Paintshop Photo Pro X3 Ultimate Review

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(More customer reviews)I have used many photo editing programs, and - while this does not have the power of Adobe Photoshop CS5 - that is not a financially similar product. This is more a rival of Adobe Photoshop Elements 9 (Win/Mac). I use Elements a lot, and find it robust and powerful, but also a complete computer systems hog with a huge learning curve. This program, Paintshop Photo Pro X3 Ultimate, is much more user friendly and computer resources friendly.
I was easily able to make the most common modifications to photos and do batch edits without any trouble at all. The program is smart, fast, and good a predicting what I want to do next. I especially appreciated the comprehensive RAW editing tools.
I intentionally loaded this on an underpowered system to see how it would handle a slower XP machine, and it did great! Install itself was a bit slow, but running the program was fine. I then installed it on my main machine, a powerful Win7 Pro computer, with extensive graphics support. It ran just as flawlessly.
This is missing some of the very high end effects tools available in Elements (such as tons of plugins), but has 99% of what most people will use are in there.
I would recommend that anyone considering purchasing Photoshop Elements, also give this program due consideration. Both give a lot more functionality than free versions of many photo programs, including Picasa.

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Get everything you need to create fantastic photos, amazing photo effects and stunning digital paintings with Corel PaintShop Photo Pro X3 Ultimate--your complete photo-editing software collection. Now enhanced for superior speed and performance, this special value package offers more than $200 worth of creative extras. Easily organize, edit and share high-quality photos with the renowned PaintShop Photo Pro editor. Then get ready to have some real fun with Corel KPT Collection, 24 plug-in filters that let you quickly create incredible photo effects, and Corel Painter Essentials 4, the digital art studio that lets you sketch, draw and turn your photos into paintings.

Key Features and Benefits The Organizer simplifies photo management.

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Corel PaintShop Photo Pro X3 Review

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(More customer reviews)Since Corel acquired Paint Shop Pro it's been all down hill. X3 is the Apollo 13 of paint programs. A total disaster. If you have more than a few images on your computer be prepared for a 2-3 hour installation ordeal. The program will crash and freeze several times as it attempts to catalog the entire contents of our computer. Thanks, but I already know where my pictures are, really. Should a "Pro" program be brought to it's knees repeatedly by a large catalog of images? Corel evidently thinks so.
The cause of all this trouble is the "Organizer". Man oh man what a train wreck. It's whole purpose in life seems to be so you can rate your pictures. I really don't need to rate my picture. Really? rate my own pictures... OK but I generally just delete the lousy ones but what ever. It would be of some use if you could use it like a browser, but no. There is no way the keep the "Organizer" open after selecting an image to edit. You can't even keep your place as opening an image automatically closes the "Organizer". When you go back your at square one go find it again. If I want to open several pictures from different folders... well let's just say it's much less than useless. If you don't want to use their exact work flow you are up a creek, a very slow creek as switching between editing and "Organizing" is glacial.
Well we got one new tool! Oh goody, I can do a lousy job of taking somebody out of a picture in one click. Whoop-de-doo! They did make the Text editing tool less stupid that it was, but it was pretty stupid. The new method is less awkward but still needs work.
What didn't we get? Well the majority of the editing tools are still 8 bit. If you want to work with your raws and maintain 16 or 32 bit per channel keep looking because there has been no improvement.
Now for the bad news when you decide to uninstall the demo. Corel really wants to put the screws to you for daring to uninstall their epic bloat ware. The uninstall literally took 45 minutes, It was stuck on 36% for at least 30 minutes.
In summary I would only recommend this to people I really don't like.

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If creating great pictures is your passion, Corel PaintShop Photo Pro X3 is the photo-editing program for you. Featuring a brand-new RAW Lab and easy batch photo processing, it's the only advanced photo-editing software to combine photo management, creative projects, photo sharing and even HD video slideshows in one package. It's everything you need to get professional-looking results you'll be proud to share. Ideal for DSLR cameras.

Overview PaintShop Photo Pro X3 is the most rewarding way to enhance your photos and create professional-looking images. Now with a complete RAW workflow, this photo-editing program lets you manage, adjust, edit and share your digital photos--all in one place. Accelerate the way you organize, rate, tag and sort with new photo management tools. Make automatic fixes in the enhanced Express Lab, or go deep with a full set of advanced editing tools. Then upload to Flickr, Facebook and YouTube, create high-quality photo books and projects, print, email or back up photos on disc. It's your entire photo workflow in one high-performance package.
New--RAW Lab--manually adjust groups of RAW photos during the loading process
Enhanced--Express Lab--quickly fix common flaws in this speed-editing mode
New--Advanced editing tools--edit fast with Smart Carver, Vibrancy and more
New--HD photo and video--import and export HD video
New--Integrated projects--create photo books, HD slideshows, cards and more
Enhanced--Photo sharing--email, print online or at home, and send directly to Facebook, YouTube and Flickr
Bonus--Corel Painter Photo Essentials 4--Turn photos into paintings in three easy steps!

What's New This is a must-have upgrade for PaintShop users and DSLR camera owners! The fastest version yet, this photo-editing software features exciting new professional-quality features, like the Smart Carver, a new RAW Lab, easy batch processing, and a photo Organizer. Learn how to speed up your entire workflow and get the best-quality results.
Improved Digital Workflow
Enhanced--Photo Organizer Customize your digital workflow with new photo management capabilities. Use multiple views, including thumbnails and image previews, to quickly select photos.
New--RAW Lab, Image Quality and Control Make RAW adjustments during the loading process and work with even more RAW camera formats--faster than ever before.
New--Easy Batch Processing Make adjustments to one photo, then easily apply the same changes to multiple other photos right in the enhanced Organizer.
Enhanced--Speed and Performance Get more speed and editing horsepower with more multi-threading support for multi-core processors.
Enhanced--Express Lab Apply common edits in just one click. Remove noise, sharpen images, and quickly adjust contrast, local tone mapping and more.
New Advanced Photo-Editing Tools
New--Smart Carver Seamlessly remove objects from an image with professional quality. The Smart Carver also lets you expand or contract objects without distortion.
New--Vibrancy Boost color in the least saturated areas of a photo without affecting the rest of the image.
New--Object Extractor The integrated Object Extractor isolates an object--even challenging cases such as flyaway hair and fuzzy pet fur--so it can be copied to a new background or a new background can be pasted behind it.
New--On-Image Text Editing With the updated text engine, it's easier, faster and more natural to apply text to an image. Adjust font, color, placement, position, size and wrapping of the text in context of the image. Reselect the text on the image and continue typing, or apply text on a path.
New--HD Video Slideshows As an increasing number of DSLR cameras capture HD video, PaintShop Photo Pro now offers tools that let you combine photo and video projects. Create HD slideshows and movies of your photos and videos, all with the same tool.
New--Windows 7 Compatibility PaintShop Photo Pro X3 is fully compatible with Windows 7, as well as Windows XP and Windows Vista. Take advantage of new Windows 7 speed and performance to experience a whole new level of creativity.
Bonus--Corel Painter Photo Essentials 4 This fun program lets you turn a photo into a unique work of art in just 3 easy steps:
Choose a photo and the painting style you want to apply.
Let the Smart Stroke painting technology create a stunning painting.
Touch up your masterpiece by hand if desired.

Bonus--KPT Plug-in Filters A natural addition to your photo-editing software, KPT plug-in filters help you quickly create remarkable image transformations and original effects. PaintShop Photo Pro X3 includes KPT Goo, KPT LensFlare, KPT Projector and KPT Equalizer.
Built-In Photo Projects and Sharing
Easy Photo Sharing Quickly share photos and videos directly on Flickr, Facebook and YouTube. You can also email, print at home or order prints online*.
Built-in Photo Projects Using the new Project Creator, its fast and simple to make great-looking photo books, HD slideshows, collages, cards and more
What's included?
Main application Corel PaintShop Photo Pro X3: Corel PaintShop Photo Pro X3 gives you the power to easily organize, edit, and share professional-quality photos. Make photo improvements faster in the enhanced Express Lab, or go further with powerful new editing tools. Create amazing photo books and projects, upload to Flickr, Facebook or YouTube, print or share by e-mail. Combining single and multi-photo editing tools, online sharing and simple HD video integration, your entire digital workflow is now available in one high-performance package.
Supporting applications Corel Painter Photo Essentials 4: If you want to do more than just edit and print photos, Corel Painter Photo Essentials 4 is the ideal way to get started with digital art. Using the unique Auto-Painting palette, you can create a stunningly realistic work of art from a photo in just three easy steps. (English only)
Corel Instant Viewer: This component provides a quick, direct way to view photos on a PC, allowing you to scroll through your photos and send them to PaintShop Photo Pro X3 for editing. (English only)
Simplify your digital workflow
Enhanced--Photo Organizer Customize your digital workflow with new photo management capabilities in PaintShop Photo Pro X3's Photo Organizer. Use thumbnails and image previews to quickly select your photos.
New--Easy Batch Processing Make adjustments to one photo, then easily apply the same changes to multiple other photos. Edit one, apply to many, right from the Organizer.
Enhanced--Express Lab The new interface makes photo editing faster than ever. Preview photos and videos or make changes in this speed-editing mode. Quickly adjust contrast, apply local tone mapping, remove noise and sharpen images. You can also adjust levels, clarity and white balance, batch-edit multiple photos and more.
Do more with advanced photo-editing tools
New--Smart Carver Seamlessly remove objects from an image with professional quality. Smart Carver also lets you expand or contract objects without distortion.
New--Vibrancy Boost color in the least saturated areas of a photo without affecting the rest of the image.
New--Object Extractor The integrated Object Extractor isolates an object--even challenging cases such as flyaway hair and fuzzy pet fur--so it can be copied to a new background or a new background can be pasted behind it.
Fix it fast in Express Lab Don't let the small stuff slow you down! Enjoy one-click access to common photo fixes.
Learning Center The award-winning Learning Center empowers anyone to harness the power of advanced photo editing, regardless of your previous software experience. It builds your confidence and makes it easier to develop your skills by helping you complete tasks within seconds of launching PaintShop Pro Photo.
Makeover Tools Make sure the people in your photos look their best with tools that are fun and easy to use. Help your subjects look thinner in seconds, whiten bloodshot eyes, smooth wrinkles, paint on a tan and remove blemishes.
Enhanced--Remove Digital Camera Noise Remove "noise" artifacts that interfere with the clarity of your digital image--faster than ever! One-Step Noise Removal smooths photos with a single click. Digital Camera Noise Removal gives you precise control over how these corrections are applied.
Get creative with projects and photo sharing
Enhanced--Built-in Creative Projects PaintShop Photo Pro X3 is the only pro-quality photo enthusiast software package to so closely integrate creative projects with photo editing. The new Project Creator is a fast and simple way to make a great-looking photo book, collages, cards and more--all in addition to PaintShop's easy online sharing options.
New--Easy Photo Sharing Share photos and videos where and how you want, using email, Flickr, Facebook and YouTube. Print at home, order prints online, email or quickly burn a DVD to enjoy on your TV.
Layer Styles Easily apply artistic effects to individual layers, such as drop shadows, embossing and reflections.

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PDF Converter PRO 7.0 Retail Review

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(More customer reviews)PDF Converter Professional 7.0 is one of several otherwise excellent software packages from Nuance that are let down by the company's draconian approach to software theft.
Like Microsoft and Adobe, Nuance uses an activation process. This is not unreasonable, but, unlike these two, Nuance has a very flaky implementation, prompting me to knock a star off the rating.
The software itself is fine - indeed, it is streets ahead of Acrobat, especially on cost - but after using it for some months it suddenly decided that I had pirated the thing and had installed it on another computer. Nope. I had just added some external drives. The software then interpreted this as a different computer. Even Windows doesn't do that. Adobe fixed similar issues some years ago.
This is by design, according to Nuance's support staff, which told me that "changing parts of the computer will trigger to change the machine finger print and changing the machine finger print will require activation. Using an external hard drive is included on the parts of the computer which change the machine finger print. We apologized but that how our activation works."
This is not how other "activated" software works.
You have to be careful with this activation process. Do it too often - easily done if you turn external drives on and off - and you are deemed to be a software thief and you are locked out of the software that you have paid for.
If you are choosing between different PDF options, you might want to see if the alternative has a more sane approach to activation.
This warning applies to other Nuance packages because they suffer from the same disease. I have had it on OmniPage Professional 17 and Dragon NaturallySpeaking Premium 11, others have been hit on PaperPort Professional V12.0. It would make me think twice about buying future versions.Update: the latest thing to provoke an activation request in PDF Converter 7 was a BIOS update on my computer. Nuance tells me that this is correct. BIOS updates change the machine's fingerprint, so activation is required. Funnily, neither Microsoft nor Adobe see this change as serious enough to warrant reactivation of Acrobat or Windows.


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PDF Converter Professional 7 is the smarter PDF solution for business users. It provides everything you need to convert, edit, share and create PDF files. It features 100% industry-standard PDF--and the most accurate document conversion to editable formats even from within Microsoft Office and Microsoft Windows. With more productive scanning, advanced PDF search and expanded multimedia support to include Microsoft Silverlight users can create, convert, edit, assemble and securely share PDF files for enhanced productivity and collaboration.
Convert PDF and XPS documents into editable Corel WordPerfect or Microsoft Office formats, including Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, with a single click.

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QuickBooks Pro w/Enhanced Payroll 2011 - Review

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(More customer reviews)These high star reviews are obviously from new subscribers to Intuit payroll service. Wait until they are forced to upgrade by Intuit at an astronomical price as see what their reviews are. I have QB Pro 2008 that I am being forced to update. The basic payroll subscription through Intuit is now $299.00. Thats for BASIC payroll through Intuit. Not only that, they have downgraded the features substantially for the SAME payroll service. At some point, we the consumers must say ENOUGH! They have obviously monopolized the market so that they can charge whatever they want. I will be searching for new alternatives. Intuit is NOT an honorable company. They are greedy.

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Get QuickBooks Pro 2011 and QuickBooks Payroll in one package. QuickBooks Payroll, a subscription-based service, works right inside QuickBooks. QuickBooks Payroll Services help you make your payroll easier and more accurate through automatic calculations, the latest tax tables and forms, at-a-glance screens to manage activities, and built-in Direct Deposit. There's no double-entry, and nothing new to learn.

QuickBooks Pro 2011
Manage your business better on a PC, organize your finances all in one place, and create instant reports on sales, expenses and profit with QuickBooks Pro.
Easy to set up, easy to learn to use.

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Autodesk Sketchbook Pro 2011 Review

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(More customer reviews)The Autodesk Sketchbook Pro 2011 is the best digital sketchpad I've ever used! I majored in art in high school and have always used art, crafts or designs in many of my jobs. I've designed t-shirts, done miniatures, sewn clothes for antique dolls, silkscreens for cloth patterns and general art work and photography. Once I owned a computer, I found many great photo programs over the years, but up until now, I really never found a great sketch or art program. I own Corel's Painter, which is not only time consuming to learn the media applications, but it's slow, misses strokes and has several bugs in it's applications. Corel keeps giving me patches, but it has become tiresome to keep downloading patches all the time! I actually would rather do my art by hand than deal with all of Painter's issues.
I've been using this Autodesk Sketchbook Pro 2011 every day, to see how smoothly it runs, and it not only runs smoothly, it's unbelievably fast! I have a Windows XP, and it took only a few minutes to download this great program. Once downloaded, I skipped the directions, as I wanted to see how quickly and easily I could learn to use this program on my own. Talk about easy to learn- anyone from 5 to 95 could use this without reading a direction! I am truly amazed that I could draw a sketch, a complicated geometric design for a piece of dress fabric and a dress pattern all in one sitting! The sketchpad itself is uncluttered with a small corner interface control, that allows you to bring up the nicely small tools window, brushes window or colors window. There is a brush property circle that allows you to choose both the brush size and flow for coverage. You can place these windows anywhere out of your drawing area or keep them off the screen completely.
The Brushes window includes a nice array of media types: pencil, airbrush, marker, chisel tip pen, ballpoint pen, paintbrush, felt tip pen, smear, blur, sharpen (does a great outline), hard eraser, soft eraser, flood fill and flood fill for all visible layers. The Tools Bar window has undo, redo, select, lasso, crop, zoom, rotate, ruler, elipse, symmetry X (top and bottom), symmetry Y (side to side), free hand, line, rectangle, polyline, oval and layers. Those symmetry features made my geometrical fabric design take only minutes to complete! What a great feature! The colors window features a color wheel, where you can create any color imaginable, then save it in the blocks below it. For your image, it has image size or canvas size, crop, adjust, rotate, mirror canvas, flip canvas vertically, mirror layer, flip layer vertically and both symmetry X and Y. Your finished art will work on the standard image formats- TIF, BMP, JPG, PNG and PSD.
I wish I had this program years ago, before I wasted so much time, money and constant patching on Corel's Painter! I'm just happy to have this Autodesk's super fast and easy Sketchbook now! For anyone who just sketches or draws, the inexpensive price of this program will pay for itself on the money you'll save on paper, pen, paints and inks! It's a wonderful, fast and easy money saving way to do story boarding, concept sketches, illustrations, fabric designs, pattern designs and anything that you would normally use a sketchpad and your choice of media for! Artists, designers and crafters will love the professional results they'll get with this BEST digital Sketchbook that I've ever used!
(With my review, I've included 3 images. If you don't see them on the top of this page in Images, you can find them by clicking on my name, then going to My Profile-Customer Images. The first image is of my computer screen, so you can see the corner interface control called the lagoon, which can be moved side to side or removed completely when sketching. You will also see the great moveable tool bar, brush window and color window- which you can move these three anywhere on the screen or remove, when sketching. It's simplistic screen design needs no directions! I made a City Skyline In Fall sketch in 5 minutes using the paintbrush and air brush along with the freehand, line and rectangle tools and spent another 5 minutes coloring it.
The second image I made in 20 minutes for a fabric print design using the symmetry tools. I used both symmetry tools X and Y along with flood fill, airbrush and paintbrush. The third image took me the longest time to create- 35 minutes, due to more detailed floral designs I wanted to create for a scarf print. I again used both symmetry tools X and Y along with flood fill, airbrush, paintbrush and the felt tip pen.
The fabric designs that used to take me endless hours by hand to create, now takes me a mere 20 to 40 minutes with these great symmetry tools! For fast painting, the airbrush and flood fill take seconds to use! The flood fill, which is a paint bucket, can be used to cover an entire area, or you will quickly learn like I did that you can also use this little paint bucket to splash a little color on for a beautiful effect! I did all three of these using only my mouse.
For more professional art, you will want to use a pen and tablet connected to your computer port. Wacom makes the best pen and tablets in all sizes and prices. For a beginner, try the inexpensive Wacom Bamboo or Bamboo Fun tablets and pens. For professional use, the more expensive Wacom Intuos4 Larger sized Pen and Tablets give you the ability to draw, design and paint anything with total pen control for hairline detail! I couldn't believe how easy and fast this program is to use- now everyone can be an artist!)

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Relied on by professionals, adored by everyone who loves to draw... SketchBook Pro translates sophisticated technology and professional functionality into a natural drawing experience; use it anywhere you would traditionally use paper and pen!

A Natural Sketching Experience A dynamic and streamlined UI that is easy to learn and fun to use.View larger.

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PaintShop Photo Pro X3 Review

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(More customer reviews)I have the latest version of this software and I love it and have had no major issues with it at all. I decided to go with this one because of the pricey PS software, which is ok too, I just have no experience with that program. I still like Adobe software and I like Corel the same, I just like this better for some reason-the simplicity, layout, etc. I am a pro photographer and people ask me how I like PS and I tell them I don't use it and they looked stunned for some reason because 99% of pros use it. I tell them there are more image editing programs out there and they still seem like there is just one of everything! Anywho, I recommend this program highly and PS is great (From what I hear), it just depends on what the individual wants.
J Derick Perry
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If creating great pictures is your passion, Corel PaintShop Photo Pro X3 is the photo-editing program for you. Featuring a brand-new RAW Lab and easy batch photo processing, it's the only advanced photo-editing software to combine photo management, creative projects, photo sharing and even HD video slideshows in one package. It's everything you need to get professional-looking results you'll be proud to share. Ideal for DSLR cameras.


Overview PaintShop Photo Pro X3 is the most rewarding way to enhance your photos and create professional-looking images. Now with a complete RAW workflow, this photo-editing program lets you manage, adjust, edit and share your digital photos--all in one place. Accelerate the way you organize, rate, tag and sort with new photo management tools. Make automatic fixes in the enhanced Express Lab, or go deep with a full set of advanced editing tools. Then upload to Flickr, Facebook and YouTube, create high-quality photo books and projects, print, email or back up photos on disc. It's your entire photo workflow in one high-performance package.
New--RAW Lab--manually adjust groups of RAW photos during the loading process
Enhanced--Express Lab--quickly fix common flaws in this speed-editing mode
New--Advanced editing tools--edit fast with Smart Carver, Vibrancy and more
New--HD photo and video--import and export HD video
New--Integrated projects--create photo books, HD slideshows, cards and more
Enhanced--Photo sharing--email, print online or at home, and send directly to Facebook, YouTube and Flickr
Bonus--Corel Painter Photo Essentials 4--Turn photos into paintings in three easy steps!

What's New This is a must-have upgrade for PaintShop users and DSLR camera owners! The fastest version yet, this photo-editing software features exciting new professional-quality features, like the Smart Carver, a new RAW Lab, easy batch processing, and a photo Organizer. Learn how to speed up your entire workflow and get the best-quality results.
Improved Digital Workflow

Enhanced--Photo Organizer Customize your digital workflow with new photo management capabilities. Use multiple views, including thumbnails and image previews, to quickly select photos.

New--RAW Lab, Image Quality and Control Make RAW adjustments during the loading process and work with even more RAW camera formats--faster than ever before.

New--Easy Batch Processing Make adjustments to one photo, then easily apply the same changes to multiple other photos right in the enhanced Organizer.

Enhanced--Speed and Performance Get more speed and editing horsepower with more multi-threading support for multi-core processors.

Enhanced--Express Lab Apply common edits in just one click. Remove noise, sharpen images, and quickly adjust contrast, local tone mapping and more.

New Advanced Photo-Editing Tools

New--Smart Carver Seamlessly remove objects from an image with professional quality. The Smart Carver also lets you expand or contract objects without distortion.

New--Vibrancy Boost color in the least saturated areas of a photo without affecting the rest of the image.

New--Object Extractor The integrated Object Extractor isolates an object--even challenging cases such as flyaway hair and fuzzy pet fur--so it can be copied to a new background or a new background can be pasted behind it.

New--On-Image Text Editing With the updated text engine, it's easier, faster and more natural to apply text to an image. Adjust font, color, placement, position, size and wrapping of the text in context of the image. Reselect the text on the image and continue typing, or apply text on a path.

New--HD Video Slideshows As an increasing number of DSLR cameras capture HD video, PaintShop Photo Pro now offers tools that let you combine photo and video projects. Create HD slideshows and movies of your photos and videos, all with the same tool.

New--Windows 7 Compatibility PaintShop Photo Pro X3 is fully compatible with Windows 7, as well as Windows XP and Windows Vista. Take advantage of new Windows 7 speed and performance to experience a whole new level of creativity.

Bonus--Corel Painter Photo Essentials 4 This fun program lets you turn a photo into a unique work of art in just 3 easy steps:

Choose a photo and the painting style you want to apply.
Let the Smart Stroke painting technology create a stunning painting.
Touch up your masterpiece by hand if desired.

Bonus--KPT Plug-in Filters A natural addition to your photo-editing software, KPT plug-in filters help you quickly create remarkable image transformations and original effects. PaintShop Photo Pro X3 includes KPT Goo, KPT LensFlare, KPT Projector and KPT Equalizer.

Built-In Photo Projects and Sharing

Easy Photo Sharing Quickly share photos and videos directly on Flickr, Facebook and YouTube. You can also email, print at home or order prints online*.

Built-in Photo Projects Using the new Project Creator, its fast and simple to make great-looking photo books, HD slideshows, collages, cards and more

What's included?
Main application Corel PaintShop Photo Pro X3: Corel PaintShop Photo Pro X3 gives you the power to easily organize, edit, and share professional-quality photos. Make photo improvements faster in the enhanced Express Lab, or go further with powerful new editing tools. Create amazing photo books and projects, upload to Flickr, Facebook or YouTube, print or share by e-mail. Combining single and multi-photo editing tools, online sharing and simple HD video integration, your entire digital workflow is now available in one high-performance package.

Supporting applications Corel Painter Photo Essentials 4: If you want to do more than just edit and print photos, Corel Painter Photo Essentials 4 is the ideal way to get started with digital art. Using the unique Auto-Painting palette, you can create a stunningly realistic work of art from a photo in just three easy steps. (English only)

Corel Instant Viewer: This component provides a quick, direct way to view photos on a PC, allowing you to scroll through your photos and send them to PaintShop Photo Pro X3 for editing. (English only)

Simplify your digital workflow
Enhanced--Photo Organizer Customize your digital workflow with new photo management capabilities in PaintShop Photo Pro X3's Photo Organizer. Use thumbnails and image previews to quickly select your photos.

New--Easy Batch Processing Make adjustments to one photo, then easily apply the same changes to multiple other photos. Edit one, apply to many, right from the Organizer.

Enhanced--Express Lab The new interface makes photo editing faster than ever. Preview photos and videos or make changes in this speed-editing mode. Quickly adjust contrast, apply local tone mapping, remove noise and sharpen images. You can also adjust levels, clarity and white balance, batch-edit multiple photos and more.

Do more with advanced photo-editing tools
New--Smart Carver Seamlessly remove objects from an image with professional quality. Smart Carver also lets you expand or contract objects without distortion.

New--Vibrancy Boost color in the least saturated areas of a photo without affecting the rest of the image.

New--Object Extractor The integrated Object Extractor isolates an object--even challenging cases such as flyaway hair and fuzzy pet fur--so it can be copied to a new background or a new background can be pasted behind it.

Fix it fast in Express Lab Don't let the small stuff slow you down! Enjoy one-click access to common photo fixes.
Learning Center The award-winning Learning Center empowers anyone to harness the power of advanced photo editing, regardless of your previous software experience. It builds your confidence and makes it easier to develop your skills by helping you complete tasks within seconds of launching PaintShop Pro Photo.

Makeover Tools Make sure the people in your photos look their best with tools that are fun and easy to use. Help your subjects look thinner in seconds, whiten bloodshot eyes, smooth wrinkles, paint on a tan and remove blemishes.

Enhanced--Remove Digital Camera Noise Remove "noise" artifacts that interfere with the clarity of your digital image--faster than ever! One-Step Noise Removal smooths photos with a single click. Digital Camera Noise Removal gives you precise control over how these corrections are applied.

Get creative with projects and photo sharing
Enhanced--Built-in Creative Projects PaintShop Photo Pro X3 is the only pro-quality photo enthusiast software package to so closely integrate creative projects with photo editing. The new Project Creator is a fast and simple way to make a great-looking photo book, collages, cards and more--all in addition to PaintShop's easy online sharing options.

New--Easy Photo Sharing Share photos and videos where and how you want, using email, Flickr, Facebook and YouTube. Print at home, order prints online, email or quickly burn a DVD to enjoy on your TV.

Layer Styles Easily apply artistic effects to individual layers, such as drop shadows, embossing and reflections.

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Business Plan Pro 15th Anniversary Edition Review

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(More customer reviews)There is a little bit of a learning curve, but once you get your head wrapped around it - I recommend using the wizards for your first business plan all the way through , and then examine how its all laid out - once you see it in the whole, it's easy to go back and make your revisions. It's very well laid out, the automation of calculations is excellent, the graphs are impressive, and it produces an excellent presentation. So far, the people who have reviewed my business plan have been very impressed. Before buying I did see a few "semi-negative" reviews as to how complicated things were, how hard it was to use, but from my experience, it's very easy to use, and pretty straightforward if you follow step by step and pay attention to the documentation and examples. This is one of the better pieces of software I have ever used, and it does exactly as advertised. Worth every penny I spent and then some!

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Writing your business plan just got easier
We admit it. Writing a great business plan isn't exactly a breeze. But just like anything else, using the right tools makes it way easier. Business Plan Pro gives you the advice and guidance you need to forget your fears and start writing your plan with the confidence of an expert. And to get expert results!
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