Wishlist for PaintShop Pro X10

[Gold Acres]

What does Afinity Design have to do with what we want in the next version of PSP? If you like that so much, then remove PSP and get it.

[tomkinsrichard]

I, like some others, have recognized that Serif has dramatically revamped their product offerings. As such, we wish to encourage Corel to take notice. Serif's changes are substantial in both functionality and user interface.
Most of the changes that Corel has made in the past 4 releases of "PaintShop Pro", have been superficial at best.
With Serifs changes being so strong, it's not long before Corel starts loosing customers, especially since you are encouraging folks to give up on Corel software and purchase Serif software, and once Corel has hit the critical mass of lost customers, that will be the end of PaintShop Pro and the slow spiral to the death of Corel.

Corel is not the only game on street and if they wish to remain viable and relevant, they the need to aggressively address their competitors, while they can.

Just like when you buy a Honda after you left the Chev dealer, the Chev dealer has seen your backside and will probably never ever see you again. It behooves the Chev dealer to not let you walk off the lot by making sure he has a better product and a better deal for you. It's called Customer Retention and Corle s sorely failing at that right now.

[Gold Acres]

That is true, but sadly what you are saying won't be viewed that way by Corel. They tend to just buy out competitors. If they did that, and found the new product to really be better it would be the end of PSP.

[tomkinsrichard]

At one time, I suppose you could stay in business by buying out the other guy. This is no longer true. There are many other guys and they are constantly revising their product to surpass the other guys.

Time for Corel to " *** OR GET OFF THE POT ".

[Rick_R]

PSP X10???

It is impossible that such a version will be offered with the name X10: X means 10; and X9 is 19!
So a new PSP must to be called XX - or simply 20.

There's a problem with calling it XX. What happens when they reach version 30? Lots of websites, search engine filters, school LANs, business LANs, etc., filter out anything containing three X's on the assumption in might have "adult" content.

And realistically, even when they get to version 21, 22, etc. Would they call it XXI, XXII, etc? People still routinely screw up roman numerals. And XX1, XX2, just doesn't have a good "product name sound" from a marketing perspective. Nor does "Version 22"--look at the mess of Google Chrome and Firefox being at version fifty something. "X10" has a bit of a "cool" sound, but "twenty" just doesn't.

Related to that, look at the names of all the new medicines advertised on TV. They almost all contain a Z, a Y or an X. Psychologically, in a new product name those letters come across as being a little "rebellious" ... avant-garde. It's not an accident that Microsoft's game console is called X-Box and Apple didn't put out "OS10".

[Thinkpad]

Currently using PX8 and PX9.
What I'd like to find since PX5 and of course as a features in PsPXX:
1) selection where the Program will be installed: C:\Program Files (x86) isn't a really good idea as I'm used to set the installpath by myself to mainpaths like GRAFIC, OFFICE, TOOLS even on other harddrives to get programs away from the OS-harddrive. (ok, I've found a proper solution for each Paintshop but it's not really comfortable)
2) there's missing a "repair the installation" feature. So if a servicepack fails to work correctly you can't just undo servicepack3 and then start with servicepack 1 - as necessary for solving the scripting problem - but must uninstall completely an reinstall completely wasting a lot of user's time.
3) there should be the possibility to save registrationdata to restore the program on the same machine (maybe a special file) / OS or have a counter for installs / uninstalls to be able to transfare a license from one machine to another (for myselve I've deinstalled / reinstalled PX9 about ten times for getting rid of the pspscript fault(s). Servicepack3 has got only the problem of German ä ö ü ß within 'TemplateCategory' (example: u'Standardgrößen', in "Druckvorlagen"="Print Templates" as well as decimal "," instead of "."
4) For using same settings with a group of users (pupils or students) there should be a kind of centralizing (my way is a regfile, to be activated BEFORE the first running of PsP by the user )
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HKCU_PsP_X9_DefaultWrite.reg
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REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Corel\PaintShop Pro]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Corel\PaintShop Pro\X9]
"DefaultWrite"="C:\\_USERS\\_PSP\\PX9\\"
--------------------------

Where "C:\_USERS\_PSP\PX9" has got the complete content of "C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Corel PaintShop Pro\19.0".

[Gik-tal]

My big wish would be that they eliminate After shot Pro and merge the features into PaintShop with the exception of that part of Aftershot that reads lens type data, they can stick with the one in PaintShop that seems to work just fine.

[brucet]

Combining AfterShotPro and PSP would be all but impossible. Like putting a 4x4 chassis in a sports car. Two completely different platforms/parents. Possible but highly unlikely. It would be easier to sell both as a package with both ASP and PSP being able to exchange files as external editors.

regards

[Rick_R]

Currently using PX8 and PX9.
What I'd like to find since PX5 and of course as a features in PsPXX:
1) selection where the Program will be installed: C:\Program Files (x86) isn't a really good idea as I'm used to set the installpath by myself to mainpaths like GRAFIC, OFFICE, TOOLS even on other harddrives to get programs away from the OS-harddrive. (ok, I've found a proper solution for each Paintshop but it's not really comfortable)
2) there's missing a "repair the installation" feature. So if a servicepack fails to work correctly you can't just undo servicepack3 and then start with servicepack 1 - as necessary for solving the scripting problem - but must uninstall completely an reinstall completely wasting a lot of user's time.
3) there should be the possibility to save registrationdata to restore the program on the same machine (maybe a special file) / OS or have a counter for installs / uninstalls to be able to transfare a license from one machine to another (for myselve I've deinstalled / reinstalled PX9 about ten times for getting rid of the pspscript fault(s). Servicepack3 has got only the problem of German ä ö ü ß within 'TemplateCategory' (example: u'Standardgrößen', in "Druckvorlagen"="Print Templates" as well as decimal "," instead of "."
4) For using same settings with a group of users (pupils or students) there should be a kind of centralizing (my way is a regfile, to be activated BEFORE the first running of PsP by the user )
--------------------------
HKCU_PsP_X9_DefaultWrite.reg
--------------------------
REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Corel\PaintShop Pro]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Corel\PaintShop Pro\X9]
"DefaultWrite"="C:\\_USERS\\_PSP\\PX9\\"
--------------------------

Where "C:\_USERS\_PSP\PX9" has got the complete content of "C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Corel PaintShop Pro\19.0".

It's generally a really bad idea to install a large program anywhere other than where the vendor set it up to install. Updates and third-party add-ons routinely assume it is in the default location. And it's even worse to be installing programs outside of the drive that contains the Window OS. It might seem like a good idea to "protect" things in case the OS crashes, but having to re-set up everything custom is a nightmare.

Also, if you do need Tech Support help, the minute a support tech finds out you installed the program outside the OS drive, pretty much any of them will tell you, "Sorry, but you're on your own on this one. We don't support installation of the program to a non-standard location."

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All the things you're describing are super-specialized unique situations. Keep in mind Corel's "target market": hobbyists who mainly use PSP for photos and aren't willing to pay hundreds of dollars for high-end features that would be found in Photoshop or Corel's professional products.

Regarding "a group of students", most schools would either use free software or Photoshop, possibly Photoshop Elements, because PS is what employers would have and would expect the student to know, not PSP.

[photodrawken]

Every so often, when reading user forums for specific application discussions, one comes across some profoundly wrong opinions about computing in general. This is one of those times, and I've got to respond....

It's generally a really bad idea to install a large program anywhere other than where the vendor set it up to install.

Hogwash! Software vendors allow one to choose the installation directory for their program. When I come across the odd one that doesn't, I cancel the installation, delete the installation files, and look at their competitors' products. There are programs that will install auxiliary supporting run-time files (such as C++ re-distributables) in default locations on the system drive, but I'm willing to accept that.

Updates and third-party add-ons routinely assume it is in the default location.

Nope. Updates will check the registry for the installation directory, and add-ons give you the usual installation directory picker in their setup routine.

And it's even worse to be installing programs outside of the drive that contains the Window OS.

Absolutely wrong! I've been using two internal drives in my computers for almost two decades, now. It's actually beneficial to keep the OS and applications (and data) on separate physical drives -- there are no Input/Output contention issues for access to the drives, so performance is maximized.

It might seem like a good idea to "protect" things in case the OS crashes, but having to re-set up everything custom is a nightmare.

That doesn't make any sense. If something (like malware, etc.) so severely corrupts your OS that you need to re-install the OS, you'll have a hell of a time recovering your working setups for your applications whether those apps are on the OS drive or not.

Also, if you do need Tech Support help, the minute a support tech finds out you installed the program outside the OS drive, pretty much any of them will tell you, "Sorry, but you're on your own on this one. We don't support installation of the program to a non-standard location."

Again, that doesn't make much sense -- because the setup routines for applications allow choosing the location for the program files, there's no such thing as a "standard location".

[jjangfree]

1. Pick tool enhancement

. It would be good for making large templates or frames to drag from any boundary lines like current x9 Crop tool.

2. Layer Style enhancement

. Better color pallette in layer styles. It would be good for us to type directly lighting color code.

. Apply layer style effect to layer menu.
There is a way using group layer to apply layer effects to layer though.

3. Enhance outdated old bevel and cutout filter

. Enhancing or Merging old Inner Bevel & Cutout & Drop n Shadow would be good too.
It just a thought.

4. Magnifier pointer(crosshair) move with keypad.


5. More stroke options for vector text or shapes..
eg. Stroke : inner,middle, outer ...
It will be faster and better for making small outlined text on a photo.


Sorry, english is not my primary.

[kardinal]

I would like the HTML Color Hexcode to be editable to copy/paste in the materials palette (color picker) for 256 color. When you work with a JPEG, the HEX code is editable so you can just highlight it and copy it, when you are working with a GIF at 256 color the HEX color field is no longer editable so you can't copy the code. In my job I use this field all the time and I have to manually retype it. That's what I would like to see in the next release. Thanks.

[vit123]

Please add support for PNG with 16-bit per channel to open and save.

I very often export 3D renderings from Blender with 16-bit per channel PNG because I need transparancy and to maintain as much information as possible for postprocessing. But when I open it with Corel Paintshop X9 it always converts it to only 8-bit per channel.

[Radim]

I played with trial Artipic Photo Editor - http://www.artipic.com/products/ and found some features, that are interesting:

1. Clipboard History

2. Color Sampler

3. Live Colorize and Live Tint - note that HLS and RGB colors are available

4. Autocrop

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Of course some features can by done in PaintShop Pro X9, but somethimes with more step.

[oeci]

1) Add LAB Color space and splitting the image in L A and B channels in order to perform LAB sharpen.
2) Add a focus stacking function.