I had the same problem when I first intalled and starting using PSP8. I even supposidly had version 8.1. I told my hubby about it and he thought maybe there was a fix for it so he checked the Jasc website for any updates to the software. And there was one! It is under updates for PSP8.0, not PSP8.1. It included many fixes where the program would freeze up after using certain tools, etc. The update says it will update your version to 8.1, which I thought I already had, but we downloaded it anyway to see if it would fix my problems. So far it looks like it did! Try it and see if that helps at all.

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