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Corel® PHOTO-PAINT™ X5 User Guide
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Contents i
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
Programs
CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5
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.
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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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