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1 | Introducing PaintShop Pro X9 ...... 1

2 | What’s included? ...... 3

3 | Top new and enhanced features ...... 5

4 | Defining features ...... 9 Introducing Corel® PaintShop® Pro X91 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 memories, great photos tell stories and create strong emotional connections.Corel® PaintShop® Pro X9 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.

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 needs. Replace a subscription to CC, stop using third-party screenshot tools, or add business 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

Corel PaintShop Pro X9 Reviewer’s Guide [ 1 ] PaintShop® Pro customer profiles Business Whether in a small business or a large enterprise, Here’s a glimpse of the people who are driving PaintShop Pro is enormously valuable at work. PaintShop Pro’s success. The photo editing capabilities, design tools, and ability to open a wide variety of image formats, Photographers make it a versatile application that is likely to First and foremost, PaintShop Pro is designed generate an immediate return on its attractive from the ground up for the photo enthusiast. price. Whether they’re just starting out as hobbyists with their first DSLR, prosumers, or photo Small business owners, independent or enthusiasts, they need tools that help them professional marketers, and social media achieve their creative vision. That might be the specialists want a photo editor that their quick adjustment of 1000 photos from a wedding budget and lets them quickly produce high- shoot, or it might be detailed restoration of a quality graphics in-house. unique old photograph. PaintShop Pro provides Whether cleaning up images in engineering firms the comprehensive ability to edit, make quick or creating graphics for social media, we know adjustments and manage an entire photo that the volume licensing and network collection within one product. deployability has made PaintShop Pro an excellent choice for business settings. Graphic Designers and Creative Consumers PaintShop Pro's layers, vector tools, and Education and drawing tools are ideal for many graphic PaintShop Pro is the perfect software for students designers—whether at home or at work. to learn the fundamentals of photography and Graphic designers tend to live in our Edit design, setting them up for success in today’s workspace and use layers to make a variety of technology-driven workplace. compositions, including scrapbook content, From elementary schools to universities, posters, web graphics and more. Support for PaintShop Pro is making it easy for students and vector illustration is key here, with use cases schools to get ahead by delivering cutting-edge similar to what we see with Photoshop. software at the lowest price possible. Flexible We often emphasize photography with licensing options give students and teachers PaintShop Pro, but design tools are part of access to industry-leading tool and compatibility PaintShop’s “DNA”, from its earliest development. features at a fraction of the retail price. Graphic designers produce content for many projects and want tools that help them express their creativity. Whether they’re working photographers, 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 and gives them access to a wide range of features and effects.

Corel PaintShop Pro X9 Reviewer’s Guide [ 2 ] What’s included? 2 Application •® Internet Explorer® 11 or higher

• Corel® PaintShop® Pro X9: This powerful, versatile image-editing software helps anyone File format support produce stunning photos and designs. It offers • Input: AI, BMP, CAL, CALS, CGM, CLP, CUR, a wealth of features that help you organize, CUT, DCX, DIB, EMF, EPS, GIF, HDP, IFF, IMG, edit, and share your photos and artistic J2C, J2K, JIF, JP2, JPC, JPE, JPEG, JPG, JPS, JPX, creations. MAC, MPO, MRW, MSP, PBM, PCD1, PCT, PCX, • 32- and 64-bit versions: PaintShop Pro X9 is PDF, PGM, PIC, PICT, PNG, PNS, PPM, PS, PSD, available in 32- and 64-bit versions. PSP (PSP image files), RAS, RAW, RIF, RLE, SCT, SVG, SVGZ, TGA, TIF, UFO, WBM, WBMP, WDP, Documentation WEBP, WMF, WPG2

• Online Help, Learning Center palette RAW file support from more than 450 camera •PDF User Guide models including 3FR, ARW, CR2, CRW, DCR, DNG, K25, KDC, NEF, NRW, ORF, PEF, RAF, • Guided Tour, a step-by-step virtual tour of the RW2, SR2, SRF, X3F interface and new features • Output: BMP, CAL, CALS, CLP, CUT, DCX, DIB, • In-product link directly to video and written EMF, EPS, AI, PS, GIF, HDP, WDP, IFF, IMG, JP2, tutorials in the Discovery Center J2C, J2K, JPC, JPX, JPG, JIF, JPE, JPEG, MAC, • Getting Started windows provide an overview MSP, PBM, PCX, PGM, PIC, PPM, PNG, PSD, PSP of some tools and features (PSPIMAGE FILES), RAS, RAW, RIF, RIFF, RLE, SCT, CT, JPS, PNS, TGA, TIF, TIFF, WBMP, WBM, • PDF Scripting Guide, available for download WEBP, WMF • Brush: PaintShop Pro Brush (.pspbrush), Minimum system requirements Adobe Photoshop Brush (.abr), Jasc Brush (.jbr) •Windows® 10, Windows 8/8.1, with latest service packs installed (32-bit or 64-bit editions) •Intel® or AMD 1.5 GHz or faster processor with SSE2 support (multi-core processor recommended) • 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® 9 or higher compatible video adapter with latest driver 1. Supported on 32-bit installation only 2. WPG (WordPerfect Vector only) is only supported on 32- • Internet connection required for accessing bit installation; WordPerfect Bitmap is supported on both online features and video tutorials 32-bit and 64-bit installations

Corel PaintShop Pro X9 Reviewer’s Guide [ 3 ] Corel PaintShop Pro X9 Reviewer’s Guide [ 4 ] Top new and enhanced features 3 Corel PaintShop Pro X9 is powerful image-editing your everyday imaging needs, you won't need software that helps anyone produce stunning anything else. photos and creative designs. New! New from Template: PaintShop Pro X9 helps you jump right into your work with new templates. With New from Template, you don't need to be an expert to create impressive professional-looking projects. From greeting cards and collages to brochures, there are eye- catching, easy-to-use designs that let you fast- track projects. You can even save your own layouts as templates to speed up future design and photo projects. Demonstrate, communicate and collaborate with clarity using new Screenshot.

Give it a try To capture screenshots 1 In the Edit workspace, choose File  Screenshot  Setup. 2 Choose Smart Capture from the Method drop-list. Smart Capture captures an object by auto- detecting screen elements (buttons, menus, window areas) as you hover over the elements with the pointer. 3 Click the Settings button. Build something great, faster than ever with new project templates. 4 On the Activate Capture page (click the first dot along the bottom of the dialog box), and New! Screenshot featuring Smart Capture: choose Right-click. It’s never been easier to demonstrate, 5 On the Options page (click the second dot communicate and collaborate with clarity thanks along the bottom of the dialog box), choose to new screenshot tools. Great for creating Include Cursor to include the pointer in the detailed presentations or visual instructions, new capture. Screenshot is a one-stop tool for effortlessly 6 On the Destination page (click the fourth dot bringing an image into PaintShop Pro X9 for along the bottom of the dialog box), choose editing or annotation. With new Smart Capture Open in PaintShop to add the screenshot to mode, capturing an image from your screen is as PaintShop Pro as a new image. easy as hovering over the area you want to grab. 7 In the Screenshot dialog box, click Start. You can choose from a standard set of capture 8 Set up the screen to display the area you want dimensions or create your own presets. Fully to capture and right-click. customizable capture and output options allow 9 Hover over the screen element you want to you to create a personalized or automated capture, and when it appears highlighted, click capture solution. With one powerful tool for all to capture. Your screenshot appears as a new image in PaintShop Pro.

Corel PaintShop Pro X9 Reviewer’s Guide [ 5 ] New! Gradient Fill tool: Now it’s easier and New! Text Presets: You can apply creative looks faster to adjust gradient fills in your photos and faster, accelerate editing tasks and discover fun projects. Using the Gradient Fill tool, it’s as simple new text effects with free and for-purchase Text as dragging across the canvas, a selection, or a Presets. What’s more, new text presets are added shape, and adjusting gradient colors and regularly to PaintShop Pro automatically, so you’ll transitions onscreen. You can customize the always have new text options to keep your gradient interactively using nodes on the designs fresh. gradient arrow and see the changes in real time, keeping your creative flow on track.

Save time by dropping a gradient directly onto an image, shape or selection.

Give it a try To add a gradient 1 Choose File  New. 2 In the New Image dialog box, click OK. 3 Click the Gradient Fill tool on the Tools toolbar (grouped in a flyout with the Flood Fill tool). 4 On the Tools Options palette, choose a Get the creative looks you love faster and discover fun gradient type. new text effects By default, the last gradient selected on the Gradient page of the Material Properties Enhanced! Text tool: The simplified text toolbar dialog box is applied. lets you quickly find the text styles you want and 5 Drag on the canvas to apply the gradient. apply font and stroke colors more easily. You can 6 Do any of the following to customize the customize the text toolbar to display the tools gradient: you use the most and hide the ones you don't. • To adjust the angle of the gradient, drag the rotation handle. • To add a color, drag a color swatch from the Materials palette to the gradient line. • To remove a color, drag a swatch away from the gradient line. • To adjust the transition between colors, drag the swatches along the length of the gradient line. Choose text colors quicker with the enhanced toolbar.

Corel PaintShop Pro X9 Reviewer’s Guide [ 6 ] New! Export Edit History: The new Export Edit Enhanced! Support for the latest History feature of lets you quickly track all edits technologies: You can use your RTS-compatible that you’ve performed to a specific photo or pen tablet or device, including the Microsoft project. You can use it to build step-by-step Windows Surface family of PCs, to experience a tutorials, show someone how to achieve a certain world of creativity that's more natural, direct and effect, or save a record of all changes for legal precise. PaintShop Pro X9 delivers truly documentation. A new Save session history to responsive pressure sensitivity and tilt, giving you text file command in the History palette captures more control over your projects. What's more, all session edits to a text file so you can recall there's no stylus driver to install, so you can get to them later, or you can use the Save Edit History work right away. command in the Image Information dialog box for a complete edit history. PaintShop Pro X9 supports the next generation of photo-editing technology and innovation: depth- aware photography. In the Adjust workspace, you can save time editing XDM photos captured on a RealSense-equipped tablet or camera by applying effects to objects based on their distance from the camera. In addition PaintShop Pro X9 has added support for 15 new RAW formats, including Canon, Nikon, Olympus, Pentax, Panasonic, Leica and Sony cameras.

Quickly document and share your edits using the new Export Edit History feature.

Give it a try To save a photo’s session history 1 Open an image, and in the Edit workspace, perform edits or corrections, or apply effects. 2 Choose View  Palettes  History. 3 Click the down-facing arrow at the top-right of the History palette, and choose Save session Real-Time Stylus and Windows Tablet PC support ensure that history to text file. you can work on the go. 4 In the Save As dialog box, in the File name field, type a name for the file. Enhanced! Windows Server 2016 support: 5 Choose the folder in which you want to save PaintShop Pro X9 is compatible with Windows the file from the Save in drop-list. Server 2016, making it the perfect fit for any 6 Choose a file format from the Save as type organization in a virtualized environment — for drop-list. photo editing, graphics creation, screen capture 7 Click Save. and annotation — whether you're hosting locally or in the cloud. You can save a photo’s entire edit history by choosing Image  Image Information, clicking the Edit History tab, and clicking Save Edit History.

Corel PaintShop Pro X9 Reviewer’s Guide [ 7 ] Enhanced! Batch processing with New Batch Enhanced! Scripts: PaintShop Pro X9 scripts Smart Photo Fix: PaintShop Pro X9 makes it bring the power of automation to photo editing, easy to save time and increase productivity by reducing repetition and accelerating common or simultaneously applying adjustments to multiple complex photo-editing actions. You can record a photos. When using batch processing, you can series of commands as a script that you can now also run Smart Photo Fix, which analyzes a playback at any time. This can save you photo and applies optimal color, brightness, significant time with tedious tasks, which is sharpness and saturation settings. especially useful if you apply the same effect(s) to many photos. Now you can run scripts in Silent Mode, which suppresses any dialog boxes used in the script, so you can apply them faster. When you need to adjust your script, you can quickly toggle dialog boxes back on in the Script menu. If you want more automation in your workflow, browse the Welcome Guide to add more useful scripts to your collection.

Save time and increase productivity by combining Smart Photo Fix and batch processing.

Enhanced! Real-Time performance: PaintShop Pro’s most widely used photo effects now offer real-time performance, so you can see your photo adjustments as you apply them for a quick and responsive editing experience. New! Guided Tour: You can get to work faster and more efficiently thanks to the new guided tour. It’s a great way to discover different ways you can get the most out of PaintShop Pro X9. Whether you are new to , an experienced user, or someone familiar with other graphics applications, this step-by-step virtual tour will help you confidently find your way around the interface and master new features in no time. You can use scripting to automate applying an effect to a photo or series of photos.

Corel PaintShop Pro X9 Reviewer’s Guide [ 8 ] Defining features 4 Here’s a snapshot of features that are frequently workspaces that present tools and options for cited by users as the reason they chose PaintShop each intended task. The refined workspaces Pro. reduce clutter and duplication, which makes PaintShop Pro more welcoming and easier to use. Three apps in one: With PaintShop Pro, you’ll find dedicated Manage, Adjust, and Edit

PaintShop Pro X9 provides dedicated workspaces that let you focus on the task at hand.

Corel PaintShop Pro X9 Reviewer’s Guide [ 9 ] Text wrapping: Corel PaintShop Pro X9 makes it Smart Selection Brush: This brush uses a photo easy to use text as a design element in your segmentation engine that lets you select objects creative projects. Text Wrapping lets you wrap based on brushstrokes. Photo segmentation text inside any vector shape or selection. Simply collects into regions that correspond to choose your shape or draw your selection using separate surfaces, objects, or natural edges of an any of the selection tools, and type your text. The object. This means that you can simply paint over text automatically wraps within the shape. This is an object to select it, and you can build or reduce an ideal effect for posters, scrapbooking, the selection with additional brushstrokes. It’s a brochures, collages, websites and other projects. fast, easy, and accurate way to isolate part of an image.

You simply drag the Smart Selection Brush over an image area to create and refine a selection.

Magic Move tool: Accelerate editing with Magic Move, a content-aware tool that automatically replaces the background when you move an object or person. Simply select an area and drag it to a new position. The empty area left You can wrap text in selections (top) and vector shapes (bottom). behind is automatically filled to match the surrounding background. Auto Selection tool: This tool lets you enclose an image area in a bounding rectangle that automatically detects and snaps to edge. It’s quick and simple, and does most of the work for you, which lets you focus on being creative.

The Auto Selection tool automatically detects and snaps You can move people or objects with the Magic Move to the edges of an object area that you select. tool.

Corel PaintShop Pro X9 Reviewer’s Guide [ 10 ] Magic Fill: Magic Fill is a content-aware feature Shape Cutter and Text Cutter: You can use that can make unwanted elements of your photos vector shapes, such as Preset Shapes, to create vanish. Use your favorite selection tools to select cutouts that are filled with the background an area or object that you want to remove and imagery. The effect is similar to using a clipping apply Magic Fill to replace the selection with a mask, except the cutout object is created as a background that matches the surrounding area new file with a transparent background—perfect — even when the surrounding area is textured or for collage, scrapbook, or other creative photo varied. projects.

Shape Cutter

You can make parts of a photo disappear with Magic Fill.

Text Cutter

Corel PaintShop Pro X9 Reviewer’s Guide [ 11 ] HDR processing: PaintShop Pro lets you explore HDR (High Dynamic Range) processing—a method that combines multiple photos of the same scene, shot at different exposures. HDR lets you access a broader tonal range to create a final image that can be breathtaking. PaintShop Pro includes Exposure Merge, for a full processing control, Batch Merge, for processing multiple HDR sets at one time, and an HDR effect, Single RAW Photo, that simulates an HDR effect using only one RAW photo. Exposure Merge uses a three-step process:

• Merge — choose merge settings, apply custom editing to photos You can manually adjust the resultant HDR image or apply a preset during the second step of Exposure Merge. • HDR Adjustments — make adjustments to merged HDR image • Fine-Tune — refine the HDR image, reduce noise, sharpen, etc.

You can apply photo fixes, color and contrast corrections, remove noise, and more during the final step of Exposure You choose merge settings, make custom edits, and Merge. the merged alignment during the first step of Exposure Merge.

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