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Add to SafariWhen comparing PaintShop Pro vs PhotoFlare, the Slant community recommends PhotoFlare for most people. In the question“What is the best photo editing software?” PhotoFlare is ranked 14th while PaintShop Pro is ranked 19th. The most important reason people chose PhotoFlare is:
An easy to use GUI, inspired by the equally great PhotoFiltre editor. Very suitable for beginners to add that special touch to photos/images.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Has tutotirals
There are quite a few tutorial videos available on Paint Shop's website for users.
Pro Several file formats supported
Can read and write images in several file formats: PCX, PNG, GIF, CDR, PSD, JPG, EPS, TIF, TGA, WMF... even RAW.
Pro Custom palettes
Being able to work with a pre-defined number of color palettes, save and load custom palettes and several modes to reduce the number of colors on a picture.
Pro User friendly
An easy to use GUI, inspired by the equally great PhotoFiltre editor. Very suitable for beginners to add that special touch to photos/images.
Pro Very fast
Starts up very quick and most editing features run at a high speed.
Pro RAW support
This program can open most RAW formats produced by high quality DSLR cameras. Great feature to have if you own a high end Nikon or Canon camera. (other brands supported too)
Pro Open Source
Offers a Community Edition which is free and the full code is available on Github.
Pro Cross Platform
Runs on all major platforms such as Windows, Linux and Mac.
Cons
Con Windows only
Con Feature maturity can be low
Some features lack polish or still require more development to make them more useful. Looks like not all features have been given the same development time.
