And like PS Elements, the program is easy and accessible enough for novices. Like Photoshop, the PSP software is powerful and creative enough for sophisticated photographers and demanding business graphics users. The PaintShop Pro is something of a combination of Photoshop and Photoshop Elements. In addition to the PSP program, it includes PhotoMirage Express (converts an image into an animation), Painter Essentials 6 (for digital painting and drawing), Perfectly Clear 3.5 SE (auto photo fixes), Corel AfterShot (RAW photo editor and batch processor) and Corel Creative Collection (even more content, including 100 royalty-free backgrounds). The Ultimate package represents quite a bargain. MORE: Which Adobe Photo Editing Software Is Right for Me? And unlike the Adobe Creative Cloud subscription model for Photoshop (which requires you to renew it annually), all purchases are for a perpetual license, with no recurring costs. These prices are very competitive with Photoshop Elements ($99.99). The PSP comes in two packages: PaintShop Pro 2019 for $79.99 ($59.99 upgrade), and PaintShop Pro 2019 Ultimate for $99.99 ($79.99 upgrade). Unfortunately, the PSP is available for Windows only, with no Apple version planned. Corel has added to the many scores of brushes, color palettes, gradients, patterns and picture tubes in PSP 2019. including the newest Wacoms, WinTab, Windows Ink and others. And it continues to maintain compatibility with popular tablets and styluses.

The PSP supports just about every graphics and photo file format, including more than 100 RAW file formats.

It's added to the many scores of brushes, color palettes, gradients, patterns and picture tubes. Part of PSP's value proposition is its large library of content. It would be far better if the user could drag-and-drop the circle of focus anywhere within a composition. Unfortunately, the depth-of-field tool restricts the center of focus to one of nine grid positions. Other incremental improvements include an extension of the Crop tool floating ribbon to provide quick access to the One Step Photo Fix, six popular filters (such as low tone map, retro sepia, and skin smoothing) and a depth-of-field tool.

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