pro X8 makes it easy to use text as a design element in your creative projects. New Text Wrapping lets you instantly wrap text inside any vector shape or selection. Simply choose your shape or draw your selection using any of the selection tools—and fill it with text. The text automatically wraps within the shape—faster and more easily than ever before. This is an ideal effect for posters, scrapbooking, brochures, collages, websites and other projects—all made easier and faster by PaintShop Pro. 

2.         New! Easily move people or objects

Accelerate editing with Magic Move, a new content-aware tool that automatically replaces the background when you move an object. Simply select the person or object to move and drag it to a new position. The empty area left behind is automatically filled to match the surrounding background.

3.         Enhanced! Redesigned Batch Mode interface

Work faster and smarter with a new Batch Mode. Easily select and delete photos, and quickly apply batch actions, such as Watermark, Resize, Script and more. Choose security features to apply upon output, including deleting file information and location, or embedding a watermark.

4.         New! More precise selections

Fast and accurate selection tools are a must for any photo editor. The enhanced Smart Selection Brush now includes a Tolerance setting for more precise selections across areas that are close in tone or hue. New Selection Style options for the Selection Tool let you define a selection size by typing height and width values, or you can define a fixed aspect ratio for the selection. Or choose one of the popular standard resolutions if desired.

5.         Enhanced! More power and speed than ever before

In every new version of PaintShop Pro, the people at Corel dedicate themselves to making photo-editing and design workflows faster and better. The new PaintShop Pro X8 includes performance gains that save you time and make editing tasks more responsive and enjoyable:

• Faster brushes for a more responsive feel  – Enjoy speed gains of 40 – 120% for brushes, including Paint Brush, Air Brush, Retouch Brushes (Dodge, Burn, Soften and others), and Art Media Brushes (Oil brush, Chalk Marker and others)

• Larger maximum brush size – Cover more area, more quickly and responsively, with an increased maximum brush size of 3,000 pixels

• Enhanced Smart Edge – see up to 50% faster performance when using the Smart Edge feature, which works with several tools help keep your brushstrokes “inside the lines”

• Faster saving – our native PaintShop Pro image file format (*.pspimage) saves up to 50% faster, to keep you in your creative groove

System Requirements

• Windows® 10, Windows® 8/8.1, Windows® 7 with latest service pack (32-bit or 64-bit editions)
• Intel/AMD 1.5Ghz or faster processor with SSE2 supported (multi-core processer recommended)
• 2GB of RAM (4GB recommended)
• 1GB of available hard-disk space required (2GB recommended)
• 1280x768 resolution with 16bit color display (1366 x 768 resolution with 24 bit or higher color display recommended)
• DirectX 9 or higher compatible video adapter with latest driver
• Internet connection required for online features and tutorial videos
• Windows compatible CD/DVD drive for installation

Format Support

Image formats

• AI, BMP, CAL, CALS, CGM, CLP, CMX*, CT, CUR, CUT, DCX, DIB, DRW*, EMF, EPS, GIF, HDP, HGL*, HPG*, IFF, IMG, J2C, J2K, JIF, JP2, JPC, JPE, JPEG, JPG, JPS, JPX, MAC, MPO, MRW, MSP, PBM, PCD*, PCT, PCX, PDF, PGL*, PGM, PIC, PICT, PNG, PNS, PPM, PS, PSD, PSP (PSP image files), RAS, RAW, RIF, RLE, SCT, SVG, SVGZ, TGA, TIF, UFO, WBM, WBMP, WDP, WEBP, WMF, WPG**

• Includes RAW file support from over 300 camera models with the following extensions: 3FR, ARW, CR2, CRW, DCR, DNG, K25, KDC, NEF, NRW, ORF, PEF, RAF, RW2, SR2, SRF, X3F

*CMX, DRW, HGL, HPG, PCD and PGL formats supported on 32 bit systems only.

**WPG (WordPerfect Vector only) not supported on 64 bit. WordPerfect Bitmap is supported on 64bit.

Brush Formats

• PaintShop Pro Brush (.pspbrush)
• Adobe PhotoShop Brush (.abr)
• Jasc Brush (.jbr)