Corel PaintShop Pro - a LOT of features at an outstanding price point
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
My business currently does a good bit of work for a local funeral home - which includes making memorial videos. Many times, photos come in from families basically in a shoebox. I'll scan the stack... then use Corel PaintShop Pro to crop, straighten, cleanup, retouch, etc. I find myself using a variety of tools in there. They're quite straightforward, and also quite extensive. It's nice that I can do everything that I need to right there in one app.
Pros
- Crop
- Straighten
- Scratch repair
- General retouch
Cons
- It would be nice to see some additional keyboard shortcuts added - and one that comes to mind is Ctrl+W to close an open image.
Likelihood to Recommend
The only circumstance that I can think of where it would be less appropriate is if the user simply didn't want or need all of the capabilities of the program. That being said, they don't HAVE to use them. I think Corel PaintShop Pro is an EXCELLENT balance of bang for the buck - LOTS of features for comparatively few dollars. You can make using it as simple or complex as you like - and the simple stuff is pretty simple. I MUCH prefer it over using the built in Windows photo editing.