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PaintShop Pro® 2019 |
Adobe® Photoshop® CC 2018‡ |
| Pricing model | Perpetual license (software is licensed forever, for one price) | Monthly subscription |
| Volume licensing price | 1 to 4 - $71.99 per unit 5 to 30 - $63.99 per unit |
$407.88 per unit (1 year subscription total) |
| Professional-quality bitmap and photo editing | ||
| Vector graphics | ||
| Photo adjustment tools (White Balance, Brightness/Contrast, Fill Light/Clarity, Vibrancy and more) | ||
| Digital painting and drawing tools | ||
| Portraiture tools | ||
| Levels and Curves | ||
| Text tools | ||
| Image presets powered by Artificial Intelligence | ||
| Instant effects and filters | ||
| One-click photo fixes | ||
| Screenshot tools | ||
| RAW file support | ||
| Layers and Masks | ||
| High Dynamic Range (HDR) tools | (no dedicated HDR module; more steps than PaintShop Pro) |
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| Photo management tools (indexing, metadata, and rating controls) | (separate app – Adobe Bridge) |
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| Enhance photos from within Crop tool | ||
| Content-aware tools (move and fill) | ||
| Project templates | ||
| PSD compatibility | (native Photoshop file format) |
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| UI customization | ||
| Web tools | ||
| Geo-tagging support | ||
| 360° camera support | ||
| Support for automation | (Scripts) |
(Actions) |
| Support for Photoshop plugins | (to version Adobe Plugin SDK ver 10) |
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| Dual monitor mode | ||
| Stylus and graphics tablet support | ||
| In-app Guided Tour |
| Operating Systems | Windows | Windows, Mac, Online |
| File formats supported | Import formatsAI, BMP, CAL, CALS, CGM, CLP, CMX*, CT, CUR, CUT, DCX, DIB, DRW*, EMF, EPS, GIF, HDP, HGL*, HPG*, IFF, IMG, J2C, J2K, JIF, JP2, JPC, JPE, JPEG, JPG, JPS, JPX, MAC, MPO, MRW, MSP, PBM, PCD*, PCT, PCX, PDF, PGL*, PGM, PIC, PICT, PNG, PNS, PPM, PS, PSD, PSP (PSPimage files), RAS, RAW, RIF, RLE, SCT, SVG, SVGZ, TGA, TIF, UFO, WBM, WBMP, WDP, WEBP, WMF, WPG** Export formatsBMP, CAL, CALS, CLP, CUT, DCX, DIB, EMF, EPS, AI, PS, GIF, HDP, WDP, IFF, IMG, JP2, J2C, J2K, JPC, JPX, JPG, JIF, JPE, JPEG, MAC, MSP, PBM, PCX, PGM, PIC, PPM, PNG, PSD, PSP (PSPIMAGE FILES), RAS, RAW, RIF, RIFF, RLE, SCT, CT, JPS, PNS, TGA, TIF, TIFF, WBMP, WBM, WEBP, WMF |
Import/Export formatsPhotoshop PSD, Large Document Format PSB, BMP, Cineon, CompuServe GIF, Photoshop DCS 1.0, Photoshop DCS 2.0, DICOM, Photoshop EPS, IFF format, JPEG, JPEG2000, OpenEXR, PCX, Photoshop PDF, Pixar, PNG, Portable Bit Map, Photoshop Raw, Scitex CT, Targa, TIFF, Wireless Bitmap, Photoshop 2.0 (Mac only), PICT (read only), PICT Resource (Mac only, can open only), Radiance 3D-related formats3D Studio (import only), DAE (Collada), Flash 3D* (export only), JPS* (JPEG Stereo), KMZ (Google Earth 4), MPO* (Multi-Picture format), U3D, Wavefront|OBJ |
| RAW file support | Support for over 650 camera models with the following extensions: 3FR, ARW, CR2, CRW, DCR, DNG, ERF, K25, KDC, MEF, MOS, NEF, NRW, ORF, PEF, RAF, RW2, SR2, SRF, X3F | Yes, hundreds of cameras supported via Adobe Camera RAW |
| Brush formats supported | Yes. PaintShop Pro Brush (.pspbrush), Adobe Photoshop Brush (.abr), Jasc Brush (.jbr) | Photoshop brushes only |
| Audio & video formats supported | None by default (handled separately via Corel Photo Video Bundle) | Audio import formats:AAC*, AIFF*, M2A*, M4A*, MP2*, Mp3* Video import formats:264*, 3GP, 3GPP*, AVC*, AVI, F4V*, FLV*, MOV (QuickTime), MPE*, MPEG 1, MPEG 4, MPEG-2 if a decoder is installed (eg. with an Adobe video suite), MTS*, MXF*, R3D*, TS*, VOB* Video export formats:DPX*, MOV (QuickTime), MP4 |
‡Adobe and Photoshop are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries.
Pricing current as of May 2018
and is subject to change. Pricing obtained from the Adobe Photoshop business licensing page: https://creative.adobe.com/plans
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