Basic functions such as automatic image corrections can be made intuitively. And PaintShop actually enhances images even in JPG format in terms of brightness, contrast and color. Many effects are applied by trial and error. Converting color to black and white, sepia or effects of certain photo Generations example. Thus effects can be achieved, which are reminiscent of photos from the 60s or 70s, quite perfectly imitate with excessive color contrasts, as well as Polaroid photos. So it's not just about the objective correction of photos, but also to the generation of special effects. May be that photos cropped or aligned, one forgets almost whether the self-evident.
To make complex corrections for example of photos in RAW format, using different image planes, for example, a more intense employment is needed. There is also an online manual, which still has a circumference of approximately 500 pages after deduction of text passages which are irrelevant to the operation of the programs. I'm still trying to work through the manual successively and will gladly add a response to particularly noteworthy points. The functional free products exceeds this software significantly to Photoshop but there are no fundamental differences so that I can easily make a recommendation for one or the other software.
The functional deserves without question, based on the price of the product five stars. The fact that the operation is not intuitive in full by hand, is partly due to this enormous range and on the other to the complexity of the topic Photography.