2 PaintShop Pro
• Improvements based on direct user feedback: The most commonly used tools in
PaintShop Pro were thoroughly analyzed and improved to provide you with the most
seamless experience yet. Influenced by direct user feedback, improvements to PaintShop
Pro’s performance, stability and features are guaranteed to impress.
• Faster Pic-to-Painting: Pic-to-Painting just got 25% faster, allowing you to transform
your photos into art automatically, and in much less time!
Adaptable and intuitive
Just like every photo is unique, so are you. And so is the way you like to work. Take your pick
of three different adaptable and intuitive workspaces to complement your project workflow.
Each workspace was built with a custom toolset and features in order to simplify everything
from quick edits, to complex compositions
• NEW Copy and Paste Layer Styles: With one simple click, you can copy Layer Styles
from one layer to another, allowing you to work with momentum and avoid creating
presets for single projects. For more information, see “To copy and paste layer styles” on
page 264.
• Improved Depth of Field precision: With a more detailed grid system, you’ll experience
an increase in precision while using the Depth of Field feature on your Crop toolbar.
• Latest stylus and graphics tablet support: Combine PaintShop Pro with a graphics
tablet for more expressive results. PaintShop Pro supports all of the latest mainstream
and WinTab-aware graphics tablets, as well as Windows Ink, so whether you’re drawing,
painting, applying adjustments or effects, you can use a pen for more control.
Progressive and innovative
Turning your vision into reality has never been easier with the latest technology engineered
into PaintShop Pro. High-powered functions and tools make creating something truly
original, achievable.
• NEW Touch-Ready Photography Workspace: Equipped with all the essential tools you
need to take your photos from good to perfect, the new Photography Workspace
provides a simple, yet sleek and intuitive, interface built with touch-friendly and ultra
high definition resolution 4K devices in mind to help you work more efficiently.
• NEW SmartClone: The versatile SmartClone tool provides content-aware retouching
capabilities and some impressive design possibilities. You can select your source material
from the same image or from another image, allowing you to merge elements from
multiple images. The results can produce interesting and unexpected designs. For more
information, see “SmartClone retouching and design” on page 173.
• NEW Refine Brush: Precise selections just became so much easier to create. The Refine
Brush lets you fine-tune the edges of a selection to pick up details like hair or fur that are
notoriously difficult to select. For more information, see “Fine-tuning a selection with the
Refine Brush” on page 217.