Corel PaintShop Pro
Version | 2022(as of 11/18/2021) |
Platform | Windows |
License | Commercial |
Category | Graphics |
Main Features
- Basic and advanced photo and image editing
- Multi-workspace design accessible to both novices and experts
- Navigation tree and Organizer to locate and manage images
- AI and content-aware tools that make complex edits easy
- Layer-based graphic design tools
- Ability to batch process photos
Software Overview
Corel PaintShop Pro (PSP) is a program used for editing images and digital photos. It includes beginner-friendly workspaces that allow novices to perform simple edits and an advanced workspace that enables experts to perform layer-based editing, batch image processing, and web publishing.
PaintShop Pro allows users to import images and RAW digital photos or create images from scratch. The application supports a wide variety of RAW digital camera image formats and files created using other graphics editing applications, such as Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator. Several built-in effects and AI tools allow you to quickly modify digital photos' color, tone, brightness, and contrast.
After you've begun importing, editing, and creating images, you can manage those images using PaintShop Pro's Navigation tree and Organizer. These features allow you to quickly navigate through and find specific subsets of images, such as those saved in a particular folder or that you've assigned a specific rating. In the Organizer, you can view thumbnails that will help you locate the exact image you are looking for.
However, PaintShop Pro's most unique feature is its multi-workspace design. Those looking to perform minor edits to a photo can open that photo in PaintShop Pro's Photography workspace, which includes only a subset of simple photo-editing features, while those looking to perform slightly more complex edits can load an image in PaintShop Pro's Essentials workspace. Finally, those looking to create an image from scratch or perform complex, professional-level edits can open PaintShop Pro's Complete workspace, which includes almost every feature users have come to expect from professional image-editing applications.
PaintShop Pro's advanced image-editing features include:
- AI tools that allow you to automatically enhance images
- HDR and 360° camera support
- Content-aware features that make moving or removing areas of an image easy
- Layer-based text, drawing, and graphic design tools
Summary
While it is not as popular as Adobe Photoshop, PaintShop Pro provides features that rival Adobe's premier image-editing application. Casual and novice editors may find PaintShop Pro especially appealing, as it is available as a one-time purchase and provides simpler, beginner-friendly workspaces they can use to start becoming expert image editors.
Primary File Type

Supported File Types
Extension | File Type |
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.PSPIMAGE | PaintShop Pro Image |
.3FR | Hasselblad 3F RAW Image |
.AI | Adobe Illustrator Artwork |
.ARW | Sony Alpha Raw Digital Camera Image |
.AVI | Audio Video Interleave File |
.BMP | Bitmap Image |
.CAL | CALS Raster Graphic |
.CGM | Computer Graphics Metafile |
.CLP | Windows Clipboard File |
.CMX | Corel Metafile Exchange Image File |
.CR2 | Canon Raw 2 Image File |
.CRW | Canon Raw CIFF Image File |
.CUR | Windows Cursor |
.CUT | Dr. Halo Bitmap Image File |
.DCR | Kodak Digital Camera RAW Image File |
.DCX | Zsoft Multi-Page Paintbrush File |
.DIB | Device Independent Bitmap File |
.DNG | Digital Negative Image |
.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 |
.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 | PaintShop Pro Brush File |
.PSPIMAGE | PaintShop Pro Image |
.PSPSCRIPT | PaintShop Pro Resource File |
.RAF | Fuji RAW Image File |
.RAS | Sun Raster Graphic |
.RAW | Raw Image Data File |
.RIF | Painter Raster Image |
.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 |
.WPG | WordPerfect Graphic |
.X3F | SIGMA X3F Camera RAW File |
Additional Related File Types
Extension | File Type |
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.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 |
.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 Interchange Format Image |
.JPC | JPEG 2000 Code Stream File |
.JPE | JPEG Image |
.JPEG | JPEG Image |
.JPX | JPEG 2000 Image File |
.JSL | Corel PaintShop Pro Shape Library |
.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 |
.TIFF | Tagged Image File Format |
.WBM | Wireless Bitmap Image |
.XBM | X11 Bitmap Graphic |
.XPM | X11 Pixmap Graphic |
.XWD | X Windows Dump Image |