Corel PhotoImpact X3

PhotoImpact X3, MiniBox, Windows XP/Vista Easy photo editing and digital art projects
Corel® PhotoImpact® X3 combines easy-to-use photo-editing tools with inspiring photo projects and digital art to make digital photography and image creativity fun, fast and easy.

Overview
PhotoImpact X3 is packed with fun photo projects, easy one-click photo fixes and new digital art tools that make your creative projects look their best. Quickly touch up your favorite pictures with innovative ExpressFix editing. Use customizable project templates to create memorable photo gifts in just minutes. Get creative with drawing and painting tools, and work with graphics to enhance your video productions.

Whether you're a beginner or it's your hobby, PhotoImpact X3 will help you create professional-looking graphics for slide shows, videos, DVDs and more.

Easy & Fast ExpressFix Mode
Automated photo enhancements and easy-to-understand options put the tools you need at your fingertips.
- Instantly fix exposure, color and composition
- Beginners like the simplicity, experienced users like the efficiency

Fun Photo Projects
Use easy wizards to create fun photo projects and gifts. Choose from over 200 customizable templates for a wide range of ways to share your pictures.
- Collages
- Comic strips
- Calendars
- Greeting cards

Amazing Digital Art
- Paint realistic looking clouds with the Cloud pen
- Enhance your photos with creative filters
- Draw and paint like a pro

Graphics Tools for Video Enthusiasts
If you're into creating video, you also need tools for photos and graphics:
- Prepare your photos to look their best in a DVD slide show with Slideshow Prep Wizard
- Design and print DVD labels and case covers that match menus in DVD MovieFactory® and VideoStudio®
- Create your own completely custom DVD menus

Correct and enhance photos for maximum impact
Make every picture special with automated photo enhancements and easy-to-understand options for image editing and sharing.

Easy and Fast ExpressFix™ Mode
The unique ExpressFix panel features one-click fixes and enhancements. Easily compare changes with a large preview screen that shows Before and After views.

- SmartCurves – automatically bring out details in dark areas, without overexposing the highlights
- Auto White Balance Control – easily correct your images to make colors look natural under any kind of light
- Reduce Noise – automatically clean up digital artifacts in photos shot in low light or at high ISO settings. Especially useful for improving cell phone pictures
- Photo Project Wizard – easily create collages, comic strips, DVD labels and greeting cards
- New! Next-generation Crop tools - PhotoImpact now offers 2 easy ways to re-compose your pictures for greater impact:
- Rule of Thirds Crop – apply the classic Rule of Thirds grid for more dynamic images
- Golden Ratio Crop – used throughout history by the masters, this is a timeless tool that creates a proportion that is aesthetically pleasing. It worked for the Mona Lisa, it can work for your photos, too!

SmartGuide "How-to" Help
- Step-by-step directions on screen show you how to complete great-looking projects
- Includes guides for basic and advanced photo-editing, Web page, video and DVD menu tasks
- Links take you directly to the tools you need

Enhance photo details even more with advanced editing tools
PhotoImpact X3 includes a complete set of powerful tools to satisfy the demands of high-end users.

Powerful Retouching
Enhance your photos using advanced darkroom tools.
- Dodge, Burn, Remove Scratch – retouch photos to improve quality and add professional-looking photographic effects
- Touch-up Tool – Easily remove skin blemishes and unwanted image details and objects
Enhanced! RAW File Support
Brighter previews, improved performance and a greater number of supported camera models make working with your RAW images easier than ever.

High Dynamic Range
- Create professional images that capture color and detail in both shadows and highlights
- Remove elements of the scene that change between shots
- Enhanced with preset curves for more camera models

Take your photos to new places
New! Photo Projects
- Share your photos as greetings cards, collages, comic strips, and on CD & DVD labels
- Choose from 70 customizable templates
- Follow the simple and fast 3-step wizard to complete projects quickly
Enhanced! COOL 360 Panorama-maker
- Now fully integrated into PhotoImpact
- Seamlessly combine a series of photos
- Create horizontal or even vertical panoramas

Create amazing digital art
Enjoy limitless creative possibilities with PhotoImpact's suite of powerful, easy-to-use image-editing tools.

New & Unique! Cloud Pen
- Say goodbye to dull skies! Now you can paint natural-looking clouds or add fun effects
- Choose from cumulus, cirrus and stratus cloud types
- Get creative with fantasy cloud animals, skywriting or smoke signals
SPECIAL OFFER! Corel® Painter™ Essentials 3 (full version)
A complete home art studio, for novices and experts alike
Draw or paint original artwork, or enhance your photos with paint effects
Natural-Media® watercolor and oil-paint brushes behave just like the real thing!
Automatically turn your photos of kids, travel or weddings into stunning paintings in 3 easy steps!
Creative Photographic Filters
Choose from hundreds of optical effects, textures and lighting effects to add flair to your photos.

Discover graphics tools for video enthusiasts
Make your video productions stand out by creating stunning graphics for slide shows, videos, DVDs and more.
New! Slideshow Prep Wizard
Make sure your photos look their best in a DVD slide show
- Choose from a selection of sophisticated frames, drop-shadow and color-gradient background styles
- Add date/time labels and batch process
- Import your photos into Corel® VideoStudio® or Corel® DVD MovieFactory® to easily create your slide show. PhotoImpact X3 is a great companion tool for these video-editing and DVD authoring applications
New! DVD Content Sets
Present your video projects like a pro. Design and print DVD labels and case covers that match menus in DVD MovieFactory and VideoStudio.

Save Images for Video
Generate GIF & PNG images with transparency for video overlays, logos or lower-thirds.

DVD Menu Maker Plug-in
Create DVD menus for DVD MovieFactory 5 or 6, and VideoStudio 10 or 11.