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Installing CorelDRAW Graphics Suite

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Installing CorelDRAW Graphics Suite applications

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Authenticating CorelDRAW Graphics Suite

Checking account settings and product details

Updating Corel products

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Changing user credentials

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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

Changing workspace options

Disabling warning messages

Bringing images into Corel PHOTO-PAINT

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 extensions

Finding content with the Get More docker

Accessing content

Browsing and searching for content

Syncing trays with OneDrive

Content types

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

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

Filling images

Applying uniform fills

Applying fountain fills

Applying bitmap pattern fills

Applying texture fills

Applying transparency patterns to 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

Managing and sharing fills and transparencies

Managing fills and transparencies

Saving and sharing 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

Special effects categories

Applying Bevel effects

Applying the Bokeh Blur effect

Applying Lens Flare effects

Applying Lighting effects

Adding photo frames

Gallery of special effects

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

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

Saving and applying web presets

Creating palette-based images with transparent colors and backgrounds

Slicing images

Creating and editing rollovers

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 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

Creating 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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