Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 Ultimate

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• 2 stars

  Version: Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 Ultimate

  "Problematic with other softwares"

  by Gobbomob on January 8, 2009

  Pros: Easy to use and has very useful features.

  Cons: Conflicts with other programs, especially media (mp3, dvd, avi etc..) players.

  Summary: I would've have said this software is better than the Adobe PhotoShop. Except it conflicts with other programs I have on my PC, especially media (mp3, dvd, avi etc..) players. I use the Windows Media player & ZOOM, and for some reason I can't ... read more

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• 4 stars

  Version: Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 Ultimate

  "The best second step photo editing software, period"

  by marcosgonzalo on January 6, 2009

  Pros: Said second-step because once the photo has been rapidly fixed with a program like ACDC pro which has a unique 9bar light equalizer and a great exposure control panel PSP can do the rest. Great noise filters,selection tools and JPEG optimization.

  Cons: Agree with other reviews that Text creation and handling is still the worst (separate window). No big differences in last three versions. Very slow but powerful skin smoothing, depending on the photo quality sometimes it cannot find skin areas.

  Summary: Definetly the program to use if you don´t want to waste your time waiting for processes in Photoshop. If you need plugins, it will take most of the ones written for PS. Have been retouching commercial photographs since the original Jasc program and h... read more

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• 5 stars

  Version: Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 Ultimate

  "Great product and it is worth the money"

  by shoodoo(4est) on January 3, 2009

  Pros: light weight and easy for noobs and complex for the pros

  Cons: only 1 because if you already have psp 7 you may want to question whether you really need this updated version.

  Summary: improvements plus some other changes that are totally worth getting used to make this a great product once again. read more

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• 5 stars

  Version: Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 Ultimate

  "Makes photo editing fun and intuitive!"

  by rob.ruiz on November 15, 2008

  Pros: This is the best image editing program, 1/4 the price of it's competitor!

  Cons: They should've removed the organizer. Who uses the organizer anyway?

  Summary: If you are on budget. Paint shop pro is the answer. Period. It does 98% of what PS does. read more

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• 5 stars

  Version: Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 Ultimate

  "Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 - the best!"

  by LarrJohn on November 6, 2008

  Pros: Have owned every edition of Paint Shop Pro since the early Jasc days when it was downloaded shareware. When Corel bought out Jasc they made some good improvements and a couple of questionable changes, but PSP is still the best for the money!

  Cons: Only complaint is the complex text-on-photo/graphic feature. Should be much simpler, easier. I usually switch to MS Digital Image Suite 2006 for putting text on photos/graphics -- very easy, very flexible, a snap.

  Summary: Photoshop too expensive, complex, & cumbersome. Paint Shop Pro is reasonably priced, easy to use (except the text feature); it does just about everything I need it to do. I've used it since the mid-1990's -- every new edition. And I use it eve... read more

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