Paint Shop Pro

What works

Installing, running, most editing tools

What does not

Almost anything related to writing files: the undo system, applying or previewing effects, the effects browser thumbnails, and saving files. The flood fill tool doesn't work either, and the text tool crashes the application.

Workarounds

What was not tested

The browser.

Hardware tested

Graphics:

• GPU:
• Driver:

Additional Comments

It would be great to make this work. So far, none of the free software alternatives come close to Paint Shop Pro or Photoshop.

There are some good alternatives to this application that might exist for your platform. You'll find a list on the main page of this application.

2013-05-03 Admin note: this howto does not appear to have been updated in a long time, and may no longer be valid. It is being kept here for the benefit of anyone who may wish to test and/or update it. 

Although the file open/save dialogs are not fully functional, opening files may be accomplished using the "Browse" feature and the open/save dialogs remain somewhat usable by "feel" (read: rampant, blind clicking.)

In order for most filters, the undo/redo system, and brushes to work you will need to apply the following workaround, adapted from: http://tjworld.net/wiki/PaintShopProFailsOnWine :

1) Create a file named mkdir.mawk in your ~/My PSP9 Files/ directory, and paste the following section (enclosed in comments) inside.

##Begin mkdir.mawk contents
$0 ~ /JSC/ {
if ($0 ~ /not found in/ && $0 ~ /wine_nt_to_unix_file_name/) {
temp=substr($0,2+index($0,"L\""));
temp_len=index(temp, ".tmp")+3;
temp=substr(temp,1,temp_len);
temp_parts_qty=split(temp,temp_parts,"\\");
dirname=substr($0,13+index($0, "not found in ")) "/" temp_parts[1];
print "Creating temporary directory:", dirname;


system("mkdir \"" dirname "\"") }
}

##End mkdir.mawk contents

Save the file, and create a second file in your home directory called runpsp9 - and paste the following inside:

##Begin loader script

sh -c 'env WINEDEBUG="+file" WINEPREFIX="/home/$USER/.wine" \
wine "C:\\Program Files\\Jasc Software Inc\\Paint Shop Pro 9\\Paint Shop Pro 9.exe" 2>&1 | \
awk -f ~/My\ PSP9\ Files/mkdir.mawk'

##End loader script

Save the file, and - in a terminal - run:

$ chmod +x runpsp9
$ chmod 775 runpsp9

and then, as root:

# mv runpsp9 /usr/bin/runpsp9
# chown root:root /usr/bin/runpsp9

Thereafter, you can run Paint Shop Pro 9 by simply executing runpsp9 from your terminal or Run Application box - or by creating a menu entry for it.