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Review by Kepela
Corel PaintShop Pro X7: What I didn’t like; it took forever to install and register. I was able to install two other programs in less time than it took to install and register this program. I’m still not sure it actually did register. I entered my email address and it went to a white screen suggesting it was registering, but that was it. It took about 5 minutes to install. The first time I tried to open it, it wouldn’t open. I got a blank dialog box and after several minutes I closed that and tried again. Finally it did open.nOnce I did get everything working I tried to see the so called video tutorials. It took me online and there were tutorials on how to use my camera to take better pictures, but anything to do with learning this program took me to places where I could purchase stuff, online lessons or additional filters.nIt was easy enough to figure out without the lessons and there is an online manual that can be downloaded. I like that you can use the simple, one step fix and it will evaluate your photo and adjust it for you. You can also use layers, like you can with Adobe, to do more professional photo editing. It has a full array of features to do just about anything you can think of. The ability to do all sorts of fancy text editing is really fun. You can put your photo onto text, it’s fun. It also have a share button that lets you upload your photo to social media like FB and Google +nI installed the program on a windows 7 laptop. I like that it takes up less space than some of the other full feature photo editing programs. I was able to access photos on my other computers via the open and selecting my network, no hesitation or problem. I have had issues with other similar programs not being able to get onto my other computers.nAfter the frustration of installation, it is a fun, easy to use, full featured photo editing program. I like Corel. I find that I’ve been able to do things with this program that I can’t figure out how to do with adobe.