Paint Shop Pro 5 added support for layers as well as CMYK and HSL colour modes, included JASC Animation Shop for creating animations and in fact was marketed as 'Paint Shop Pro 5.0 with Animation Shop'. Most newer versions are only commercially available although some have been distributed in the United Kingdom in computer magazine CDs after they became obsolete. Paint Shop was originally distributed as shareware and is still available at many download sites (4.12 being a popular version). It was released by Robert Voit in August 1990. Originally called simply Paint Shop, the first version, 1.0, was a basic picture converter between BMP, GIF and PCX formats, conceived by Robert Voit and developed by Joel DeRider. We're more than happy to 'Recommended' it.Paint Shop Pro 1.0 (pictured here running on Windows XP), was released in 1992 for Windows 3.1. Not every photographer will find all of the updates/new features useful but the fact that the software is smoother/quicker, still easy to use, and subscription-free are all positives.

We have to praise Corel for continuingly trying to find ways to speed up workflow for its users and commend their efforts in making PaintShop Pro a piece of software a pro or novice can use. There are also free options available but you won't find anywhere near as many features, options and controls built in.Ĭorel PaintShop Pro 2019 Ultimate VerdictĪs we previously stated, there are two major plus points for owning PaintShop Pro 2019: 1, it's subscription-free and 2, it's easy to use for all levels of ability. There's also Affinity Photo (less expensive than PaintShop Pro), DxO PhotoLab 1.2 (slightly more expensive than PaintShop Pro) and Fotophire (also less expensive than PaintShop Pro) all of which scored well in our reviews. Choose used and get affordable access to kit that doesn’t cost the earth. Every month, visual storytellers sell more than 20,000 cameras and lenses to MPB. MPB puts photo and video kit into more hands, more sustainably.

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