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Filled with one-of-a-kind photo tools sure to please even the most discerning photographer, Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 is the ideal choice for people who want extraordinary photos. With a built-in Learning Center to help first time users get started, it's the easiest way to get professional-looking photos - fast!

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Features

Organize
Now you can have it all! With Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 you can have a fast and easy photo organizer, a powerful browser, plus all the tools you could ever want.

• Download photos and video clips from camera to computer effortlessly! Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 gets your photos as soon as you plug in your camera.
• Find photos easily by breezing through hundreds of thumbnails in seconds with a powerful browser.
• Use Calendar View to see photos by the date they were taken.
• After downloading photos, you can view them in a full-screen slide show that lets you rate your photos and add captions or tags.
• Email photos or slide shows to family and friends.
• Brighten, rotate or delete photos while you watch the slide show.
• View photos or video clips in over 50 different formats, including Raw.

Enhance
Here are the tools any digital photographer shouldn't be without. What makes them so special? They're fast and easy to use.

• Correct lighting and color problems automatically or use Smart Photo Fix to make manual corrections on your own.
• Focus attention on your subject and eliminate unnecessary backgrounds by cropping photos, even crop to standard sizes.
• Quickly resize photos by centimeters, inches, pixels or percentage.
• Eliminate red eye in one click or use advanced red-eye removal that even works on pets. You can even get creative and change people's eye color.
• Improve photos by covering up unwanted distractions or removing objects from your photos. You can even cut out objects from one photo to put on another background.
• Sharpen fuzzy photos with precision and without compressing or degrading the quality of the image.
• Change exposure using the powerful Levels, Curves or Histogram Adjustment tools.
• Tackle tough photos using layers and adjustment layers for precise editing.
• Work with a variety of professional-level options including 16-bits-per-channel editing, color management settings and Raw file conversion.

Edit
Tasks that are usually long involved projects that can take up to 30 minutes to complete can now be completed in a matter of minutes - even seconds! And the best part? You don't have to sacrifice quality for ease of use.

• Change the color of specific elements (clothes, walls, etc) in your photos in just a few seconds, no selection tools required.
• Smooth wrinkles and remove signs of aging in one step.
• Give a makeover with professional-strength tools that are easy to use. Paint on a tan, whiten teeth and remove blemishes.
• Easily cut out the subject of your photos while retaining fine detail (like strands of hair) to place on another background or photo.
• Remove distracting objects from photos faster than ever before.
• Quickly smooth photos by removing digital camera noise caused by low-light conditions or high ISO.
• Straighten crooked photos taken from difficult angles.
• Get rid of unwanted distortions by correcting perspective.

Experiment
Packed with high-quality special effects for classy-looking photos, when you use Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 you don't have to spend hundreds of dollars on extra plug-ins or filters.

• Go back in time using the Time Machine effects that replicate the unique look of photos taken in the 1800s, the 1950s and other points in history.
• Skip the fancy lenses, now you can add depth of field to any photo in seconds. Plus, with this new filter, you can adjust aperture shape, focus range, and the strength of the blur.
• Apply a Vivid or Vibrant Foliage filter to simulate the unique look usually produced by taking pictures with slide or portrait film. Other filters include: Night effect, Warming, Cooling, Vivid Skin tones, Glamour and more.
• Convert to black and white using a variety of filters - standard Black & White, Infrared, Sepia or the Channel Mixer.
• Decorate your photos with fun Picture Tubes or add a finishing touch with Picture Frames and Photo Edges.

Create
Put your photos to work. By adding words and shapes, you can create unique graphics and logos that communicate just what you want.

• Add text to your photos to create unique logos.
• Create logos and graphics for business cards, letterhead and more.
• Use your photos as background images for the Web, or create a multi-layer collage featuring graphics, text and your photos - then optimize for the Web.
• Use vector graphic tools, vector text, preset shapes and the Pen Tool to design ads, coupons and more.

New in Photo Shop Pro X2

Express Lab
This all-new, super-fast photo fixing mode is amazing! You'll save hours of time with the Express Lab, because now you can edit dozens of photos in the time it used to take to edit just a few! Just think how easy it will be to breeze through folders full of photos - cropping, rotating, removing red eye, and straightening, — without having to wait for each individual photo to open. That's only a small taste of the photo fixing you can do in the NEW Express Lab. We can tell you how it helps you fly through viewing and fixing your photos, but to truly understand the power of the NEW Express Lab you have to experience it for yourself.

Graphite Workspace Theme
Not only is Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 packed with all-new features, it looks different too. As soon as you launch the program, you'll see the NEW Graphite Workspace Theme. This darker theme really makes your photos stand out! And for people who don't like change, you can switch back to the classic interface with just a few clicks.

HDR Photo Merge
With new HDR Photo Merge you can easily create photos that give you full detail in the shadows and the highlights of your photos. HDR Photo Merge helps you combine two or more photos taken at different exposures, and then automatically dodge and burn to bring out the contrast!

Layer Styles
With the NEW Layer Styles you can easily add drop shadows, embossing, outer and inner glows, bevels and even reflections to your text, photos and creative projects. The best part of these new Layer Styles is if you make any changes to the layer the effect is automatically changed to match.

Visible Watermarks
Whether you're a professional photographer or someone who wants to share your photos online, it's a good idea to add a discrete watermark that reminds those viewing your pictures who the photographer was. With the NEW Visible Watermarks feature you can easily create and add a personal watermark to all your photos.

Picture Tubes & Picture Frames
Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 includes over 30 brand-new, professionally-designed Picture Tubes™ and 30 new Picture Frames! Plus for people who upgrade to Paint Shop Pro Photo X2, there's an exclusive set of all-new, never seen before Picture Tubes and Picture Frames just for you!

Black & White Film Conversion
This feature lets you create dynamic black & white photos by simulating the effects of shooting black & white film with colored filters. Now you can select from a virtually infinite range of color combinations where before you could chose from pre-chosen color filters. This gives you the full creative control of the Channel Mixer command, but in a far simpler interface. Plus you can adjust brightness and apply Clarify to further enhance the black & white effect.

Makeover Tools
Paint Shop Pro Photo's Makeover Tools give you a set of professional retouching tools that are easy to use. This year we've added two new features to your toolbox: NEW Thinify™, which makes the people in your photos look thinner with just a click, and New Eye Drops that takes the red out of bloodshot eyes. In addition, improvements have also been made to the Blemish Remover and the Suntan Brush.

Crop to New Image
For people who scan a lot of images, especially multiple images at once, New Crop As New Image will save you time! Now you can click Crop As New Image, and the cropped portion of your scan is automatically opened in a new document. All you need to do is save it!

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