How to Migrate PaintShop Pro Plugins
Upgrading from a previous version of PaintShop Pro? New in PaintShop Pro 2019, you can now easily migrate your content from previous versions with just a few clicks. In this quick tutorial we’ll show you how to bring in any plugins, scripts, brush tips, color palettes, gradients, patterns, textures, and effects that you’ve installed with the last 3 versions of PaintShop Pro, for a seamless upgrade experience.
Want even more content? PaintShop Pro 2019 offers exclusive new picture tubes and patterns that you can download free from the Welcome tab.
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Comments (12)
How do I import pictures into your software.?
Hello Sue,
To import photos into PaintShop Pro, use the Navigation palette on the lefthand side of the screen. Click the Collections tab, and then click Browse More Folders. Browse for the folder containing you images, and click OK. This catalogues all the images in that folder in PaintShop, and they can then be opened from the same palette.
Hope this helps!
Discovery Center Team
I have PSP 7 and PSP 8 …. along with 2018 and now 2019 … I would love to get all my things from 7 and 8 into the 2019 version. How can I do this. Right now, I use my old 7 version more than the new one because of this. I have so many tubes, patterns and special effects in the old version that are awesome. Is this possible?
Hello Alice,
You can definitely move that content to the newer versions of PaintShop! How you do it depends on whether you plan on keeping PSP 7 on the system after it is all moved. If you do, just open up the new version of PSP you want to add the content to, and navigate to File > Properties > File Locations. From here, you can add your PSP 7 content folders, and the new version will now know check those folders for content in the future.
If you plan on removing PSP 7 after migrating that content, you’ll need to manually copy the contents of your PSP 7 content folders over to the PSP 2018 or 2019 content folders.
By default, you can find content folders for PSP under C\Users\\Documents\Corel PaintShop Pro\
That folder will have a subfolder for each type of content. Just copy the files over and you’re all set!
Hope this helps,
Discovery Center Team
I want to get more picture frames. In the 2018 paintshop you could get more frames. I just bought 2019.
Hello Karl,
We have a tutorial on Adding Picture Frames that you may find helpful! It covers how to use picture frames, and also how to get more.
Hope this helps,
Discovery Center Team
I am trying to download scripts and I put them in my restricted folder, but I do not see them populating in the scripts dropdown bar. What should I be doing?
Hello Kiley,
Which version of PaintShop are you adding the scripts to, and which scripts are you attempting to add? Our first thought is a compatibility issue, but we can certainly check on this issue with you!
Discovery Center Team
You say that if we upgrade we can migrate our content from the three previous versions, but I am well behind not having updated from Paint Shop Pro x 8 so does this mean this is absolutely out of the question for me.? I was just too happy with this version to upgrade before, and it is a long laborious job adding everything again.
Hello Margart,
Thank you for getting in touch! The PaintShop Pro 2019 migration tool does currently only work on the previous three versions of PaintShop Pro. If you are looking to migrate from an older version, that would require manual file migration or setting of pointers in 2019 to bring your additional content forward into PSP 2019.
Best,
Discovery Center Team
I want to upgrade my PSP2018 to 19 ultimate . I am offered it at 34.99 however it asks for a coupon code which I do not have. Can I still download at the special price ?
Hello Keith,
Thank you for reaching out! If this is from an upgrade link in PaintShopPro 2018, the coupon code should have entered automatically. We contacted the support and sales teams on your behalf, and you will receive an email shortly with details on how to get that price.
Best,
Discovery Center Team