Ulead PhotoImpact

Last updated
Corel PhotoImpact
Developer(s) Ulead
Stable release
13 / 2008;15 years ago (2008)
Operating system Windows
Type Raster graphics editor
License Trialware, SaaS
Website http://www.paintshoppro.com/en/products/photoimpact/

Ulead PhotoImpact (originally called Iedit) was a raster and vector graphics editing program published by Ulead Systems.

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Alongside its image editing capabilities, the program also featured HTML tools, such as a rollover assistant, an imagemap assistant, an HTML assistant, a background designer and a button library. PhotoImpact also used photoshop filters in .8bf format.

PhotoImpact had vast support for graphic file formats but also used its own UFO and UFP file format which supported all the aforementioned features.

The last version of PhotoImpact released in 2008 was X3/13. [1]

In December 2006 Corel acquired Ulead Systems. Corel continued to market PhotoImpact until September 2009 when they discontinued the product, focusing on the competing product Paint Shop Pro. 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, the Nova specs in 2014 mention that Windows 7 and Windows 8.x are supported.[ citation needed ]

For users, there are various help forums and tutorial banks available, both factory and non-factory.[ citation needed ]

Release history

VersionRelease dateReference
PhotoImpact 31996 [2]
PhotoImpact 41997 [2]
PhotoImpact 51999 [2]
PhotoImpact 62000 [2]
PhotoImpact 72001 [3]
PhotoImpact 82002 [4]
PhotoImpact XL SE (8.5)2003 [5]
PhotoImpact 102004 [6]
PhotoImpact 112005 [7]
PhotoImpact 122006 [8]
PhotoImpact 13 (or X3)2008 [9]

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