Corel PaintShop Pro 2021 Ultimate | Photo Editing & Graphic Design Software Plus Creative Collection | Amazon Exclusive 5-Brush Starter Pack [PC Disc] [Old Version]

I have purchased several Corel products in the past. This is the first one that I am sorry I purchased. I think they tried to design Paintshop Pro to fit both the very experienced user and casual user. For me a casual user I want to get a task done as quickly and simply as possible. Best example I can provide, for something as basic as resizing a photo, Paintshop has 5 different techniques to get this accomplished. I dont care to have this level of complexity for a simple task and what makes it so complex is a user interface that in my opinion is hard to navigate and not immediately obvious.

Corel Paintshop Pro 2021 Ultimate is a comprehensive photo editing and graphic design software program. While it does offer a lot in the way of options and features, it is not an easy, intuitive program, especially for new users. This software has a definite long learning curve.

Ive been using Paint Shop Pro since the 90s, only stopping for the few years I used a mac. My most recent version for my PC was x8. I have to agree with the others who said theres quite a learning curve required for 2021 Ultimate version as its quite different. But it does offer new features that are worthwhile. Corel offers a lot of videos and tutorials to help us learn to use the program and get the most out of it. There are also a lot of other websites devoted to this same purpose. Ive spent quite a lot of time working with it and it does get easier. Im not a graphic artist but I do like to freshen and restore photos and also create simple logos. I have a feeling my skills will improve with this new version of PSP.

I feel cheated. This is not a bundle of great programs. It is more like one program (PaintShop) and a bundle of demos to try and if you want them, will have to buy them. Worst of all, the ads are quite intrusive. There are pop- ups that appear on your screen interrupting work almost every night.

Both two copies of Corel PaintShop Pro 2021 Ultimate received could not be installed some of the files necessary for this were missing from the installation CDs.

UPDATE:

Basically just started with the program. I have exercised some of the AI features and was very pleased. There is going to be a long learning curve with this as one would expect from a product such as this. There are lots of You Tube videos from very beginners to more advanced features. Real plus is you own the software, no additional fees, so learning as you go will not cost you more! Time and patients are required!

I got taken - doesnt work - wont run!

I did not realize it was more difficult than my Corel Pro X5 and not can not cancel with Amazon Prime as it was a download!

I am sure that somewhere buried in this massive piece of photo handling software there is many useful features, I just cant find out how to effectively use them. Thats bad enough, but what really bothers me is the complications that stand in the way of doing some of the simplest of procedures. In todays world I expect software that does not require a learning curve that requires hours of investigation coupled with the frustration of finding out that so many tools only function on certain levels. Corel apparently does not understand how to make a piece of software that has any level of being intuitive. I did not purchase Paintshop from Amazon, but directly from Corel, although I wish I would have, because I am confident that Amazon would have stood behind a product they sell. Dealing directly with Corel has been very disappointing.