Corel PaintShop Pro vs. Topaz Gigapixel AI

Corel PaintShop Pro is well suited for photographers wanting to adjust photos and also for designers who want to create designs from scratch, working in layers and merging various elements. Due to slow load times, Corel PaintShop Pro is not well suited when you only have a few small tasks to do and when a lightweight alternative will do the job just as well (e.g. cropping and red-eye removal).

If you have high resolution images, it does a remarkably good job at resizing and resampling. It has to have something to work with, so I recommend it only be used on good quality images. On four to five megapixel images, I don't think it works as well as on my 20+ megapixel photos.

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• Crop
• Straighten
• Scratch repair
• General retouch

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• Upscale images for incredibly well
• Cleverly fills in lost detail
• There’s some control or you can also have it fully automated
• Quick to use

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• I would like to see better smart cropping, we have the need for use in our carrying and travel cases for foam cut-outs. This requires a picture to be taken of the product and then outlined. The latest Apple update does a much better job of it than Corel. A definite need in our business

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• Currently, it doesn't support RAW images. I'd like to see that.
• It can be slow on older systems. I recommend newer hardware.

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It's what I am most familiar with.

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I previously tagged Corel PaintShop Pro as an 8, but I'm moving on up to 10. I've been a user for many years. I always purchase the updates when they come out, and they have consistently gotten better with each release. Corel PaintShop Pro provides features that I haven't seen in other similar apps at this price point - alot of bang for the buck. If Corel keeps making and updating this program, I will absolutely keep purchasing it.

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Always available when I need to use it

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I would say that the program loads a LITTLE slow, but that's not a problem, considering everything that likely needs to load in the background for it to do what it does. Once running, the program performs very acceptably.

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We have never used or needed Support

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Topaz always responds to my questions in a few hours or a day at most. They've been able to explain their answers and give detail I needed to complete my work. Their instructions are quite clear and easy to use. I haven't had to reference any third-party support sources to get answers.

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Great product and great solution for our photo re-touching and web work as an enhancement to CorelDraw

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I find Corel PaintShop Pro to be a lot more user friendly and affordable.

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Since they aren't direct competitors I don't expect PaintShop to hold up to a specialized piece of software. PaintShop allows you to resize but it's not intended to resample as well as Gigapixel AI.

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No contract terms. This is a standalone desktop app. Pricing is very affordable. Don't change a thing.

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So far, any use I've had with paintshop pro is already in the standard scope

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• Our website is better because of Corel PaintShop Pro
• Our brochures for tradeshows are much better due to PaintShop Pro

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• Saved time and money when clients have a limited budget for imagery and supply their own images for use
• Saves time in choosing alternative images especially if there’s a perfect one to use but the resolution is sufficiently high enough

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