Corel has announced the release during September of Corel® PaintShop™ Pro X4, the latest version of its photo editing software. It includes over seventy five new and enhanced features designed explicitly to meet the needs of today’s photographers. Corel say that central to the new release is PaintShop Pro X4’s new photo editing features, dramatic improvements in speed and performance, enhancements to the user interface and convenient ways to share through social media. And you guessed it, all at a much lower price point than other professional editing software!

So what’s all the fuss about then?

Professional Editing Power –

Corel has completely redesigned the HDR engine to incorporate the latest technology in high dynamic range photo production. New features include:

Photo Blend – A new way to create the perfect composition from a series of images by easily including the best details and removing unwanted elements from any individual photo!

Fill Light and Clarity – A tool to bring out underexposed areas without affecting the overall brightness of an image, as well making it easy to enhance subtle yet important details.

Selective Focus – Designed to enhance the depth of field in any image or mimic the effect of expensive tilt-shift lenses to turn a scene into a simulated miniature.

Vignette Tools – Typically used in wedding and portrait photography, this tool provides a classic portraiture style by applying a soft, coloured or faded border effect.

Performance –

Corel claim that PaintShop Pro X4 is faster than ever before with speed increases of over 50% on launch and accelerated performance compared with past versions. Full-screen preview has been enhanced so that the user can efficiently review photos and use the entire screen to quickly view, rate, and rotate images.

Usability –

There are new redesigned tabbed workspaces which allow ease of movement between different photo workflows.

Sharing –

The built-in social media sharing has been enhanced so that when shots are picture-perfect, tools integrated into the organizer allow for quick sharing images with a click on Facebook® and Flickr® plus resizing “on the fly” for emailing.

The company has also announced that it will also offer the market the premium version of PaintShop Pro: Corel PaintShop Pro X4 Ultimate.

To download a free, fully-functional trial version or for more information about Corel PaintShop Pro X4, please visit –

www.corel.co.uk/paintshop

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