Ulead PhotoImpact 12
Professional Image Editing Made Easy

Features and Benefits

Ulead PhotoImpact 12 is a complete image-editing suite for managing, editing and sharing all your digital images. Handy ExpressFix mode makes common photo enhancements fast and easy. Choose from a full range of effects and powerful yet easy-to-use tools for outstanding results. Create and share photo projects, calendars, prints or slideshows, on disc, Web or email.
Tools for Everyday Photo Tasks

NEW! ExpressFix Mode

Perfect for beginners and great for everyday photo tasks. Automated enhancements and easy-to-understand options get you started fast.

Easy to Learn and Use

Enhanced Welcome Screen
The Welcome Screen saves you time. Go straight to the appropriate tool, mode or program that you want to use. Easily return to the Welcome Screen to quickly change modes.
Enhanced Digital Camera Wizard
A simplified dialog box provides a more streamlined workflow for transferring your photos from your camera to your computer.
NEW! SmartGuide How-to Help
Learn how to edit while you edit! SmartGuide provides step-by-step directions on-screen that teach you how to accomplish many basic and advanced photo-editing, Webpage, video and DVD menu creation tasks. Links take you directly to the tools you need.

Auto-process Commands

Make standard photo adjustments automatically with oneclick Levels, Brightness & Saturation, Color, Focus, Straighten, Crop, Enhance and Contrast tools. The new Auto Reduce Noise feature automatically cleans up digital artifacts in photos shot in low light conditions or at high ISO settings.
Enhanced Friendlier Interface
New, big buttons allow you to quickly switch between ExpressFix, Full Edit, Video & DVD and Web modes. Another button lets you start a new or open an existing Photo Project, Calendar, Web Album, Web Slideshow or open the Mobile Image wizard. Jump directly to other programs such as Photo Explorer, COOL 360 and GIF Animator without closing the main program.

Remove Red Eye

Easily remove red eye from people, and yellow or green eyes from animals, in your pictures.
UNIQUE! Scanned Image Fix
Straighten, crop, improve focus, brightness & color balance, fix red eye and add a frame with shadow, for easy post processing of scanned images.

UNIQUE! EasyPalette

Visually choose from a thumbnail library of 800 objects and 2,500 customizable effects. Just drag-and-drop effects onto any image, selected area or object for the most intuitive way to apply effects. Even save macros and images to the EasyPalette.

Photo Frames

Choose from over 260 frames with the option of adding text, image logos and EXIF data.

Dockable panels

Improve your workflow by locking frequently used panels and toolbars together for complete control over your workspace. Now you can turn docking on/off for individual panels.

E-mail

Optimize images and export them as attachments to your e-mail application for seamless sharing.

Save for Mobile

Easily save files to display on your mobile phone, PDA, or other portable device.
Enhanced Split View FX Previewing
The enhanced effects dialog box allows for fast previewing and increased productivity. The screen can be resized freely, even up to full screen. You have the option for an adjustable one-screen Split View, or two-screen Dual View previewing.
Print Multiple Photos & Print Posters
Choose from an array of creative and paper-saving output options.
Web Albums & Slideshows
Upload photos to the Web or burn a slideshow to disc, and share with your family and friends.
Lightning-fast Browse Manager
Instantly see image thumbnails, so you can choose photos and get working fast.

Quick Command Panel

Save time by recording macros to perform a set of tasks on any group of images.
Correct Chromatic Aberration
Clean up chromatic aberration and purple fringing found in images taken with some of todays high-resolution, small-sized sensors.

Batch Convert

Increase your productivity by converting the file format, data type and resolution of multiple images with just one click.

Photo Correction Commands
For more precise image adjustment: Curves, Levels, Color Balance, Color Cast, Color Replacement, Brightness and Contrast, and Focus Enhance Lighting improves exposure by simulating fill flash or by brightening backgrounds. Lens Distortion corrects spherical and trapezoidal distortions typical of wide-angle lenses. Sharpen focuses blurry images by enhancing the contrast between bordering pixels while limiting speckling with built-in noise reduction feature. Gaussian Blur lets you apply easy-to-use blur effects with simple, precise controls.

UFO Preview

View PhotoImpact vector graphics files directly in Windows Explorer so youll know exactly which files you want to open.

High-End Image Editing

NEW! Auto White Balance Control
Make the colors in your photos look natural. The enhanced white balance feature uses advanced perceptual technology to correct colors the way your eyes see. Auto presets allow for quick color adjustments. Detailed settings let you fine-tune the colors of your photos, precisely the way you like them.

Complete Creative Suite

NEW! Photo Project Templates
Share your photos in greeting cards and CD & DVD labels that capture the excitement of any occasion. Choose from 70 customizable templates. The 3-step wizard makes it simple and fast!

Enhanced Reduce Noise

More powerful and much faster, the enhanced Reduce Noise feature uses anisotropic diffusion, providing cleaner, sharper images than ever before. Sliders let you precisely adjust the level of noise reduction you desire.
UNIQUE! Object Extraction Wizard
Professionally extract objects in minutes! Transport your family to exotic places theyve never been. Or combine dreams with reality. Compose a scene of a mouse chasing a cat. Just paint around the edge of your subject, click on the background, extract and refine. Four steps and youre done. Theres even an undo option.
Enhanced RAW file support
Brighter previews, improved performance and a greater number of supported camera models make working with your RAW images better than ever.
Enhanced 16-bit image support
Take advantage of PhotoImpacts selection tools while editing high color depth images. Create and store full 16bit color depth objects in the UFO file format.

Border Anti-Aliasing

Generate an anti-aliased border so image edges wont appear pixelated.
Enhanced High Dynamic Range (HDR)
Combine bracketed exposures of the same scene to create stunning, professional images that capture color and detail in both shadows and highlights. Delete elements of the scene that change between shots. Enhanced with preset curves for more camera models.
Intuitive Selection tools
Make selections based on what you can see without selecting unwanted hidden elements.

Smart Lasso

A selection tool that automatically finds an objects best edges. Works well with straight-edged objects set against high-contrast backgrounds.

UNIQUE! SmartCurves

SmartCurves is automatic image adjustment that compensates for camera response curve anomalies. You get high-quality tonal correction tailored for your camera, for spot-on results.

Soft Edge on objects

Add soft feathery edges for striking montages and smooth alpha-channel video overlays.
UNIQUE! SmartRemove Scene Compositor
Selectively paint out moving elements from multiple shots of the same scene, so you can compose an image with just the elements you want. Show your subject in a series of poses or create a crowd where there was none.
UNIQUE! Match Background Color
Seamlessly blend composited objects into any background for professional-quality montages.
UNIQUE! Object-based Approach
Unlike layer-based programs, PhotoImpacts objects allow for more intuitive image compositing.

Large file performance

Robust support for images taken using digital cameras with resolutions of 8 Megapixels or higher.

Transform Tool

Correct or modify images and objects with robust transform features including Resize, Distort, Add Perspective and Rotate in Virtual 3D.

Add Vignette

Create soft-edge oval frames that make your portraits stand out. With this spotlight effect, you can draw viewers eyes to your subject and reduce distracting background elements.

Painting tools

Paint using 12 different natural media tools such as Crayon, Charcoal, and Pencil. Includes support for pressuresensitive graphics tablets.

Color Cast

Set the right mood. Easily warm up or cool down photos by clicking on any image color and adjusting the hue and saturation using the color wheel.
Powerful Retouching tools
Perfect your photos using 14 different retouching tools, including Dodge, Burn, Remove Scratch and many others.

Touch-up Tool

Easily remove undesirable image details, such as skin blemishes, by subtly duplicating another area of the same image.

Photographic Filters

Full-screen dialog boxes for easier previewing. Achieve professional results that normally require specialized effect filters, including: - Diffraction - Multi-vision - Gradient - Diffuse Glow - Sunlight - Motion Blur - Moon - Star - Duotone - Spot - Film Grain

Color picker

Set the default color picker for more precise creative control.

Stamp Tool

Add custom-designed stamps for fun birthday and holiday cards.

Artistic Effects

Creative effects for montages and other compositions: - Engraving - Cartoon - Artistic Screening - Pen and Ink - Stippling - Contour Drawing - Mosaic Tiles - Impressionist
Web, DVD and Video Graphics
Enhanced Component Designer
Design tailor-made objects with hundreds of preconfigured toolbars, buttons and bars. Now you can also create DVD menu buttons and Web and video objects, such as lowerthird graphics, rollover buttons and banners, all in three easy steps.

Painting Effects

Achieve fantastic results with: - Decoupage - Oil Paint - Weave - Etching - Finger Paint - Pattern Fill - Halftone - Smear - Brick Tiles

DVD Menu Maker Plug-in*

Make custom DVD menus for use in Ulead DVD MovieFactory 5 and Ulead VideoStudio 10. Create various different styles, including Thumbnail, Text and OneScene menus. Even create high-definition menus! DVD Menu Maker gives you complete control over all of the menu elements.

Layer Mask

Explore amazing compositing control with nondestructive layer masks. Customize a masks transparency using painting & gradient tools and enjoy the flexibility of being able to rotate, resize, paint in or paint out masks just like objects. Link and unlink an object to a selection mask so that you can change the objects position and adjust the layer masks size and properties. Great for montages!

DVD Menu library

The EasyPalette comes with DVD backgrounds, buttons, and frames - great for use with any DVD-authoring application!

Enhanced Text Tool

Wrap, bend, and distort 2D & 3D text with freehand paths and even add a border. Now resize text directly on-screen without leaving the Text Tool.
NEW! Web and Blog Page Templates
These ready-to-use and customizable templates let you design your own Web and blog pages easily and quickly.

Enhanced Path Tool

Easily design 2D & 3D objects including editable polygon shapes, lines and text. You can also define the number of sides to create customized shapes. Now you can choose between large and small node sizes for greater flexibility in working with paths. Save time by batch converting multiple path objects to images.

Image Map Tool

Easily create linked hotspots on images for Web sites that are more visually intuitive and user friendly.
UNIQUE! JavaScript Effects
Take advantage of interactive Web page components like cascading menus, rollovers, and scrolling text all without typing a line of code.

Enhanced Z-Merge

PhotoImpact is object-based rather than layer-based, allowing objects to interact for amazing 3D image depth control. Now maintain the spatial relationships between ZMerged objects while resizing.
Still and Animated Effects
Explore your creative side with galleries that include hundreds of Lighting, Particle, Material and Texture effects.

Multiple Node Editing

Select several nodes from a path object and adjust them simultaneously for exciting creative possibilities.

Optimize Images

Compress image files into smaller-sized, Web-friendly formats for faster e-mail and Web uploads.

Save Images for Video

Generate GIF & PNG images with transparent alphachannel layers for export as video overlays.

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Specifications

System Requirements

Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4, Windows XP Service Pack 2 Home Edition / Professional, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Intel Pentium III compatible or above CD-ROM Drive 256 MB RAM 750 MB available hard drive space for program and content files. True Color or Hi-Color display adapter with 1024x768 resolutions or higher. 001, BAY, BMP, CLP, CRW, CR2, CUR, DCR, DCS, DCX, DNG, EPS, FAX, FPX, GIF, ICO, IFF, IMG, JP2, JPC, JPG, MAC, MRW, MSP, NEF, ORF, PBM, PCD, PCT, PCX, PEF, PGM, PIC, PNG, PPM, PSD, PSP, PXR, RAF, RAS, RAW, SCI, SCT, SHG, SRF, SVG (output), TGA, TIF, UFO, UFP, WBMP, WMF, X3F Digital cameras, USB card readers, TWAIN/WIA compliant scanners Pressure-sensitive graphics tablets

Bonus Software

Photo Explorer 8.6 with RAW support
An efficient management tool to transfer, browse, modify and distribute your digital media. Create fun calendars, catalogue your photo discs, burn slideshow videos & discs and do so much more.

PhotoImpact Album 12 with RAW support
Catalogue photos with a database and back up photo albums by burning directly to disc. Easily organize and archive your entire photo collection.

Ulead COOL 360

Turns your series of images into 360-degree panoramas.

File Format Support

Ulead GIF Animator 5.05
Enjoy multiple object composition and round-trip editing. *Available for download late 2006

Digital Device Support

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Ulead PhotoImpact X3

Easy Photo Editing and Amazing Digital Art

Whats New

Ulead PhotoImpact X3 combines full-featured photo editing with inspiring photo projects and amazing digital art to make digital photography and image creativity fun, fast and easy. Quickly touch up your favorite snaps with innovative ExpressFix editing. Use drag-and-drop layouts to create memorable photo gifts in just minutes. Share your life and memories with family and friends, by printing, email, or Blog. Award-winning PhotoImpact is creative photo editing software that fits your lifestyle.

Make Every Photo Special

PhotoImpact is perfect for quickly enhancing all your photos with one-click corrections and easy composition tools. PhotoImpact X3 is now more convenient, easy and practical thanks to an improved interface, more intuitive correction and enhancement tools and the inclusion of Corel MediaOne Plus for managing your entire photo collection.
NEW! Corel MediaOne Plus* Digital Media Management
Keep track of all your digital images with this complete media management suite. Import, tag and sort your photos and video, and find any image fast. Create Smart Collections to group your photos in the ways you want. Easily add descriptions and tags to retrieve images individually or in groups. Create video slideshows to send to friends and family.

*DVD Maker not included

Enhanced! ExpressFix
Handy ExpressFix mode is now even easier to use and provides a broader range of tools for quickly improving photos. Natural order - tools are presented in the sequence in which you most often use them making the workflow simpler and more intuitive. A new Straighten Tool now lets you adjust crooked pictures taken at an angle directly in ExpressFix. New Crop Tools let you enhance photo composition directly in ExpressFix.
Enhanced! Friendlier Interface
The PhotoImpact interface is now simpler, more intuitive and more appealing. The enhanced Welcome Screen lets you jump directly to browsing photos, photo editing, or creating photo projects. ExpressFix presents tools an easier-to-use, more natural sequence.

NEW! Resample for Email

One-click resizing of photos for emailing. Instantly resize photos for easy compression so they look great on todays monitors.
NEW! Next-generation Crop tools
PhotoImpact now offers exciting new ways to improve the composition of your photos for maximum impact: Rule of Thirds Crop Align major photo elements along the lines for more balanced and dynamic images. Golden Ratio Crop Used by the masters to proportion their work, this classic technique helps in establishing focus and composing powerful images. Crop Tools are available in both ExpressFix and Full Edit modes.
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.
Take Your Photos to New Places
The SHARE button offers 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.
Create Amazing Digital Art
With more creative flair than any other editor in its class, the skys always been the limit with PhotoImpact.
UNIQUE! Cloud Pen Enhanced! Calendar Wizard Showcase your
photos in the perfect gift. Calendars are easy, fun and practical! Create fully personalized 12-month calendars in over 20 styles. Mark special dates like birthdays or anniversaries with fun icons. NEW! Comic Strips The creative way to have fun with your photos! Produce entertaining strips starring you and your friends. Choose a set of photos, and apply the cartoon visual effect to make them look hand-drawn. Apply a layout template, and add text or speech bubbles. Create a single-panel cartoon, a 3-strip comic, or even your own graphic novel. NEW! Collages Combine a group of photos into attractive montage that look like they took hours to make! Nothing to set up choose from a range of ready-to-use templates Automatically add photos and customize. Enhanced! Cards Design personalized photo greeting cards using a variety of templates. Choose attractive themes such birthdays, family, weddings and holidays. Say goodbye to dull skies! 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.
BONUS! 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. Breathtaking 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!

Graphics Tools for Video Enthusiasts
Home movies big and small are getting easier than ever. From fixing photos for slideshows to creating the perfect menu, PhotoImpact is the prefect companion for every video project.
Enhanced! COOL 360 Panorama-maker Seamlessly combine a series of photos in an extravagant panorama shot. COOL 360 is now fully integrated into PhotoImpact Supports both horizontal and vertical panoramas Enhanced! My Wallpaper Easily turn your images into desktop wallpaper. Crop for a perfect fit to your screen size Automatically export as tiled or centered wallpaper.
NEW! Slideshow Prep Wizard Make sure your photos look their best in a DVD slideshow. 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 Ulead VideoStudio or DVD MovieFactory to create your slideshow! Enhanced! 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. Enhanced! DVD Menu Maker plug-in Create your own custom DVD menus and publish directly to DVD MovieFactory 5 and 6, and VideoStudio 10 and 11. Even design HD menus!