Review by J. Donaldson

I’ve used Elements for several years. I recently had to replace my desktop and jumped to a 64-bit system in which Elements does not have a valid product. One reason I use Elements is for what I think is a superior photo organizer. The Elements organizer allows me to create a hierarchy. For example I have Vacations->2009->lake as three tiers. This style allows me to group things and drill down when I want to. Very nice. Not that all Elements features are that user friendly…

I downloaded a 30 day trial of Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 Ultimate. The organizer to me is a disappointment. It allows one to tag each photo but there is no hierarchy as I described above. Sadly that is enough for me to reject this product.

I give this Corel program high marks for the other features I use including: Sharpen, Crop, Tilt, color-contrast-brightness adjust, and others at that level. I do not spend a lot of time with advanced features.

I give this Corel superior marks over Elements because I can organize and edit in the same program. Elements makes me use the Organizer and a separate Edit program which I find slow and unfriendly.

So I’m still on a march to find a solution. Hope this helps for others who think photo organizing is their top feature as I do.