v17.3 [May 29, 2015]
Image dialog
Quick Preview For Instant Effects
Smart Edge
Text and Shape Cutting
Faster brushes
Magic Fill
Color Materials palette
XMP support
v17.1 [Jan 9, 2015]
New! Magic Fill
Seamlessly erase an unwanted part of your photo and replace it with background that matches the surrounding area—even if it is textured or varied—with Magic Fill. This content-aware feature works with your favorite selection tools.
Faster brushes
New! Faster brushes
Enhance photos quickly with popular brushes, including Paint Brush, Airbrush and retouching brushes , that are 30% faster. Moving between workspaces is also faster in this release.
Text and Shape Cutting
New! Text and Shape Cutting
Instantly create a photo object by using text or a shape to clip an underlying photo or image. The result is an instant photo object (new file) with a transparent background that you can paste or drag to any image as a layer.
Color Materials palette
New! Color Materials palette
Find the color, texture or pattern you want more quickly with the redesigned Materials palette and Color Picker. Easily sample colors with a Dropper tools and create your own custom palettes to keep track of your favorite combinations.
Image dialog
New! Image dialog
Starting a new project is easier than ever with the new Image dialog (Start Screen). Choose from common sizes for photo, print, web graphics, multimedia or other projects in a new graphics rich interface.
Redesigned dialogs
Enhanced! Redesigned dialogs
Enjoy easier editing with a redesign of eight popular effects, including Selective Focus, Vignette, Retro Lab, Graduated Filter, Depth of Field, Red Eye Removal and more.
Quick Preview For Instant Effects
New! Quick Preview For Instant Effects
A new preview window makes it faster see the results of your Instant Effects. Simply click and immediately see the results before applying to your image.
Smart Edge
New! Smart Edge
Choose this option with brushes to help keep your brushstrokes “inside the lines”. This content-aware feature is ideal for keeping your changes confined to a specific area of your photo.
XMP-support
New! XMP support
With XMP support for RAW images, PaintShop Pro X7 can now read and import data saved in XMP files, which are created by many RAW image-editing programs.
Auto Selection
Enhanced! Layer workflow
PaintShop Pro X7 makes using layers easier than ever. Now you can drag a layer from one image to another and drop it into the Layers palette.
Enlarge your images to incredible sizes without losing their original quality.