Corel PaintShop Pro - X8 Reviewer's Guide
Contents
1 | Introducing Corel PaintShop Pro X8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
2 | What’s included? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3 | Top new and enhanced features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
4 | Defining features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
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Introducing Corel PaintShop Pro X8
The world has become strikingly visual, at work and at home. Almost every time we use our devices, we
see interfaces and a wide variety of designs—visual expressions made possible by creative software.
This is the world of PaintShop Pro. Whether it’s editing photos, designing web graphics, or making
scrapbook pages and other projects, PaintShop Pro represents something unique — software that’s
inviting and affordable, yet delivers power, speed, and creative capabilities that rival the 800-pound
gorilla of photo editing. We’re happiest when we’re able to deliver tools to our customers that are
innovative, easy-to-use, and help people be more productive. PaintShop Pro X8’s new text wrapping
feature is a good example of an innovative feature inspired by listening and responding to our users.
Wrapping text within a shape or selection is a task that can be frustrating in other photo software, and
our goal was to make it fast and simple, so anyone, regardless of skill level or profession, can get the job
done faster — no monthly fee required.
For your passion or profession, PaintShop Pro is here for you.
Greg Wood
Product Manager, Corel PaintShop Pro
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PaintShop® Pro customer profiles
Business and Education
Here’s a glimpse of the people who are driving
PaintShop Pro’s success.
Photographers
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, prosumers, or photo
enthusiasts, they need tools that help them
achieve their creative vision. That might be the
quick adjustment of 1000 photos from a
wedding shoot, or it might be detailed
restoration of a unique old photograph.
PaintShop Pro provides the comprehensive ability
to edit, make quick adjustments and manage an
entire photo collection within one product.
Graphic Designers and Creative Consumers
PaintShop Pro's layers, vector tools, and painting
and drawing tools are ideal for many graphic
designers—whether at home or at work.
Whether in a small business or a large enterprise,
PaintShop Pro is enormously valuable at work.The
photo editing capabilities, design tools, and
ability to open a wide variety of image formats,
make it a versatile application that is likely to
generate an immediate return on its moderate
price.
Small business owners, independent or
professional marketers, and social media
specialists want a photo editor that fits their
budget and lets them quickly produce highquality graphics in-house.
Whether cleaning up images in engineering firms,
creating graphics for social media, or enabling
students to create a wide variety of
creative
content, we know that the volume licensing and
network deployability has made PaintShop Pro an
excellent choice for business and education
settings.
Graphic designers tend to live in our Edit
workspace and use layers to make a variety of
compositions, including scrapbook content,
posters, web graphics and more. Support for
vector illustration is key here, with use cases
similar to what we see with PhotoShop.
We often emphasize photography with PaintShop
Pro, but design tools are part of PaintShop’s
“DNA”, from its earliest development. Graphic
designers produce content for many 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.
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.
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What’s included?
Application
• Corel® PaintShop® Pro X8: This powerful,
versatile image-editing software helps anyone
produce stunning photos and designs. It
offers a wealth of features that help you
organize, edit, and share your photos and
artistic creations.
• 32- and 64-bit versions: PaintShop Pro X8 is
available in 32- and 64-bit versions.
Documentation
• Online Help, Learning Center palette
• PDF User Guide
• In-product link directly to video and text
tutorials in the Discovery Center
• Getting Started windows provide an overview
of some tools and features
• PDF Scripting Guide, available for download
Minimum system requirements
•Windows® 10, Windows 8/8.1, Windows 7
with latest service packs installed (32-bit or
64-bit editions)
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•Intel
or AMD 1.5 GHz or faster processor
with SSE2 support (multi-core processor
recommended)
• Windows-compatible CD- or DVD-ROM drive
for installation
File format support
• 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,
D N G , K 2 5 , K D C , N E F, N R W , O R F, P E F, R A F,
RW2, SR2, SRF, X3F
• Output: BMP, CAL, CALS, CLP, CUT, DCX, DIB,
EMF, 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 (PSPIMAGE FILES), RAS, RAW, RIF, RIFF,
RLE, SCT, CT, JPS, PNS, TGA, TIF, TIFF, WBMP,
WBM, WEBP, WMF
• Brush: PaintShop Pro Brush (.pspbrush),
Adobe Photoshop Brush (.abr), Jasc Brush
(.jbr)
• 2 GB of RAM (4 GB recommended)
• 1 GB of 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
adapter with latest driver
• Internet connection required for accessing
online features and video tutorials
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9 or higher compatible video
1. CMX, DRW, HGL, HPG, PCD, PGL, and WPG formats
supported only with 32-bit installation
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