Description

• Magic fill

  Seamlessly erase an unwanted part of your photo and replace it with background that matches the surrounding area - even if it is textured or varied - with Magic Fill. This content-aware feature works with your favorite selection tools.

• Faster brushes

  Enhance photos quickly with popular brushes, including paint brush, airbrush and retouching brushes, that are 30% faster. Moving between workspaces is also faster in this release.

• Text and shape cutting

  Instantly create a photo object by using text or a shape to clip an underlying photo or image. The result is an instant photo object (new file) with a transparent background that you can paste or drag to any image as a layer.

• Color materials palette

  Find the color, texture or pattern you want more quickly with the redesigned materials palette and color picker. Easily sample colors with a dropper tools and create your own custom palettes to keep track of your favorite combinations.

• Image dialog

  Starting a new project is easier than ever with the new image dialog (Start Screen). Choose from common sizes for photo, print, web graphics, multimedia or other projects in a graphics rich interface.

• Redesigned dialogs

  Enjoy easier editing with a redesign of eight popular effects, including selective focus, vignette, retro lab, graduated filter, depth of field, red eye removal and more.

• Quick preview for instant effects

  A preview window makes it faster see the results of your instant effects. Simply click and immediately see the results before applying to your image.

• Smart edge

  Choose this option with brushes to help keep your brushstrokes "inside the lines". This content-aware feature is ideal for keeping your changes confined to a specific area of your photo.

• XMP support

  With XMP support for RAW images, PaintShop Pro X7 can now read and import data saved in XMP files, which are created by many RAW image-editing programs.

• Layer workflow

  PaintShop Pro X7 makes using layers easier than ever. Now you can drag a layer from one image to another and drop it into the Layers palette.

• 64-bit power

  Get the perfect photo fast with 64-bit performance in PaintShop Pro X7. You'll achieve amazing results in less time, be able to open and edit more large files at once and enjoy better performance and memory management.

• Auto selection

  Quickly select an object or area in your photo by dragging a selection window to enclose the desired area. The selection marquee automatically snaps to the edges it detects, making further refinements a snap!

• Smart selection brush

  Create a selection based on a quick brushstroke. Simply brush over a sample of the colors and textures from the desired area and the powerful Smart Selection Brush automatically expands the selection to the edges.

• User-friendly design

  Get the perfect photo fast with 64-bit performance in PaintShop Pro X7. You'll achieve amazing results in less time, be able to open and edit more large files at once and enjoy better performance and memory management.

• Video learning

  The built-in discovery center makes it easier than ever to find the help you need. Choose from the library of helpful video tutorials to develop your skills and become a better photographer and photo editor.

• Fast High Dynamic Range (HDR) tools

  Create stunning photos with intense visual contrast using enhanced High Dynamic Range (HDR) tools. Improved HDR performance means you'll combine more exposures faster to create a single, stunning HDR photo.

• Powerful scripting engine

  Speed up common and repetitive tasks with updated scripting. Now you can record scripts to automate almost any action with the enhanced, full-featured scripting engine and updated scripting guide.

• Support for third-party plugins

  Extend your photo-editing software's capabilities further with specialized third-party plugins. Support for 64-bit versions of third-party plugin tools and support for Adobe Photoshop plugins open up a world of creative possibilities.

• RAW support

  Now you can manage and save IPTC metadata in your RAW image files, for more control over file information. PaintShop Pro photo-editing software also lets you output your RAW file as a JPG or TIF and include IPTC data.

• Easy layer creation

  Drag and drop images onto the Layers palette to open images directly as new layers. Use multiple, non-destructive layers when editing images to create photo composites or dynamic designs.

• Smart carver

  Seamlessly remove unwanted objects from your 16-bit color images with the smart carver tool. Smart carver combines easy object removal with a scaling feature to realistically remove objects or people from your photos without distorting the rest of the image.

• Object extractor

  The object extractor makes it easy to cut objects out of extra-large image files, thanks to 64-bit performance. Use it to perform a number of tasks on your large files, such as removing an object from its original background or copying an extracted image and placing it in a different photo.

• Comprehensive, 1-2-3 photo editing

  A tabbed workspace covers all your photo needs. Use the Manage tab to quickly browse, tag and organize photos. Tools in the Adjust tab help you crop, straighten, retouch and make other photo fixes. Finally, explore the Edit tab for further photo refinement, composition and graphic design features.

• Amazing portrait retouching

  Make sure everyone looks their best with easy red-eye removal and makeover tools that get rid of blemishes and unwanted lines, smooth wrinkles, whiten teeth and even out skin tones.

• Easy-to-use selection tools

  Several handy selection tools make defining editable areas in your images quick and easy. Choose between the shape selection, Freehand selection and magic wand tools depending on the area of your image that you want to crop, edit or copy.

• Smart photo fix

  It's like magic! The smart photo fix command quickly and easily corrects color, exposure and lighting problems in your photos. With just a click, smart photo fix analyzes your photo and suggests corrections. You can accept the suggested settings or fine tune them as you see fit.

• Retro lab

  Bring a vintage look to your photos by applying old-school color and contrast. You'll love the instant effect inspired by early lo-fi cameras.

• Graduated filter effect

  Quickly and easily add unique color gradients to your photos to simulate the effect of using different camera lens filters. A wide range of easy-to-use gradient controls allows for more creativity and experimentation.

• Instant effects

  Add creative effects to your photos in just seconds. Choose from a variety of preset effects which are organized into style categories such as artistic, film styles, black & white and landscape. Thumbnails make it easy to select the effect you want.

• Selective focus

  Get the effect of expensive tilt-shift lenses without the cost! Selective focus lets you mimic tilt-shift effects in your photos. You can also use it to play with depth of field to keep parts of the image in focus and the rest blurred.

• Single RAW photo

  Create an HDR-style image that's vibrant and rich in color from a single raw exposure. PaintShop Pro photo-editing software makes it easy to split an individual RAW file into three images and then selectively recombine them to create an HDR-style effect.

• RAW image processing

  Take your RAW images to the next level in the RAW Lab. Fine tune images quickly using the histogram and restore detail in overexposed areas using the highlight recovery feature. Simple batch processing lets you convert large numbers of RAW image files at once.

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