Jasc Software Releases Paint Shop Pro 8

Jasc Software, Inc. announced today the availability of Jasc Paint Shop Pro 8, recognized as the most complete photo and graphics editor. As part of the Paint Shop family of digital imaging and photography software, Paint Shop Pro 8 combines automatic and precision photo editing and graphic design tools with an integrated learning system to help users produce superior results.

Paint Shop Pro 8 introduces -- Automated Productivity Scripts? and Dynamic Personalization?. These industry firsts leverage open industry standards to deliver flexibility and workflow automation, driving increased productivity. Dynamic Personalization gives users the freedom to move their favorite or commonly used functions to the forefront, creating unique menus, toolbars, keyboard shortcuts and workspaces. Users can also create specific work environments based on the tasks they want to accomplish. Automated Productivity Scripts let users record, edit and replay commonly used commands, brush strokes and photo finishing techniques to enhance single photos or batches of photos automatically, streamlining workflow productivity.

Paint Shop Pro 8 includes another Jasc exclusive, the precision Background Eraser tool. With a stroke of a brush, this tool detects and erases pixels along the strongest edge of an image while retaining and preserving all of the fine detail from the original photo for a more realistic reuse of the extracted image. Paint Shop Pro 8 also solves keystoning and other perspective distortions with the new Perspective Correction tool that even a novice can appreciate.

Jasc Paint Shop Pro is available at a suggested list price of from Jasc Software, or through popular retail, Internet and mail order sales channels. Purchase a download version of Jasc Paint Shop Pro online at www.jasc.com for . A free 30-day trial of Paint Shop Pro is available for download on jasc.com.