Corel Photo Paint X5 Operating instructions

Corel® PHOTO-PAINT™ X5 User Guide

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Contents

Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Installing CorelDRAW Graphics Suite applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Changing languages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Changing startup settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Starting and quitting Corel PHOTO-PAINT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Registering Corel products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Working with trial versions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Updating Corel products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Corel Support Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

About Corel Corporation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

What’s new in CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Connect to your content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Get going quickly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Create with confidence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Use color with certainty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Output with ease. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Finding out what was new in previous versions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Learning resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Getting help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Using the Help and tooltips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Guidebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Video tutorials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Using Hints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Welcome screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

CorelTUTOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Tips and tricks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Macro programming guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Network deployment guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Web-based resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Customized training and integration resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Corel PHOTO-PAINT workspace tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Corel PHOTO-PAINT terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Corel PHOTO-PAINT application window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Toolbars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Toolbox. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

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Property bar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Dockers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Color palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Status bar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Setting options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Changing workspace options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Disabling warning messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Improving the display quality of images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Corel Application Recovery Manager (Windows XP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Bringing images into Corel PHOTO-PAINT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Opening images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Importing files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Acquiring images from scanners and digital cameras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Creating images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Working with vector graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Displaying images and image information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Viewing images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Zooming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Viewing image information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Detecting and embedding Digimarc watermarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Using the guidelines, grid, and rulers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Setting up guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Setting up the grid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Setting up the rulers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Undoing, redoing, repeating, and fading actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Undoing and redoing actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Reverting to an earlier image state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Repeating and fading actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Saving and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Saving images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Exporting images to other file formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Closing images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Finding and managing content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Exploring Corel CONNECT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Browsing and searching for content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

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Viewing content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Using and managing content. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Collaborating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Using CorelDRAW ConceptShare. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Changing image dimensions, resolution, and paper size . . . . . . . . . . 111

Changing image dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Changing image resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Changing paper size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Cropping, stitching, and changing orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Cropping images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Stitching images together . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Straightening images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Rotating and flipping images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Retouching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Improving scanned images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Removing red-eye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Removing dust and scratch marks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Cloning image areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Sharpening images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Removing artifacts and noise from JPEG images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Erasing image areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Smearing, smudging, and blending colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Adjusting color and tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Using the Image Adjustment Lab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Using individual color-adjustment effects and tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Exploring adjustment filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Working with color channels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Working with lenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Creating lenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Editing lenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Combining lenses with the image background. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Working with color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Understanding color models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Understanding color depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Choosing colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

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Using the Image palette. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Creating and editing custom color palettes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

Organizing and displaying color palettes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

Displaying or hiding color palettes in the Palette libraries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

Setting the properties of color palettes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

Using spot color channels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

Changing color modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Changing the color mode of images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Converting images to the black-and-white color mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210

Converting images to the paletted color mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

Converting images to the duotone color mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

Using color management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

Understanding color management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

Getting started with color management in Corel PHOTO-PAINT . . . . . . . . . 224

Installing, loading, and embedding color profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

Assigning color profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

Converting colors to other color profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

Choosing color-conversion settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

Soft proofing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

Working with color management presets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

Working with color management policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

Managing colors when opening documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238

Managing colors when importing and pasting files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

Managing colors for print. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241

Using a safe CMYK workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242

Managing colors for online viewing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242

Filling images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245

Applying uniform fills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245

Applying fountain fills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

Applying bitmap fills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250

Applying texture fills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253

Applying gradient fills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255

Applying transparency patterns to fills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257

Working with masks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259

Distinguishing protected and editable areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259

Defining editable areas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262

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Defining editable areas by using color information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266

Expanding and contracting editable areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270

Inverting and removing masks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274

Moving and aligning editable areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275

Transforming editable areas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277

Adjusting the edges of editable areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280

Adjusting the transparency of masks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

Cutting out images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284

Using paths to define image areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289

Creating paths. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289

Managing paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292

Shaping paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294

Adding and deleting path nodes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297

Joining and breaking paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298

Changing node types. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299

Applying brushstrokes to paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301

Working with clipping paths. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302

Managing multiple masks with alpha channels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305

Creating and editing alpha channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305

Saving masks and alpha channels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307

Loading masks and alpha channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308

Managing alpha channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310

Drawing and painting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313

Drawing shapes and lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313

Applying brushstrokes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317

Spraying images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321

Painting symmetrical patterns and orbits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324

Repeating brushstrokes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325

Creating custom brushes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327

Using a pressure-sensitive pen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330

Understanding merge modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332

Applying special effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337

Working with special effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337

Applying preset styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339

Applying color and tone effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340

Special effects categories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341

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Applying Bevel effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352

Applying Lens Flare effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352

Applying Lighting effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353

Gallery of special effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355

Managing plug-ins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367

Working with objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369

Creating objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370

Changing object properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372

Selecting objects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373

Moving, copying, and deleting objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375

Displaying and arranging objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378

Locking objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381

Grouping and combining objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382

Working with clipping groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384

Modifying objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387

Transforming objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387

Changing the edges of objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392

Adding drop shadows to objects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396

Working with object transparency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400

Using clip masks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403

Protecting the area around an object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405

Linking and embedding objects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407

Inserting linked or embedded objects into another application . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407

Editing linked or embedded objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408

Creating and formatting text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409

Adding and editing text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409

Formatting text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412

Anti-aliasing text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414

Fitting text to a path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415

Identifying fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417

Working with text in different languages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419

Encoding settings to display text correctly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419

Working with Asian text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420

Creating and editing movies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421

Opening and playing movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421

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Creating movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422

Modifying frame sequence and frame display time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426

Saving movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429

Working with QuickTime VR movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431

Creating images for the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439

Exporting images for the Web. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439

Saving and applying Web presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447

Creating palette-based images with transparent colors and backgrounds . . . . . 447

Creating image maps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449

Slicing images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451

Creating and editing rollovers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455

E-mailing images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460

Printing basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461

Printing your work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461

Laying out print jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462

Previewing print jobs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463

Applying print styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465

Fine-tuning print jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466

Printing colors accurately . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467

Printing to a PostScript printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470

Viewing preflight summaries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472

Preparing files for print service providers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473

Preparing a print job for a print service provider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473

Working with imposition layouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474

Printing printers’ marks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477

Printing color separations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480

Working with color trapping and overprinting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482

Specifying In-RIP trapping settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483

Printing to film . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486

Working with a print service provider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487

Exporting to PDF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489

Exporting documents as PDF files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489

Including hyperlinks, bookmarks, and thumbnails in PDF files . . . . . . . . . . . . 493

Reducing the size of PDF files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493

Specifying an encoding format for PDF files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 495

Specifying color management options for exporting PDF files . . . . . . . . . . . . . 495

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Setting security options for PDF files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497

Optimizing PDF files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499

Viewing preflight summaries for PDF files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500

Preparing PDF files for a print provider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500

Working with office productivity applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503

Exporting files to office productivity applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503

Adding objects to documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503

Working with RAW camera files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505

Using RAW camera files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505

Bringing RAW camera files into Corel PHOTO-PAINT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 506

Adjusting the color and tone of RAW camera files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509

Sharpening and reducing noise in RAW camera files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513

Previewing RAW camera files and obtaining image information . . . . . . . . . . . 514

Supported file formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517

Adobe Illustrator (AI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 518

Windows Bitmap (BMP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 519

OS/2 Bitmap (BMP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 520

Computer Graphics Metafile (CGM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 520

CorelDRAW (CDR). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 521

Corel Presentation Exchange (CMX) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522

Corel PHOTO-PAINT (CPT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523

Cursor Resource (CUR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523

AutoCAD Drawing Database (DWG) and AutoCAD Drawing Interchange Format

(DXF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524

Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 525

PostScript (PS or PRN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 529

GIF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530

JPEG (JPG) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532

JPEG 2000 (JP2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533

Kodak Photo CD Image (PCD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535

QuickTime Movie (MOV) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536

PICT (PCT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536

PaintBrush (PCX) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 537

Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539

HPGL Plotter File (PLT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539

Portable Network Graphics (PNG) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541

Adobe Photoshop (PSD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543

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Corel Painter (RIF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 545

TARGA (TGA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546

TIFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 547

Corel Paint Shop Pro (PSP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 548

WordPerfect Graphic (WPG) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 549

RAW camera file formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 549

Wavelet Compressed Bitmap (WI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 550

Windows Metafile Format (WMF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 550

Additional file formats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 550

Recommended formats for importing graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 552

Recommended formats for exporting graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 552

Customizing Corel PHOTO-PAINT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 553

Using multiple workspaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 553

Customizing keyboard shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 556

Customizing menus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 558

Customizing toolbars. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 560

Customizing the property bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 564

Customizing the status bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 565

Customizing feedback sounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 567

Customizing filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 568

Customizing file associations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 569

Using macros and scripts to automate tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571

Working with macros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571

Working with scripts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579

Corel PHOTO-PAINT for Adobe Photoshop users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585

Comparing terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585

Comparing tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 586

Glossary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 589

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Welcome

Corel® PHOTO-PAINT™ is a complete image-editing application that lets you

retouch and enhance photos as well as create original bitmap illustrations and

paintings. You can easily correct red-eye or exposure problems, retouch RAW camera

files, and prepare images for the Web.

This section contains the following topics:

• Installing CorelDRAW Graphics Suite applications

• Changing languages

• Changing startup settings

• Starting and quitting Corel PHOTO-PAINT

• Registering Corel products

• Working with trial versions

• Updating Corel products

• Corel Support Services

• About Corel Corporation

Installing CorelDRAW Graphics Suite applications

The installation wizard makes it easy to install CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite

applications and components. You can choose a typical installation to quickly install the

suite, or you can customize the installation by choosing different options.

You can also use the installation wizard to do the following:

• modify the current installation by adding or deleting components

• repair the current installation by reinstalling all application features

• uninstall CorelDRAW Graphics Suite

Repairing an installation is helpful when you encounter problems in using the

application, or when you suspect that the installation is corrupt. Before repairing an

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installation, try resetting the current workspace to the default settings by holding down

F8 while starting the application.

To install CorelDRAW Graphics Suite applications

1 Close all applications, including all virus detection programs.

2 Insert the DVD in the DVD drive.

(Windows® 7 and Windows Vista®) If the installation wizard does not start

automatically, click Start on the Windows taskbar, and type X:\autorun.exe in the

search box, where X is the letter that corresponds to the DVD drive.

(Windows® XP) If the installation wizard does not start automatically, click Start

on the Windows taskbar, and click Run. Type X:\autorun.exe, where X is the

letter that corresponds to the DVD drive.

3 Read the license agreement, and then enable the I accept the terms in the license

agreement check box.

4 Click Next.

5 Ty p e y o u r n a m e i n t h e User name text box.

6 Type your serial number in the Serial number text box.

The serial number is not case-sensitive, and the dashes are optional.

7 Click Next.

8 Follow the installation wizard instructions for installing the software.

To modify or repair a CorelDRAW Graphics Suite installation

1 Close all applications.

2 On the Windows taskbar, click Start  Control panel.

3 Do one of the following:

• (Windows 7 and Windows Vista) Click Uninstall a program.

• (Windows XP) Click Add or remove programs.

4 Do one of the following:

• (Windows 7 and Windows Vista) Double-click CorelDRAW Graphics Suite on

the Uninstall or change a program page.

• (Windows XP) In the Add or remove programs dialog box, choose

CorelDRAW Graphics Suite from the list, and click Change/Remove.

5 Follow the instructions that appear.

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To uninstall CorelDRAW Graphics Suite

1 On the Windows taskbar, click Start  Control Panel.

2 Do one of the following:

• (Windows 7 and Windows Vista) Click Uninstall a program.

• (Windows XP) Click Add or remove programs.

3 Do one of the following:

• (Windows 7 and Windows Vista) Double-click CorelDRAW Graphics Suite on

the Uninstall or change a program page.

• (Windows XP) In the Add or remove programs dialog box, choose

CorelDRAW Graphics Suite from the list, and click Change/Remove.

4 Enable the Remove option in the wizard that appears, and follow the instructions.

To completely uninstall the product by removing user files, such as presets, user-

created fills, and customized files, enable the Remove user files check box.

Any additional components and applications that you installed with the suite,

such as the CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5 - Windows® Shell Extension or

Microsoft® Visual Studio® Tools for Applications (VSTA), must be

uninstalled separately.

Changing languages

If an application has been installed in more than one language, you can change the

language of the user interface and Help at any time.

To change the language of the user interface and Help

1 Click To o l s  Options.

2 In the list of categories, click Global.

3 Choose a language from the Select the language for the user interface list box.

If you want to change the language of the user interface and Help when you start

the application, enable the Ask me the next time the software starts check box.

4 Restart the application.

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Changing startup settings

You can specify the startup settings for Corel PHOTO-PAINT, which control how the

application appears when it’s opened. For example, you can start the application with

the Welcome screen open or a new blank document.

To change startup settings

1 Click To o l s  Options.

2 In the Wo rk sp ace list of categories, click General.

3 In the Getting Started area, choose an option from the On start-up list box.

If you want to hide the Create a new image dialog box when starting images,

disable the Show New Image dialog box check box.

Starting and quitting Corel PHOTO-PAINT

You can start Corel PHOTO-PAINT from the Windows taskbar and end a

Corel PHOTO-PAINT session from the application window.

To start and quit Corel PHOTO-PAINT

Registering Corel products

Registering Corel® products is important. Registration provides you with timely access

to the latest product updates, valuable information about product releases, and access

to free downloads, articles, tips and tricks, and special offers.

You can register in one of the following ways:

To Do the following

Start Corel PHOTO-PAINT

From the Windows taskbar, click Start

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Programs

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CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5

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Corel PHOTO-PAINT X5.

Quit Corel PHOTO-PAINT

Click File

 Exit.

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• online — If you are connected to the Internet, you can start online registration

when you start the Corel graphics application. You can also register online at a later

date by clicking Help  Registration. If no Internet connection is detected, a list

of options appears in a dialog box.

• by phone — You can call the Corel Customer Service Center nearest you. For more

information about customer service, see “Corel Support Services” on page 6.

Working with trial versions

You can download free trial versions of Corel graphics applications from the Corel Web

site. Trial versions let you use all the application features and tools for free, for a limited

time. After the trial period expires, you can access only limited functionality. For

example, you can open and view files, but you cannot save or export them. If you want

to purchase the application, you can buy a purchase key online that supplies you with a

serial number. You do not need to download another copy of the application.

To purchase the full version

1 In the trial message window, click Buy now.

If the trial version has not expired, the trial message window appears when you quit

the application. If the trial version has expired, the window appears when you start

the application.

2 In the Corel store window, choose an option, and follow the directions.

You can choose to buy a purchase key, or you can choose to buy a boxed version of

the application.

If you are not connected to the Internet, the Corel store window is not

displayed. Instead, you are prompted to purchase the full version by phone or

to purchase it online by first activating your Internet connection.

Updating Corel products

During product installation, you can choose the option to download product updates

and service packs. After installing the product, you can view information about product

updates by clicking Help  Updates.

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By default, you are automatically notified when product updates and news become

available. In addition, the application automatically downloads new product updates

and asks you for permission to install them. However, you can change the update

settings at any time.

To change the update settings

1 Click Help  Welcome screen.

2 Click Settings at the top of the Update page.

3 In the Update settings window, enable or disable either of the following check

boxes:

• Notify me of available product updates, news, and tutorials.

• Automatically download product updates and ask me before installing.

Corel Support Services

Corel® Support Services can provide you with prompt and accurate information about

product features, specifications, pricing, availability, services, and technical support. For

the most current information on support services available for your Corel product,

please visit www.corel.com/support.

About Corel Corporation

Corel is one of the world’s top software companies with more than 100 million active

users in over 75 countries. We develop software that helps people express their ideas and

share their stories in more exciting, creative and persuasive ways. Through the years,

we’ve built a reputation for delivering innovative, trusted products that are easy to learn

and use, helping people achieve new levels of productivity. The industry has responded

with hundreds of awards for software innovation, design and value.

Our award-winning product portfolio includes some of the world's most widely

recognized and popular software brands, including CorelDRAW Graphics Suite,

Corel Painter™, Corel DESIGNER® Technical Suite, Corel® PaintShop Photo™ Pro,

Corel® VideoStudio®, Corel® WinDVD®, Corel® WordPerfect® Office, WinZip®

and the recently released Corel® Digital Studio™ 2010. Our global headquarters are

in Ottawa, Canada, with major offices in the United States, United Kingdom,

Germany, China, Taiwan, and Japan.

What’s new in CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5? 7

What’s new in CorelDRAW

Graphics Suite X5?

The new and enhanced features of CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5 are described in the

following topics:

• Connect to your content

• Get going quickly

• Create with confidence

• Use color with certainty

• Output with ease

For information about features and tools that were introduced or improved in earlier

versions of CorelDRAW Graphics Suite, see “Finding out what was new in previous

versions” on page 22.

Connect to your content

Content is central to any project. Whether it’s the perfect font, clipart, photo, a previous

project, or a client’s mockup, CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5 helps you quickly access

content so that you can focus on your design.

Corel CONNECT (New and enhanced)

This full-screen browser lets you peruse the suite’s digital content and search your

computer or local network to quickly find the perfect complement for a design. You can

browse content by category or search for content by using a keyword. This handy utility

is also available as a docker within both CorelDRAW and Corel PHOTO-PAINT.

What’s more, you can keep a collection of content in the tray, which is synchronized

between the browser and the dockers to provide quick access to project content.

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Corel CONNECT is available as a docker in CorelDRAW and

Corel PHOTO-PAINT, as well as a separate application.

Content (New)

A wealth of content is included to inspire you and provide a springboard for your own

designs. With an array of clipart images, photos, bitmap and full-color vector fills,

customizable templates, and fonts, you have boundless creative options. New artistic

media presets and nibs are included with CorelDRAW, and new brushes and nibs are

included with Corel PHOTO-PAINT.

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