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# More pro-level tools for incredible photos
* New! 75 new and enhanced features
- Enjoy a no-limits photo-editing environment that gives you the freedom to achieve your creative vision. PaintShop Pro X4 includes 75 new and enhanced features that we developed based on the needs and interests of real users, like you!
* New! High Dynamic Range (HDR) module
- Create perfectly exposed photos or stunning surrealistic images with the new HDR module. The module lets you merge photos taken at different exposures or experiment with the tonal range of your images. Choose from two modes-Exposure Merge and Batch Merge-depending on the number of images you're working on.
* New! Photo Blend
- Combine elements from several shots of the same scene to create the perfect photo. Remove unwanted cars or people from a street scene. Or choose the best smiles from several photos to create the perfect group shot.
* New! Fill Light and Clarity
- Brighten shadows without changing the rest of your image with the Fill Light and Clarity filter. It's an easy way to draw attention to subtle details and increase the texture and depth of your photos.
* New! Selective Focus
- Get the effect of expensive tilt-shift lenses without the cost! Selective Focus lets you turn a scene into a miniature world. You can also use it to add depth of field and blur out distracting details.
* New! Vignette effect
- Draw attention to the focal point of your photo by applying a classic faded border around the edges. Use intuitive sliders to control the appearance of the edges by choosing the shape, color and tone, and adjusting the amount of blur, glow, and feathering.
* Enhanced! RAW Lab
- Get a better look at your images with a larger preview area in the RAW Lab. The improved histogram lets you fine-tune images quickly and the new highlight recovery feature helps you restore detail in overexposed areas.
* New! Adjustment layers
- Enjoy worry-free editing by using new adjustment layers to leave your original background image untouched while you're working. Layers are especially useful with complex editing, such as adding graphic elements, creating image compositions, and applying artistic enhancements or text.
* Enhanced! 16-bit support
- Enjoy greater precision and flexibility with extended 16-bit support for over 20 tools and adjustments—including Scratch Remover, Paint Brush, Object Remover, Color Replacer, Warp Brush, Mesh Warp, Background Eraser and more!
* Bonus! WinZip® Pro
- WinZip® Pro is your one-stop solution for file compression, encryption, sharing and data backup, helping you save space, work faster and keep your files secure! (Available as a free download.)
* Bonus! Corel® KPT® Collection Plug-in Filters
- A natural addition to your photo-editing software, the KPT Collection includes 24 creative plug-in filters that help you quickly create remarkable image transformations and original effects. (Available upon product registration.)
* Plus! Comprehensive full color printed User Guide
- Get the PaintShop Pro X4 User Guide when you purchase the box version! This complete full color manual helps you get the most out of your new software.
# A more intuitive workflow
* Enhanced! Redesigned workspace
- Welcome to a more enjoyable photo-editing experience! The PaintShop Pro X4 interface has been redesigned with separate Manage, Adjust and Edit workspaces so it's easy to find the tools you need when you need them. Plus, the Organizer is now available from every workspace.
* New! Shot Info Panel
- Everything you need to know about your image, including the camera it was shot with and the settings, is available at a glance in this new panel.
* New! Dual monitor support
- Manage your photos on one screen while editing on the other.
# Focused on performance
* Enhanced! Speed and performance
- With performance updates that include GPU optimizations, the PaintShop Pro X4 interface is fast and responsive—in fact, this version launches more than 50 per cent faster than the previous release.
* Enhanced! Real-time results
- Noise Reduction, Vibrancy, Tone Mapping and many other real-time effects are significantly faster, letting you see results as you work.

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

* Bonus! KPT® Plug-in Filters
A natural addition to your photo-editing program, 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.

# Enhanced! Camera Raw Support (Ultimate version only) - For those who shoot in raw format, support for more than 250 cameras is available.

#New! Background Remover (Ultimate version only) - This new plug-in lets you easily change the background in your photos to create unique and exciting effects. Just cut out part of an image, remove it from the background and place it on a different setting. You can even preserve fine image details like strands of hair or smoke.

# Enhanced! Creative Content Pack (Ultimate version only) - Ideal for scrapbooking and other creative photo projects, this bonus pack contains 150 brand-new, custom-made photo frames, photo edges and Picture Tubesâ„¢ that allow you to enhance any image with fun graphics.

# New! Certified for Microsoft® Windows Vista® (Ultimate version only) - Software that's Certified for Windows Vista has undergone Microsoft compatibility tests for ease of use, better performance and enhanced security.

# Bonus! Corel® Painterâ„¢ Photo Essentials 4 (Ultimate version only) - 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! Media Recovery Software (Ultimate version only) - New Media Recovery software included with Paint Shop Pro X2 Ultimate can recover images, movies and sound files from memory cards, even if they have been reformatted. It is compatible with virtually all media card formats.

# Bonus! USB Flash Drive (Ultimate version only) - Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 Ultimate comes with a 2 GB USB flash drive for storing and transferring your digital photos and files.

# New! Corel® MediaOneâ„¢ Plus (DVD Maker not included) - This fast, fun and easy photo & video software lets you turn pictures and video clips into slide shows, and create collages, calendars and album pages.

NEW! Express Lab
This all-new, super-fast photo fixing mode is amazing! You'll save hours of time with the Express Lab, because now you can edit dozens of photos in the time it used to take to edit just a few! Just think how easy it will be to breeze through folders full of photos  cropping, rotating, removing red eye, and straightening,  without having to wait for each individual photo to open.

That's only a small taste of the photo fixing you can do in the NEW Express Lab. We can tell you how it helps you fly through viewing and fixing your photos, but to truly understand the power of the NEW Express Lab you have to experience it for yourself.

NEW! Graphite Workspace Theme
Not only is Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 packed with all-new features, it looks different too. As soon as you launch the program, you'll see the NEW Graphite Workspace Theme. This darker theme really makes your photos stand out! And for people who don't like change, you can switch back to the classic interface with just a few clicks.
NEW! HDR Photo Merge
With NEW HDR Photo Merge you can easily create photos that give you full detail in the shadows and the highlights of your photos. HDR Photo Merge helps you combine two or more photos taken at different exposures, and then automatically dodge and burn to bring out the contrast!

NEW! Layer Styles
With the NEW Layer Styles you can easily add drop shadows, embossing, outer and inner glows, bevels and even reflections to your text, photos and creative projects. The best part of these new Layer Styles is if you make any changes to the layer the effect is automatically changed to match.

NEW! Visible Watermarks
Whether you're a professional photographer or someone who wants to share your photos online, it's a good idea to add a discrete watermark that reminds those viewing your pictures who the photographer was. With the NEW Visible Watermarks feature you can easily create and add a personal watermark to all your photos.

NEW! Picture Tubes" & Picture Frames
Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 includes over 30 brand-new, professionally-designed Picture Tubes" and 30 new Picture Frames! Plus for people who upgrade to Paint Shop Pro Photo X2, there's an exclusive set of all-new, never seen before Picture Tubes and Picture Frames just for you!
IMPROVED! Black & White Film Conversion
This feature lets you create dynamic black & white photos by simulating the effects of shooting black & white film with colored filters.

Now you can select from a virtually infinite range of color combinations where before you could chose from pre-chosen color filters. This gives you the full creative control of the Channel Mixer command, but in a far simpler interface. Plus you can adjust brightness and apply Clarify to further enhance the black & white effect.

NEW & IMPROVED! Makeover Tools
Paint Shop Pro Photo's Makeover Tools give you a set of professional retouching tools that are easy to use. This year we've added two new features to your toolbox: NEW Thinify", which makes the people in your photos look thinner with just a click, and New Eye Drops that takes the red out of bloodshot eyes. In addition, improvements have also been made to the Blemish Remover and the Suntan Brush.

NEW! Crop to New Image
For people who scan a lot of images, especially multiple images at once, New Crop As New Image will save you time! Now you can click Crop As New Image, and the cropped portion of your scan is automatically opened in a new document. All you need to do is save it!

Product Improvements for Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo 11.11

- The display of EXIF information has been improved.
- The Organizer has been improved, as follows:
---- If you edit a saved search, your original search is not overwritten; you can press the Save button to record your changes.
---- Captions and star ratings are supported for video clips as well as for photos.
---- You can easily select multiple images in the Organizer by dragging.
---- Performance has been enhanced for thumbnail creation and display.
---- The Organizer displays the number of photos shown as well as the total number of cataloged photos.
---- The Organizer opens to the folder that was last viewed, rather than to All Photos.
---- By default, images in the Organizer are sorted chronologically by date taken.
---- Tags can be added to movie files.
---- Performance of the Organizer has been improved.
- The print quality of contact sheets has been improved.
- Depth of Field now works correctly on 16-bit-per-pixel images.
- Dragging a file from the Organizer onto an existing document adds the file as a new layer.
- In Korean, the input method editor (IME) no longer switches to English.
- Using the Close All Files dialog box no longer causes the application to crash.
- Guides no longer reappear after you turn them off.
- Quick Review has been improved, as follows:
---- Captions are viewable in Quick Review mode.
---- When using Quick Review, you can delete the last item viewed.
---- All file types are supported when you e-mail a Snapfire Show in Quick Review mode. All files that can be viewed in Quick Review can also be e-mailed.
---- Quick Review settings remain active across sessions.
---- The Share As E-mail option opens an e-mail message with a blank space above the graphic.
- The context menu items on the History Palette have been restored.
- Thumbnails no longer become mismatched with the image files after you edit the images with other programs.
- While the application is being launched, it no longer appears to hang when the message "Updating Cache Settings" appears.
- Improvements have been made to simplify the Join icons when you work with the Pen tool or vector objects.
- IPTC information is displayed correctly for images in camera raw formats.
- EXIF data is preserved when images are duplicated (by using either Window > Duplicate or Shift + D).
- Performance improvements have been made throughout the application.
- Quality improvements have been made to images imported in camera raw formats.
- Images in 16-bit-per-pixel mode are saved correctly in format.
- The batch process can be used to convert camera raw files.
- The batch process works correctly for files selected in the Organizer or Photo Tray.
- The Depth of Field "area of focus" selection is retained between uses.
- When the Straighten or Perspective Correction tool is used on an image, the image is automatically cropped when the Crop Image option is selected.
- New match modes have been added to the Magic Wand and Flood Fill tools. The supported match modes are described in the following table.
- Transparency issue related to copying and pasting files with transparency to Animation Shop has been corrected.
- Saving transparency with .png optimizer has been corrected.

- Organize Photos & video clips get organized automatically and fast!
- NEW! The Photo Organizer...Search for images by filename, date, file type or folder location with this one-stop photo management center. You can even zoom the size of your photo thumbnails!
- NEW! Photo Downloader...Automatically download photos from cameras or memory cards. The Photo Downloader even remembers which photos have already been downloaded so you start working with your new images right away!
- NEW! Quick Review...Watch a slide show of your newly imported images. You can make fixes to the photos on-the-fly as the show is playing, and even play video clips in full screen mode and then email your slide show.
- Amazing! The Learning Center...This revolutionary tool helps you learn how to use NEW Paint Shop Pro Photo XI just like a professional. With detailed, step-by-step instructions on how to use each feature, it's the easiest, fastest way to get professional-looking photos.
- NEW! Video Preview...Preview, open, view and even extract still pictures from all your favorite videos whether they come from your digital camera, a video camera or even a camera phone!
- Enhanced and Advanced E-mail Functionality...Share photos instantly. Now it's easier and quicker than ever to send photos to friends and family.
- NEW! Photo Trays...Collect photos from various folders and then email, print, upload or order prints online in a snap.
- Versatile Image Rotation...Rotate and arrange JPEG files without losing image quality.
- Powerful! Crystal Clear Digital Zoom...Gain the power to focus in with astonishing precision and make in-depth photo corrections or get an up-close look at details in your photos. In fact, when working with Raw camera files you can even focus in on a single hair and still recognize what color it is! In most cases zoom integrity is retained, even at over 500% magnification!
- NEW! Image Information Panel...Get instant access to critical photo information such as date, rating, keywords, resolution, camera type and more.
- Auto Rotate...NEW Paint Shop Pro Photo XI reads the EXIF metadata instructions for rotation and automatically puts your photos in proper perspective.
- EXIF and IPTC Metadata...NEW Paint Shop Pro Photo XI captures essential photo information including camera type, lighting, aperture, date, GPS coordinates and in some cases photographer name and even temperature.
- Editable Date Taken...If the camera gets it wrong, you can make the date right.
- Scripting...Record any series of editing steps and save the process so that it can be repeated instantly and perfectly again and again.
- Batch Processing Commands...Quickly take a set of standard fixes and apply them to an entire batch of photos at the same time.
- NEW! Corel Painter and Corel Painter Essentials Compatibility...Now NEW Paint Shop Pro Photo XI works seamlessly with these two popular painting programs. With this new release, you can instantly turn your photos into a painted masterpiece.