However, just like other midlevel and high-end programs, such as Adobe Photoshop Elements, for example, PhotoImpact's interface is so packed with features and palettes that your work space sometimes feels cluttered. Once you've installed and opened the program, you'll see the typical image-editor setup: a toolbar and an option bar, a canvas area, and floating palettes galore. Just pop in the disc, and Ulead does the rest. Overall, Ulead's jack-of-all-trades is top-notch. And although it is not intended to compete with full-featured drawing programs such as Adobe Illustrator or CorelDraw, PhotoImpact also includes enough vector-drawing tools to qualify as an all-in-one graphics program. PhotoImpact 8.0 offers more useful new tools for digital photography and Web graphics than either of its chief competitors, Paint Shop Pro and Photoshop Elements. Ulead PhotoImpact has long been known as a fun, powerful, value-packed image-editing program, and the latest version maintains that reputation.

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