Corel AfterShot Pro Instruction Manual
Contents
Quick start
Welcome to Corel AfterShot Pro
Library and catalogs
File System mode
Editing photos
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Corel AfterShot Pro workspace
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Understanding non-destructive editing
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Understanding the Library
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Supported file formats
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Importing images
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Managing your Library
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Working in File System mode
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About adjustment tools
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Standard tools
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Color tools
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Tone tools
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Detail tools
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Metadata tools
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Plugins
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Selective editing
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Retouching with Heal and Clone
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Cropping and straightening
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Presets
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Copying and pasting settings
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Using the History palette
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Editing photos in an external image editor
Organizing, keywords, and metadata
Outputting images
Printing
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Versions
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Stacks
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Thumbnail indicators
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Sorting and filtering
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Labels, ratings, and flags
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Working with keywords
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Working with metadata
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Finding photos by using metadata
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Using Save File As
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Using batches
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Managing batches
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Understanding settings for batches
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Web Galleries
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Using batches to copy files
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Working with print batches
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Managing print batches
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Print settings
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Quick start
This section introduces some of the basic tasks that you can
accomplish in Corel® AfterShot™ Pro. If you're looking for a quick
way to start working with the application, take a few minutes to go
through the steps below. The steps include handy shortcuts and
tips that help you work quickly.
There are three main steps:
1. Open your photos in Corel AfterShot Pro.
2. Select and edit one or more photos.
3. Output your edited photos individually or as a batch.
Before you begin, see
overview of the workspace.
Step one: Open your photos
To get you started quickly, we're going to work directly from the
folders on your computer. After you're familiar with the application,
you can choose to build a Library by importing photos into Corel
AfterShot Pro. When you're ready for more information, see
Und e rstand in g th e Lib rary
To navigate to your photos
In Corel AfterShot Pro, click the File System tab, and navigate to
your folder in the Directory View.
When you click a folder, the photos from the folder are displayed
as thumbnails in the Thumbnail panel.
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Step two: Selecting and editing photos
To view and adjust images, you need to select them. The Thumbnail
panel displays thumbnails of the photos that are in the active folder.
When you select a thumbnail, the Preview panel displays a larger
view of the photo. When you edit a photo, the original file (master
file) is never altered — edit information is saved separately and what
you see onscreen is a master version, a preview that shows your
edits. You can edit the entire photo or a selected area of the photo.
When you are finished editing a photo, you can simply move on to
the next photo, or you can save your changes as a new version. This
means that you capture the edits as a variation of the original file.
The
ve rsion
can be viewed as a thumbnail or in the Preview panel. It
can also be output.
To preview and select photos
1. In the Browse panel, click the File System tab.
2. Navigate to the folder you want. The Thumbnail panel displays the
photos that are in the folder.
3. Click a thumbnail to display it in the Preview panel.
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Before you start editing, you can choose between viewing the
You can also
Scroll quickly
through
thumbnails
Press [ or ].
Compare two or
more photos (or
versions) in the
Preview panel
Click the Toggle Multi-Image View button
(or press M), and Ctrl + click or Command-click
the thumbnails. The Preview panel displays the
selected photos.
You can also select a sequence of photos by
using Shift + arrow keys.
This is a great way to select and flag the best
photo in a series of similar photos. For more
information about flagging and organizing
your photos, see
O rg an izin g, k eyw ords, an d
metadata
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Select all
thumbnails
Press Ctrl + A or Command-A.
Deselect
thumbnails
Click a background area of the Thumbnail panel
or press Ctrl + D or Command-D.
edits directly on the master version of your file, or creating a new
version for editing by pressing Insert or by right-clicking the
thumbnail and choosing Version > New Version from Defaults.
No te : The last image you select is called the active image. While
in Multi-Image View mode, metadata changes, adjustments, and
other edits apply only to the active image.
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To edit a photo
To
Do th e following
Flag or add
keywords (i.e.
add metadata)
Flag — click a thumbnail and on the To p
toolbar click the Flag as Pick button or
press . (period key). To mark a photo as a
reject, click the Flag as Reject button or
press , (comma key).
Keywords — on the Tools panel, click the
Metadata tab, click inside the Keywords box,
and type one or more keywords, separated
by commas.
Crop a photo
On the AfterShot Pro toolbar at the bottom of
the Preview panel, click the Crop tool . In
the Crop palette, adjust the settings that you
want, and in the Preview panel, drag the crop
area over the area that you want to preserve.
Click Done in the Crop palette.
Adjust the color,
tone, or
sharpness of the
entire photo
In the Tools panel, click the Standard tab, and
adjust the settings you want in the Basic
Adjustments section.
1. In the Browse panel, navigate to the folder you want.
The Thumbnail panel displays the photos that are in the folder.
2. Click a thumbnail to display it in the Preview panel.
3. Experiment by trying any of the editing actions in the following
table.
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Edit a selected
area only
1. Click the Open Layer Manager button in
the upper-right corner of the window.
2. In the Layers palette, click the +Adjust button
at the top of the palette. A new editing layer
is created.
3. Click a Region tool, such as the Circle Region
tool, click an area that you want to adjust,
and adjust the Size, Feather, or other settings
at the bottom of the Layers palette.
4. In the Basic Adjustments section of the Tools
panel, adjust any of the settings you want —
the changes apply to the selected area(s) of
the current layer.
Tip: There are some handy ways to undo actions. Here are a few
you can try:
To undo one action at a time, press Ctrl + Z or Command-Z.
To reset a Tools panel slider to its original setting, double-click
the slider name.
To clear all the changes that you've made to a photo, right-click
the thumbnail, and choose Settings > Apply Default Settings
from the context menu.
To show your edits on a new version
In the Thumbnail panel, right-click or Control-click an edited photo
(master version), and from the context menu, choose Version >
New Version from Current.
No te : You can confirm that a photo has been edited by looking
for the Edit icon in the upper-right corner of the thumbnail.
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A new thumbnail appears next to the thumbnail of the master
version. By default, versions use the following naming
convention: original file name + version number (_v2, _v3, ...).
Thre e edite d ve rsions base d on the same maste r file
You can now return to the master version and edit it in a new way
and create another version. To start from the original settings, you
can clear the edits made to the master version by right-clicking or
Control-clicking the thumbnail, and choosing Settings > Apply
Default Settings from the context menu.
Tip: Whether you choose to create a new version before or after
editing a master version depends on your workflow. For
example, if you know that you want to make several versions
from the outset, you can create a version before you start
editing, so you can always see how the original master file looks.
If you want to quickly fix a photo, you can simply edit the master
version—you can create other versions later if you want. The
non-destructive nature of editing in Corel AfterShot Pro gives
you maximum flexibility.
For more information about editing photos, see
Editing pho to s
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Step three: Outputting photos for sharing and
After you organize and edit your photos, you
can share your work by outputting your
photos. Outputting lets you save your photos
to a standard file format so that you can share
your work on the Web, via email, or use your
files in other applications. You can also
output your files to print. There are a number
of standard output choices, called batches,
that let you output quickly, but you can also
create a custom batch. For example, you can
choose file type, quality, color space, and
image size. You can also set a naming
convention to rename the files when they are
output and you can apply presets. For more
information about outputting, see
O u tp utting im ages
.
print
To get you started quickly, let's use standard batches to save to JPEG
and print a couple of 5 x 7 inch photos.
To output to a full-sized JPEG
1. In the Thumbnail panel, select one or more photos that you want
to output.
2. Do one of the following:
In the Browse panel, click the Output tab, and in the Batch Output
section, drag the thumbnails to JPEG Full Size.
Press F (shortcut key assigned to JPEG Full Size batch).
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3. In the Select a Destination dialog box, choose a folder where the
files will be saved.
After you select a destination folder, files are saved automatically to
that folder for the rest of the session. You can change the
destination and access other output settings by double-clicking a
batch name in the Batch Output or Printing section.
To print to a standard print size
1. In the Thumbnail panel, select two photos that you want to print.
2. In the Browse panel, click the Output tab, and in the Printing
section, drag the thumbnails to a batch name, such as 5x7 Qty.2.
3. Double-click the batch name to preview the print job in the Print
Settings dialog box.
4. In the Print Layout section, enable the Scale crop or Scale reduce
option (matches the photos to the selected print ratio) and
preview the results.
5. Choose your printer from the drop-down list in the bottom left
corner.
6. Click Print.
Moving on
Now that you have been introduced to the basics, here are some
additional topics that will provide you with more detailed
information:
Und e rstand in g th e Lib rary
M anaging yo ur Lib rary
Editing pho to s
O rg an izin g, k eyw ord s, an d me tadata
O u tp utting im ages
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Welcome to Corel AfterShot Pro
What is Corel® AfterShot™ Pro?
Corel AfterShot Pro is a fast, flexible workflow application for digital
photos, including RAW formats, JPEG, and TIFF. Corel AfterShot Pro
is designed to help you organize, optimize, and output your photos.
You can work with individual photos or tap into powerful and
flexible multi-image processing options that let you adjust and
output your photos so you can print them or share them via email
or the Web. Corel AfterShot Pro is completely non-destructive; your
original image files are always safe. You can use Corel AfterShot Pro
on its own, or with your favorite image editing software.
What's in this user guide?
This user guide includes basic information to help you get started
quickly. It includes a quick start section as well as some background
information that will help you understand how the application
works and what you can do with it. This user guide is meant to
accompany the full information set that is available in the Help that
is accessible from within the application. For a full list of learning
resources, from the menu bar choose Help > Learning Center.
How is Corel AfterShot Pro different from other
image-editing software?
There are a few things that set Corel AfterShot Pro apart from
traditional image-editing software. Let's take a look at these
differences.
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Acti o n
Trad iti onal
imag e-e d i to r
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Open
files that
you want
to edit
File > Open File,
open one or
more files.
As a workflow application, you tend
to work with folders, so click the File
System tab, and click a folder. You
can then right-click to import the
folder to the Library or click a
thumbnail and start editing.
Edit files
Start editing
each open file,
when finished,
the editing
information is
saved to the
file.
Start editing, creating one or more
looks (versions) for each photo. The
edits are saved automatically to a
sidecar file (XMP) so that your
original file is never affected. You can
really experiment, even between
editing sessions.
Save the
files
File > Save File
As, usually for
each file that
you want to
output, save to
the file format
you want (such
as JPEG). You
either overwrite
your existing
file, or create a
new file.
Select as many thumbnails (photos
or looks) as you want, and to save
out to a standard JPEG, press F. Want
TIFF? Press T. New files are created,
your original file is never affected.
*Corel AfterShot Pro lets you output
multiple files at one time, and offers
a range of settings that let you
customize your output.
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What is photo workflow?
Photo workflow refers to all the activities that occur between the
initial image capture and the final photo output. Photographers
have very different workflows, depending on the volume of photos
they take and what they do with the photos. Your workflow might
be as simple as downloading images from your camera's memory
card and printing them on a printer that is attached to your
computer. A photo workflow might also include any of the
following:
organizational tasks, such as adding keywords and star ratings so
you can search and sort your images
editing and adjusting photos to correct, enhance, or creatively
manipulate photos
backing up and archiving photos
sharing photos through email or on the Web
printing photos in-house, through online printing services,
service bureaus, or prepress facilities
Corel AfterShot Pro supports a wide range of workflow options and
working styles to ensure that you can get the best quality from your
photos in the least amount of time.
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P hot o workflow : 1. Transfe r ph oto s from you r c ame ra to yo ur compute r, 2. Imp ort the
ph oto s into Co rel A fte rShot Pro , 3. Edit y our pho to s, cre ating one or mo re ve rsio ns, 4.
Ou tp ut a ve rsion to a JPEG or TIFF file .
Corel AfterShot Pro is organized into three workflow areas: Asset
management, Image editing, and Output generation.
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Asset management lets you catalog your
original digital photos as master files and
view, add, browse and search photo
metadata. As your photo library grows
from hundreds to thousands of photos,
maintaining a coherent, organized,
searchable library becomes critical. Corel
AfterShot Pro provides all the tools needed
to catalog your current photographs, and
makes it easy to add to your library.
Image editing lets you adjust and correct
elements such as exposure, white balance,
detail, and distortions. You can get
creative with a variety of editing features
that you can apply to an entire photo or a
selected area. For example, you can use
selective editing to select one color area in
your photo and apply a color to that area
without affecting the rest of the photo.
Output generation lets you share the
photos that you have worked on in Corel
AfterShot Pro. Your photos can be output
in a wide range of formats that you can
print, email, or share on the Web. The
powerful Batch Conversion feature lets you
take advantage of multi-image processing.
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Corel AfterShot Pro workspace
The Corel AfterShot Pro workspace includes the following elements:
1. Menu bar
The menu bar is used to access common functions and features. For
example, you can import folders, set your preferences, or access the
Help.
2. Browse panel
The Browse panel is your main access point for your photos. The
panel has tabs for the Library, File System, and Output pages. Some
pages are further divided into sections. For example, the Library
page consists of a Catalogs section and a Metadata Browser section.
The Browse panel can be hidden so that more room is available for
viewing your images. Just click the left arrow at the top of the
Browse panel tabs to hide or show the panel.
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3. Thumbnail panel
At the top of the main Corel AfterShot Pro window, this panel
shows thumbnails for the folder, container, search or browse
category selected with the Browse panel. All the images in the folder
are initially visible in the Thumbnail panel, but you can filter the
images to show only the thumbnails that match a specific set of
criteria.
4. Thumb Zoom toolbar
This toolbar contains the Thumbnail Size control which lets you
adjust the size of the thumbnails in the Thumbnail panel.
5. AfterShot Pro toolbar
This toolbar contains editing tools and viewing options for the
Preview panel.
6. Preview panel
The Preview panel lets you view a large version of the photo that is
selected in the Thumbnail panel. When Multi-Image View is enabled,
the Preview panel displays previews of all the selected thumbnails.
You can view image adjustments and zoom into or out of the
selected images.
7. Tools panel
Like the Browse panel, the Tools panel has tabs for pages that
contain a number of sections. For example, the Standard page
displays the Histogram, Basic Adjustments, and Presets sections.
Sections can be pinned so they stay visible.
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The Tools panel can be hidden so that more room is available for
viewing your images. Just click the left arrow at the top of the Tools
panel tabs to hide or show this panel.
8. Top toolbar
This toolbar contains a variety of search, metadata, layer, and
viewing commands.
There are many ways to adjust and customize the Corel AfterShot
Pro workspace. For more information, see
Ad ju s ting th e worksp a ce
Understanding non-destructive editing
Corel AfterShot Pro is a non-destructive image editor, meaning that
adjustments you make to your images in Corel AfterShot Pro will
never alter the data in the original image. You are free to
experiment as much as you want, knowing that you can always
revert to the original version. As a non-destructive image editor, the
adjustments you create are stored either in a sidecar XMP file, within
the Corel AfterShot Pro catalog database, or both. This means that
when you're ready to share or export your work, you need to output
the versions you want to a standard file format.
When you edit a photo in Corel AfterShot Pro, a new version is
created that contains the adjustments you've made. Corel AfterShot
Pro allows more than one set of image adjustments to be made on
a single photo, allowing you to efficiently make many versions of a
single image. Creating a new version does not make a copy of the
original master file, but rather just allows you to apply different
image adjustments and metadata to the same Master file.
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XMP files
Corel AfterShot Pro stores its settings in an XMP file that is slightly
different from other popular image editors and photo management
applications. We do this to prevent Corel AfterShot Pro from
overwriting settings created by other applications and to circumvent
limitations inherent in the current XMP standard (such as only being
able to export the metadata from one version at a time, or the
inability to save different settings for a RAW file and a JPEG that
were created in camera as a RAW+JPEG pair).
Corel AfterShot Pro uses a similar, but slightly different filename to
store this enhanced XMP data. The XMP filename is created by
simply adding ".xmp" to the end of the complete filename of the
image file it describes (while many other applications build the XMP
filename by first dropping the image file extension (like "jpg", "nef"
or "cr2") before adding "xmp"). So a Corel AfterShot Pro XMP file
would look like img_0000.jpg.xmp while an XMP from other
applications for the same image would simply be img_0000.xmp.
Corel AfterShot Pro lets you create a standard XMP file that other
applications will read, but this limits the settings to those officially
supported by the XMP standard (one set of metadata per image
file).
Shared XMP data
Other applications store image adjustments in sidecar XMP files,
and metadata added in other applications can be imported into
Corel AfterShot Pro. These include:
Star ratings
Color labels
Flags (called 'Picks' or 'Selects' in other applications)
Keywords and categories
IPTC and EXIF data
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Likewise, applying any of these settings to images in Corel AfterShot
Pro will write this data back to the XMP file for those images. Many
applications allow you sync settings from XMP files with the settings
they hold in their internal databases. After the sync process is
complete, adjustments made in Corel AfterShot Pro appear in those
applications as well.
For more information, see
O rg an izin g, k eyw ord s, an d me tadata
.
Understanding the Library
Your Library is where you store one or more catalogs of photos. It is
a key part of the asset management system. It lets you access the
master files (original photos) as well as all the versions that you
create. You can read photo metadata, and search and browse for
photos based on the associated metadata.
Review the information in this section, and when you're ready to
start importing, see
Im portin g image s
.
The Corel AfterShot Pro Library and catalogs
If you choose to use Corel AfterShot Pro's asset management
features, you will start by importing images into a catalog. This
catalog is where data and metadata for your photos will be stored.
The Library consists of one or more catalogs, which store data such
as:
Links to original master files (path information and file
information)
Metadata for image searching and browsing
Image adjustment settings, and a complete editing history
Previews and thumbnails
Catalog-specific settings
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Asset management is optional
Although importing your photos to the Library is recommended, it
is not required. You can still view and edit photos and use the RAW
file conversion features without adding files to your Library. How?
You simply click the File System tab and navigate to the photos in
the Directory View.
When would I not want to import photos?
Here are some examples of cases where you may choose not to
import photos:
If you simply want to see what photos are on a memory card or
other storage device. For example, if you want to grab a few RAW
files from your friend's memory card, you can use the File System
tab to find and view the photos. You can then copy only the
photos that you want to your computer and import those photos.
If you already have an asset management application and don't
want to replace it. For example, perhaps you have third-party
software that copies and builds an image folder structure.
If you have many photos that you need to import and you simply
want to get started quickly.
Features available after importing photos to the Library
After you import your photos to a catalog in your Library, you have
full access to the following features:
Browsing multiple folders — select multiple folders and view all
the thumbnails in the folders and subfolders in one flat view.
Full editing history — an editing log is maintained for every
change that you make to photos and versions over time. If you
do not import your photos, the edit log is maintained only for the
current session (the log is cleared when you exit the application).
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Image search — find images by searching for filename, EXIF, IPTC
or other metadata.
Metadata browsing — browse through your catalog using EXIF,
IPTC or other metadata.
Image stacks — group versions from one or many master files
together into stacks.
Offline image browsing — find and manage images that are stored
on offline media like CDs, DVDs or external hard drives.
Initial image settings — Corel AfterShot Pro stores the first set of
adjustments found for every image when you import. This lets
you quickly revert to these settings at any time. The Initial Settings
might be the same as the Default Settings, or they might be
different because they include any edits or adjustments made in
Corel AfterShot Pro before importing.
Supported file formats
You can read (open and view) or write (save and export) to a wide
range of file formats.
RAW files from a wide array of digital cameras are supported as well
as JPEG and TIFF files. The table in the Help lists many supported
cameras, but for a list that includes the latest cameras, please visit
www.corel.com, and from the Support page, click Get Answers. Enter
the product name and search for RAW in the Knowledgebase.
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Library and catalogs
In this section, you'll learn about
the Library
creating catalogs
About the Library
Your Library is where you store one or more catalogs of photos. It is
a key part of the asset management system. It lets you access the
master files (original photos) as well as all the versions that you
create.
A catalog is a collection of photos and their associated image data.
In essence, a catalog is a database that can be managed within
Corel AfterShot Pro. Catalogs contain master files, thumbnails and
preview images, image settings, image adjustments, and catalogspecific preferences.
The Library can be accessed from the Browse panel. The Library page
contains the Catalogs section which lists all the folders and photos
that you have cataloged by importing. For more information about
importing to the Library, see
Im portin g image s
.
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The Library page in th e Bro w se pane l con tains the Se arch box , th e Catalog se ctio n, and
th e M etadata Bro wse r.
About catalogs
When images are first imported into a Corel AfterShot Pro catalog,
the initial settings used for that image are taken from a Corel
AfterShot Pro XMP file if one exists. If no Corel AfterShot Pro XMP
file is found, metadata settings (keywords, rating, labels, IPTC or
XMP tags) are read from standard XMP files, or the image file itself.
Catalog versus XMP
After images have been imported into a Corel AfterShot Pro catalog,
changes to any image or metadata settings are stored within the
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Corel AfterShot Pro catalog. The changes can be written back to the
AfterShot Pro XMP files manually by selecting the thumbnails for
the images you want, right-clicking one of the thumbnails, and
selecting XMP > Write AfterShot XMP files. Alternately, you may
choose to have Corel AfterShot Pro always keep the XMP files up to
date. You can do so in the General preferences by enabling the
Allow automatic AfterShot .xmp creation for photos in Catalogs check
box.
Multiple catalogs
Most people can easily work with one catalog. All photos are
imported to the default catalog, and you can easily search and filter
to find the photos your want in the catalog. However, if you take
photos for different reasons, professional versus personal for
example, you can create separate catalogs. Corel AfterShot Pro lets
you build, open, and work with many catalogs from your Library
simultaneously. This allows you to group, backup, and manage sets
of files as catalogs, while preserving the ability to browse, search,
and access any image in any open catalog. For more information
about creating catalogs, see
M anaging catalo gs
.
Importing images
When you import images into Corel AfterShot Pro, they are added
to a catalog. You can choose to import an entire folder, a folder and
all the subfolders it contains, or you can selectively import one or
more files within a folder.
Importing is a process that you control. If you add a new folder or
subfolder to your computer, you must import the new folders if you
want to add them to your Library. If you have added several
subfolders or individual images to an existing folder structure, you
can reimport from the root folder to ensure that you catch all the
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new items — duplicate catalog entries are not created if you import
a photo from the same source location more than once.
To import a folder
1. Do one of the following
Click File > Import Photos from Folder. In the dialog box,
navigate to the folder you want and click the Select Folder
button.
In the Browse panel, click the File System tab, and in the
Directory View, right-click the folder you want, and choose
Import Folder from the context menu.
2. In the Import Photos dialog box, confirm that the Source Folder
button displays the name of your folder.
To include subfolders, enable the Include images from subfolders
check box.
3. Confirm that the Import into Catalog button displays the name of
the catalog you want to use. If you want to create a new catalog,
click the button.
4. (Optional) Enable the Apply Import Settings check box and enter
any keywords that you want to apply to all the photos within the
folder. You can also apply presets in the same way.
5. Click Begin Import.
No te : All the photos in the folder are cataloged. To check your
catalog, click the Library tab, and navigate to your folders in the
Catalogs section. Note that the files are not copied when they are
cataloged — they are referenced from their original location.
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Tip: If you don't want to import all the photos in a folder, you
can open the folder, and in the Thumbnail panel, select the
thumbnails for the photos that you want to import. Click File >
Import Selected Files, and choose the import settings you want in
the Import Photos dialog box.
The Impo rt P hotos dialog b ox
Managing your Library
Your Library consists of catalogs and the files and versions that each
catalog contains. You can move, copy, rename, and delete one or
more files or versions at a time to get organized. You can also
manage your Library by creating more than one catalog, and control
which catalogs are accessible by opening or closing catalogs.
For more information about versions, see
Vers io n s.
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Moving and copying versions
You can move or copy versions to a new location.
No te : When you move or copy a version, the master file and all
related versions are copied or moved.
To move or copy versions
Do one of the following:
To move a version, drag the thumbnail from the Thumbnail
panel to the folder of your choice in the Browse panel.
To copy a version, hold Ctrl or Command while dragging the
thumbnail from the Thumbnail panel to the folder of your
choice in the Browse panel.
Renaming versions
You can choose to rename your versions by using renaming formats
if you want to rename several versions at one time with a consistent
format.
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