This works fine but I’d like changing colors to be a little more intuitive. ShapesĬreate shapes such as rectangles, ovals, etc. Choose the font, adjust the color, or use a gradient, pattern, or texture. I’m adding a cactus in the background using the clone tool. The clone tool works exactly as expected. Changes can affect other things in the photo, but it’s easy to straighten and change the perspective. The Straighten tool lets you level the photo. It has a Straighten and a Perspective tool. It places the settings automatically and you can adjust them manually. It includes 9 size ratios, rule of thirds, golden spiral, golden ratio, diagonal, triangle, and grid. Selection options include rectangle, freehand, magic wand, smart selection brush, and auto selection. The types include raster, vector, art, mask, and adjustment. Rather than just creating a layer, you can create different types of layers. It mimics daguerreotype, which was used in the mid 1800’s. This is a photo effect called Time Machine. Within each are several options and settings. EffectsĮffects include photo, 3D, art media, artistic, distortion, edge, geometric, illumination, image, reflection, texture, and more. Making the adjustments are intuitive and you see them instantly. Here I’ve adjusted Highlight/Midtone/Shadow. There are lots of photo adjustments including digital noise removal, white balance, color, brightness and contrast, hue and saturation, depth of field, and lots more. I wasn’t able to capture a full layout (which would be awesome for layout designers, which hopefully can be added through a plugin) but it works great for screen captures. The capture automatically opens the image in PSP. This is a screen capture tool with several options for screens, objects, etc. Take two photos of the same scene with different exposure settings and merge them to create a new image with the elements you want from each. This is great for changing which direction someone is facing, making them smile, etc. The photos need to be from the same scene and works best if they have the same settings. Photo BlendĬombine elements from multiple photos to create a new photo with those elements. Here are a few of the tools that stand out to me. Retouch features include selection tools, remove red-eye, remove objects with magic fill or clone tools, restore with fade correction, etc. It includes HDR tools, lens correction, edit RAW, makeover tools, batch processing (which saved me a lot of time resizing the images of this article), one-click fixes, crop, straighten, correct perspective, drawing and painting tools, layers, text, gradients, and use scripts to create actions of repetitive tasks. Adjust the Workspace and Background colors in the View menu. You can switch from one to the other in the File menu. If you switch between the two Workspaces you can get back to the image you were working with by clicking on it under Recent Files. The Home icon takes you back to the Welcome screen. The Manage Tab shows thumbnails of the images in my current folder. You can choose the size of the toolbar, icons, etc., and choose which tools appear on the toolbar. The Complete Workspace was designed with professionals in mind and includes the Home, Manage, and Edit tabs, and the professional design tools. The Home tab takes you back to the Welcome screen. You can add tools to your simplified toolbar, making this a good choice to add to as you learn or for professionals that want to only see the tools they use. It includes the essential tools that beginners would need. The Essentials Workspace removes the advanced tools to create a cleaner workspace. The color of the Welcome screen will match the Workspace you used last. Both user interfaces are designed to make PSP easier to learn. PSP opens to a welcome screen where you can see your recent files, see what’s new, access the tutorials, see user galleries, get expansions and other content, choose between the two user interfaces, create a new project, open a template, or open a file. I’m running it on an ASUS i7 laptop with GeForce 940m graphics and Windows 10 Home edition. PaintShop Pro 2018 (normally shortened to PSP) requires Windows 7 or above. Many of the tools are faster and have enhancements. It loads 50% faster than the previous edition. The 2018 edition is faster and easier to use. It was designed with photo editors and graphics designers in mind and has features for beginners and professionals. PaintShop Pro is designed to be a Photoshop alternative for Windows users.
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