PSP caters for layers and masks as you would expect.
I did like the large preview panes when using this feature. I preferred the Smart Photo Fix, which gives you more control over the edits as shown below. One-Shot Photo Fix is a one-click option that does it all. It also gives you some quicker options for editing photos. You can perform basic image edits and compare the Before and After results as shown below. Corel does offer AfterShot3 as a RAW image editor, but it’s a separate program and not included in this review.
While RAW files can be imported into the program, the editing features are extremely limited compared to Lightroom and Adobe Camera Raw. And if I moved the layer it stuttered instead of moving smoothly. Loading an image file as a layer was quite slow.
When I moved sliders on the RAW image import I had to wait for the software to catch up. But performance was generally slow and noticeably laggy. PSP found my NAS files and let me access them easily. But it works fine with Photoshop CS6 and images with many layers. network attached storage (NAS) for all my RAW files.Īdmittedly my system is about seven years old.two 500GB SATA drives in a Raid 1 configuration for extra backup (PSP was installed on this array).two 180GB SSD in a Raid 1 configuration for the operating system.I tested the performance of PSP 2019 Ultimate on my standard Photoshop machine. So if you plan on using layers I’d opt for the Complete workspace, although you can switch between them quite easily. Layers comes up by default in Complete, whereas I had to manually add it in Essentials and dock it where I wanted it to go. To distinguish between them, Corel has made the interfaces different shades of grey.Įssentials is a light grey, although you can adjust it to one of three different shades. You can also adjust the size of the buttons on the toolbar to make them bigger (as shown below), and move the toolbars and palettes around to suit.Ĭomplete is a dark charcoal grey, and has the filmstrip of images along the bottom. PSP 2019 Ultimate has two workspaces – Essentials and Complete.Įssentials is a cut-down version aimed very much at beginners, while Complete has all the features and options.
Note: Painter Essentials 6, Perfectly Clear 3.5 SE and Aftershot 3 will run only on the 64-bit version of Windows.īoth come with a 30-day free trial, and the $99.99 USD price tag is for a perpetual one-off licence, not a subscription.įor more information, check out the website.
Supported Platforms: Windows 95/98 or NT 4.0