Photo Impact Pro 13

I loved this, you can do so much with it

I have used this program for many years and I love it. BUT I had bought a new computer and it didnt have a disk drive so I thought this would be perfect because it said you get a link to the program to download it.

Every time I try try to use the damn thing, theres a server error of some kind. Throw Photo Impact on the dung heap!

I have had PhotoImpact version 7 that I had removed shortly after installing since it was no use over Paint Shop Pro.

Can not install. States serial number is invalid yet copying directly and rechecked serveral times. Garbage.

I have been using PhotoImpact for over 11 years and really am pleased with it. It has all of the editing ability of other similar products with a much friendlier interface. I just had my computer updated to Windows 10 and have had no problems with the installation or use of the product.

Ive used Photo Impact since I started doing digital photos back about 2001. Joined the Pro Imaging Resource Center and took their Photo Impact Workshop to begin. ([...] This is a group of long time users who are very friendly, very helpful, and very experienced.

didnt like it too much

Photoimpact used to be my goto software for quite a few years but after using 13 Ill never use it again. I have a shop doing vinyl graphics etc and digital graphics and quite honestly Photoimpact is such a resource hog it bogs down everything on a new Dell with Windows 10. The worst part is things like splash screens that you cant disable and pop up during it already hogging all your computer resources just makes things worse. Save your money, there are a plethora of better options out there for free.

Let me start by saying I typically love PhotoImpact. I have used it since version 7 and have upgraded it over the years. I started out photo editing using PhotoShop and found that I liked everything about PhotoImpact better. However, I can not recommend version 13. I am so disappointed it in and I am trying to return it (yea right?!). It installed fine after removing my version 11 and I was up and running. I spent a lot of time getting my desktop exactly how I like it, adding and deleting toolbars that I use often and customizing them. After I finished I closed PhotoImpact. When I came back to it later that night ALL of my customization had defaulted back to its original settings. I thought I had done something wrong so I spent time re-doing it. Same thing happened. Also, the text description of the various tools is not there. There is just a blank grey space where it should be and you have to drag your mouse over the tool to actually see what the tool does. I contacted their customer service and this is their exact answer Unfortunately, that option is a part of the code. Im not sure why it was modified so drastically, but there is no way to reset that to the old style. Hmmm . . Based on that answer I am assuming there is no way to customize your work space unless you do it every time you open PhotoImpact. Personally I find this unacceptable. I also find it unacceptable to have an empty grey space where the text description of the toolbar should be. Their tech support has been very slow to respond to my emails and they do not have a toll-free number that you can call and talk to them. I do not recommend you buy version 13. I would recommend that you find Version 11 that works great!