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Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 (PC) | 
 enlarge | From: Corel
Category: Software
List Price: £79.99
Buy New: £37.99
You Save: £42.00 (53%)
New (7) Used (3) from £23.40
Rating:  21 reviews
Format: Dvd-rom
Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows Xp Home Edition
Media: CD-ROM
Operating System: Windows XP
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 19.7 x 19.7 x 19.7
MPN: PSPPX2IEPC
UPC: 735163114300
EAN: 0735163114300
ASIN: B000UZBYAA
Release Date: October 5, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: COREL PAINT SHOP PRO PHOTO X2 BRAND NEW IN SEALED BOX! SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: Microsoft Windows Vista or Windows XP, with latest service packs installed; 512 MB RAM (768 MB recommended); 768 MB RAM required if using Windows Vista; 1 GHz processor (2 GHz recommended); 500 MB hard disk space; 24-bit color display, 1024x768 resolution; Microsoft DirectX 9.0c or higher (included in Windows Vista and XP). VAT INCLUDED. VAT RECEIPT AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. Buy with confidence from a five star seller!! P&P UK guaranteed to ship within 1-3 working days - 1st class recorded; International surface mail. All postal options available at request. Any questions do not hesitate to email us. (
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Brand New - Full UK Retail Boxed - Exactly the same as amazons - Price includes VAT and invoice supplied.
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 A lightweight easy to use alternative to Photoshop. December 30, 2007
John Nunn (Coventry, U.K.)
49 out of 52 found this review helpful
As a software developer working mainly with web technologies, I have to constantly manage and manipulate images. This is a task I am hopeless at I can crop and resize images but anything else and I find it almost impossible. I have a full copy of Adobe Photoshop CS3 yet find the program totally bewildering; I have completed several courses on using it but to no avail. Image manipulation is completely different skill to software development, requiring a different mindset.
After struggling a friend suggested I try PaintShop Pro, as it was a lightweight image manipulation package designed to make tasks easy. So I downloaded the trial version and started to give it a try; after about an hour I ordered the full version. It is so easy to use and create the effects my clients so often want. The ability to apply effects and create what I considered complex tasks in Photoshop was an absolute doddle in Paintshop Pro. Adding a drop shadow effect is just a few clicks as is creating a reflection.
For the price this is a superb application and should form part of any developer's toolbox.
Pro Digital Editing at a realistic price November 4, 2007
Bullfrog (Scotland)
48 out of 55 found this review helpful
Most reviews of this software that I have seen have read in the photography magazines have been very favourable - especially as it is easier to use and has more features than are in Photoshop Elements. I think that this package is wrongly compared to Photoshop Elements, and it should be more direcly compared to Photoshop proper. This software offers some fantastic features, and as far as I am concerned is only a few versions away from being able to take on Adobe (which I think is vastly overpriced and overrated).
This version does not seem to suffer from the hard disk thrashing that version X1 suffered from, and runs like a dream on my machine. I have been very impressed so far, and has really improved my digital image work flow and much improved many of my images. You can download a 30 day fully functional trial of this software from the Corel website, which I would recommend so that you see for yourself how powerful this package is.
I have had no trouble at all in using the software to edit my RAW files, and it works just fine and dandy.
 Good but flawed October 25, 2007
P. W. Bentley
39 out of 49 found this review helpful
I tested the Beta version of this and have to say that I am impressed with the improvements over the earlier versions of PSP.
The Graphite theme is good (Adobe Light-room uses a similar theme), and the HDR feature is excellent. Compared to PSP 10, this is much faster when generating previews.
Faults are few. The main one being Lens blur requiring a selection created in the plug-in, not one already created. This means you cannot use selections created via a mask or alpha channel. It also has problems with some RAW files*.
Some of the new features are a bit gimmicky - Thinify and Suntan being a couple.
If you can afford it, Photoshop CS3 (or CS2 if you have vista - it works more reliably) is better, but at 1/10th the price Photo X2 is superb value for money and has more features than Photoshop Elements.
I highly recommend it.
*If it won't open your RAW files, download Camera-raw from Adobe (free), and convert them to DNF format (Uncompressed). It has no problem with DNF files.
 Product may be good but support is not November 21, 2007
D. J. Staughton (UK)
21 out of 34 found this review helpful
If you buy this product just hope you do not need any technical support. Contacting Corel is almost impossible. They are always "sorry, we are experiencing unexpectedly high call volumes, please continue to hold..."
Also, their web site has technical errors that make getting online support very challenging. A shame really as the product is good.
Corel magic November 22, 2007
Guus
17 out of 37 found this review helpful
Corel is a master at making perfectly good software disappear. I degraded back to PSP 9.0 ever since Corel took over. From a lean and mean graphics package PSP first became a sluggish Photoshop clone (version 10) and now something you get for free with every digital camera.
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