I think most people figured out Photo Effects Pro was more or less an early beta version of a Franzis COLOR Projects wannabe. And since most folks have COLOR Projects 5 from one of the many giveaways, really no reason to bother with it. If you've been a GOTD regular for a couple of years, you might also have one of the ON1 Effects apps that's a bit similar [newest I have is from 7/2019].
The actual reason for posting doesn't concern Photo Effects Pro however... the company behind Photo Effects Pro has a couple of things on their site that might interest you. The first one is a free AI image upscaler, while the 2nd is a free AI B&W photo colorizer. They also have an AI background remover, but they charge for more than a few images. I *think* that the others are free while they hope to collect enough images to better train their AI -- my understanding is that it takes at minimum hundreds of thousands. At any rate it's something you might want to play with.
vertexshare[.]com/image-upscaler.html
vertexshare[.]com/picture-colorizer.html