Paint Shop Pro is complete, easy-to-use software for creating professional digital imaging results. By combining automatic and precision tools with an integrated learning system, Paint Shop Pro helps you produce professional results with power and ease.

New effects

• Browse effects - Use the Effects Browser to view the creative possibilities applied to your active image.
• Set black and white points - Precisely correct color with the Black and White Points effect that allows you to rebalance the highlights, midtones, and shadows of your photo to a full range of colors.
• Correct distortions - The Lens Distortion Correction effects correct common pincushion, fisheye and barrel distortions.
• Produce a romantic effect - Add soft, romantic lighting to your photos using the Soft Focus effect.
• Halftone your images - Reproduce halftone process used in printing with the Halftone effect. Pixels in the image are replaced with dots, squares or lines at various screen angles.
• Add balls and bubbles - Create 3D balls or transparent bubbles anywhere on your image with the Balls and Bubbles effect. Control the light source, density, bump maps, and environment maps for complete texture creation.
• Call attention to your image - Use the Magnifying Lens effect to bring attention to a portion of your image by placing a magnifying lens over it control the magnification level, size, frame style, and much more.
• Create Web page backgrounds - Create high-quality seamless patterns and tiled images for Web pages, presentations, photos, or other creative projects with Seamless Tiling and the Offset effect.

New Tools

• Correct perspective - Fixing distorted perspective in photos is no longer a cumbersome task with the Perspective Correction tool. With this great timesaver distorted photos can be fixed by simply placing handles along the path to be corrected and the selection becomes rectangular.
• Straighten photos - Straighten a tilted or crooked scan or photo without any guesswork using the Straighten tool. Your image is automatically fixed by positioning a guideline along an object that should be horizontal or vertical. Simultaneously crop your straightened image to save time.
• Erase backgrounds - Unlike the regular Eraser tool, which erases all pixels under the brush, the precision Background Eraser detects and erases pixels along the strongest edge, making it a snap to remove background areas from your photographs. Even areas of fine detail, such as hair or grass, are detected and preserved.
• Warp images - Use the Warp Brush to stretch, shrink, twist, or push your photos to create imaginative images. Or use the Mesh Warp to distort or alter an image using a mesh overlay on top of the image.
• Paint naturally - Enjoy greater precision and control with the new Painting Engine. Now you can save custom brush tips to use with any brush tool or share with others. Plus expanded brush variance options deliver more flexibility and artistry to your mouse or digital tablet.

Work smart with unparalleled power and simplicity Work smarter by automating repetitive tasks, working in batches, personalizing Paint Shop Pro to your unique workflow, and learning new features quickly. Whether you learn by watching, doing, or reading, Paint Shop Pro's integrated learning system can accommodate your style.

• Save time - Record, edit, and save commonly used tasks with Automated Productivity Scripts. Apply scripts to a single image or batches of images. You can also create and save your own tool or effect presets to reuse or share.
• Personalize Paint Shop Pro - Using Dynamic Personalization you can tailor a work environment that's perfect for you. New palette docking options, custom toolbars, and the ability to place any tool or command on any menu or toolbar in the program lets you customize Paint Shop Pro to your liking. Plus, you can save your custom workspaces or choose from a variety of preset workspaces for different workflow options.
• Get started fast - Learn by watching. With over 40 movies the Paint Shop Pro Product Tour shows you how to use new features, plus provides helpful hints on all kinds of creative projects. Learn by doing using Quick Guides that step you through projects as you follow along on your own image. Learn by reading. Paint Shop Pro's Help file and printed User Guide are filled with examples and detailed information on projects and features.
• Print with ease - Choose from hundreds of templates to accommodate any printing project. Supports many standard photo sizes, combination packs, and commercial papers. Plus you can create your own custom templates to reuse or share.
• Convert to virtually any file format - With support for nearly 50 formats, Paint Shop Pro lets you convert the newest file formats including: JPEG 2000, enhanced EPS PostScript 3, and wireless bitmap (WBMP).