Comments on: Paint Shop Pro X: RAW power

By: Eric Holsinger

Eric Holsinger — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 07:19:14 +0000

Larry, I’m not sure about those specific plug-ins, but I looked into PhotoKit from PixelGenius and it does NOT work with PSP Photo XI, as far as I can tell. It is an Automate plug-in, which is different than a regular plug-in. There is a good explanation by Harold Heim at The Plugin Site http://thepluginsite.com/knowhow/tutorials/introduction/introduction.htm

By: Larry Urban

Larry Urban — Sun, 08 Oct 2006 15:48:02 +0000

I’ve been a regular user of PSP since version 4. I didn’t like version 9, but when X came out, I became so hooked with it that now I consider it the best I’ve ever seen in software of this gender.

But now Version XI is out, and I hesitate to upgrade because I’ve read comments from some that say it doesn’t accept plugins like Eye Candy 5, or Panopticum, or Power Retouche. Can anyone inform me if this is true, because my version X is a marvel and works like a charm with all these. If I have to leave my plugins when upgrading, I won’t do it. I need them to create effects that PSP X cannot.

By: Eric Holsinger

Eric Holsinger — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 12:01:45 +0000

You’ll find that most, if not all, plug-ins for Photoshop work with Paint Shop Pro. Paint Shop Pro uses the same plug-in technology as Photoshop. Many of the image editting programs do.

By: nathan gilbert

nathan gilbert — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 01:05:12 +0000

I agree that PSP definitely gives more power for the buck than any version of Photoshop. However, I really want to take my photo imaging as far as it can go and when you see all the plug-ins, tutorials, etc. that are available to Photoshop users it makes me wonder if I just need to be using Photoshop software, even though Adobe charges you 5 times as much for the basic product.

By: Eric Holsinger

Eric Holsinger — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 09:47:22 +0000

Nathan,

Paint Shop Pro X has a built-in update feature. It is now at 10.03 and I think 10.02 fixed the browser pallette problem.

The latest version of Paint Shop Pro is PSP XI (or 11). I haven’t had any trouble with the image browser in this version. The images are still rendered one-by-one, but it seems faster. There are some excellent new features in PSP XI like, like the Filter and Film Effects which I blogged a little about at Paint Shop Pro XI: Film and Filter Effects.

One thing I’ve always loved about JASC Paint Shop Pro and now Corel Paint Shop Pro is the power for the money.

By: nathan gilbert

nathan gilbert — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 03:16:21 +0000

Very interesting stuff about PSPX and RAW files. I have PSPX and a digicam which works in TIFF and JPEG format, but I plan on getting a DSLR camera soon and I thought I would have to buy Photoshop CS2 to get some decent software for taking advantage of RAW format photos. But, it sounds like you’ve had some luck with PSPX and Canon’s RAW format, although you did note some problems. Have you been able to work them out and have you tried other PSPX tools on your RAW photos that has been more successful?