Browse effects
View all the creative possibilities applied to your active image with the effects browser.

Set black and white points
The Black and White Points effect allows you to rebalance the highlights, midtones, and shadows of your photo to a Retail range of colors.

Correct distortions
Correct common pincushion, fisheye and barrel distortions.

Produce a romantic effect
Add soft, romantic lighting to your photos using the Soft Focus effect.

Halftone your images
Reproduce the halftone process used in printing.

Add balls and bubbles
Create 3D balls or transparent bubbles anywhere on your image with the Balls and Bubbles filter.

Call attention to your image
Use the Magnifying Lens effect to bring attention to a portion of your image by placing a magnifying lens over it.

Create Web page backgrounds
Create high-quality seamless patterns and tiled images for Web pages, presentations, or other creative projects with Seamless Tiling and the Offset effect.

Correct perspective
Fix distorted perspective in photos with the time-saving Perspective Correction tool.

Straighten photos
Straighten a tilted or crooked scan or photo without any guesswork using the Straighten tool.

Erase backgrounds
The precision Background Eraser detects and erases pixels along the strongest edge, making it a snap to remove background areas from your photographs.

Warp images
Use the Warp Brush or Mesh Warp to stretch, shrink, twist, or push your photos to create imaginative images.

Paint naturally
Enjoy greater precision and control with the new Painting Engine. Now you can save custom brush tips to use with any brush tool or share with others.

Edit Selection Mode
In this mode, selections are treated as a layer allowing you to use the raster painting, drawing tools, and effects to modify the selection marquee.

Mask Layers
Masks are created as grayscale adjustment layers, making it easy to create and edit masks to create stunning compositions.

Layer Groups
Group common elements of an image to be viewed, moved, or hidden as a single unit for ultimate control over layered images.

Pen Tool
Combines the Line tool and Node Edit features in a single tool, making vector-based illustration and editing easier than ever.

Text Tool
The redesigned Text tool, featuring character-by-character formatting and automatic on-screen text proofing, makes it easier to add text to your images.

Save time
Record, edit, and save commonly used tasks with Automated Productivity Scripts™.

Personalize Paint Shop Pro
Use Dynamic Personalization™ to dock palettes, customize toolbars, and place any tool or command on any tool or toolbar in the program to create a workspace that’s tailored to you.

Print with ease
Choose from hundreds of templates to accommodate any printing project.

Convert to virtually any file format
With support for nearly 50 formats, Paint Shop Pro lets you convert the newest file formats.

Paint Shop Pro 8 Minimum System Requirements

Pentium® processor or equivalent

Microsoft® win® 98/98SE, NT4 SP6, 2000 SP4, ME, XP

128 MB of RAM

400 MB of free hard disk space

16-bit color display adapter at 800x600 resolution

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or later (win 98 requires Internet Explorer 6.0 or later)

Macromedia Flash™ Player