Our Overall Score:
8.6/10
Thanks for stopping by to read our COREL PaintShop Pro 2018 review. Here we’ll take a look at a range of the key features, benefits, positives and negatives to help you decide if COREL PaintShop Pro 2018 is right for you, or if you should be looking for a different product in the Creation and editing software category.
Latest price search at Currys PC World: £69.99
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There are many factors that we consider when buying, and reviewing products like COREL PaintShop Pro 2018. In this review we will take the 4 main considerations and look at how they stack up against the competition, be it other products from the same brand, Corel or alternative products in the Creation and editing software category. The 4 factors that we’re going to explore now are, Quality, Price, Reviews and the overall score.
Quality of COREL PaintShop Pro 2018
COREL PaintShop Pro 2018 scores 9.5/10 for quality in our review.
Quality is a very important factor when it comes to buying any product, but it’s particularly important with Creation and editing software. It’s never going to be easy to get a real feel for the quality of a product without being able to see or even test it.
This is why it’s so important to read lots of customer reviews, where you will be able to get an understanding from many of the customers of COREL PaintShop Pro 2018, just how good it is, in terms of quality. Take your time to read through the reviews looking for specific comments about the quality. It’s worth spending time looking for reviews from customers that have owned the product for some time as that will give you a really good idea of the product’s durability.
Our best advice for checking out the quality is reading reviews, but also use some of these to help you get an idea of the quality:
- Price: The old saying “you get what you pay for” is a good indication as to how good quality you should expect from a product.
- Specification: Check out the specs for COREL PaintShop Pro 2018 and see how they compare to your expectations and other products.
- Brand: Some brands are known for delivering amazing quality products, it’s a case of trying to find the Rolex equivalent for Creation and editing software, but at a realistic and reasonable price.
- Previous experience: Have you ever owned any Creation and editing software? Think about your experience of the product and how good it was. What brand was it? How much was it? What was it made from? All of these can help you when considering your options.
Price analysis
COREL PaintShop Pro 2018 scores 8.3/10 for price in our review.
Price is normally the most important factor when considering a purchase. Especially when you’re shopping online, it’s really easy for us to shop around now so we can easily compare prices of the same product against many retailers with just a few clicks. In fact here at Review Pros we do that leg work for you, by comparing many different retailers to find you the best price. But price is also a big factor for which product we choose too, not just which retailer.
To give an example, the most expensive product that we found in the Creation and editing software category was £129.99, whilst the cheapest we found was £21.99 so there’s a significant variance in the prices that different products are available for. For this reason we always recommend that you set yourself a budget before you spend too much time shopping around for a product. It’s easy to get carried away and buying a much more expensive product than you really need, but setting a budget will help to avoid this.
As part of our price analysis we’re going to break the price of COREL PaintShop Pro 2018 down and compare it and analyse it in the following ways.
- Compare to other products in the same category
- Compare to other products from the same brand
- Compare to other products that fit both of the above (the same category and the same brand)
Prices of products in the Creation and editing software category
Here we’re going to look at the prices you can expect to pay for products from the Creation and editing software category. we’re opted to use Currys PC World for this comparison, as they offered the most competitive prices for COREL PaintShop Pro 2018.
To start with, we look at the average price of a product in the Creation and editing software category. This was £60.80 from the 26 products we found in that category. So COREL PaintShop Pro 2018 actually comes in above average at £69.99.
We then looked at the most expensive product in the category, which was £129.99 and the least expensive, which was £21.99. In total we found that of the 26, 7 were more expensive and 17 were less expensive, some products may have then had exactly the same price as COREL PaintShop Pro 2018.
Prices of products from Corel
Next up, we wanted to look at products from the brand, Corel. Again we looked at the average price you can expect to pay for a product from Corel, which was £73.99 of the 9 products we found. So COREL PaintShop Pro 2018 price is below average for the brand.
The cheapest product we managed to find from Corel was £42.99 with the most expensive coming in at £119.99.
Prices of products from Corel and in the Creation and editing software category
Then finally on our price analysis we wanted to dig a little deeper by looking at products from Corel that sit specifically within the Creation and editing software category.
For this we found that the average price was £73.99, making COREL PaintShop Pro 2018 at £69.99 actually below average price.
Then we looked at the highest priced item that falls under this criteria, the price of this was £119.99 with the lowest priced item being £42.99. In total there were 4 items that were more expensive and 4 that was less expensive.
Reviews of COREL PaintShop Pro 2018
COREL PaintShop Pro 2018 scores 8.1/10 for customer reviews in our review.
Perhaps one of the most important steps in choosing a product that you’re going to be buying online, is reading reviews. The more reviews you can read the better. Take your time to look through a range of different reviews, both good and bad as these will really give you the best insight into how good COREL PaintShop Pro 2018 is.
Overall score
COREL PaintShop Pro 2018 scores 8.6/10 overall in our review.
This part of the review takes the various scores for quality, price and customer reviews and combines them in order to provide you with one simple score to help you determine how good the product is overall. This score can then easily be compared to other products and be used as a benchmark.
There are of course many alternative products from Corel so feel free to take a look at some of the alternatives, but in the meantime check out the many reviews for COREL PaintShop Pro 2018 by clicking the View Reviews button at the bottom of your screen.
Additional information: COREL PaintShop Pro 2018
- Brand: Corel
- Model Number: 10170864
- Compatible with WindowsPhoto editing: Edit images easily at homeBoxedFull version
- EAN: 735163151084
- Description: Top Features- Enhance photos with professional tools – Produce a variety of impactful graphic design projects – Retouch and restore photos – Add filters and effects Enhance photosProfessional image editing tools included in the Corel PaintShop Pro 2018 allow for image adjustment and composition to create memorable images. The one-click auto adjustments will crop and straighten your image fast, allowing you to focus on getting the picture just how you want it.Everything you need to produce impactful graphic design projectsEnhance your photos with professional image editing tools, or create impactful designs using new colour palettes, brushes, gradients, patterns and textures. Enjoy a simplified user interface for faster navigation, improvements to the most used tools and new workspaces to match your level of expertise.Retouch and restorePlenty of tools are provided to remove a small scratch, fix red-eye, or remove entire backgrounds. The professional tools allow you to restore your photos to how they should be.Add filters and effectsLet your creativity flow with fun filters and effects. You can use the Paintshop Pro effects to add a signature look to all of your images, or just let your imagination run wild.Corel PaintShop Pro 2018 delivers affordable photo editing and graphic design options—without the restrictions of a subscription.
- Product ID: 21220562071
