Paint Shop Pro Photo X2
by Corel
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Software Reviews of Paint Shop Pro Photo X2
Customer Review: Wasn't Sure About Purchasing At First...
Summary: 5 Stars
After reading a lot of the reviews, I wasn't too sure about purchasing PSPP X2 at first. I decided to go ahead and take the chance and I AM SO GLAD I DID! I had no problems installing (hint: serial number is on back of CD envelope), and I was busy editing, exploring, etc. in no time. This software is capable of a lot and it will take some time to learn everything, but that's okay. The user guide that is included helps. Be adventurous and look around, experiment, let your imagination go...You won't regret buying.Customer Review: A truly Great Program (with a couple of flaws)...
Summary: 5 Stars
There is no doubt that Adobe Photoshop has been and will continue to be the ultimate image editing software program available. Photoshop is extremely powerful but unfortunately it is also extremely expensive and very difficult to use for most people. I'm a graphic designer/photographer and have used Photoshop for years and I am very proficient in the program. I tried PSP Photo X2 kind of on a whim just to see how it had evolved over the years. I have to admit that I was very impressed; it is certainly a different program than the old JASC Paint Shop Pro that I had used a long time ago. Photo X2 is very feature rich and has a lot of the power and abilities that are available in Photoshop. The really good thing is that you don't have to go to classes to learn how to utilize its power. Corel has made the interface very user friendly and the step-by-step help available in the both the "Learning Center" (an optional visible palette) and the standard Help menu make it an ideal program for inexperienced users.
I don't use the one step features of the program because I like to have more control over adjustments to my images, but for the novice or hobbiest they seem to work fairly well. I've actually switched to using PSP Photo X2 for some tasks because they have made it much easier, faster and more automated in this program than in Photoshop. There are of course some limitations to it's abilities and power in image editing. But for most people trying to organize and manage their personal photos PSP Photo X2 makes it pretty easy and produces good images.
The biggest problem with Photo X2 is that it is very memory intensive program that will slow your computer down if you don't have a fairly high-end machine with a good graphics card and plenty of RAM. There are some less memory intensive programs available (some even free), but they don't have the features available through Photo X2 either. The Other major problem is that PSP Photo X2 is not Windows Vista Certified which means that the program isn't optimized for Vista and therefore it doesn't run as well as it could and utilize the power of Windows Vista. The newer version (Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 Ultimate, which I haven't yet tried) is Windows Vista Certified and hopefully will run better in Vista.
I would highly recommend Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 for anyone who can't afford to buy Adobe Photoshop and/or doesn't have the time and patience to fully learn how to use the program. It is certainly capable of producing some great images and with the interface almost encourages the user to be imaginative and try new things.
Customer Review: Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 has One of the best Cloning tools out there!
Summary: 5 Stars
I have used Adobe PhotoDeluxe for years and none of the other
art software I have which include Corel Painter Essentials,
had a clone tool that was as good or better than PhotoDeluxe
until I came across Corel Shop Pro PhotoX2. All you need to do
is watch the video that that comes with it and you are set to go!
Customer Review: Paint Shop Pro X2
Summary: 4 Stars
Easy to install, not that easy to use. I had to buy a book for almost as much as the software cost. After 3 weeks, I'm still learning.
Customer Review: No joy for Nikon users... RAW does not work...
Summary: 1 Stars
Surprise, surprise! The newest version of Paint Shop Pro (PSP) X2, Ultimate version supports Nikon's raw file format for the D300... on paper. I upgraded from the old version because none of the newer Nikon raw file formats were supported (including Canon 14-bit raw).
To my surprise the wording "supported formats" must mean something different to the Corel folks. With plenty of processing power (HP Media Center) and plenty of memory (3GB), it was like watching computer paint dry, and most of the time the rendering routines in the Ultimate version just quit... not responding, software crash.
I am not writing this review to get my money back, or give the Corel folks a hard time. Rather as a warning to Nikon folks like me... DO NOT BUY PSP X2 for its raw file format capability... it does not work.
Note: I suspect the new Canon raw formats don't work any better.