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November 15, 2007
Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X2
Corel's Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 image editor, with its darker interface, looks better than previous versions did, but the new shade is the only visual tweak. What the interface needs is a complete overhaul - it's so jam-packed with overlapping options that it's hard to wade through.
For example, Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X2's primary new feature, Express Lab, is supposed to simplify processing lots of images with commonly used tools, such as cropping and red-eye reduction. However, Express Lab itself introduces no new tools, and it isn't a batch processor - you can't tell it to, say, resize 10 images at once. (A batch processor resides elsewhere.) If you want a tool outside the small set, you must exit the box.
Corel added a few mostly-for-fun tools to Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X2, including Thinify, to simulate shaving a few pounds off your subjects, and Eye Drop, to whiten bloodshot eyes. They're easy to use, but since they don't offer many adjustments, the effects are pretty coarse. You can now apply layer styles, such as drop shadows and glows, to vector layers; surprisingly, they don't allow much customisation either.
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Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 scored:
8.7 out of 10
The 2 most helpful reviews based on 2 reviews:
Phil, Bolton
8- Good Points
- Very powerful functionality. Excellent capability
- Bad Points
- Painfully slow to start up under Vista.
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FRANK, MANCHESTER
9- Good Points
- easy to use up to now,but I have not used all tha facilities yet.
- Bad Points
- Icons in instruction book very small, hard to make out what they are
Confirmed purchase on 31 Oct 2008