PaintShop Pro X6

64-Bit Support

Support for 64-bit operating systems enables faster editing capabilities and the ability to work with larger file sizes more easily.

Auto Selection

An object or area within an image can be quickly selected by dragging a selection box around it; the selection marquee will then automatically detect and snap to the edges of a subject for refined results.

Smart Selection Brush

This brush allows for a quick selection to be made by simply brushing over a sample of colors and textures from a desired area; an intelligent selection is then made by expanding to the edges of a determined subject.

User-Friendly Interface

A clean, refined design helps to make photo editing and design tasks more streamlined by providing easy and clear access to some of the most oft-used tools and functions.

Video Tutorials

A built-in Discovery Center provides intuitive access to a rich library of video tutorials to help learn and perfect essential editing techniques.

Fast High Dynamic Range Tools

An enhanced set of HDR tools helps to expedite the creation of vivid imagery by blending several images into a single frame to extend the dynamic range of a photograph.

PaintShop Pro Membership

A free standard PaintShop Pro membership is included to get product updates, extra content, special offers, and additional tutorials as well as the KPT Collection (32-bit only) of 24 original plug-in effects for enhancing your photographs. Membership also provides access to exclusive, invite-only webinars and tutorial sessions for furthering your skills using the program.

Powerful APIs and Scripting Guides

Available for free with the standard membership, powerful and comprehensive APIs and scripting guides enable simplified and performance-enhancing automation of PaintShop Pro X6. The enhanced scripting engine permits you to record scripts in order to automate frequently used processes within the program.

Support for Third-Party Plug-Ins

Support for a wide range of third-party plug-ins is available, including 64-bit versions and enhanced capabilities to handle many Adobe Photoshop plug-ins.

RAW Image Support

IPTC metadata can now be managed and saved to RAW image files and, additionally, RAW files can be processed to JPEG or TIFF while still retaining the modified metadata.

Layer Creation

Images can be dragged and dropped directly to the layers palette in order to open images directly as a new layer, enabling image editing with multiple, non-destructive layers for creative imagery.

Smart Carver and Object Extractor

The Smart Carver tool allows you to easily and smoothly remove unwanted objects from your 16-bit color images, while using 64-bit performance, without visibly affecting the background. This tool combines both an object removal tool along with a realistic scaling feature to provide optimized results for retouching imagery. Additionally, an enhanced Object Extractor permits cutting objects out of files for use on subsequent images in a seamless and quickened fashion due to 64-bit support.

Tabbed Workspace

A comprehensive tabbed workspace intuitively separates the working interface into three easy to navigate sections: the Manage tab allows quick browsing, tagging, and organizing of files; the Adjust tab permits cropping, straightening, retouching, and other photo corrections; and the Edit tab provides a broader range of refinement tools as well as graphic design features.

Retro Lab

Retro-inspired color and contrast settings can easily be applied to imagery to create an inherently nostalgic appearance.

Instant Effects

A wide variety of instant creative effects can be applied to photos, which are organized into categories such as Artistic, Film Styles, Black & White, and Landscape. These effects are easily navigable via thumbnail selectors.

Graduated Filter Effect

Unique color gradient effects can be added to photos to simulate the effects of using over-the-lens graduated camera filters.

Simplified Selection Tools

Shape Selection, Freehand Selection, and Magic Wand tools are available to easily select specific editable regions within imagery for cropping, editing, or copying.

Smart Photo Fix

This intelligent automated correction analyzes a specific image and applies a range of adjustments to the brightness, contrast, and color; each of which can be accepted or fine-tuned to your personal preferences.

Versatile Design Features

An array of creative, design-oriented enhancements can be applied to imagery, including the use of brushes, textures, lettering, layers, vector tools, and more.

Built-In Learning Features

The Learning Center is an integrated reference guide that provides step-by-step instruction and quick access to certain tools for accomplishing a desired effect.

Photo Editing for Video Applications

Images can be edited specifically for slideshows and objects and be created with transparent backgrounds, logos, watermarks, lower-third graphics, frames, masks, and more, which pair well when integrated into a video-based workflow.

Sharing via Social Media

The ability to share imagery via social media sites, such as Facebook, Flickr, and Google+, is integrated into PaintShop Pro X6 to help expedite the process of uploading photos to these sites.

Face Detection and Recognition

Photos can be scanned using a powerful face detection technology to help identify specific subjects within imagery. This process helps with tagging and organizing your photos based on who is in them.

Photo Mapping

Using GPS data and Facebook check-in points, images can be plotted directly to interactive maps. Also, using the Map interface, locations directly from Google Maps can be added to images' metadata for further interaction with imagery and the locations in which they were taken. Additionally, the Share My Trip feature allows you to create slideshows that link both photos and comments together directly on a shareable map.

Extensive File Support

Support is available for an extensive range of both raster and vector file types, including Adobe Photoshop .PSD files. Files can also be output to a similarly broad array of formats depending on sharing requirements.

Customized Workspaces

Personalized workspace interfaces, custom toolbars, file association settings, and other controls are available to help create a more efficient, unique workflow that is tailored towards individual needs.

Painting and Drawing Tools

A variety of brushes, including the paint brush, air brush, preset shapes, pen tools, text tools, fill and color changer options, and the ability to import Adobe Photoshop brushes, help to round out the amount of control you have in regard to editing raster-based imagery with vector-based tools.

Manage and Organize Photo Libraries

The intuitive workspace of PaintShop Pro X6 allows for browsing, previewing, tagging, rating, and organizing of imagery. Smart collections can be made for easier viewing and to separate your favorite images from rejected images.

Complete Photo Adjustment

A great range of retouching and editing tools are available, including brushes, editing tools, and makeover tools to help remove blemishes, unwanted lines and hair, and red-eye. Traditional editing controls, including straightening, cropping, and color adjustments are also supported to provide all-around control for fine-tuning an image's appearance.

Comprehensive PDF Manual

A searchable PDF manual is available and lends support to any issue for both PaintShop Pro and VideoStudio Pro programs.

Rich Text Tools

Text can be applied to any print, web, or photo project by using a full set of typography controls that permit adjusting font types, size, style, alignment, leading and kerning, and adding effects to creatively enhance the look and how text interacts with imagery.

Supported Import Formats

AI, BMP, CAL, CALS, CGM, CLP, CMX*, CT, CUR, CUT, DCX, DIB, DRW*, EMF, EPS, GIF, HDP, HGL*, HPG*, IFF, IMG, J2C, J2K, JIF, JP2, JPC, JPE, JPEG, JPG, JPS, JPX, MAC, MPO, MRW, MSP, PBM, PCD*, PCT, PCX, PDF, PGL*, PGM, PIC, PICT, PNG, PNS, PPM, PS, PSD, PSP (PSP image files), RAS, RAW, RIF, RLE, SCT, SVG, SVGZ, TGA, TIF, UFO, WBM, WBMP, WDP, WEBP, WMF, WPG*

(*Supported on 32-bit installs only)

Supported RAW Formats

3FR, ARW, CR2, CRW, DCR, DNG, ERF, K25, KDC, MEF, MOS, NEF, NRW, ORF, PEF, RAF, RW2, SR2, SRF, X3F

Supported Brush Formats

PaintShop Pro Brush (.pspbrush), Adobe Photoshop Brush (.abr), Jasc Brush (.jbr)

Supported Export Formats

BMP, CAL, CALS, CLP, CUT, DCX, DIB, EMF, EPS, AI, PS, GIF, HDP, WDP, IFF, IMG, JP2, J2C, J2K, JPC, JPX, JPG, JIF, JPE, JPEG, MAC, MSP, PBM, PCX, PGM, PIC, PPM, PNG, PSD, PSP (PSPIMAGE FILES), RAS, RAW, RIF, RIFF, RLE, SCT, CT, JPS, PNS, TGA, TIF, TIFF, WBMP, WBM, WEBP, WMF

VideoStudio Pro X6

Motion Tracking

Moving objects can easily be targeted, tracked, and linked to with text or graphical elements. Thought bubbles or text indicators can be added to subjects or moving faces or license plates can be blurred.

Customizable Motion

The movement of graphics, titles, objects, and video clips can all be controlled in order to create more dynamic productions with picture-in-picture and other professional quality effects. Set motions can also be saved to a Path library for later use.

DSLR Stop Motion

Full HD stop motion movies can be created that utilize and emphasize the unique look and benefits associated with DSLR imagery.

DSLR Enlarged Mode

A DSLR's control set can be easily mimicked on a PC or Windows tablet for greater efficiency when shooting.

4K Video Support

Ultra HD (4K) video support is afforded for working with large file sizes with resolutions up to 4096 x 2160.

AVCHD 2.0 Support

High definition AVCHD 2.0, AVCHD 3D, AVCHD Progressive, and AVCHD 3D Progressive format types are all supported and, additionally, a dedicated AVCHD menu is available for adding menu navigation, subtitles, and other effects as well as the ability to export videos to an SD memory card.

Variable Playback Speed Control

Enhanced variable speed controls enable slowing down or speeding up of video playback. Selective control allows you to add these time-based effects to any portion of your video without having to work with multiple clips.

Screen Capture

For creating how-to videos or other presentation type videos, you can record your on-screen actions and control the playback frame rate and add animated mouse clicks for more effective presentations.

Subtitle Editor

On-screen text can be added in addition to the audio for foreign language applications. A refined Subtitle Editor can also use voice detection technology in order to match the subtitles to the dialog within videos.

Customizable Templates and Transition Effects

Video production can be enhanced through the use of a variety of easy-to-customize templates to help streamline your editing workflow. Additionally, the look and feel of transitions can be modified for more personality when transitioning between clips.

Track Swapping

Overlay tracks can be swapped during editing using a simplified method while still retaining all of the information and associated effects, contents, and attributes of each individual track.

QuickTime Alpha Channels

Animated sequences with transparent backgrounds can now be imported and used based on support for QuickTime movies containing alpha channels. This enables working with animations made in other 2D or 3D animation programs within the VideoStudio Pro X6 interface.

Simplified Editing Process

The overall production process can be accomplished in three easy steps; import photos, videos, audio, or graphics to the library; drag to a timeline in any specific order; and export to the finalized movie. Furthermore, the intuitive interface enables you to add further creative enhancements at any time.

Multitrack Timeline and Storyboard View

Movies can be created by working with either a multitrack or Storyboard interface. Within a multitrack view, you can add effects or transitions, reveal or hide tracks, zoom in and out, or customize the Timeline to fit with the working tracks. For an easier, scene-by-scene view the Storyboard view can be used and easily toggled to from the multitrack view.

Advanced Compositing and Visual Effects

21 fully-customizable multimedia tracks, support for custom motion and alpha channels, and the ability to work with PaintShop Pro layers, working within VideoStudio X6 allows for a broad reach of creative control using different origin mediums in order to produce unique and creative finalized movies.

Photo Slideshows

Slideshows from still photos can easily be created in full HD and enhanced through the use of music, effects, transitions, custom graphics, and other effects to fine-tune the final appearance based on how the slideshow will be shown.

Online Sharing

Videos can be shared directly from the VideoStudio interface to online sharing sites like YouTube, Facebook, Flickr, or a personal website.

DVD and Blu-ray Disc Authoring

Comprehensive disc authoring tools can be used for saving videos and photo slideshows to DVD, Blu-ray, or ISO disc image. The authoring features allow you to include onscreen graphics, menus, titles, and subtitles.

Create Videos for Mobile Devices

Movies can be output in formats that are best-suited to playback on an iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, or Sony PSP as well as Android or Windows smartphones.

Supported Input/Output Devices

iPhone, iPad, iPod Classic with video, iPod touch, Sony PSP, Windows and Android smartphones

Cameras and camcorders that record to internal memory, memory card, DVD disc or hard drive

USB capture devices, PC cameras, webcams

IEEE 1394/FireWire cards for use with DV, D8 or HDV camcorders

USB Video Class (UVC) DV

Support for OHCI-Compliant

IEEE-1394

Analog capture cards for analog camcorders (VFW and WDM support for Windows XP and Broadcast)

Windows-compatible Blu-ray Disc, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, DVD-RAM and CD-R/RW drives

DSLR cameras for stop motion: Canon EOS 1Ds Mark III, EOS 1D Mark IV, EOS 1D Mark III, EOS 1D X, EOS 5D Mark III, EOS 5D Mark II, EOS 7D, EOS 40D, EOS 50D, EOS 60D, EOS 60Da, EOS 650D/Rebel T4i, EOS 600D/Rebel T3i, EOS 1100D/Rebel T3, EOS 550D/Rebel T2i, EOS 500D/Rebel T1i, EOS 450D/Rebel XSi, EOS 1000D/Rebel XS

Supported Input Formats

Video: AVI, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, AVCHD™, MPEG-4, H.264, BDMV, DV, HDV, DivX, QuickTime, RealVideo, Windows Media Format, MOD (JVC MOD File Format), M2TS, M2T, TOD, 3GPP, 3GPP2

Audio: Dolby Digital Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, MP3, MPA, WAV, QuickTime, Windows Media Audio, Ogg Vorbis

Images: BMP, CLP, CUR, EPS, FAX, FPX, GIF, ICO, IFF, IMG, J2K, JP2, JPC, JPG, PCD, PCT, PCX, PIC, PNG, PSD, PSPImage, PXR, RAS, RAW, SCT, SHG, TGA, TIF, UFO, UFP, WMF

Disc: DVD, Video CD (VCD), Super Video CD (SVCD)

Supported Output Formats

Video: AVI, MPEG-2, AVCHD, MPEG-4, H.264, BDMV, HDV, QuickTime, RealVideo, Windows Media Format, 3GPP, 3GPP2, WebM

Audio: Dolby Digital Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, MPA, M4A, WAV, QuickTime, Windows Media Audio, Ogg Vorbis

Images: BMP, JPG

Disc: DVD (DVD-Video/DVD-VR/AVCHD), Blu-ray Disc (BDMV)

Media: CD-R/RW DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, DVD-R Dual Layer, DVD+R Double Layer, BD-R/RE