The editing mode holds no major surprises, though the included toolbox will likely be adequate for the average home user. Rather than using an album-based organization system, Photo Album categorizes your images by folder only-there's no way to create specific collections-so you'll have to name your folders sensibly to see what you actually have on disk.
In the Organize tab, you can add images to your photo library from your hard drive, tag them with specialized keywords, move them to an archive for easier storage and sharing, create a panorama from multiple photos, and sort your images based on a variety of criteria. Overall, we found Paint Shop Pro Album 5.0's interface to be cleanly designed and easy to navigate it takes only a few minutes to find your way around. The toolbar buttons are context-sensitive and change depending on which tab is active. The main work space is divided into a browsing panel on the left and a thumbnail display area on the right, with a tabbed overhead toolbar that houses the application's Organize, Enhance, Create, and Share functions. The program emphasizes organizing, enhancing, and sharing your photos, and its interface is designed accordingly. Aimed at the home user, Jasc's Paint Shop Photo Album 5.0 offers useful features for tracking and archiving a personal photo library.