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In Corel PaintShop Photo Pro X3, Corel has redesigned PaintShop Pro's interface, added a handful of useful features, and enhanced others.

Lots of tools (including a new Camera RAW Lab), well-integrated Organizer conforms to standards

Organizer lacks side-by-side comparison view, Project Creator is a separate program

We were disappointed in this package of PaintShop Photo Pro, primarily because we have a lot of respect for the quality and versatility of the main application. Certainly, the core program continues to be a worthy contender in the photo-editing market ...

This is the latest iteration of the only serious alternative to the industry-standard photo editing program, Photoshop. PaintShop Photo Pro X3 is priced against the cut-down Photoshop Elements, but is more akin to big Photoshop in features. In fact ...

This program has the best background eraser we have used. It really does do a deep etch around a subject outline, including whispy hair, in the easiest, cleanest way. Corel are realists and have included all Photoshop formats in the Open File menu. ...

The interface is a bit cluttered, but it benefits from changing some of the default settings. RAW files from the newish Canon 7D don't open properly.

PaintShop Pro is an excellent program at a reasonable price. It is certainly better featured than Photoshop Elements. However, the problem is that Photoshop is so well established that it is now a verb. As with MS Word or PowerPoint or the ubiquitous ...