Corel PaintShop Pro
| Version (as of 5/12/2017) | X9 |
| Platform | |
| License | Commercial |
| Category | Graphics |
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Software Overview
Main Features
- Digital photo editing with support for raw digital camera formats
- Manage view for photo organization and management
- Adjust view for quick, effective photo editing
- Batch image editing options
- Magic Fill feature that fills in erased area to look like the surrounding area
- Advanced object extraction and layer-based editing
- Support for many legacy image file formats
Corel PaintShop Pro (PSP), previously PaintShop Photo Pro, is a program used for editing images and digital photos. It includes a drawing canvas with advanced editing features for intelligent cropping, layer-based editing, batch image processing, HD video generation, and Web publishing. PaintShop Pro also includes digital photo management features and can backup images to CDs or DVDs.
PaintShop Pro allows you to import images and RAW digital photos or create images from scratch. The application supports a wide variety of RAW digital camera image formats such as SRF and native files from other graphics editing applications such as Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. Several built-in effects allow you to quickly modify the color, tone, brightness, and contrast of digital photos. Once images are imported and edited, they can be maintained using the Manage view, which stores metadata, such as custom tags, a user rating, and other information for each image. The Manage view allows you to view image thumbnails and sort and filter images using search keywords or other parameters, such as the creation date and file format.
Advanced PaintShop Pro features include the HDR (High Dynamic Range) Module, Magic Fill, Simple Carver, and Object Extractor tools. The HDR Module allows you to create surrealistic images by adjusting color or exposure, or by removing distractions. The Magic Fill feature enables you to erase unwanted portions of your image, such as car in a landscape image, and seamlessly fill in the erased portion to match the surrounding area. The Simple Carver and Object Extractor tools allow you to isolate and extract portions of images as well as expand or contract graphics without distortion. Extracted objects may be combined with other images or backgrounds using the layer-based editing features.
Whether you are a casual or professional user, Corel PaintShop Pro is quality option. It does not provide some of the high-level editing features included with Adobe Photoshop but still provides a robust set of features for home and professional digital photo editing at an affordable price.
▶ Primary file extension
▶ Other file extensions used by Corel PaintShop Pro X9
| Supported File Types | |
|---|---|
| .3FR | Hasselblad 3F RAW Image |
| .AI | Adobe Illustrator File |
| .ARW | Sony Digital Camera Image |
| .AVI | Audio Video Interleave File |
| .BMP | Bitmap Image File |
| .CAL | CALS Raster Graphic |
| .CGM | Computer Graphics Metafile |
| .CLP | Windows Clipboard File |
| .CMX | Corel Metafile Exchange Image File |
| .CR2 | Canon Raw Image File |
| .CRW | Canon Raw CIFF Image File |
| .CUR | Windows Cursor |
| .CUT | Dr. Halo Bitmap Image File |
| .DCR | Kodak RAW Image File |
| .DCX | Zsoft Multi-Page Paintbrush File |
| .DIB | Device Independent Bitmap File |
| .DNG | Digital Negative Image File |
| .DRW | Drawing File |
| .EMF | Enhanced Windows Metafile |
| .EPS | Encapsulated PostScript File |
| .ERF | Epson RAW File |
| .GIF | Graphical Interchange Format File |
| .HDP | HD Photo File |
| .HPGL | HP Graphics Language Plotter File |
| .IFF | Interchange File Format |
| .IMG | GEM Image |
| .JP2 | JPEG 2000 Core Image File |
| .JPG | JPEG Image |
| .JPS | Stereo JPEG Image |
| .K25 | Kurzweil K2500 File |
| .KDC | Kodak Photo-Enhancer File |
| .MAC | MacPaint Image |
| .MEF | Mamiya RAW Image |
| .MOS | Leaf Camera RAW File |
| .MPO | Multi Picture Object File |
| .MRW | Minolta Raw Image File |
| .MSP | Microsoft Paint Bitmap Image |
| .NEF | Nikon Electronic Format RAW Image |
| .NRW | Nikon Raw Image File |
| .ORF | Olympus RAW File |
| .PBM | Portable Bitmap Image |
| .PCD | Kodak Photo CD Image File |
| .PCT | Picture File |
| .PCX | Paintbrush Bitmap Image File |
| Portable Document Format File | |
| .PEF | Pentax Electronic File |
| .PGM | Portable Gray Map Image |
| .PIC | Generic Picture File |
| .PNG | Portable Network Graphic |
| .PNS | PNG Stereo Image |
| .PPM | Portable Pixmap Image File |
| .PS | PostScript File |
| .PSD | Adobe Photoshop Document |
| .PSP | PaintShop Pro Image File |
| .PSPBRUSH | Paint Shop Photo Pro Brush File |
| .PSPIMAGE | PaintShop Pro Image |
| .RAF | Fuji RAW Image File |
| .RAS | Sun Raster Graphic |
| .RAW | Raw Image Data File |
| .RIF | Painter Raster Image File |
| .RLE | Run Length Encoded Bitmap |
| .RW2 | Panasonic RAW Image |
| .SCT | Scitex Continuous Tone File |
| .SR2 | Sony RAW Image |
| .SRF | Sony RAW Image |
| .SVG | Scalable Vector Graphics File |
| .SVGZ | Compressed SVG File |
| .TGA | Targa Graphic |
| .TIF | Tagged Image File |
| .TUB | PaintShop Pro Picture Tube |
| .UFO | Ulead File Object |
| .WBMP | Wireless Bitmap Image File |
| .WDP | Windows Media Photo File |
| .WEBP | WebP Image |
| .WMF | Windows Metafile |
| .WMV | Windows Media Video File |
| .WPG | WordPerfect Graphic File |
| .X3F | SIGMA X3F Camera RAW File |
| Additional Related File Formats | |
|---|---|
| .AFX | Auto FX PhotoGraphic Edges Image |
| .BAY | Casio RAW Image |
| .BRK | Brooktrout Fax Document |
| .CALS | CALS Raster Graphic File |
| .CDR | CorelDRAW Image File |
| .CT | Scitex Continuous Tone File |
| .DWG | AutoCAD Drawing Database File |
| .DXF | Drawing Exchange Format File |
| .FPX | FlashPix Bitmap Image File |
| .GEM | Ventura Publisher Document |
| .HDR | High Dynamic Range Image File |
| .IIQ | Phase One RAW Image |
| .J2C | JPEG 2000 Code Stream |
| .J2K | JPEG 2000 Image |
| .JIF | JPEG Image File |
| .JPC | JPEG 2000 Code Stream File |
| .JPE | JPEG Image |
| .JPEG | JPEG Image |
| .JPX | JPEG 2000 Image File |
| .KFX | Kofax Image File |
| .LBM | Deluxe Paint Bitmap Image |
| .MOOV | Apple QuickTime Movie |
| .NCR | NCR Image |
| .PICT | Picture File |
| .RGB | RGB Bitmap |
| .SGI | Silicon Graphics Image File |
| .TIFF | Tagged Image File Format |
| .WBM | Wireless Bitmap Image |
| .XBM | X11 Bitmap Graphic |
| .XPM | X11 Pixmap Graphic |
| .XWD | X Windows Dump Image |
Updated: May 12, 2017