Corel Corporation Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 Expert Reviews

Attractive interface ; impressive range of editing features ; integrated photo organizer ; powerful batch-editing tools ; terrific help

Lacks high-end print-oriented features ; no Sharpen tool in the Express Lab

Corel's Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 offers a wealth of features that will impress pros and novices alike—all for a very reasonable price.

Prettier interface, Many powerful tools

Too many powerful tools in an overtaxed interface, Some new tools are too simple for savvy users

Powerful image editor is overstuffed and cluttered.

Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 speeds photo editing, gives graphic artists more and better tools, and keeps Corel competitive with Adobe Photoshop and Photoshop Elements.

Nondistracting interface. Preserves originals. Express Lab speeds editing.Fun, useful Makeover tool. Merges bracketed photos. Layer Styles provides graphics embellishments.

Express Lab has no image sharpening. Some Express Lab features are nonintuitive and underdeveloped.

Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 is a good choice for photo enthusiasts who want to make quick corrections to their images, and graphic artists can also benefit from creative and practical enhancements to the program's toolkit.

Corel Paint Shop Pro X2 is so much fun you'll lose track of the time as you play with your photos. You'll see editing and design features only available in software designed for professionals-at a fraction of the cost. This program offers the most ...

Paint Shop Pro X2 has editing features found in Adobe Photoshop-not Photoshop Elements-which combine editing and graphics in a program designed for the creative amateur. New features are appealing and engaging. At last, a program that's fun to use. If ...

Can this help you improve your images?

In use, we found Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 a relatively simple program to get to grips with. If you simply want to edit photos and leave it at that, the basic feature set allows you to do just that.

Computers are meant to make our lives easier. Yet right now, most home users probably have thousands of images stored on PCs and with various online imaging services that are not being effectively used or shared because they can't find them, don't ...

Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 Ultimate has so many features that's it's very difficult to cover them all in a review. All you need to know is that the software is extremely easy to use and has most of the editing features found in Adobe's Photoshop - not ...

Since taking control of Paint Shop Pro, Coral has added "Photo" to its title and provided annual versions of the software.

Meeting up with an old acquaintance can sometimes be a cultural shock as happened with my first view of the latest version of Corel's Paint Shop Pro Photo product.  Now up to X2 (surely if you are following the Roman numeral sequence then this should ...

Once a Jasc rival to Photoshop, Corel's direction for Paint Shop Pro has become increasingly niche, positioning it as a tool for working on digital photographs.

A strong range of high-quality tools with wide appeal ; lots of timesaving features

Interface can become cluttered and confusing ; several of the one-click tools have limited worth

Paint Shop Pro could easily fit into a creative pro's toolset for 3D artists or video editors who don't use a suite of Adobe tools, as Photoshop is an expensive investment if you don't buy it as part of a Creative Suite bundle

Take a day out with your digital camera and you can easily come home with a whole card full of photos that need sorting out and enhancing. The Quick Fix modes of image-editing programs such as Photoshop Elements and Serif PhotoPlus try to speed things ...

Excellent Express Lab, Improved interface, Fast and highly effective

Some features a little gimmicky

Fast, powerful and highly enjoyable, this is by far the best image-editing package for the price

Corel's Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 image editor, with its darker interface, looks better than previous versions did, but the new shade is the only visual tweak. What the interface needs is a complete overhaul - it's so jam-packed with overlapping options ...

Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 has plenty of powerful tools to satisfy practically anyone who edits images, but using it feels like trying to row a two-person dingy that's carrying 14 people on board. With the greater competition now offered by the ...