![]() For photo editing, the X8 version features a Magic Move tool that employs content-aware fill to streamline moving subjects within an image and having the background automatically and seamlessly replaced. ![]() It then disregarded this saved file, went back to the original RAW file and offered to process it from scratch in the Edit Mode's woefully inferior RAW Lab editor.PaintShop Pro X8 Ultimate from Corel, available here as a DVD, is a comprehensive, multi-faceted application offering a breadth of control for photo editing, image management, and graphic design. When attempting to take a RAW file from the Adjust to the Edit tab, the software saved the edited image in a proprietary PSPIMAGE format on the desktop. Even the Adjust and Edit modes seem to blissfully unaware of each other. The former looks like a non-destructive editor but in fact requires edited RAW images to be saved in another format, locking in edits and generating additional files. The main PaintShop Pro application still has its two entirely independent RAW processing engines for its Adjust and Edit modes, both of which score poorly for RAW processing quality. PaintShop Pro doesn't recognise these files, so any RAW editing done in AfterShot is ignored in PaintShop Pro unless the user exports from AfterShot as a new file. AfterShot is a non-destructive editor, saving edits as a set of instructions in a XMP file. ![]() There's no button or right-click command to send an image from one to another. More disappointingly, there has been no attempt to integrate the two applications. There don't appear to be many differences, but this version lacks the Local Contrast filter for creating punchier details and the highest-quality noise-reduction algorithm. For one thing, this is AfterShot 2 and not AfterShot Pro 2. Sadly, AfterShot's arrival isn't quite the success it could be. ^ The bundled copy of AfterShot threatens to overshadow the main application Considering that handling of RAW files was one of PaintShop Pro X7's weakest areas, this development bodes well. The ability to create freeform masks to colour correct specific areas of the frame is a particularly welcome inclusion. RAW processing is excellent, with surgical precision over colours and impressively quick screen redraws as settings are adjusted. Library management is elegant and sophisticated, with the ability to filter by multiple metadata such as date, lens model, keyword and star rating. It's not quite a match for Lightroom but it comes close. Corel AfterShot 2 is a powerful photo-management and RAW-processing application. One of these modules is much more than substantial than the usual lightweight extras. Corel needed to hit back with something special to avoid being relegated to third place.Īs usual, there's a standard version of PaintShop Pro X8 (£60) and an Ultimate version (£80) with various additional modules. It’s a much more appealing prospect than upgrading PaintShop Pro or Photoshop Elements for around £50 each year. ![]() That something turned out to be Adobe Creative Cloud Photography Plan, which for £103 a year provides our two favourite image-editing applications, Photoshop CC and Lightroom. Neither application has progressed much in recent years, so it was only a matter of time before something came along to usurp them both. There's plenty to admire but it couldn't match the attention to detail and performance of Adobe Photoshop Elements. PaintShop Pro has a long history of coming second in our reviews.
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