Corel PaintShop Pro - 2018 Ultimate User Manual
Corel® PaintShop® Pro 2018 User Guide
Contents
Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
What’s new in Corel PaintShop Pro 2018 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Installing and uninstalling Corel programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Starting and exiting the program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Registering Corel products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Updates and messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Corel Support Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
About Corel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Learning how to use Corel PaintShop Pro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Documentation conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Using the Help system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Corel PaintShop Pro 2018 User Guide PDF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Using the Learning Center palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Learning with video tutorials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Using Web-based resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Workspace tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Exploring workspace tabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Switching tabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Switching workspaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Choosing a workspace color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Using palettes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Using toolbars. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Using tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Customizing toolbars and palettes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Using dialog boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Viewing images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Using shortcut keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
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Using context menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Using rulers, grids, and guides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Getting started. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Getting photos into Corel PaintShop Pro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Connecting with image scanners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Opening and closing images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Saving images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Starting projects from a template . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Starting from a blank canvas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Creating images from existing images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Viewing images and image information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Exporting the image editing history to a text file . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Using Screenshot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Zooming and panning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Cutting, copying, and pasting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Copying images into other applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Undoing and redoing actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Repeating commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Deleting images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Files supported by Corel PaintShop Pro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Reviewing, organizing,
and finding photos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Using the Manage tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Browsing folders for photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Finding images on your computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Working with saved searches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Adding keyword tags to images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Viewing photos by tags. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Using the calendar to find images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Finding people in your photos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Using Map Mode to view, add, and edit image GPS info . . . . . . 119
Working with thumbnails in the Manage tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
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Capturing and applying edits to multiple photos . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Displaying and editing photo information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Using Quick Review to review photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Working with trays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Using Adjust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Showing the Adjust tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Working with the Adjust tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Tools and features in Adjust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Using depth information to select areas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Working with camera RAW photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Supported RAW file formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Using the Camera RAW Lab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Applying edits to multiple RAW photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Converting RAW photos to another file format . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Working with XMP files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Adjusting images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Fixing common problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Rotating images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Cropping images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Straightening images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Correcting photographic perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Making basic photo corrections automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Brightening images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Darkening images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Removing purple fringe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Removing digital noise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Removing chromatic aberrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Using Lens Correction to fix distortion, chromatic aberration, and
vignetting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Correcting lens distortions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Adjusting white balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Adjusting brightness, contrast, and clarity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
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Adjusting hue and saturation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Adding or removing noise. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Controlling depth of field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Blurring images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Sharpening images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Softening images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Resizing images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Retouching and restoring images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Removing red-eye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Applying cosmetic changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Removing scratches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Removing flaws and objects with the Clone Brush or Object Remover
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Using Magic Fill to erase image areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Moving selected areas with Magic Move . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Erasing image areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Cutting out image areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Retouching image areas by using brushes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Recoloring image areas for a realistic effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Replacing colors, gradients, or patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Filling areas with colors, gradients, or patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Flipping and mirroring images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Adding borders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Scaling photos by using Smart Carver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Scaling and transforming photos using the Pick tool . . . . . . . . . 277
Resizing the canvas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Merging exposures and content. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Understanding HDR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Taking photos for HDR processing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Combining photos by using HDR Exposure Merge . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Using Single RAW Photo to create an HDR effect. . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Merging batches of photos into HDR images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
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Combining photos with Photo Blend. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Working with selections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Creating selections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Hiding and displaying the selection marquee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Moving, clipping, and rotating selections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Modifying selections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Inverting and clearing selections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Using feathering with selections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Using anti-aliasing with selections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Modifying the edges of selections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Creating custom patterns from selections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Saving and loading selections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Working with layers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Understanding layers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Using layers with photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Using layers with illustrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Using the Layers palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Creating layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
Promoting the background layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Deleting layers and clearing layer contents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Duplicating and copying layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352
Renaming layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
Viewing layers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
Finding layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
Organizing layers by color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Changing the order of layers in an image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Moving layers on the canvas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Grouping layers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
Linking layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
Blending layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
Setting layer opacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
Protecting transparent areas of raster layers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
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Merging layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
Using adjustment layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
Using layer styles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
Working with masks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
Understanding masks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
Displaying masks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382
Creating masks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
Deleting masks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388
Editing masks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389
Loading masks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391
Saving masks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393
Working with colors and materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397
Using the Materials palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397
Choosing colors in the Material Properties dialog box . . . . . . . . 401
Choosing colors for paletted images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405
Choosing colors from an image or the desktop . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406
Using gradients. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407
Editing gradients. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412
Exporting and importing gradients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415
Applying a color or transparency gradient with the Gradient Fill tool
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Using patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418
Using textures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421
Working with custom color palettes and swatches . . . . . . . . . . 424
Applying effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429
Choosing effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430
Applying 3D effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436
Applying Art Media effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443
Applying Artistic effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447
Applying environment maps and bump maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463
Applying Distortion effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464
Using the Displacement Map effect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475
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Applying Edge effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476
Applying Geometric effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481
Applying Illumination effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485
Applying Image effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488
Applying Photo effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 491
Using Retro Lab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499
Applying a gradient with the Graduated Filter effect . . . . . . . . . 501
Creating vintage-style photos with the Time Machine . . . . . . . . 502
Applying film and filter effects to photos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 506
Applying Reflection effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509
Applying Texture effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 514
Adding picture frames to images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 529
Creating your own effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530
Combining images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 531
Using the Picture Tube tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533
Warping images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539
Working with deformation maps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543
Working with text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 547
Applying text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 547
Formatting text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 551
Saving text presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 557
Fitting text to a path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 558
Wrapping text within a selection or shape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 561
Pasting and fitting text to a shape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 562
Moving text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563
Applying effects to text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 564
Converting text to curves. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 565
Creating a text cutout filled with an image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 566
Filling text with image patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 567
Sizing and transforming text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 568
Displaying captions and info text on images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 570
Drawing and editing vector objects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 573
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Understanding raster and vector objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 574
Selecting vector objects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 576
Drawing rectangles and squares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577
Drawing circles and ellipses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579
Drawing symmetric shapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580
Creating preset shapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 581
Filling cutout shapes with images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 583
Editing shapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 584
Saving shapes as presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585
Working with nodes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 586
Sizing, shaping, and rotating vector objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 592
Aligning, distributing, and arranging vector objects. . . . . . . . . . 594
Grouping and ungrouping vector objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 597
Converting objects to paths. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 599
Adding and closing contours. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600
Editing contours and paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 601
Drawing lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 604
Saving custom line styles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 606
Drawing curves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 608
Modifying lines and curves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 611
Copying and moving vector objects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 613
Working with brushes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 615
Choosing brushes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 616
Choosing brush options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 617
Using brushes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 620
Customizing brush settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 622
Creating brush tips and presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 624
Importing and sharing brush tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 627
Painting and drawing with the Art Media tools . . . . . . . . 629
Working with Art Media layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 630
Working with the Mixer palette. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 631
Working with Art Media tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 636
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Using the Oil Brush tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 638
Using the Chalk tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 640
Using the Pastel tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 641
Using the Crayon tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 642
Using the Colored Pencil tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 644
Using the Marker tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 645
Using the Watercolor Brush tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 646
Using the Palette Knife tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 648
Using the Smear tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 649
Using the Art Eraser tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 650
Working with advanced color features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 651
Understanding color depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 651
Viewing color depth information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 653
Increasing the color depth of an image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 654
Decreasing the color depth of an image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 655
Understanding color reduction methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 661
Understanding palette options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 662
Working with image palettes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 663
Understanding color and color models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 669
Understanding how monitor colors and print colors differ . . . . . 672
Calibrating your monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 673
Working with color management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 675
Using color channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 677
Customizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 679
Viewing and hiding toolbars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 680
Viewing and hiding tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 681
Using custom workspaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 681
Customizing the menu system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 684
Customizing toolbars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 685
Creating custom toolbars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 687
Customizing keyboard shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 688
Setting Undo preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 690
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Setting View preferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 691
Setting Display and Caching preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 692
Setting Palettes preferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 695
Setting Units preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 697
Setting Transparency and Shading preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . 698
Setting Warnings preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 699
Setting Auto Action preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 700
Setting Miscellaneous preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 701
Setting Manage tab preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 704
Setting Auto-Preserve preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 705
Setting workspace tab preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 706
Setting file format preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 707
Setting file format associations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 713
Setting file locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 714
Managing resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 716
Setting plug-in preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 719
Selecting Web browsers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 721
Setting Autosave preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 722
Resetting all preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 723
Switching languages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 724
Adjusting general viewing options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 725
Accessing tools and commands from previous versions of Corel
PaintShop Pro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 727
Protecting and restoring the Corel PaintShop Pro database . . . . 728
Automating tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 731
Scripting basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 731
Working with scripting tools and features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 733
Recording and saving a script . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 735
Running saved scripts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 739
Stopping or undoing a script. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 742
Editing scripts in Corel PaintShop Pro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 742
Editing scripts using a text-editing application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 744
Troubleshooting a script . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 745
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Assigning icons to scripts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 746
Using and creating presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 747
Processing files in batches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 749
Renaming files in batches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 752
Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 755
Printing images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 755
Creating layouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 760
Editing templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 765
Editing and saving layouts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 767
Printing CMYK color separations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 770
Understanding printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 771
Sharing photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775
E-mailing photos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775
Uploading photos to a sharing site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 777
Creating Share My Trip projects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780
Creating images for the Web. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 783
Saving images for the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 783
Working with GIF files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 785
Working with JPEG files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 791
Working with PNG files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 794
Previewing images in Web browsers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 797
Slicing images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 798
Mapping images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 804
Creating image rollovers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 808
Using digital watermarks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 810
Adding visible watermarks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 814
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Welcome
Corel PaintShop Pro 2018 is powerful image-editing software that helps
anyone produce stunning photos and creative designs.
This section presents the following topics:
• What’s new in Corel PaintShop Pro 2018
• Installing and uninstalling Corel programs
• Starting and exiting the program
• Registering Corel products
• Updates and messages
• Corel Support Ser vices
• About Corel
The availability of features depends on the version of the
software you have.
What’s new in Corel PaintShop Pro 2018
Every new feature and enhancement was designed for more speed,
flexibility and creativity. With more customization options than ever
before, focused enhancements to ke y tools, and impressive perfo rmance
gains, PaintShop Pro 2018 delivers an unparalleled creative experience.
New! Essentials and Complete workspaces
Choose the workspace that’s right for you:
Welcome 1
• Essentials — a streamlined workspace with core features. With
larger user interface elements, this workspace is perfect for new
users, people who work with a core set of tools, and it makes it
easier to work with a stylus and touch screen.
• Complete — based on the classic PaintShop Pro workspace, the
Complete workspace includes the full set of editing and design
tools—everything you need to take your projects to the next level.
For more information, see “Switching workspaces” on page 24.
New! Quick Customize
Customize your Tools toolbar by showing all the tools you use regularly
and hiding the ones you don't. A new Quick Customize feature allows
you to pick and choose the tools on your Tools toolbar, and search for
any tool using a handy alphabetical search. And in a click, you can
restore a tool’s default settings. For more information, see
“Viewing and
hiding tools” on page 681.
New! Customization and control
Now, you’ll have more control over features, functionality, and
customization. Scroll bar too small? Make it bigger. Node size not right?
Customize it. Lines not visible? Enlarge them. Be more productive with
larger, easier-to-see icons. For more information, see
“A d j u s t i n g g e n e r a l
viewing options” on page 725.
New! Welcome tab
Feel right at home when you launch PaintShop Pro. You can choose a
workspace, start a new project, or access recent files. Explore tutorial
videos, keyboard shortcuts, free and premium plugins, applications,
scripts, brushes and more — all updated dynamically so you'll never run
out of learning and creative content. For more information, see
“The
Welcome tab” on page 18.
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Enhanced! Tool performance
En joy faster editing f eature s, includ ing a more res ponsive Depth of Field.
Because it’s 4 times faster than before, you can now create an area of
focus in your photo nearly instantaneously. Text Wrapping is also
significantly speedier, especially when using a gradient, pattern or
texture as text.
Enhanced! Launch time
In response to direct user feedback, we've decreased PaintShop Pro’s
launch time by over 50% from the last version! Cutting boot time in half
means you can get editing faster than ever.
Enhanced! Crop tool
Our most popular editing tool just got better. Now you can choose from
new Grid, Diagonal, Golden Ratio and Golden Spiral composition
guides, along with other Crop tool enhancements, to help you bring out
the best in your image. For more information, see
“Cropping images” on
page 160.
New! Text tool
Tex t is key to a ny design workflow. Our Text to ol enhanc ements help save
yo u desig n time with the new su perscript, subscript, and text justif ication
options, a ll convenie ntly located i n the Tool Op tions pal ette. You can also
use Paste-to-Fit to paste text into a shape and watch the text size
dynamically adjust to the shape size. For more information, see
“Formatting text” on page 551 and “Pasting and fitting text to a shape”
on page 562.
New! Clone overlay
Now when you use the Clone Brush tool, you'll see a preview of the
source pixels that you're about to apply, so you can get the results you
want the first time. For seamless editing, you can hide or show the
overlay with a simple shortcut key. For more information, see
Welcome 3
“Removing
flaws and objects with the Clone Brush or Object Remover” on
page 248.
Enhanced! Dropper tool
A new Sample and F ill icon in the Tool Optio ns palet te allows you to copy
the color and opa city of sample d pi xels. The Dropp er tool instantly turns
into the Flood Fill tool, allowing you to apply the copied properties to
another area with a single click. For more information, see
“To sample
and fill with a color selected with the Dropper tool” on page 406.
Enhanced! Gradient Fill tool
Explore 30 new gradients to enhance your creative designs, and enjoy
better results with improvements to the Gradient Fill tool. Now you can
recall your gradient line to edit an existing gradient and adjusting the
transparency is a breeze. For more information, see
“Applying a color or
transparency gradient with the Gradient Fill tool” on page 416.
Enhanced! Eraser tool
Our users wanted a more refined Eraser tool, and that's what we’ve
delivered! Now the Eraser tool has improved opacity control for better
results.
New! Quick Preview
Get a better look! Preview the thumbnails in your Organizer palette with
Quick Preview. Simply select a thumbnail and press the space bar to get
a larger view of an image. For more information, see
“To view Organizer
palette thumbnails with Quick Preview” on page 78.
New! Document-aware slider values
Tool sizes are now document-aware, so the maximum size of the tool is
relative to the size of your document, making it easier to set the tool size
you need for your project. For more information, see “Adjusting general
viewing options” on page 725.
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Installing and uninstalling Corel programs
The Installer makes it easy to install Corel® programs and components.
Before installing
• Close all open programs. Note that antivirus software and f irewall
applications may affect installation.
• Ensure that you are logged in to your computer as Administrator or
as a user with local administrative rights.
64-bit and 32-bit installation options
The Corel PaintShop Pro installer installs the 32-bit or 64-bit version of
the application by detecting and ma tchi ng the version to yo ur operating
system. For 64-bit systems, after the initial installation, you can choose
to add the 32-bit version. This will let you use any 32-bit plug-ins or
other 32-bit compatible software with the 32-bit version of Corel
PaintShop Pro, but still work with the 64-bit version of the application to
take advantage of 6 or more GB RAM and other 64-bit optimized
features.
Note: If you install 64-bit and 32-bit versions, the programs are listed
separately and launched separately from the Windows Start menu or
Start s cre en.
To in st al l Corel PaintShop Pro
1 Close any open applications.
2 Insert the DVD in the DVD drive or double-click the associated .exe
file that you downloaded.
If the DVD setup does not start automatically, navigate to the DVD
drive on your computer, and double-click
3 Follow the instructions on your screen.
Welcome 5
Setup.exe.
To uninstall Corel PaintShop Pro
1 Open the Windows Control Panel.
2In the
3In the
4Click
5 Follow the instructions on your screen.
Programs category, click the Uninstall a program link.
Programs and Features window, click
Corel PaintShop Pro 2018 in the list of applications.
Uninstall/Change.
Starting and exiting the program
Yo u c a n s t a r t C o r e l PaintShop Pro from the Windows taskbar or your
desktop icon, and exit the program from the File menu.
To start Corel PaintShop Pro
•From the Start menu, choose All Programs
Corel PaintShop Pro 2018 or use the Corel PaintShop Pro 2018
application icon or tile on your desktop or Start screen.
If you associate specific file formats, such as JPEG and TIFF, with
Corel PaintShop Pro, you can double-click the associated file to
start the program. For information about setting file format
associations, see “Setting file format associations” on page 713.
To exit Corel PaintShop Pro
• Choose File Exit.
Registering Corel products
Registering Corel products is important to ensure that you receive timely
access to the latest product updates, as well as valuable information
about product releases. Registration also gives you access to free
downloads, articles, tips and tricks, and special offers.
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You can register the program immediately after you install it. For more
information about registering a Corel product, visit
support/register.
www.corel.com/
Updates and messages
Notification messages provide you with important information about
your program.You can turn automatic program updates and messaging
on or off. You can choose to check for updates and messages manually.
To turn notification messages on or off
1Click Help Message Preference.
2 Mark only the check boxes for the updates or messages that you
want to receive.
To update your program
• Choose Help Check for Updates.
To check for messages
•Click Help Messages.
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
available support and professional services for your Corel product,
please visit www.corel.com/support.
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About Corel
Corel is one of the world's top software companies, boasting some of the
industry's best-known graphics, productivity, and digital media products .
We've built a reputation for giving customers more choice, and
delivering solutions that are easy to learn and use. Our mission is simple:
help people achieve new levels of creativity and productivity.
Corel's product lines include CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite, Painter®,
PaintShop® Pro, VideoStudio®, MindManager®, Pinnacle Studio™,
ReviverSoft®, Roxio Creator®, Roxio® Toast™, and WinZip®. For more
information on Corel, please visit
www.corel.com.
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Learning how to use
Corel
You can learn how to use Corel PaintShop Pro in various ways: by
accessing the Help and videos, by using the Learning Center palette, or
by exploring the Corel Guide and by visiting the Corel website
(www.corel.com), where you can access tips, tutorials, and information
about training.
This section presents the following topics:
• Documentation conventions
• Using the Help system
• Corel PaintShop Pro 2018 User Guide PDF
• Using the Learning Center palette
• Learning with video tutorials
• Using Web-based resources
PaintShop Pro
Documentation conventions
The following table describes important conventions used in the Help.
Convention Description Example
Menu
Menu
command
drop-list A list of options that drops
A menu item followed by a
menu command
down when a user clicks a
down arrow button
Choose File
Choose an option from the
Selection Type drop-list on
the Tool Options palette.
Open.
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Convention Description Example
palette A window containing available
commands and settings
relevant to a specific tool or
task
mark and
unmark
Enter The Enter key on your
Terms that refer to enabling or
disabling check boxes by
clicking them
keyboard
A note containing information
that is important to the
preceding steps. It may
describe conditions under
which the procedure can be
performed.
A tip containing suggestions
for performing the preceding
steps. It may present
alternatives to the steps, or
other benefits and uses of the
procedure.
Double-click the name of the
group on the Layers
To preserve the current print
size, mark the Maintain
original print size check box.
To save this gradient as a
swatch that you can access
later, click the Add to
swatches button, type a
name, and press Enter.
Although you can apply the
Texture Preserving Smooth
command to the entire
image, the command works
best when you select the
problem area.
You can also right-click in the
image to set the source point
for the Clone tool.
palette.
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Using the Help system
The Help that is available from within the program is the most
comprehensive source of information for Corel PaintShop Pro. The Help
sys
tem provides two ways to find information. You can choose a topic
from the Contents page, or use the Search page to search for specific
words and phrases. You can also print topics from the Help.
Online and local Help
If you are connected to the Internet, the application displays the
online
Help. When you are online, you have access to the latest information,
videos, and helpful links. If no Internet connection is available, the
application displays the local Help that is installed on your computer.
To use the Help system
1 Do one of the following:
Help Help topics.
• Click
F1.
• Press
2 In the Help window, do one of the following:
Contents — browse through topics on the left side of the window.
•
You can hide or show the contents by clicking the
button
• Search — search the full text of the Help for a particular word or
phrase (no quotation marks required) by typing your search term
in the Search box . For example, if you are
looking for information about a specific tool or command, you
can type the name of the tool or command, such as
to display a list of relevant topics.
Contents
Backlighting,
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You can also
Print a specific Help topic Open a Help topic, and click the Print
button
View Help for a dialog box Click Help at the bottom of the dialog
box.
Corel PaintShop Pro 2018 User Guide PDF
You can download the Corel Pain tShop Pro 2018 User Guide PDF to your
computer or tablet, or you can print the pages you want. You can find
the PDF in Help menu (Help User Guide (PDF)).
Using the Learning Center palette
The Learning Center palette contains helpful information about
PaintShop Pro tasks, commands, and tools to help f irst-time users
Corel
as well as experienced users get their work done faster. You can use the
Learning Center in one of two ways: from the Home page, navigate
through the task-based workflow, or simply click a tool in the Tools
toolbar and follow the corresponding instructions that appear in the
Learning Center palette.
Each task appearing on the Home page has its own topics with
instructions that describe its related tools or commands. You can click a
given topic to access a related tool or command. In this way, you can
perform a task as you learn about it. You can also access the Help from
the Learning Center palette to obtain additional information about a
task.
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From the Learning Center Home page, click a task, and then
Back button Home button
click a topic.
To display or hide the Learning Center palette
Edit tab
• From the Edit tab, choose View Palettes Learning Center.
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To use the Learning Center palette
Edit tab
1 From the Home page, click a task.
The topics related to the task appear.
2 Click a topic.
The procedure related to the topic appears.
• For topics describing a tool, the tool becomes active. The Tool
tions palette and any other relevant palettes appear.
Op
• For topics describing a command associated with a dialog box,
the dialog box appears.
3 Read the procedure for using the tool or command.
Some tasks and commands are not available unless an image is
open.
Learning with video tutorials
The Welcome tab and the Discovery Center window (English only) lets
you find and view a range of videos that help you learn about the
application and photography.
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You can also f ind video links within some topics in the online Help and
by visiting
www.youtube.com/corelpaintshoppro.
To open the Discovery Center window
• Choose Help Video Tutorials.
Using Web-based resources
From the Corel PaintShop Pro Help menu and the Corel website, you
can access a number of Web pages dedicated to customer support and
communities. You can f ind resources such as downloads, tutorials, tips,
newsletters, newsgroups, and other online resources.
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To access Web-based resources
•From the Help menu, select one of the following website links:
• Corel Support — this link takes you to the Customer Suppor t Web
page
• Check for Updates — checks the Corel Update Service to see if
there are updates to your copy of Corel
PaintShop Pro
To access Corel learning resources
• Use your Internet browser to go to www.paintshoppro.com, and
click the
Resources tab.
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