Wish list for Paint Shop Pro version X8

[spitfrog]

It would be nice if you could zoom in when the selection is active

x 2!

Joëlle

Zooming when selection is active (open) to make complex selections would be nice, essentially when using "point to point" selection.

X 3!

Spitfrog

[bobthegoat2001]

Also with zooming, improving the performance of zooming when using the mouse wheel would be good. It seems like it's slow, at least compared to Jasc PSP 9.

[bobthegoat2001]

The Screen Capture feature seems to be a bit dated now. It works great in Windows XP, but the Capture Object feature doesn't seem to work as good ever since Windows Vista and up. This could be something else that could be updated and fixed. Before it would highlight areas that it's going to capture. It doesn't seem to hardly do that anymore.

[Jessep]

Could you add a "Save all open file now", because when I have 10/15 image open, the only way to do that is by closing the software or save it one by one.

[hartpaul]

Could you add a "Save all open file now", because when I have 10/15 image open, the only way to do that is by closing the software or save it one by one.

You can try Windows > Close All
This will bring up the Close All Dialog box where all modified documents have been ticked . You can untick any you don't want to save and then below you can continue with Close All (does not save any), or Cancel (back to your edit screen with all images there. or Save Selected which will save all the ticked documents.

An option to have these displayed as thumbnails would be helpful , but if you don't care which ones and just want to save all then this will do it in 3 clicks and leave you with a fresh workspace. .

[bobthegoat2001]

I would also like to have the save and open dialogs to be updated, as to like the image I attached. I use the address bar at the top so that I can get to places quickly. For example, if I have a window open, I can copy the address from their and past it into the PSP address bar.

[Rick_R]

Easier HDR for a single photo-
Instead of making the user create dark and light photos to combine to HDR, why not have sliders that darken/lighten photos by a selectable range of stops?

The idea of HDR is specifically to shoot a scene that has a high dynamic range by using a range of exposures from severely underexposed to severely overexposed, so that different photos have the correct exposure for part of the scene. After-shot adjustments simply can't do that. They can improve things a bit, but if a section of the source file is severely underexposed or overexposed, they can't correct that. For instance, with a severely overexposed section, darkening the section won't restore contrast.

[Rick_R]

- When I paste an image into another one (Control + E) and I'm adjusting it, often, I can only see the result when I let go of the mouse, not when I'm moving it. This never happened to me with PS9. Really awful. Please fix it!

That is not what is actually happening. I thought the same thing. It's not a bug, it's a change in how it works. Copy something, then press Ctrl-e. Then click in the target image. Then the image you are pasting will be visible and it can be moved. When you click a second time it will be pasted.

If you don't do the first click, sometimes you'll see the preview and sometimes you won't.

[Rick_R]

I won't be upgrading at a cost if it does not contain the auto-stitch panoramic feature.

Sorely missed.

Agree

I too would like an auto-stitch panorama feature. However, we have to understand a number of factors.

First, most people who do serious photo manipulation use both PSP and Photoshop Elements, which does contain a panorama feature. So even though the capability doesn't exist in our favorite program, it's not a case of "you just have to do without." PSP has an easy way to remove moire patterns. PE doesn't. ...

Second, there are free programs just for photo-stitching. So, again, it's not like someone using PSP is completely stuck.

Third, most people just don't do a heck of a lot of photo-stitching. The main reason I wanted it is that I scanned a number of school yearbooks and they have a few two-page photos. I used PE for stitching and it worked fine. But realistically, how many people will scan a set of yearbooks, each containing 225 or 300 pages? (I found there are a standard number of pages.)

Fourth, there is one huge difference between PE and PSP -- PE is a stripped-down version of a professional-cost program. Adobe can spend $50k-$100k developing a feature for Photoshop and then just "dump" the fully-tested code into PE. PSP is a completely separate product purchased from another company (JASC) so Corel would have something to compete with PE. Large parts of its code base are not shared with Corel's professional products. So new features have to be written "from the ground up" specifically for PSP.

Fifth, products in a "class" all have to offer similar features to remain competitive. So a large part of any development efforts and development budget have to go to just "keeping up with the Joneses". That severely limits funds available for new features (rather than, for instance, simply enhancing an existing feature).

Sixth, software manufacturers "design to a price point". The first question is, "What products are our competition?" The second is, "What are they selling for?" The third is, "How much could we charge for a similar product?" The fourth is, "How much will it cost us to add a particular feature?" Fifth is, "How much demand would there be for such a feature?"

Low-end consumer software is very price-sensitive. Many people who would spend $50 on a piece of software won't spend $65 even if the second product is significantly better. You have to realize that sometimes PSP (not Ultimate) sells for as low as $30 -- and that's retail for a full new-install copy, not an "upgrade" price; (generally the case when vendors on Amazon are unloading the previous version after a new version comes out.) And since most people don't use every last feature, often a copy 2-4 versions back does everything the person actually needs, so people often don't even spend $30 a year on PSP.

Given these factors, I'd say it's pretty unlikely that photo-stitch will be added to PSP anytime soon.

[godnre]

My wish list
1. Photo stacking in X8
2. A table with all menus, sub-menus and sub-sub menus available for all PSP X_ versions

[azakihun]

To me PSPX5 had the nicest interface.
The Tools Toolbar was clear, it had some shading on the bar which looked nice and the icons were not too widely spaced apart.

Joëlle

Indeed, the X5 was still nice, but I only used it for a short time, so I did not remember it. The X2 was used for a long time and really liked it.

[Heisenberg653]

I wish that version X8 support hidpi scaling(Fonts + Icons). High Resolution laptop screen becomes standard these days.

[fs999]

Please add Tiff ZIP compression in the save dialog...

[bobthegoat2001]

Please add Tiff ZIP compression in the save dialog...

In the meantime, you could use PNG, unless you have a camera or some hardware that uses TIFF ZIP. PNG is also a lossless photo format, like TIFF and TIFF ZIP, so far it has provided the smallest file size for a lossless format. It's also already widely supported.

[spitfrog]

The come back of InstantViewer from PSP X3, with some improvements. Very fast browser, soft and clean. Why don't use it instead of launching the big factory to browse photos ?