Corel PaintShop Pro Help | Using the Camera RAW Lab

Using the Camera RAW Lab

The Camera RAW Lab lets you develop a RAW image by saving a variety of processing settings. After processing a RAW image, you can leave it as a read-only RAW file, or open it in the Edit workspace and save it to a different file format, such as JPEG, GIF, or PNG.

Camera RAW Lab

Watch a video: Camera RAW Lab (PaintShop Pro X4, X5, X6)

To launch the Camera RAW Lab

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Do one of the following:

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In the Manage workspace, select File

Open

Filename.

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In the Edit workspace, drag a thumbnail from the Organizer palette to the image window, or double-click the thumbnail.

The Camera RAW Lab dialog box opens with the image.

To adjust settings for a RAW photo

In the Camera RAW Lab dialog box, do any of the following:

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Drag the Brightness, Saturation, or Shadow sliders for a quick overall image adjustment.

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In the White balance area, adjust color by clicking a preset lighting option from the Scenario drop-list, or by clicking the preview area to set the white point with the Dropper tool. You can also adjust or fine-tune color with the Temperature and Tint sliders.

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In the Highlight recovery area, click an option in the drop-list. Highlight recovery works particularly well on images that are overexposed — it can help restore detail in blown-out areas.

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Drag the Threshold slider in the Reduce noise area to smooth digital noise.

You can preview the changes to the photo in the Preview area.

If you want to keep the settings for future use, check the Save image settings checkbox.

Click one of the following:

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Reset — resets the settings to their original values

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Edit — applies the settings and opens the photo in the Edit workspace. When you edit a RAW photo, you must save it to a JPEG, TIFF, or another writable file format.

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Apply — applies the settings, and exits the Camera RAW Lab

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Cancel — exits the Camera RAW Lab without adjusting the photo’s settings

Image settings for RAW images are saved to a database. Changes to the file name or file location can be tracked in the database only if you make the changes in Corel PaintShop Pro.

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