Corel PaintShop Pro - X9 Reviewer's Guide
Contents
1 | Introducing Corel PaintShop Pro X9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
2 | What’s included? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3 | Top new and enhanced features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
4 | Defining features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
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Introducing Corel® PaintShop® Pro X9
Photos matter. Truer today than ever before.
With the worldwide rise of smartphone cameras and the takeover of visual social media, the power of
imagery has redefined the way we communicate at home, at work, and at school. From iconic
photojournalism that captures our attention, to advertisements that stay with us, and precious family
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memories, great photos tell stories and create strong emotional connections.Corel
helps you harness that power.
Whether you’re a passionate photo enthusiast, a creative digital designer, or a business professional
enhancing a project, PaintShop Pro offers a remarkably robust imaging toolset.
Each improvement to PaintShop Pro X9 has been built around three core goals, designed to meet the
needs of today’s busy creatives and professionals.
• Save time — We could all use more time. No matter where we work with photos, there’s always
more to do, higher expectations, and fewer hours to finish it all.
• Make it easier — All the tools in the world won’t help if you can’t use them. With discipline and a
strong user focus, we’ve created a product that makes key tasks simpler, helping you achieve a great
result with minimal effort.
• Boost creativity — Coming up with fresh ideas isn’t always easy. Ultimately, we want to empower
everyone with imaging potential. PaintShop Pro X9 offers amazing new tools that anyone can use, at
work or at home.
PaintShop® Pro X9
Focused on speed-to-results, PaintShop Pro X9 delivers all the tools you need, together with simpler
implementation, better training, and more resources. We’re also staying subscription-free, remaining
true to our commitment to affordability and perpetual licensing.
At home or at work, one copy of PaintShop Pro can meet the vast majority of anyone’s image editing
needs. Replace a subscription to Adobe Photoshop CC, stop using third-party screenshot tools, or add
business graphics and annotation tools. Why buy multiple products when, for most, one will do? That’s
the power and benefit of using PaintShop Pro.
Choose us for a complete and comprehensive image editing toolkit, or simply because you love
photography. Either way, we hope you’ll see the value and heart we’ve built into PaintShop Pro X9.
Sincerely,
Greg Wood, Sr. Product Director
& the Corel Photo Team
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PaintShop® Pro customer profiles
Business
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.
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.
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 attractive
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
or creating graphics for social media, we know
that the volume licensing and network
deployability has made PaintShop Pro an
excellent choice for business settings.
Education
PaintShop Pro is the perfect software for students
to learn the fundamentals of photography and
design, setting them up for success in today’s
technology-driven workplace.
From elementary schools to universities,
PaintShop Pro is making it easy for students and
schools to get ahead by delivering cutting-edge
software at the lowest price possible. Flexible
licensing options give students and teachers
access to industry-leading tool and compatibility
features at a fraction of the retail price.
Creative consumers produce content to share
with friends and family. They want a photo editor
that’s easy to use and gives them access to a wide
range of features and effects.
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What’s included?
Application
• Corel® PaintShop® Pro X9: 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 X9 is
available in 32- and 64-bit versions.
Documentation
• Online Help, Learning Center palette
•PDF User Guide
• Guided Tour, a step-by-step virtual tour of the
interface and new features
• In-product link directly to video and written
tutorials in the Discovery Center
• Getting Started windows provide an overview
of some tools and features
• PDF Scripting Guide, available for download
•Microsoft
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Internet Explorer® 11 or higher
File format support
• Input: AI, BMP, CAL, CALS, CGM, CLP, CUR,
CUT, DCX, DIB, EMF, EPS, GIF, HDP, IFF, IMG,
J2C, J2K, JIF, JP2, JPC, JPE, JPEG, JPG, JPS, JPX,
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MAC, MPO, MRW, MSP, PBM, PCD
PDF, PGM, PIC, PICT, PNG, PNS, PPM, PS, PSD,
PSP (PSP image f iles), RAS, RAW, RIF, RLE, SCT,
SVG, SVGZ, TGA, TIF, UFO, WBM, WBMP, WDP,
WEBP, WMF, WPG
RAW file support from more than 450 camera
models including 3FR, ARW, CR2, CRW, DCR,
DNG, K25, KDC, NEF, NRW, ORF, PEF, RAF,
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
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, PCT, PCX,
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
• 2 GB of RAM (4 GB recommended)
• 1 GB of free hard disk space (2 GB
•1024 768 resolution, 16-bit color display
•DirectX
• Internet connection required for accessing
or AMD 1.5 GHz or faster processor with
SSE2 support (multi-core processor
recommended)
recommended)
(1366 768 resolution, 24-bit or higher color
display recommended)
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9 or higher compatible video adapter
with latest driver
online features and video tutorials
• Brush: PaintShop Pro Brush (.pspbrush),
Adobe Photoshop Brush (.abr), Jasc Brush (.jbr)
1. Supported on 32-bit installation only
2. WPG (WordPerfect Vector only) is only supported on 32-
bit installation; WordPerfect Bitmap is supported on both
32-bit and 64-bit installations
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