Corel PaintShop Pro X9 is defined by new tools, enhanced features, and performance gains that help you focus on enjoying the creative journey. As always, working closely with our users was an essential part of creating this version of the versatile photo-editing tool that many professional and enthusiast photographers and designers have come to rely upon.

Build something great, faster than ever with new project templates. With New from Template, you don’t need to be an expert to create professional-looking projects that impress. Quickly make personalized greetings, brochures and more. Save your own layouts as templates to speed up future design and photo projects.

Demonstrate, communicate and collaborate with clarity using new Screenshot. Capture, edit and annotate screenshots in one place--no need for multiple applications. With new Smart Capture mode, grabbing an image from your screen is as easy as hovering over the area you want to capture. Choose from a standard set of capture dimensions or create your own presets. Fully customizable capture and output options allow you to create a personalized or automated capture solution. For more information, see Using Screenshot.

Make a smooth transition to an easier way of adjusting gradients with the new Gradient Fill Tool. Save time by dropping a gradient directly onto an image, shape or canvas--reserving the Materials Palette for more advanced jobs. Simply drag and drop color swatches and move nodes on the Gradient Fill tool to alter gradients to your liking. For more information, see Applying a color or transparency gradient with the Gradient Fill tool.

Get the creative looks you love faster and discover fun new text effects with new Text Presets. These free and premium presets are added dynamically to PaintShop Pro, giving you new text options to keep your designs fresh—without having to update your software! For more information, see Saving text presets.

Quickly apply the text styles you want with a simplified text toolbar. Choose colors quicker and customize your text toolbar to show the items you use frequently and hide the ones you don't. For more information, see Formatting text.

PaintShop Pro's most widely used photo adjustments now offer real-time performance, letting you see your edits instantly, for a quick and responsive editing experience.

Combine PaintShop Pro X9 with a graphics tablet or a stylus-friendly PC to experience a world of creativity that's more natural, direct and precise. Enjoy enhanced stylus performance with new support for Windows Real-Time Stylus devices, including the Microsoft Windows Surface family of PCs. For information about setting your preferences, see To set pen tablet interface.

Save time and increase productivity by combining Smart Photo Fix and batch processing to apply adjustments to multiple photos at once. For more information, see Processing files in batches.

Scripts bring the power of automation to photo editing, reducing repetition and accelerating common or complex photo-editing actions. Silent scripts lets you apply scripts faster. Can't get enough of scripting? Browse the Welcome Guide to add more useful scripts to your collection or download the free Scripting Guide to learn everything you need to know. For more information about scripts, see Scripting basics.

Get to know PaintShop Pro X9 and be successful sooner with our new guided tour. This step-by-step virtual tour will help you confidently find your way around the interface and have you mastering new features in no time, like a true PaintShop Pro!

Whether you're a brainy trainer or a steely-eyed detective, you can now export your edit history. Exporting the session or file editing history lets you quickly document and share your edits. It’s great for building step-by-step tutorials, showing a colleague or friend how to achieve a certain effect, or for legal documentation. For more information, see Exporting the image editing history to a text file.

PaintShop Pro X9 is compatible with Windows Server 2016, making it the perfect fit for any organization in a virtualized environment—for photo editing, graphics creation, screen capture and annotation— whether you're hosting locally or in the cloud.

PaintShop Pro X9 supports the next generation of photo editing technology and innovation: depth-aware photography! Now you can edit XDM photos captured on a RealSense-equipped tablet or camera in PaintShop Pro’s Adjust workspace. Save time and improve selection accuracy by applying effects to objects based on their distance from the camera. For more information, see Using depth information to select areas.

PaintShop Pro X9 adds support for 15 new cameras. Support covers cameras from major camera brands: Canon, Nikon, Olympus, Pentax, Panasonic, Leica and Sony. For more information about working with RAW files, see Working with camera RAW photos.