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Welcome to Corel PHOTO-PAINT Help
Getting started
Installing CorelDRAW Graphics Suite
System requirements
Preparing for installation
Installing CorelDRAW Graphics Suite applications
Installation options
Modifying and repairing installations
Uninstalling CorelDRAW Graphics Suite
Frequently Asked Questions
Corel accounts and services
Authenticating CorelDRAW Graphics Suite
Checking account settings
Updating Corel products
Changing user credentials
Corel Support Services
About Corel
What’s new in CorelDRAW Graphics Suite?
Creative
Productive
Innovative
Finding out what was new in previous versions
Learning resources
Getting help
Using the Help and tooltips
Using Hints
Welcome screen
Quick Start Guide
Insights from the Experts
Video learning resources
Community website for developers
Network deployment guide
Web-based resources
Starting and setting up
Starting and quitting Corel PHOTO-PAINT
Changing the language
Changing startup settings
Corel PHOTO-PAINT workspace tour
Corel PHOTO-PAINT terms
Corel PHOTO-PAINT application window
Choosing a workspace
Toolbars
Toolbox
Property bar
Dockers
Color palette
Status bar
Setting options
Changing workspace options
Disabling warning messages
Bringing images into Corel PHOTO-PAINT
Opening images
Importing files
Scanning images
Creating images
Working with multiple images
Working with vector graphics
Displaying images and image information
Viewing images
Zooming
Viewing image information
Refreshing the image window
Detecting and embedding Digimarc watermarks
Using the guidelines, grid, and rulers
Setting up guidelines
Setting up the grid
Setting up the rulers
Undoing, redoing, repeating, and fading actions
Undoing and redoing actions
Reverting to an earlier image state
Repeating and fading actions
Saving and closing
Saving images
Exporting images to other file formats
Working with locked files
Closing images
Finding and managing creative tools and content
Acquiring applications, plug-ins, and content
Finding content with the CONNECT docker
Accessing content
Browsing and searching for content
Viewing content
Using content
Installing fonts
Managing content
Syncing trays with OneDrive
Changing content locations
Content types
Touch-enabled devices and wheel devices
Using touch
Using wheel devices
Editing images
Changing image dimensions, resolution, and paper size
Changing image dimensions
Changing image resolution
Changing paper size
Cropping, stitching, scaling, and changing orientation
Cropping images
Stitching images together
Scaling images by using Smart Carver
Straightening images
Straightening images and objects interactively by using the Straighten tool
Correcting perspective distortions
Rotating and flipping images
Retouching
Improving scanned images
Removing red-eye
Removing dust and scratch marks
Cloning image areas
Sharpening images
Removing artifacts and noise from JPEG images
Erasing image areas
Smearing, smudging, and blending colors
Adjusting color and tone
Using the Image Adjustment Lab
Using individual color-adjustment effects and tools
Exploring adjustment filters
Working with color channels
Working with lenses
Creating lenses
Editing lenses
Combining lenses with the image background
Reshaping image areas
Smearing image areas
Adding twirl effects
Reshaping image areas by pulling or pushing away pixels
Color, fills, and transparencies
Working with color
Understanding color models
Understanding color depth
Choosing colors
Using the Image palette
Creating and editing custom color palettes
Organizing and displaying color palettes
Displaying or hiding color palettes in the Palette libraries
Setting the properties of color palettes
Using spot color channels
Changing color modes
Changing the color mode of images
Converting images to the black-and-white color mode
Converting images to the paletted color mode
Converting images to the duotone color mode
Using color management
Understanding color management
Getting started with color management in Corel PHOTO-PAINT
Installing, loading, and embedding color profiles
Assigning color profiles
Converting colors to other color profiles
Choosing color-conversion settings
Soft proofing
Working with color management presets
Working with color management policies
Managing colors when opening documents
Managing colors when importing and pasting files
Managing colors for print
Using a safe CMYK workflow
Managing colors for online viewing
Applying fills
Applying uniform fills
Applying fountain fills
Applying bitmap pattern fills
Applying texture fills
Working with transparency
Applying uniform transparency
Applying fountain transparency
Applying bitmap pattern transparency
Applying texture transparency
Applying transparency by using brushstrokes
Making selected colors in objects transparent
Blending objects
Finding, managing, and saving fills and transparencies
Finding and viewing fills and transparencies
Managing fills and transparencies
Saving fills and transparencies
Masks and paths
Working with masks
Distinguishing protected and editable areas
Defining editable areas
Defining editable areas by using color information
Expanding and contracting editable areas
Inverting and removing masks
Moving and aligning editable areas
Transforming editable areas
Adjusting the edges of editable areas
Adjusting the transparency of masks
Cutting out images
Using paths to define image areas
Creating paths
Managing paths
Shaping paths
Adding and deleting path nodes
Joining and breaking paths
Changing node types
Applying brushstrokes to paths
Working with clipping paths
Managing multiple masks with alpha channels
Creating and editing alpha channels
Saving masks and alpha channels
Loading masks and alpha channels
Managing alpha channels
Painting and special effects
Drawing and painting
Drawing shapes and lines
Applying brushstrokes
Spraying images
Painting symmetrical patterns and orbits
Repeating brushstrokes
Creating custom brushes
Using pressure-sensitive pens and devices
Understanding merge modes
Applying special effects
Working with special effects
Applying preset styles
Applying color and tone effects
Applying Bevel effects
Applying the Bokeh Blur effect
Applying Lens Flare effects
Applying Lighting effects
Adding photo frames
Managing plug-ins
Special effects categories
3-D special effects
Art strokes special effects
Blur special effects
Camera special effects
Color transform special effects
Contour special effects
Creative special effects
Custom special effects
Distort special effects
Noise special effects
Sharpen special effects
Texture special effects
Objects
Working with objects
Creating objects
Changing object properties
Selecting objects
Moving, copying, and deleting objects
Displaying and arranging objects
Aligning and distributing objects
Using alignment guides
Locking objects
Grouping and combining objects
Choosing a merge mode for grouped objects
Working with clipping groups
Modifying objects
Transforming objects
Cropping objects
Changing the edges of objects
Adding drop shadows to objects
Using clip masks
Protecting the area around an object
Linking and embedding objects
Inserting linked or embedded objects into another application
Editing linked or embedded objects
Text
Creating and formatting text
Adding and selecting text
Adding color to text
Formatting text
Working with OpenType features
Inserting special characters, symbols, and glyphs
Kerning, shifting, and rotating text
Aligning text
Adjusting line, character, and word spacing
Anti-aliasing text
Fitting text to a path
Working with legacy text
Managing fonts
Viewing fonts
Filtering fonts
Searching for fonts
Acquiring more fonts
Identifying fonts
Choosing fonts with Font Playground
Using Corel Font Manager
Working with text in different languages
Modifying encoding settings to display text correctly
Working with Asian and Middle Eastern text
OpenType support for Asian text
Web images and movies
Creating and editing movies
Opening and playing movies
Creating movies
Modifying frame sequence and frame display time
Saving movies
Creating images for the web
Exporting images for the web
Exporting and uploading bitmaps to WordPress
Saving and applying web presets
Creating palette-based images with transparent colors and backgrounds
Slicing images
Creating and editing rollovers
E-mailing images
Printing
Printing basics
Printing your work
Laying out print jobs
Previewing print jobs
Applying print styles
Fine-tuning print jobs
Printing colors accurately
Printing to a PostScript printer
Viewing preflight summaries
Preparing files for print service providers
Preparing a print job for a print service provider
Working with imposition layouts
Printing printers’ marks
Printing color separations
Working with color trapping and overprinting
Printing composites
Printing to film
Preparing images for canvas printing
Working with a print service provider
File formats
Exporting to PDF
Exporting documents as PDF files
Including hyperlinks, bookmarks, and thumbnails in PDF files
Reducing the size of PDF files
Specifying an encoding format for PDF files
Specifying color management options for exporting PDF files
Setting security options for PDF files
Optimizing PDF files
Viewing preflight summaries for PDF files
Preparing PDF files for a print provider
Working with office productivity applications
Exporting files to office productivity applications
Adding objects to documents
Working with RAW camera files
Using RAW camera files
Bringing RAW camera files into Corel PHOTO-PAINT
Adjusting the color and tone of RAW camera files
Sharpening and reducing noise in RAW camera files
Previewing RAW camera files and obtaining image information
Supported file formats
Adobe Illustrator (AI)
Windows Bitmap (BMP)
OS/2 Bitmap (BMP)
Computer Graphics Metafile (CGM)
CorelDRAW (CDR)
Corel Presentation Exchange (CMX)
Corel PHOTO-PAINT (CPT)
Cursor Resource (CUR)
AutoCAD Drawing Database (DWG) and AutoCAD Drawing Interchange Format (DXF)
Encapsulated PostScript (EPS)
PostScript (PS or PRN)
GIF
JPEG (JPG)
JPEG 2000 (JP2)
Kodak Photo CD Image (PCD)
PICT (PCT)
PaintBrush (PCX)
Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF)
HPGL Plotter File (PLT)
Portable Network Graphics (PNG)
Adobe Photoshop (PSD)
Corel Painter (RIF)
TARGA (TGA)
TIFF
Corel Paint Shop Pro (PSP)
WordPerfect Graphic (WPG)
RAW camera file formats
Wavelet Compressed Bitmap (WI)
Windows Metafile Format (WMF)
Additional file formats
Recommended formats for importing graphics
Recommended formats for exporting graphics
Customizing and automating
Customizing Corel PHOTO-PAINT
Changing and restoring defaults
Creating workspaces
Importing and exporting workspaces
Customizing workspace appearance
Customizing keyboard shortcuts
Customizing menus
Customizing toolbars
Customizing the toolbox
Customizing the property bar
Customizing the status bar
Customizing filters
Customizing file associations
Using macros and scripts to automate tasks
Working with macros
Working with scripts
Reference
Corel PHOTO-PAINT for Adobe Photoshop users
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Comparing tools
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