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

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.

Corel Painter Essentials 3

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.