New Corel(R) Photo & Video Solution Delivers Countless Creative Possibilities to Today's HD-DSLR Owners

PEPCOM-NEW YORK, NEW YORK--(Marketwire - Sept. 14, 2011) -

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Today at Pepcom® Holiday Spectacular!® in New York, Corel announced the release of its new Photo & Video X4 Ultimate Bundle. Designed for photographers and video enthusiasts who are passionate about capturing life's moments, Corel's new photo and video solution brings together two award-winning software packages in one compelling bundle. The perfect complement to any HD-DSLR purchase, Corel's new Photo & Video X4 Ultimate Bundle enables users to push their creativity to new levels and apply more advanced effects to their favorite photos and HD-videos.

"With more people purchasing DSLR cameras and working with photo and video on a daily basis, we wanted to provide a "one stop" solution that offers more high-end editing tools and effects for users who want to create great looking photos and videos," said Shawn Cadeau, Senior Vice President, Global Marketing at Corel. "We've worked closely with our customers to ensure that both PaintShop Pro X4 and VideoStudio Pro X4 deliver the speed, quality and performance that our users have come to expect. With the new Ultimate Bundle, we're bringing together two of our best-loved software packages and providing some additional high-end tools for DSLR users who want to take their photos and HD-video from average to amazing."

Corel's new Photo & Video X4 Ultimate Bundle brings together PaintShop Pro X4 Ultimate and VideoStudio Pro X4 Ultimate.

About PaintShop™ Pro X4 Ultimate:

The trusted choice of millions of photographers worldwide, PaintShop™ Pro delivers an uncompromising depth and selection of pro-quality tools to expertly manage, adjust, edit and share your entire photo collection. With new photo editing features, dramatic improvements in speed and performance, enhancements to the user interface and convenient ways to share through social media, PaintShop Pro X4 includes over 75 new and enhanced features designed explicitly to meet the needs of today's photographers. The Ultimate version of PaintShop Pro lets users enjoy added creative possibilities with the inclusion of more than 250 effects and styles from Nik® Color Efex Pro™ 3.0, a choice of 21 free high-quality images from Fotolia (7-day subscription period), a selection of top rated Picture Tubes™ to embellish favorite photos, and a custom photo book* from Blurb®.

About VideoStudio® Pro X4 Ultimate:

Corel® VideoStudio® Pro X4 is powerful video editing software that lets anyone create and share professional-quality videos. With outstanding speed and easy ways to bring great-looking movies to the screen, VideoStudio Pro X4 combines power and simplicity to break down the barriers to video editing. The Ultimate edition offers action-sports videographers, HD-DSLR shooters and video editing buffs an expanded set of high-end tools and plug-ins to take their creativity to new levels. With the inclusion of advanced tools such as ProDAD Mercalli SE, for extreme image correction and video stabilization, and Boris Graffiti 5.3, the industry standard for video effects creation, VideoStudio Pro X4 Ultimate provides video production enthusiasts with powerful tools to maximize their creativity.

Bonus FREE WinZip® Pro download – File compression, sharing, encryption and backup

Ease of sharing and peace of mind are especially important when working with photos and videos. With the Photo & Video X4 Ultimate Bundle, users will also receive a copy of WinZip® Pro, the world's number 1 compression utility. With WinZip, it's easy to quickly zip and unzip large photo or video files, share and protect your work.

Pricing and Availability

Corel Photo & Video X4 Ultimate Bundle is available now in English, German and Bilingual (English/French) for Canada. North American pricing is $149 (US and CDN) for the full version of the software.

To download a free fully-functional trial version or for more information about the Corel Photo & Video X4 Ultimate Bundle, please visit www.corel.com/photovideobundle.

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About Corel

Corel is one of the world's top software companies with more than 100 million active users in over 75 countries. We develop software that helps people express their ideas and share their stories in more exciting, creative and persuasive ways. Through the years, we've built a reputation for delivering innovative, trusted products that are easy to learn and use, helping people achieve new levels of productivity. The industry has responded with hundreds of awards for software innovation, design and value.

Our award winning product portfolio includes some of the world's most widely recognized and popular software brands, including CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite, Corel® Digital Studio™, Corel® Painter™, Corel DESIGNER® Technical Suite, Corel® PaintShop™ Pro, Corel® VideoStudio®, Corel® WinDVD®, Corel® WordPerfect® Office and WinZip®.

© 2011 Corel Corporation. All rights reserved. Corel, the Corel Balloon logo, the Corel logo, Corel DESIGNER, CorelDRAW, Digital Studio, PaintShop, Paint Shop Pro, Painter, PictureTubes, VideoStudio, WordPerfect, WinDVD and WinZip are trademarks or registered trademarks of Corel Corporation and/or its subsidiaries in Canada and the United States. All other product names and any registered and unregistered trademarks mentioned are used for identification purposes only and remain the exclusive property of their respective owners.

* Shipping and taxes not included for Blurb® Custom photo book

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