Corel PaintShop Pro - X6 Reviewer's Guide
Reviewer’s Guide
Contents
1 | Introducing Corel PaintShop Pro X6............................... 1
2 | Customer profiles............................................................ 3
3 | What’s included?............................................................. 5
4 | Key features .................................................................... 7
Create your best images faster ...........................................................................7
The easiest way to extraordinary photos .......................................................... 11
A complete toolset for all skill levels................................................................. 14
Exceptional value with new Membership perks ................................................16
5 | Benchmarking PaintShop Pro X6 .................................. 17
Introducing Corel® PaintShop® Pro X6
Corel® PaintShop® Pro X6 is powerful, easy-to-use
image-editing software that helps anyone produce
stunning photos and creative designs. And with new
64-bit architecture, PaintShop Pro X6 is more
powerful and responsive than ever before.
You can now create your best images faster, thanks to
the performance gains enabled by 64-bit processing.
With PaintShop Pro X6, you’ll make more rapid
adjustments, process more effects, work with larger
files, and work with more photos simultaneously. The
64-bit version makes resource-intensive tasks, such as
working with images greater than 400 megapixels
smooth and reliable.
Developed in concert with our users, PaintShop Pro X6
offers polished and refined workspaces, new ultra quick
and easy selection tools, and all the creative design
tools and effects that have made PaintShop Pro a
favorite of so many for so long. Many of our users’
beloved features have benefited from the new 64-bit
code, offering better response times and more robust
effects processing.
PaintShop Pro X6 also provides a built-in script recorder
that lets you automate just about anything that you can
do with the application. Plus, an updated
Scripting Guide
is freely available to help school anyone
PaintShop Pro
interested in automation. It’s also easy to add IPTC
data, which helps photographers increase the
searchability of their images. In addition, the inclusion
of a 32-bit version ensures that you can work with
legacy third party plug-ins, and the 64-bit version offers
enhanced support for Adobe
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Photoshop® plug-ins.
Editions of Corel® PaintShop® Pro X6
The following editions are available to meet the needs
of both professionals and value-minded customers.
Corel® PaintShop® Pro X6 Ultimate: The ultimate
photo editor combines the pro-quality tools of
PaintShop Pro X6 with powerful image correction
technology Perfectly Clear by Athentech Imaging,
portrait beautifying tools Reallusion
Standard, and a collection of creative extras.
Corel® Photo Video Suite X6: This all-in-one video
production and photo-editing suite combines the
creative power of PaintShop Pro X6 and VideoStudio
Pro X6 to make editing your photos and videos fast
and fun.
License Edition: For corporate and education
customers, the License Edition offers a highly
affordable photo-editing and design solution, ideal for
producing imagery for presentations, marketing
materials, documentation, and other projects. Fully
network deployable and available at compelling
volume license pricing, PaintShop Pro is a great choice
for commercial and educational organizations.
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Customer profiles
Corel PaintShop Pro X6 is the photo editor of choice
for a diverse range of users, from photographers and
photo enthusiasts to designers, self marketers, and
creative consumers.
Photo enthusiasts
First and foremost, PaintShop Pro is designed from the
ground up for the photo enthusiast. Whether they’re
just starting out as hobbyists with their first DSLR, or
are already passionate, seasoned photographers,
photo enthusiasts want a photo editor that helps
them quickly and easily organize and manage their
photos.
After identifying promising images, they want easy-touse editing tools that help them refine those images
to their maximum potential. As enthusiasts develop
both their photographic eye and photo-editing skills,
they want access to additional tools, features, and
effects that can help them express their creativity —
with fast results and minimal effort.
Self marketers
These small business owners, independent or
professional marketers, and social media specialists
want a photo editor that fits their budget and lets
them quickly produce high-quality graphics in-house.
Creative consumers
Whether they’re scrapbookers or recreational graphics
producers, creative consumers produce content to
share with friends and family. They want a photo
editor that’s easy to use, stays out of their way, and
gives them access to a wide range of features and
effects.
Education
For students, teachers, and administrators or decisionmakers, PaintShop Pro offers an unbeatable value. It
gives educators all the tools they need to teach the
fundamentals of photography and graphic design at a
fantastic price.
Designers
Designers produce graphical content for many
disparate projects and want tools that help them
express their creativity. Whether they’re working
photographers, graphic design professionals, video
producers, or web professionals, they want a photo
editor that lets them work with vector and raster
layers, supports industry-standard file formats, and
gives them powerful creative options.
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What’s included?
Application
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Corel® PaintShop® Pro X6:
This powerful, easyto-use image-editing software helps anyone with
a passion for photography produce stunning
photos and creative designs. It offers a wealth of
features that help you organize, edit, and share
your photos and artistic creations with ease.
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32- and 64-bit versions
: PaintShop Pro X6 is
available in 32- and 64-bit versions, and you can
install both. While the 64-bit version offers better
performance and memory management, the
32-bit version ensures compatibility with 32-bit
hardware and plug-ins.
Documentation
• Online Help, Learning Center palette
•PDF User Guide
• Discovery Center, with both video and text tutorials
• Getting Started windows provide an overview of
new tools and features, making it easy to get up
to speed quickly
• PDF Scripting Guide, available to download for all
free PaintShop Pro X6 Standard Memberships
Minimum system requirements
•Microsoft® Windows® 8, Windows® 7, Windows
Vista®, and Windows® XP with latest service pack
(32-bit or 64-bit editions)
•Intel
®
or AMD 1.5 GHz or faster processor with
SSE2 support (multi-core processor recommended)
• 1 GB free hard-disk space (2 GB recommended)
• 1024 × 768 resolution, 16-bit color display
(1366 × 768 resolution, 24-bit or higher color
display recommended)
• DirectX
®
9 or higher compatible audio card with
latest driver
• Windows-compatible CD- or DVD-ROM drive for
installation
• Internet connection required for online features
and tutorial videos
File format support
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Input:
AI, BMP, CAL, CALS, CGM, CLP, CMX1, 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*
RAW file support from more than 300 camera
models including 3FR, ARW, CR2, CRW, DCR, DNG,
E R F, K2 5, K D C , M EF, MO S , N E F, NR W, OR F, P E F, R A F,
RW2, SR2, SRF, X3F
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Brush:
PaintShop Pro Brush (.pspbrush), Adobe
Photoshop Brush (.abr), Jasc Brush (.jbr)
Output:
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EPS, AI, PS, GIF, HDP, WDP, IFF, IMG, JP2, J2C, J2K,
JPC, JPX, JPG, JIF, JPE, JPEG, MAC, MSP, PBM, PCX,
PGM, PIC, PPM, PNG, PSD, PSP (PSP image files),
RAS, RAW, RIF, RIFF, RLE, SCT, CT, JPS, PNS, TGA, TIF,
TIFF, WBMP, WBM, WEBP, WMF
BMP, CAL, CALS, CLP, CUT, DCX, DIB, EMF,
• 2 GB of RAM (4 GB recommended)
1 CMX, DRW, HGL, HPG, PGL, and WPG formats supported only
with 32-bit installation
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