System requirements:
Pentium ® II 400 MHz processor or equivalent minimum
Microsoft ® Windows ® XP or 2000 with the latest service pack
128 MB of computer RAM memory minimum; 256 MB recommended
150 MB of disk space
High Color (16-bit) display colors setting (True Color or 24/32-bit recommended)
1024 X 768 or higher display screen area
Microsoft ® Internet Explorer 5.1 or higher (to access Help, Web Galleries, and Photo Sharing sites)
Macromedia ® Flash Player 7 or higher (included in installer)
While Corel didn't do a major overhaul
like they did with Paint
Shop Pro X2, they did make some helpful
improvements to Photo Album 6 Deluxe Edition, the newest
version of the photo management software.
New Features
A new photo download which automatically
downloads and rotates photos. You can also set it to erase
your images from your camera and to create an instant slide
show of your downloaded images.
The Photo Finder feature of Corel Photo
Album 6 automatically finds all your photos and organizes
them by date taken. The All Photos View lets you browse your
entire photo collection and you can use the software's hierarchical
keyword system to find an exact image. The Photo Trays feature
lets you manage your images for sharing, emailing and printing.
Corel Photo Album 6 also offers a large
selection of templates for calendars, photo greeting cards,
scrapbook pages, albums, collages, multimedia slide shows
and web galleries that you can create with simple drag-and-drop
features.
Editing tools haven't changed much and they
are pretty good. The one-click Quick Fix lets you auto-correct
the color, contrast, and brightness of your photos. There
is a one-click red-eye tool as well as an advanced tool. Other
editing features include cropping to standard photos sizes,
a panorama stitching tool, a Thinify tool that takes a few
pounds off a subject, and black & white or sepia options.
Photo Album 6 Deluxe comes bundled with
some helpful free software that makes the whole package quite
a bargain. You get:
PHOTORECOVERY® ($29 value) to recover
accidentally deleted photos
Scrapbook Templates ($19.95 value) with
over 300 additional templates
Scrapbook Templates Vol. II ($19.95 value)
with 1000s of templates in bright colors
Pixmantec® RawShooter Essentials-
Raw file format workflow software
MyPublisher BookMaker - Create &
order custom hardcover books of your photos
SHOULD YOU BUY IT?
While not quite as good as Photoshop Elements
(which incorporates the previously-standalone Photoshop Album),
Corel Photo Album is still a solid photo management program
with decent editing tools in one package, and the price is
very reasonable. A good buy. If you are looking for a combination of easy-to-use photo and video editing, organizing and sharing features, check out the new Corel Digital Studio 2010.
out of 5. 
