Editing PaintShop Pro (section)

====JASC Paint Shop Pro releases: 1990–2004====
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! Version number
! Release date
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| style="text-align:center; background:#c0c0c0"| 0.9 || 1990 ||
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| style="text-align:center; background:#c0c0c0"| 1.0 || 1992 ||
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| style="text-align:center; background:#c0c0c0"| 1.02a || 1992 ||
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| style="text-align:center; background:#c0c0c0"| 1.02a || 1993 ||
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| style="text-align:center; background:#c0c0c0" | 2.0 || 14 August 1993 || Introduces the floating toolbar
Changes over Paint Shop 2.02 includes:
*[[Object linking and embedding]]
*Status bar showing image colour depth/dimensions, cursor location, image memory size, system memory size, activity progress bar.
*Image acquisition from [[TWAIN]]-compliant device
*Selectable import image size
*Batch conversion
*Selectable [[JPEG|JIF/JPG]] compression level
*Selectable [[dots per inch|DPI]] settings for PCX/TIFF/WPG
*Selectable printer from local/network source
*Built-in portrait/landscape print mode, paper size/source selection
*Selectable screen capture time (immediately after selection/on right mouse click)
*Selectable undo buffer source (disabled/memory/disk)
*undo operation
*emptying clipboard
*zoom view (10:1 zoom out to 1:10 zoom in)
*Floating tools/[[histogram]] window
*arbitrary image rotation (0-359 degrees in 1 degree increment), adding border to image, image resizing with aspect ratio preservation option, filtered image resizing
*image filters ([[Edge enhancement|edge enhance]], find edges, trace contour, blur, sharpen, soften, add noise (random/uniform), [[despeckle]], dilate, [[Image embossing|emboss]], erode, [[Median filter|median]], [[Pixelization|mosaic]] (square/non-square, 2-100 pixels), posterize (1-7 levels per channel), custom (1x1-5x5 matrix with custom division factor/bias, selectable colour channels, filter presets (includes enhance detail; import/export filter))
*additional colour tools ([[gamma correction]] (0.01-4.99, with preview), highlight/shadow (with preview), solarize (with preview), palette edit/import/export (at 4/8bpp modes only), colour counter, decreasing [[colour depth]] (8/15/16bpp, X(17-256) colours), increasing colour depth), previews for brightness/contrast, red/green/blue colour channel adjustment; selectable colour channel when decreasing colour depth to 2 colours, additional options when decreasing colour depth to 16/256 colours (optimized/standard palette, nearest colour/[[Ordered dithering|ordered dither]]/[[error diffusion]], boost marked colour, include Windows colours, reduce [[Color bleeding (computer graphics)|colour bleeding]]), additional options when decreasing colour depth to 32k/64k colours (nearest colour/ordered dither/error diffusion)
*additional capture options (client area/window capture, cursor capture)
*Multi-document interface, document window duplication
*Histogram
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| style="text-align:center; background:#c0c0c0" | 2.01 || 15 November 1993 || Changes to Paint Shop Pro 2.00 includes:
*Catalog ad for ImageCommander, and order forms for ImageCommander in Paint Shop Pro help file
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| style="text-align:center; background:#c0c0c0"| 3.0 || August 1993? ||
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| style="text-align:center; background:#c0c0c0" | 3.11 || 14 August 1995 (2-disk archive edition), 11 August 1997 (joined installer archive) ||
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| style="text-align:center; background:#c0c0c0" | 3.12 || 1 July 1996 ([[16-bit|16]]/[[32-bit]] compilation),<ref name="What's New At Jasc, Inc">{{cite web |url = http://jasc.com/new.html |title = What's New At Jasc, Inc. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970411031806/http://jasc.com/new.html |archive-date=11 April 1997 |url-status=dead}}</ref> 25 November 1996 (2-disk shareware archive edition) || Supports [[Win32s]], Windows 95, [[Windows NT 4.0]]
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| style="text-align:center; background:#c0c0c0" | 4.0 || 1 July 1996 (registered)<ref name="What's New At Jasc, Inc"/> || First 32-bit only release. Changes from 3.12 includes:<ref>{{cite web |url = http://jasc.com/jul1096.html |title = Jasc INTRODUCES PAINT SHOP PRO 4 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970411034326/http://jasc.com/jul1096.html |archive-date=11 April 1997 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*new paintbrush tool increases the user's artistic control by allowing custom settings of size, shape and paper texture for any brush type (pen, pencil, marker, crayon, chalk, charcoal, airbrush and paintbrush tool)
*[[Image editing#Selection|Magic Wand]] tool supports capture an area of an image based on hue or brightness values
*enhanced selections tool support adjusting overall opacity, designate a transparent color, or feather a selected area to create the illusion of a smooth edge
*new file format support include:
:*progressive encoded support for JPEG files
:*alpha channel support for the TIFF
:*alpha channel support for TGA 
:*alpha channel support for [[Portable Network Graphics|PNG]]
*A Channels feature that allows users to split or combine an image's RGB values, with a histogram window that displays red, green, blue and [[luminance]] channel information.
*An Image Arithmetic feature for combining two images together using functions, channels and/or modifiers.
*The ability to open the same image both at the zoom and whole-image level
*An integrated image browser that permits visual searching of thumbnails and optional saving of thumbnails.  Thumbnail size and selection colors are adjustable.
*customizable toolbar
*The option of performing multiple screen captures using the screen capture utility.
*Increased system requirement to [[Intel 80486]] or compatible CPU, 8 MB RAM, 5 MB hard drive space 
Power pack version includes [[Kai's Power Tools]] SE.
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| style="text-align:center; background:#c0c0c0" | 4.10 || 3 September 1996 (registered upgrade patch) || Changes to 4.0 includes:<ref name="What's New At Jasc, Inc"/>
*GIF and PNG [[Transparency (graphic)|transparency]] previews
*full screen viewing/editing
*support for opening CMYK JPG files
*ability to load third party plug-ins in the background as the program loads
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| style="text-align:center; background:#c0c0c0" | 4.12 || 10 January 1997 (shareware, registered upgrade patch)<ref name="What's New At Jasc, Inc"/> ||
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| style="text-align:center; background:#c0c0c0" | 4.14 || 13 October 1997 (shareware, registered, registered upgrade patch)<ref name="What's New At Jasc, Inc"/> || Changes from 4.12 includes:
*improved memory performance
*improved TIFF file format support
*addresses stability issues reported by users
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| style="text-align:center; background:#c0c0c0" | 4.15 || April 1998 ||
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| style="text-align:center; background:#c0c0c0" | 4.15 SE || April 1999 || [[Bundled software]] edition distributed with some PC peripherals, as well as an issue of ''[[PC Advisor]]''
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| style="text-align:center; background:#c0c0c0" | 5.0 beta || 20 February 1998 || Changes from version 4.14 includes:<ref>{{cite web |url = http://jasc.com/feb2098.html |title = Jasc Software Announces Public Beta of Paint Shop Pro 5 with Animation Shop |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19980514082356/http://jasc.com/feb2098.html |archive-date=14 May 1998 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*JASC Animation Shop
*Newly supported image formats include Multi-layer PSD, Kodak PhotoPIX, [[FlashPix]], [[Scitex CT]], Pro Photo-CD, 24-bit [[Interchange File Format|IFF]], PSP, and enhanced [[metafile]]
*Support for [[Layers (digital image editing)|layers]] editing, including blend mode controls, layer grouping, naming, visibility, transparency locking, user masking, and variable opacity.
*User-customized viewable grids and display optional on-screen rulers.
*Support for Kodak DC40, DC50 and DC120 digital cameras.
*Support for pressure-sensitive [[drawing tablet]]s.
*Increased TWAIN support
*printing CMYK color separations directly
*multiple levels of undo (limited only by available hard disk space) with viewable history
*New retouching brushes (dodge, burn, saturation, hue, lightness, and HSL to target modes)
*Added adjustable cropping and Free Form deformation tools
*New filters (arithmetic, buttonize, blur, [[Gaussian blur]], sharpening and unsharpening)
*New Picture Tubes brushes allows inserting a sequence of graphic elements such as letter blocks, pointing hands, rocks, old cars, candy, etc. as the user drags the mouse across an image
*New colour manipulation tools (shifting of color ranges, splitting channels to HSL and CMYK, combining channels, [[Octree]] method for decreasing colors)
*Tree-based file browser based on [[File Explorer|c]]-style interface.
*Supports Photoshop file format plug-ins (also supports custom input/output devices)
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| style="text-align:center; background:#c0c0c0" | 5.0 || 6 April 1998<ref>{{cite web |url = http://jasc.com/apr0698.html |title = Jasc Software Announces Paint Shop Pro 5 for Affordable, High-Quality Image Editing |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19980514080449/http://jasc.com/apr0698.html |archive-date=14 May 1998 |url-status=dead}}</ref> || Retail version of Paint Shop Pro 5.

Japanese-language version was distributed by P & A, Inc.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://jasc.com/march0599.html |title = Jasc Software Announces Pending Distributor Agreement in Japan |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990821061519/http://jasc.com/march0599.html |archive-date=21 August 1999 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| style="text-align:center; background:#c0c0c0" | 5.01 || June 1998 ||
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| style="text-align:center; background:#c0c0c0" | 5.03 || May 1999 ||
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| style="text-align:center; background:#c0c0c0" | 6.00 || 13 September 1999<ref>{{cite web |url = http://jasc.com/sept1399.html |title = Jasc Software Ships Paint Shop Pro 6 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991104130632/http://jasc.com/sept1399.html |archive-date=4 November 1999 |url-status=dead}}</ref> || Changes to Paint Shop Pro 5 include:<ref>{{cite web |url = http://jasc.com/aug0999.html |title = Jasc Software Announces Paint Shop Pro 6 and Animation Shop 2 for High-Powered Web Site and Digital Image Enhancement |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991104123113/http://jasc.com/aug0999.html |archive-date=4 November 1999 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*Included Jasc Animation Shop 2
*New [[vector graphics]] tools (editable text tools, illustration tools with node editing)
*multiple color/transparency gradients with custom gradient profiles
*New special effects (including [[Bevel]], Weave, Blinds), deformations, and filters
*JPEG and GIF optimizer tools
*Multiple-image layout and printing
*Adjustment layers for editable color corrections
*Direct support for over 120 digital camera models
*Enhanced visual Browser file management
*OLE screen capture module
*Multiple-level redo
*Expanded palette functionality (improved Layer and Tool Options palettes)
*Enhanced user interface (including roll-up palettes and a recent colors picker)
*Enhanced integration between Paint Shop Pro 6 and Animation Shop 2
*Expanded file format support 
German version of Jasc Paint Shop Pro 6 was distributed by MicroBasic.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://jasc.com/press/oct1899.html |title = Jasc Software Announces Distributor Agreement in Germany with MicroBasic |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000126055748/http://jasc.com/press/oct1899.html |archive-date=26 January 2000 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
Italian version of Jasc Paint Shop Pro 6 was distributed by Questar.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.jasc.com/press/2000/jun1200.asp |title = Jasc Software Announces Distributor Agreement in Italy with Questar |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000816233439/http://www.jasc.com/press/2000/jun1200.asp |archive-date=16 August 2000 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| style="text-align:center; background:#c0c0c0" | 6.01 || December 1999 ||
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| style="text-align:center; background:#c0c0c0" | 6.02 || 2000 February ||
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| style="text-align:center; background:#c0c0c0" | 7.0 public beta || 10 July 2000 ||Changes from Paint Shop Pro 6 includes:<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.jasc.com/press/pressrelease.asp?press_id=17 |title = Public Beta for Jasc Paint Shop Pro Version 7.0 Announced |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010418041834/http://www.jasc.com/press/pressrelease.asp?press_id=17 |archive-date=18 April 2001 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*Included Jasc Animation Shop 3
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| style="text-align:center; background:#c0c0c0" | 7.0 || 21 September 2000<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.jasc.com/press/pressrelease.asp?press_id=41 |title = Jasc Software Releases Jasc Paint Shop Pro 7.0 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001215011400/http://www.jasc.com/press/pressrelease.asp?press_id=41 |archive-date=15 December 2000 |url-status=dead}}</ref>||Retail version of Jasc Paint Shop Pro 7.0.
Paint Shop Pro 7J is a localized version of Jasc Paint Shop Pro 7 for Japan market from P. & A. Inc., released on November 10, 2000.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.pandasw.com/utilities.htm |title = P. & A.&nbsp; Utilities |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040202105542/http://www.pandasw.com/utilities.htm |archive-date=2 February 2004 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
Polish version of Jasc Paint Shop Pro 7 was distributed by Connect Distribution.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.jasc.com/press/pressrelease.asp?press_id=50 |title = Jasc Software Announces Distribution Agreement in Poland with Connect Distribution |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010417102221/http://www.jasc.com/press/pressrelease.asp?press_id=50 |archive-date=17 April 2001 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| style="text-align:center; background:#c0c0c0" | 7.01 || 2001 February ||
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| style="text-align:center; background:#c0c0c0" | 7.02 || 2001 March ||Brazil version of Jasc Paint Shop Pro 7.02 was distributed by XpressSoft.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.jasc.com/press/pressrelease.asp?press_id=53 |title = Jasc Software Announces Distribution Agreement in Brazil with XpressSoft |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020808005959/http://www.jasc.com/press/pressrelease.asp?press_id=53 |archive-date=8 August 2002 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| style="text-align:center; background:#c0c0c0" | 7.04 || 22 August 2001 (Anniversary Edition) || The Jasc Paint Shop Pro 7 Anniversary Edition includes:<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.jasc.com/press/pressrelease.asp?press_id=56 |title = Jasc Paint Shop Pro Celebrates 10th Anniversary with New Release |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020808010109/http://www.jasc.com/press/pressrelease.asp?press_id=56 |archive-date=8 August 2002 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*Jasc Paint Shop Pro 7.04
*Jasc Media Center Plus 3.1
*Jasc Animation Shop 3.04
*Special effects filters from Alien Skin Eye Candy, Virtual Painter, and Flaming Pear Essentials
*A new Product Tour that explores common projects
*Bonus hands-on tutorials from Paint Shop Pro experts
*30 new Picture Tubes, picture frames, and fun shapes
Chilean version of Jasc Paint Shop Pro 7 was distributed by Success S.A.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.jasc.com/press/pressrelease.asp?press_id=60 |title = Jasc Software Announces Distribution Agreement in Chile with Success S.A. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020808010919/http://www.jasc.com/press/pressrelease.asp?press_id=60 |archive-date=8 August 2002 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
Argentina (Spanish) version of Jasc Paint Shop Pro 7 was distributed by Softland.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.jasc.com/press/pressrelease.asp?press_id=62 |title = Jasc Software Announces Master Distributor in Argentina |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031206220855/http://www.jasc.com/press/pressrelease.asp?press_id=62 |archive-date=6 December 2003 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*France version of Jasc Paint Shop Pro 7 was distributed by AB Soft.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.jasc.com/press/pressrelease.asp?press_id=75 |title = Jasc Software Announces Distribution Agreement in France with AB Soft |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040210140921/http://www.jasc.com/press/pressrelease.asp?press_id=75 |archive-date=10 February 2004 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| style="text-align:center; background:#c0c0c0" | 7.05 || 2002 June || Version number used by a Dell specific bundled version as part of Dell Picture Studio<ref>{{cite web |url = http://ftp.jasc.com:80/pub/PSP705toure.exe |title = PSP 7.05 Product Tour for Dell customers |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020711161932if_/http://ftp.jasc.com:80/pub/PSP705toure.exe |archive-date=11 July 2002 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://ftp.jasc.com:80/pub/PSP705guide.exe |title = PSP 7.05 Getting Started Guide for Dell customers |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040621234430if_/http://ftp.jasc.com:80/pub/PSP705guide.exe |archive-date=21 June 2004 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| style="text-align:center; background:#c0c0c0" | 8.00 public beta || 17 February 2003<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.jasc.com/press/pressrelease.asp?press_id=83 |title = Jasc Software Releases Jasc Paint Shop Pro 8 Public Beta |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030404140150/http://www.jasc.com/press/pressrelease.asp?press_id=83 |archive-date=4 April 2003 |url-status=dead}}</ref> ||
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| style="text-align:center; background:#c0c0c0" | 8.00 || 28 April 2003|| Changes to Jasc Paint Shop Pro 7 include:<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.jasc.com/press/pressrelease.asp?press_id=88 |title = Jasc Paint Shop Pro 8 Sets A New Standard for Digital Imaging and Photography |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030810002142/http://www.jasc.com/press/pressrelease.asp?press_id=88 |archive-date=10 August 2003 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*Automated Productivity Scripts [[Macro (computer science)|macro]] scripting (based on [[Python (programming language)|Python]])
*Dynamic Personalization user interface customizations (menus, toolbars, keyboard shortcuts and workspaces), task-specific work environments.
*New precision Background Eraser tool
*new Perspective Correction tool
*new effects and filters
*One Step Photo Fix, Learning Center. New brush engine.

Paint Shop Power Suite includes Jasc Paint Shop Photo Album 4, Jasc Paint Shop Xtras—Creative Edition 1, Jasc Paint Shop Xtras—Creative Edition 2, Jasc Animation Shop.
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| style="text-align:center; background:#c0c0c0" | 8.01|| ''2003 June'' ||
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| style="text-align:center; background:#c0c0c0" | 8.10|| ''2003 October'' || The last version to support [[Windows 95]]{{citation needed|date=March 2015}}
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| style="text-align:center; background:#c0c0c0" | 9.00|| ''2004 August'' || Adds a history palette, natural media brushes, fill flash, backlight filter, limited [[raw image format]] support{{citation needed|date=March 2015}}
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| style="text-align:center; background:#c0c0c0" | 9.01|| ''2004 September'' || Final version to support [[Windows 98]] and [[Windows ME]]{{citation needed|date=March 2015}}

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