Paint Shop Pro: The latest version of this popular program features several first-rate painting and drawing tools, and it supports more than 30 image formats, including Photoshop's .psd.

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Supports MIDI, MP3, and many types of streaming Web media, as well as most image file formats.

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It then transfers the data into two formats so they can be searched for specific words or recipients and can be called up as an image on the computer screen.

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