It says in the description "more than just photo editing, it's also a powerful design program". Can I make a decent FB cover or design custom blog photos with this, do you think?
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It's up to your imagination in what you can do by using layering to move objects from one photo to another, or just remove objects. It's by far the best bang for the buck, make sure you get the ultimate and when you load it, do both the 32 and 64 bit version as there are many existing tools that only run on 32 bits that you can import, you can even import Adobe images. I extracted a red rose from a bush, and filled the background in black after changing the rose to soft white, came out beautiful. Best of all, there are both text and video help for the tools even on youtube. It will take time to learn and I recommend taking notes when you do something, saves effort next time you try it. Enjoy
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You can do a lot with Paint Shop Pro - but I suggest you trial the product to ensure that it meets your needs. Here is the link to try out products from Corel: http://www.corel.com/corel/category.jsp?cat=cat4130083&rootCat;=cat3610091&storeKey;=us&languageCode;=en
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I've posted photos from the program to my Facebook page, but it's easier for me to post from the "pictures" files in Windows. As far as "design" goes, I guess I don't use that/those feature(s). I bought the program to play with effects and simple cropping and editing, particularly with RAW/NEF images. I like Paintshop Pro for its ease of use. As an older person, I like to keep it simple and Paintshop Pro does that for me. I also have Photoshop CS3, which I use almost as much, due to being used to using the program.
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You can do quite a lot with PSP, including design of various kinds but it is primarily a program for editing photos. It does have drawing and painting capabilities but it is not a substitute for programs designed particularly for these purposes. It is not a difficult program to use, but there is a significant learning curve to be able to take advantage of all of its capabilities.
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It's up to your imagination in what you can do by using layering to move objects from one photo to another, or just remove objects. It's by far the best bang for the buck, make sure you get the ultimate and when you load it, do both the 32 and 64 bit version as there are many existing tools that only run on 32 bits that you can import, you can even import Adobe images. I extracted a red rose from a bush, and filled the background in black after changing the rose to soft white, came out beautiful. Best of all, there are both text and video help for the tools even on youtube. It will take time to learn and I recommend taking notes when you do something, saves effort next time you try it.Enjoy It's up to your imagination in what you can do by using layering to move objects from one photo to another, or just remove objects. It's by far the best bang for the buck, make sure you get the ultimate and when you load it, do both the 32 and 64 bit version as there are many existing tools that only run on 32 bits that you can import, you can even import Adobe images. I extracted a red rose from a bush, and filled the background in black after changing the rose to soft white, came out beautiful. Best of all, there are both text and video help for the tools even on youtube. It will take... » Read More It's up to your imagination in what you can do by using layering to move objects from one photo to another, or just remove objects. It's by far the best bang for the buck, make sure you get the ultimate and when you load it, do both the 32 and 64 bit version as there are many existing tools that only run on 32 bits that you can import, you can even import Adobe images. I extracted a red rose from a bush, and filled the background in black after changing the rose to soft white, came out beautiful. Best of all, there are both text and video help for the tools even on youtube. It will take time to learn and I recommend taking notes when you do something, saves effort next time you try it.Enjoy « Show Less
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The photo studio expressions will do that. It is much more user friendly than photoshop elements.
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You need to use the provided software. We transferred our images from Photoshop (where we did our editing) to their software. We found the editing software difficult.
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I have Elements 5 and Paintshop Pro 8 (and 7). All are very good, but the emphasis is different. I use Elements for processing my DSLR photos using the included Adobe Camera Raw. It is reasonably easy to use and the quality of the results is excellent. I use the PTlens plugin to correct for lens defects and Elements works well with this. I very occasionally like to use a feature that Adobe has left out in order to avoid competing with full Photoshop. Examples include Curves adjustment layers and fully automated batch editing. In this case I switch to Paintshop Pro, which invariably does have the missing feature. If you don't know why you would need these features, you probably don't! I don't use the built in Organiser, because I started using Picassa (free from Google) for this purpose and I see no reason to change. For design work, such as web design, I would personally choose to use Paintshop Pro, because its feature set is more complete, (Paintshop Pro 8 is roughly equivalent to Photoshop version 6), and because those advanced features are more easily accessible. Other people that I know would choose to use full Photoshop instead, and I can understand their point of view. Photoshop Elements needs quite a powerfull (i.e. new) computer, if it is not to seem slow. I understand that this is also true for the latest Paint Shop Pro. Finally, you can download both of these products for a free month's trial, so why not try then out and make your mind up after that?
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Anyone can use this program, there is just a lot that this program does that other programs don't do. I use several programs for different editing. Patience is what is needed to learn the different features. Keep working with it and you will love it.
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Yes! It is amazing. You can send picures as e-mail attachements straight from the camera or upload to most social networks.
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I just opened my preset list and it does include both Photoshop and Lightroom. It's pretty much customizable to just about any App. i use it for Final Cut Pro X and HATE not using it now. All the major shortcuts right there for me. I highly suggest getting one.
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Basic photo editing will probably not be a problem depending on the amount of RAM available for the onboard GPU to share and the size of the image in question. Otherwise, a CUDA capable graphics card will accelerate certain Photoshop functions.
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As the others have said, it's excellent for photo editing -- that's the only reason you'd spend the money, to get color accuracy. To make it really rock, you need a hardware calibrator such as a Spyder Pro, and then match a printer profile in Photoshop to the printer you print to. At that point, you are a pro!
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I run Corels' Paint Shop Pro X which can use Photoshop plug-ins without problem. You do have room to upgrade the graphics card if you want to.
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you will probably want to install another 4Gb DIMM and SSD drive - so you will be looking at extra $100 if you do it yourself. otherwise it might be too slow for photoshop
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Yes. The watermark/overlay features let you add text and/or graphics to your images.
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I have used my version with every program except Vista. I still love this program. I have used mine exclusively for old photos. This program probably would not suit someone who does professional photography.
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I own the 550XL but the software should be the same: The machine will come with AutoPunch and HyperText; this software allows you to open other people's designs and create text from any font on your computer. Technically this software will allow you to load an image and convert it to a digital file but I've found this aspect of the software to be somewhat limited with anything but the most basic of objects but it'll get the job done. My machine did *not* come with PhotoStich which allows you to take a photo (like from a camera) and convert it to a digital file. Also not included will be the CrossStich, which will create digitized images in a series of X's instead of solid stitches or lines.
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Yes, you can really this is the best edit program I have ever had easy to use, I would say this program is at least worth $250 :)
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Sorry not exactly sure what are the requirements for photoshop software you will be using, certainly this is an i7 4Gen laptop, should be able to run any programs on it, if you are currently using a laptop and you have used the same applications with that many pictures and works fine, then with newer models you shouldn't have any problem. We would also recommend to find more info online. Thank you,
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I use this program to view and move my designs. I'm lost without it. When you click on a zipped design file this program will expand the file and show the contents. From there, you can select designs to put on a flash drive. Yes, it is easy to print pictures of the designs. The software probably does more, but this is my primary use of it.