2 Beta Versions Of Paint Shop Pro 9 Released

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[b]Paint Shop Pro 9 Beta[/b]

Advanced tools for advanced imaginations
Can your imagination keep up?

You know what you want – something that’s going to let you create the image you have in mind. Whether it’s a photo, graphic, or digital art, Paint Shop Pro 9 is going to help you get that vision out of your head and onto the screen.

[b]Unlimited:[/b] Infinite editing possibilities for photos that pop

- The Digital Camera Noise Removal Filter scans photos and removes noise while preserving textures.

- The Chromatic Aberration Removal Filter helps eliminate the colored glow that appears around the subject’s edges.

- The Fill Flash Filter brightens dark or underexposed shadows.

- Compensate for overexposure using the Backlighting Filter.

- Set custom white balance, exposure, and sharpening levels when converting raw camera images.

[b]Unleashed:[/b] Art tools that push your imagination to its limit

- Create digital art using brush tips that accurately emulate real-world painting styles.

- The Palette Knife and Smear Tool realistically mix paints on the canvas, while the Art Eraser removes paint from the canvas.

- A new Mixer Palette provides an off-canvas area to mix colors.

- Art Media layers allow you to adjust the canvas texture and paint wetness.

- Use image-tracing options to easily repaint a photograph.

[b]Unconfined:[/b] Express yourself with sleek graphic design tools

- New Shape Tools and an improved Pen Tool let you create vector-based illustrations that you can edit anytime, even after you’ve completed your graphic.

- Improved Rectangle Tool includes full control over rounded corners.
Create regular polygons and stars, then edit them into custom artistic shapes with the Symmetric Shape Tool.

- The Text Tool now features vertical text layout options and new anti-alias rendering choices that give you crisp text at small sizes.

- Use the Displacement Map Filter to create custom two- or three-dimensional surface effects.

[b]Unrestrained:[/b] Flexible, customizable, intuitive tools help you work smarter

- Stay on top of editing with the History Palette that tracks each command applied to an image.

- Selective Undo allows you to choose which step to eliminate without affecting any of the following steps.

- Organize your resource files by projects or subjects in flexible resource categories.

- View image details, creator information, and EXIF data for any selected image right in the Browser.

- Choose from hundreds of templates to accommodate any printing project – even add text captions to photo layouts.


[b]Paint Shop Pro Studio Beta[/b]

The art of having fun
Having fun has been raised to an art form

Are you ready to do more with your photos? Let’s hope so, because once you get started with Paint Shop Pro Studio, you’re not going to want to stop. With new Paint Shop Pro Studio you’ll learn the art of having fun.

[b]Enhance:[/b] Is it magic? No, it just seems like it

- Improve common lighting problems in an instant.

- Get the red out - works on people and pet eyes.

- Automatically make fuzzy photos crisper and dull shots brighter.

- Remove or cover unwanted elements, such as power lines in the background.

- Soften and smooth facial lines to make anyone look their best.

- Add sparkle to eyes. Whiten teeth. Improve skin tone. Even manipulate body shape.

- Combine the best elements of several photos to achieve the perfect group shot.

[b]Restore:[/b] For photos that have been shoved in a closet, thrown in a box & passed through the sticky hands of 32 grandchildren

- Remove tears, holes, scratches, water damage, and cracks in your favorite old pictures.

- Bring faded photos back to their original color. Or colorize black-and-white snapshots.

- Make new photos look vintage.

[b]Create:[/b] It’s time to let your creative side shine

- Add text that conforms to your photo’s subject.

- Illustrate your photos with captions, titles, or thought and conversation bubbles.

- Make customized maps or diagrams for invitations and more.

- Replace backgrounds and create new imaginative settings.

- Experiment with different interior designs, without spending any money, doing heavy lifting, or making any messes.

- Add landscaping touches such as trees, grass, rocks, fencing, or retaining walls.

[b]Craft:[/b] Just think of the ohhs & ahhs you’ll get when you give a gift you made yourself

- Preserve children’s artwork in a fun printable collage.

- Make your own black & white silhouette from a profile photo.

- Create a colorful alphabet poster to help stimulate your child’s reading.

- Choose from hundreds background papers to use in traditional or digital scrapbook layouts.

- Add photos and trim with beautiful photo mats, frames, and edges.

- Decorate photo and scrapbook layouts with rich Picture Tube™ embellishments.


[url=\"http://www.jasc.com/community/beta/pspdownload.asp\"]Beta Downloads[/url]?

I've downloaded both of the beta versions, but will have to wait until I'm home to test them out.