Corel Paint Shop Pro 9 [OLD VERSION]

by Corel

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0002W2UMW
• Item model number: K-PSP9-USRTL
• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 16, 2004
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (34 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,735 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #18 in Software > Graphics > Image Capture

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Paint Shop Pro 9 offers advanced tools for advanced imaginations.

Photos: Infinite editing possibilities help you create the perfect photo. Photos with eye-popping color and clarity don't always come straight from the camera--sometimes they take some work. With Paint Shop Pro 9, you get the tools you need to make average shots outstanding.

If you want the best looking photos possible, you need these intelligent, innovative tools to help you get the results you're after. Correct exposure and brighten color to give your photos a little boost. And once you get the color and exposure of your photos just right, you can manipulate the composition and content of those photos to get just the image you had in mind.

Art: Paint Shop Pro 9 gives you art tools that will push your imagination to its limit. With its art media tools, you can create masterpieces as unique as you are. You control every aspect of your art from the amount of paint on your brush to the texture of the canvas--you get to decide, and Paint Shop Pro will follow wherever you lead.

Who knew that digital art could realistically mimic real-life painting? With these tools and all the choices you can make, the masterpieces you create will be truly unique. What color is the sky in your world? Now you can make it any color you want by mixing, blending, and smearing colors. Then apply those colors to the canvas of your choosing and create worlds you've only imagined. And you don't have to limit yourself to just painting with color. Stretch your imagination with these tools that will let you paint with nearly anything you can dream up, including different gradients, patterns, solids, and textures.

Graphics: Express yourself with superior graphic design tools. Whether you're designing for the Web, print, or pleasure, Paint Shop Pro gives you everything you need to get your point across.

Jumpstart your logos and design with preset shapes or create unique shapes of your own. Then make sure you get your message out to the world by adding text to your graphics. Whether for print, presentations, or the Web, Paint Shop Pro's powerful tools make sure you're always putting your most professional face forward. But it's not just about work--graphics can be creative, too. By combining your graphics with text and photos, you can create eye-catching images and collages.

Productivity: Flexible, customizable, intuitive tools help you work smarter. No longer are you tied to preset results, limited features, or a fixed interface. With Paint Shop Pro, you can tailor a work environment that works the way you do.

Save time by staying on top of complex editing. Being creative is a blast, but that doesn't mean you can't still be productive. With these time-saving tools, you'll be able to produce more than you ever dreamed. Just because Paint Shop Pro is packed with sophisticated graphic design and photo editing tools doesn’t mean there's a steep learning curve. Paint Shop Pro’s browser and file format support help you easily find what you’re after. And with Paint Shop Pro's print options, you can easily print out your work and share it with everyone, because what's the point of creating perfect photos, art, and graphics if you're not going to share them?

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

207 of 210 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 1st class excellent and easy paint / photo package!,, November 8, 2004

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OverTheMoon ([e-mail]) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Corel Paint Shop Pro 9 [OLD VERSION] (CD-ROM)

To be honest Adobe Photoshop is the top pro paint/photo package to use because of the amount of extras and plugins that it can use but I find myself turning to Paint Shop Pro very often. Let me list the reasons why.

1. It is quicker than Adobe Photoshop.
2. It has enough functions to do most of the things I need.
3. It is easy to use.
4. The learning curve is not steep.
5. The package is smaller in hard drive size than Photoshop.
6. It can do the vast majority of things that Photoshop can do.

PS has a very steep learning curve but is the only true Pro package out there, however how much of PS you think you will use depends on the type of work you are doing. I would recommend PSP just on the basis that you can get it working right out the box by just learning the basic interface.

I use this package an awful lot. I even do complex composites with it. In short - simple.

36 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Beats software costing 4 times as much., March 30, 2005

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Scott Knudsen (Air Ronge, Saskatchewan Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Corel Paint Shop Pro 9 [OLD VERSION] (CD-ROM)

One of the reasons I originally started buying Paint Shop Pro years ago, was that it had more options than other graphics software costing 4 times as much. Adobe Illustrator and Macromedia Freehand being amongst the software that I did a comparison test with.

Like most software you can download a demo from their web-site to see if it does meet your needs. And since everyone's needs are a bit different, you cannot always go on what these reviews say.

I find it to be a slight improvement over version 8.0 in the graphic editing department, but since I do not use if for photo-editing I cannot comment on that aspect of it.

Also, unlike some other users, I have not run into any bugs. I just bought a new computer and it works like a charm. There is going to be a bit of a learning curve if you haven't ever used any graphic editing software before, but I figured Paint Shop Pro was easier to use than the competition when I ran my own tests. That was years ago, and you should demo them all to find out what you prefer.

Good Luck!

45 of 47 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Paint Shop Pro 9 continues to innovate, November 22, 2004

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Jacques B. Surveyer "photofinisher" (Toronto ON) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Corel Paint Shop Pro 9 [OLD VERSION] (CD-ROM)

Paint Shop Pro 9 continues to innovate with new Art Effects brushes bringing subtle color mixing, impasto, and runout effects to a wide range of new brush options. These are brush effects only available in Corel Painter or RightHemisphere's DeepPaint which cost 50-100% more. Yet PSP continues to serve the photo finishing market well with several new photo fix filters including a wild and wooly displacement filter. And Jasc continues to improve the interface with tabs for open image files and new color swatches. Goto Adobe Photoshop only if you need precise color control and infinite layering variations - otherwise Paint Shop Pro 9 will meet all your needs at 1/5th the price.