Ulead PhotoImpact X3 Now Available!

Review - PhotoImpact 12 - Photo Editing Software

Ulead's latest release, , is a strong all-in-one image editing suite packed with features that give you excellent value for the money. It is suitable for beginning photographers as well as advanced photography users, although there is a bit more of a learning curve than with some other photo editing software programs. For under $100, you get a full spectrum of features and tools to handle everything from everyday photo editing and enhancing tasks to advanced features rivaling products that cost much more, plus web graphics creation, drawing and painting, 3D capabilities, animated GIFs, CD burning and other extras.

Ulead PhotoImpact X3 Rating: out of 5. Based on features, easy-of-use and value for the money.

System requirements: Intel Pentium III compatible or above Microsoft Windows® 2000 Service Pack 4, Windows® XP Service Pack 2 Home Edition / Professional, Windows®XP Media Center Edition, Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition CD-ROM Drive 256 MB RAM 750 MB available hard drive space for program and content files True Color or Hi-Color display adapter with 1024x768 resolutions or higher

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Features

• The SmartGuide provides step-by-step directions to walk you through photo editing tasks, video and DVD menu creation, web page and other tasks.
• From the EasyPalette you can access over 800 predefined drag-and-drop effects, shapes, styles ad textures. They can be customized and saved as macros for future use.
• New ExpressFix Mode and Auto-process command for automated photo enhancements to make adjustments to levels, brightness and contrast with one click that makes it easy for beginners. New SmartCurves automatic adjustment for tonal correction.
• New auto white balance control with auto presets and detailed settings to fine-tune adjustments.
• Enhanced noise-reduction feature, enhanced RAW file and 16-bit image support.
• Support for extra large files of images taken with digital cameras 8mp and above.
• Dockable panels to improve and organize your workflow, along with enhanced split screen previewing so you can preview your changes.
• Object Extraction Wizard to extract objects from an image and place them into another image in four steps.
• 70 customizable templates for photo greeting cards and other creative projects
• Supports 52 file formats

Other Editing Tools

Among the many other features are a Vignette tool, 11 filters to create effects such as motion blur or film grain, 7 Artistic effects such as stippling and engraving, 9 Painting effects such as decoupage and halftone, layer mask, enhanced text tool, enhanced path tool, 12 different Painting Tools such as Crayon and Charcoal, 14 retouching tools such as burn,. remove scratch, a Touch-Up Tool, Stamp Tool and Color Picker

Web, DVD and Video Graphics

You can create DVD menu buttons, web and video objects, compress images into web-friendly formats, create web pages or blogs using pre-made templates and javascript effects, and more.

Printing

Print options include Print Multiple, Print Poster, and there are over 200 Preset Layouts.

Bonus Software

PhotoImpact ships with Photo Explore 8.6 with RAW support. Use it to transfer, browse and distribute your digital media, create calendars, burn slideshows and more. You also get PhotoImpact 12 Photo Album with RAW support to catalog, organize and backup your images to CD/DVD. Plus, get Ulead Cool 360 to create 360-degree panoramas and GIF Animator 5.05. Further, you get 1,398 royalty-free images, 2,221 Web elements, and 3,270 customizable effects.

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