Contents 1 | Introducing Corel PaintShop Photo Pro X3 . . . . . . . . . 1 2 | What’s included? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3 | Key features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 4 | Favorite features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1 Introducing Corel® PaintShop Photo™ Pro X3 As digital-photography evolves, Corel® PaintShop Photo™ Pro X3 keeps pace by offering software specifically designed for the photo enthusiast. Whether shooting on an advanced point-and-shoot or a digital single-lens reflex (DSLR) camera, PaintShop Photo Pro X3 is equipped to help users achieve impressive photographic results.
software. The ability to work with a wide range of RAW formats, include HD video along with photos in slide shows, and HDR photo merge and tone mapping make PaintShop Photo Pro X3 an incredible value and uniquely suited to the broad needs of the photo enthusiast. New image-scaling and objectextraction tools and support for industry-standard plug-in effects put PaintShop Photo Pro X3 on par with pro-quality applications on just about every level — except the price tag.
2 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.
Input/Output device support • Disc, memory cards (CF/SD/etc.), hard drives, direct camera connections • Photo files from Windows®-compatible Blu-ray, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, DVDRAM or CD-R/RW drive Input format support • Images: All popular image formats, including BMP, JPEG, PNG, TIF, GIF, RAW, PSPImage, and many others.
3 Corel® PaintShop Photo™ Pro X3 key features PaintShop Photo Pro has long been known for giving users the ability to maximize the potential of their images. PaintShop Photo Pro X3 offers a powerful photo-editing experience designed for the workflow of today’s photo enthusiast. With new tools and features in addition to its traditional strengths, PaintShop Photo Pro X3 helps users do more with their photos, creative projects, and even video.
Features in the Organizer include: • New! Multi-photo editing: Users can save time by copying edits performed on one image to a batch of photos. Give it a try To copy changes to multiple photos 1 In the Organizer, select a photo, and click the Express Lab button. 2 In the Express Lab, click Smart Photo Fix, and click Suggest Settings. 3 Click the Exit Express Lab button, and click Yes to save the photo and return to the Organizer.
Enhanced! Express Lab: Launched with a click in the Organizer, the Express Lab provides a faster way to perform common editing tasks, enabling users to scroll through their photos, make quick fixes, apply effects, and delete pictures that didn’t turn out. An instant preview offers a quick look at any changes. The Express Lab has tools for the most common digital photography problems.
• Clone Tool: Imperfections can be easily corrected using the Clone Tool to copy detail from one part of a photo to another, replacing the flawed image area with detail from the source location. • Red Eye Tool: One of the most common problems in photos is red-eye, but the Express Lab offers an easy solution. Users can remove red-eye from their photos in a click. • New! Sharpen Tool: With a simple click-and-drag, photo enthusiasts can sharpen pixels.
Advanced features and performance New! Smart Carver: Using the Smart Carver, photo enthusiasts can seamlessly and realistically remove photo objects and alter the aspect ratio without distorting the rest of the image. Smart Carver lets you remove objects and change the aspect ratio. Give it a try To remove an image area and change the aspect ratio 1 In the Organizer, select a photo, and click Full Editor. 2 Click Image menu ` Smart Carver. 3 Click the Remove tool want to remove.
16-bit support: Digital photography enthusiasts who shoot in a RAW format can open their photos at 16-bits per channel, so they can edit their photos with the full range of tonal detail in their pictures. New! Object Extractor: This new tool makes it faster to precisely mask fine image details that are otherwise difficult to preserve. The Object Extractor is ideal for copying elements in one photo to another background — even challenging cases such as fly-away hair, wisps of smoke, tree branches.
New! On-image text editing: The PaintShop Photo Pro text engine has been updated, making it easier, faster, and more natural to apply text to an image. Text attributes, such as font, color, placement, position, size and more, can be easily tweaked. Existing text can be reselected, so users can edit it or continue typing. In addition, text can be applied to a path.
Enhanced! Depth of Field effect: The Depth of Field effect draws attention to specific image areas by subtly blurring the rest of the photo. This replicates the look of limited depth of field, an effect that usually requires precise manual lens aperture adjustments. Photo enthusiasts can also draw attention to several areas of an image in ways that aren’t possible in conventional photography.
Project creation and sharing New! Project Creator: The Project Creator is a one-stop spot for creating, editing, and sharing projects. Users can produce photo books, collages, cards, calendars, and slideshows in a few clicks and then share their work to YouTube, Facebook, or Flickr. Projects can also be saved as a PDF, JPEG, or Microsoft® Silverlight™ animated files. In addition, photo enthusiasts can back up digital assets and order professional prints online from within the Project Creator.
• Slide shows: PaintShop Photo Pro X3 takes slide shows to the next level by offering the ability to include HD video clips along with photos. Slide shows can be personalized with soundtrack music or a variety of slide transitions. When it comes time to share a finished slide show, it can be saved to a video file, or uploaded to YouTube, Facebook, or Flickr. The Project Creator has a variety of slide show options.
4 Corel® PaintShop Photo™ Pro X3 favorite features Here are some of the tools and features that have made PaintShop Photo Pro a hit with photo enthusiasts. Auto-Preserve Originals: Users don’t have to worry about overwriting their original photos, thanks to the Auto-Preserve Originals option. The first time an image is saved, a backup copy of the original is automatically created one level deeper in the folder hierarchy.
HDR Photo Merge: Many DSLR cameras have an auto-exposure bracketing feature, which lets photographers take multiple shots of the same scene, each with a different exposure level. This feature is ideal for photos taken in highcontrast scenes, such as a sunset. One shot adjusts the exposure to capture the shadows, while another shot adjusts the exposure to capture bright areas.
Red Eye Removal Tool: One of the most common problems in flash photos is red-eye, but PaintShop Photo Pro X3 offers an easy solution. Users can quickly remove red-eye from photo subjects with a click of the Red Eye tool. Color Changer Tool: The Color Changer tool lets users quickly change colors in their digital images. For example, the color of an object in a photo, such as a car or a piece of clothing, be easily be changed.
Perspective Correction Tool: This longtime favorite gives photo hobbyists the power and versatility of an expensive tilt-correction lens. With the Perspective Correction tool, buildings, landmarks, or objects in photos that appear in the wrong perspective or that were taken from an angle other than directly in front can be corrected. Users simply line up the four corner points with a shape that should be rectangular to adjust the entire image.
Visible Watermark: Professional photographers and hobbyists alike want to put their stamp on the photos they take and share. The Visible Watermark feature adds a discreet watermark to photos to remind viewers who took the shot and to help safeguard against misuse of images. This feature simplifies the task of adding a logo or other graphic as a watermark and provides options such as embossing to give photos a subtle, professional look.
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