Ulead PhotoImpact (originally called Iedit) is a raster and vector graphics editing program published by
Ulead Systems.
Alongside its image editing capabilities, the program also features HTML tools, such as a rollover assistant, an
imagemap assistant, an HTML assistant, a background designer and a button library. PhotoImpact can also use photoshop filters in .8bf format.
PhotoImpact has vast support for
graphic file formats but also uses its own
UFO and
UFP file format which support all the aforementioned features.
The last version of PhotoImpact was X3/13.
In December 2006
Corel
Cascade Parent Limited, doing business as Alludo (pronounced like "all you do"), is a Canadian software company headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario, specializing in graphics processing. Formerly called the Corel Corporation ( ; from the abbreviatio ...
acquired Ulead Systems. Corel continued to market PhotoImpact until September 2009 when they discontinued the product, focusing on the competing product
Paint Shop Pro
PaintShop Pro (PSP) is a raster graphics editor, raster and vector graphics editor for Microsoft Windows. It was originally published by Jasc Software. In October 2004, Corel purchased Jasc Software and the distribution rights to Paint Shop Pro. P ...
. Though development has been halted, the product is still being sold by Corel. A version of PhotoImpact licensed as PhotoImpact Pro is sold by ''Nova Development''. It is a rebranded version of PhotoImpact with no program differences. However, while the Ulead and Corel specs omit
Windows 7
Windows 7 is a major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft. It was released to manufacturing on July 22, 2009, and became generally available on October 22, 2009. It is the successor to Windows Vista, released nearly ...
, the Nova specs in 2014 mention that Windows 7 and
Windows 8.x Windows 8.x refers to the following versions of Microsoft Windows and Windows Server operating systems:
* Windows 8
* Windows 8.1
* Windows RT
* Windows Server 2012
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are supported.
For users, there are various help forums and tutorial banks available, both factory and non-factory.
Release history
References
External links
*Corel PhotoImpact page
X3*Nova Development PhotoImpact pages
Pro 13*Ulead PhotoImpact page:
VK.COM Group
Ulead software
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