Corel PaintShop Pro - 2019 User Manual
Corel® PaintShop® Pro 2019
User Guide
Contents
Contents i
Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
What’s new in Corel PaintShop Pro 2019 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Installing and uninstalling Corel programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Starting and exiting the program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Registering Corel products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Updates and messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Corel Support Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
About Corel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Learning PaintShop Pro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Documentation conventions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Using the Help system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Corel PaintShop Pro 2019 User Guide PDF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Using the Learning Center palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Learning with video tutorials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Using Web-based resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Workspace tour. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Exploring workspace tabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Switching tabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Switching workspaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Choosing a workspace color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Using palettes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Using toolbars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Using tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Customizing toolbars and palettes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Using dialog boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Viewing images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Using shortcut keys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Using context menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Using rulers, grids, and guides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
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Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Getting photos into PaintShop Pro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Connecting with image scanners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Opening and closing images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Saving images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Starting projects from a template . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Starting from a blank canvas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Creating images from existing images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Viewing images and image information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Exporting the image editing history to a text file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Using Screenshot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Zooming and panning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Cutting, copying, and pasting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Copying images into other applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Undoing and redoing actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Repeating commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Deleting images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Files supported by PaintShop Pro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Reviewing, organizing,
and finding photos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Using the Manage tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Browsing folders for photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Finding images on your computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Working with saved searches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Adding keyword tags to images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Viewing photos by tags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Using the calendar to find images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Finding people in your photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Using Map Mode to view, add, and edit image GPS info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Working with thumbnails in the Manage tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Capturing and applying edits to multiple photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Displaying and editing photo information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
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Using Quick Review to review photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Working with trays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Using Adjust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Showing the Adjust tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Working with the Adjust tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Tools and features in Adjust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Using depth information to select areas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
RAW photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Supported RAW file formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Using the Camera RAW Lab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Applying edits to multiple RAW photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Converting RAW photos to another file format. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Working with XMP files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Adjusting images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Fixing common problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Rotating images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Cropping images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Straightening images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Correcting photographic perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Making basic photo corrections automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Brightening images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Darkening images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Removing purple fringe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Removing digital noise. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Removing chromatic aberrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Using Lens Correction to fix distortion, chromatic aberration, and vignetting . . . . . 129
Correcting lens distortions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Adjusting white balance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Adjusting brightness, contrast, and clarity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Adjusting hue and saturation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Adding or removing noise. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
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Controlling depth of field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Blurring images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Sharpening images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Softening images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Resizing images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Retouching and restoring images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Removing red-eye. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Applying cosmetic changes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Removing scratches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Removing flaws and objects with the Clone Brush or Object Remover . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Using Magic Fill to erase image areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Moving selected areas with Magic Move . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Erasing image areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Cutting out image areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Retouching image areas by using brushes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Recoloring image areas for a realistic effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Replacing colors, gradients, or patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Filling areas with colors, gradients, or patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Flipping and mirroring images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Adding borders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Scaling photos by using Smart Carver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Scaling and transforming photos using the Pick tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Resizing the canvas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Merging exposures and content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Understanding HDR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Taking photos for HDR processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Combining photos by using HDR Exposure Merge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Using Single RAW Photo to create an HDR effect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Merging batches of photos into HDR images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Combining photos with Photo Blend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Working with selections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
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Creating selections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Hiding and displaying the selection marquee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Moving, clipping, and rotating selections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Modifying selections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Inverting and clearing selections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Using feathering with selections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Using anti-aliasing with selections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Modifying the edges of selections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Creating custom patterns from selections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Saving and loading selections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Working with layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Understanding layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Using layers with photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Using layers with illustrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Using the Layers palette. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Creating layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Promoting the background layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Deleting layers and clearing layer contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Duplicating and copying layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Renaming layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Viewing layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Finding layers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Organizing layers by color. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Changing the order of layers in an image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Moving layers on the canvas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Grouping layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Linking layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Blending layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Setting layer opacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Protecting transparent areas of raster layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Merging layers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Using adjustment layers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
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Using layer styles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Working with masks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Understanding masks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Displaying masks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Creating masks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Deleting masks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Editing masks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Loading masks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Saving masks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Working with colors and materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Using the Materials palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Choosing colors in the Material Properties dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Choosing colors for paletted images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Choosing colors from an image or the desktop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Using gradients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Editing gradients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Exporting and importing gradients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Applying a color or transparency gradient with the Gradient Fill tool . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Using patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Using textures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Working with custom color palettes and swatches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Applying effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Choosing effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Applying 3D effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Applying Art Media effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Applying Artistic effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Applying environment maps and bump maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Applying Distortion effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Using the Displacement Map effect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Applying Edge effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Applying Geometric effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
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Applying Illumination effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Applying Image effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Applying Photo effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Using Retro Lab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Applying a gradient with the Graduated Filter effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Creating vintage-style photos with the Time Machine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Applying film and filter effects to photos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Applying Reflection effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Applying Texture effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
Adding picture frames to images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Creating your own effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
Combining images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
Using the Picture Tube tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Warping images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
Working with deformation maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
Working with text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
Applying text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
Formatting text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
Saving text presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377
Fitting text to a path. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378
Wrapping text within a selection or shape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
Pasting and fitting text to a shape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
Moving text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382
Applying effects to text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382
Converting text to curves. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
Creating a text cutout filled with an image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
Filling text with image patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385
Sizing and transforming text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385
Displaying captions and info text on images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
Drawing and editing vector objects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389
Understanding raster and vector objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389
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Selecting vector objects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391
Drawing rectangles and squares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391
Drawing circles and ellipses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392
Drawing symmetric shapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393
Creating preset shapes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394
Filling cutout shapes with images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395
Editing shapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396
Saving shapes as presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397
Working with nodes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397
Sizing, shaping, and rotating vector objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402
Aligning, distributing, and arranging vector objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403
Grouping and ungrouping vector objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405
Converting objects to paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406
Adding and closing contours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407
Editing contours and paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407
Drawing lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410
Saving custom line styles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411
Drawing curves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413
Modifying lines and curves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415
Copying and moving vector objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416
Working with brushes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417
Choosing brushes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418
Choosing brush options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418
Using brushes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420
Customizing brush settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421
Creating brush tips and presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422
Importing and sharing brush tips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425
Painting and drawing with the Art Media tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427
Working with Art Media layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427
Working with the Mixer palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428
Working with Art Media tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431
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Using the Oil Brush tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433
Using the Chalk tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434
Using the Pastel tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434
Using the Crayon tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435
Using the Colored Pencil tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436
Using the Marker tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437
Using the Watercolor Brush tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437
Using the Palette Knife tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438
Using the Smear tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439
Using the Art Eraser tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439
Working with advanced color features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441
Understanding color depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441
Viewing color depth information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442
Increasing the color depth of an image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443
Decreasing the color depth of an image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443
Understanding color reduction methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448
Understanding palette options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448
Working with image palettes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449
Understanding color and color models. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453
Understanding how monitor colors and print colors differ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455
Calibrating your monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456
Working with color management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456
Using color channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458
Customizing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461
Viewing and hiding toolbars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462
Viewing and hiding tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462
Using custom workspaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462
Customizing the menu system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464
Customizing toolbars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465
Creating custom toolbars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466
Customizing keyboard shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467
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Setting Undo preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469
Setting View preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470
Setting Display and Caching preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470
Setting Palettes preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472
Setting Units preferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473
Setting Transparency and Shading preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474
Setting Warnings preferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475
Setting Auto Action preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475
Setting Miscellaneous preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476
Setting Manage tab preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478
Setting Auto-Preserve preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479
Setting workspace tab preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480
Setting file format preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481
Setting file format associations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484
Setting file locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485
Managing resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487
Setting plug-in preferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489
Selecting Web browsers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490
Setting Autosave preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 491
Resetting all preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 492
Switching languages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493
Adjusting general viewing options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493
Accessing tools and commands from previous versions of PaintShop Pro . . . . . . . . 495
Protecting and restoring the Corel PaintShop Pro database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 496
Importing content and plugins from previous versions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 496
Editing 360° photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497
What you need to know about 360° photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497
Removing a tripod from a 360° photo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497
Straightening 360° photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 498
Correcting or applying effects to 360° photos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499
Applying Planet Effects to 360° photos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500
Creating a panorama-style image from 360° photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 501
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Automating tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503
Scripting basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503
Working with scripting tools and features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504
Recording and saving a script. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505
Running saved scripts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508
Stopping or undoing a script . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510
Editing scripts in Corel PaintShop Pro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510
Editing scripts using a text-editing application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 511
Troubleshooting a script . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512
Assigning icons to scripts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513
Using and creating presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 514
Processing files in batches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515
Renaming files in batches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517
Printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 519
Printing images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 519
Creating layouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522
Editing templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 526
Editing and saving layouts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 527
Printing CMYK color separations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530
Understanding printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530
Sharing photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533
E-mailing photos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533
Uploading photos to a sharing site. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 534
Creating images for the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 537
Saving images for the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 537
Working with GIF files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 538
Working with JPEG files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542
Working with PNG files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 544
Previewing images in Web browsers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546
Slicing images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 547
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Mapping images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 550
Creating image rollovers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 553
Using digital watermarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 554
Adding visible watermarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 557
Welcome 1
Welcome
Corel® PaintShop Pro® 2019 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 2019
• Installing and uninstalling Corel programs
• Starting and exiting the program
• Registering Corel products
• Updates and messages
• Corel Support Services
• About Corel
The availability of features depends on the version of the software you have.
What’s new in Corel PaintShop Pro 2019
PaintShop Pro 2019 is designed with performance, ease-of-use, and creativity at the
forefront.
Performance enhancements boost speed and quality
Work more efficiently and achieve better results. Thanks to significantperformance
improvements in both features and functionality, PaintShop Pro 2019 is quicker and more
robust than ever.
• Faster Crop: In response to user feedback, we’ve radically transformed the Crop tool to
take advantage of your computer's GPU for a more responsive experience. Rotating and
positioning PaintShop Pro's Crop tool is now 5x faster.
• Over 50 fixes based on direct feedback from users: We listen to what you have to say.
And we’ve made over 50 improvements to PaintShop Pro’s performance, stability and
features, based on requests from you - our loyal users. From adding text to cropping,
erasing, painting and working with brushes, our many revamps will make your editing
experience smoother than ever.
• Faster One-Step Photo Fix: One-Step Photo Fix just got faster. Now you can
automatically apply several corrections to your photo at once, in much less time!
• Enhanced 4K support: Enjoy ultra high definition resolution with 4K. PaintShop Pro
2019's support for high DPI monitors means user interface text will appear larger on
screen, making it easier to see and work with.
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• Latest stylus and graphics tablet support: Combine PaintShop Pro with a graphics
tablet for more expressive results. PaintShop Pro 2019 supports all of the latest
mainstream and WinTab-aware graphics tablets, as well as Windows Ink, so whether
you’re drawing, painting, applying adjustments or effects, you can use a pen for more
control.
• RAW support for over 100 new cameras: Manage and edit RAW photos taken with
some of the latest cameras. Over 100 new cameras are supported in PaintShop Pro 2019.
Simplified with you in mind
We’re committed to focusing on removing the obstacles that stand in the way of your
success. That’s why we've largely focused on simplifying PaintShop Pro 2019 - for the best
possible experience.
• Seamless content and plugin migration: PaintShop Pro 2019 easily migrates your
content from previous versions, for a seamless upgrade experience. Plugins, scripts,
brush tips, color palettes, gradients, patterns, textures, and effects that you've previously
installed will all be available in PaintShop Pro 2019. For more information, see “Importing
content and plugins from previous versions” on page 496.
• Conveniently enhance photos from your Crop toolbar: We’ve extended the power of
Crop—a favorite tool amongst photo editors —to include PaintShop Pro’s most used
enhancement features, including Instant Effects, One-Step Photo Fix, and Depth of Field.
Bringing these popular tools to the front of your Crop workflow saves you time and effort
in achieving a perfect photo. For more information, see “Cropping images” on page 111.
• Customize your user interface text size: Increase PaintShop Pro 2019's text size for
better visibility. Choose Small or Large text from the User Interface menu, to tailor your
user interface to you. For more information about customizing the PaintShop Pro user
interface, see “Adjusting general viewing options” on page 493.
Next-level creative innovation
Let new technologies, like artificial intelligence and deep learning, enhance your creativity in
unprecedented ways. Immerse yourself in PaintShop Pro 2019 to experience a whole new
level of creative innovation.
• Pic-to-Painting™ plugin: Create absolute masterpieces with the help of artificial
intelligence. PaintShop Pro’s new Pic-to-Painting presets apply Deep Neural Networks to
analyze your photo and turn it into a work of art that replicates the style of iconic artists.
Choose from a number of creative presets to achieve the look of a famous painting. After
you install Pic-to-Painting, you can access it in PaintShop Pro from the menu bar, Effects
> Plugins > Pic-to-Painting.
• 360° camera support: Edit photographs taken with a 360° degree camera. Straighten a
360° photo with rotation or make it appear flat. Remove and automatically replace the
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tripod in the image with PaintShop Pro's Magic Fill, or produce an interesting ‘planet-like’
effect. For more information, see “Editing 360° photos” on page 497.
• More creative content: At the very core of PaintShop Pro is creativity. Which is why
we’ve added new brushes, color palettes, gradients, patterns and picture tubes.
Download the new patterns from the Welcome Book, and find the rest of the new
content already built into PaintShop Pro.
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 firewall 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 matching the version to your 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 screen.
To ins tall 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 Setup.exe.
3 Follow the instructions on your screen.
To uni nst all C ore l PaintShop Pro
1 Open the Windows Control Panel.
2 In the Programs category, click the Uninstall a program link.
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3 In the Programs and Features window, click Corel PaintShop Pro 2019 in the list of
applications.
4 Click Uninstall/Change.
5 Follow the instructions on your screen.
Starting and exiting the program
You ca n s ta rt C or el PaintShop Pro from the Windows taskbar or your desktop icon, and exit
the program from the File menu.
To sta rt Co re l PaintShop Pro
•From the Start menu, choose All Programs Corel PaintShop Pro 2019 or use the
Corel PaintShop Pro 2019 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 484
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.
You ca n re gi st er t he p ro gram i mm ediately after you install it. For more information about
registering a Corel product, visit www.corel.com/support/register.
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 tur n n otifi catio n mes sages on o r of f
1 Click Help Message Preference.
2 Mark only the check boxes for the updates or messages that you want to receive.
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To update your program
•Choose Help Check for Updates.
To che ck for m essag es
• 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.
About Corel
Corel is one of the world's top software companies. Our mission is simple: to help people achieve new
levels of creativity, productivity, and success.
For more information on Corel, please visit www.corel.com.
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Learning PaintShop Pro 7
Learning PaintShop Pro
You ca n le ar n ho w to u se C orel 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 2019 User Guide PDF
• Using the Learning Center palette
• Learning with video tutorials
• Using Web-based resources
Documentation conventions
The following table describes important conventions used in the Help.
Convention Description Example
Menu Menu
command
A menu item followed by a menu
command
Choose
File Open.
drop-list
A list of options that drops down when
a user clicks a down arrow button
Choose an option from the
Selection Type drop-list on the
Too l O pt io ns pa let te .
palette
A window containing available
commands and settings relevant to a
specific tool or task
Double-click the name of the group
on the Layers
palette.
mark and
unmark
Ter ms th at r efe r t o en ab li ng o r
disabling check boxes by clicking them
To pre se r ve t he cu rre nt p ri nt s iz e,
mark the
Maintain original print
size check box.
Enter The Enter key on your keyboard
To save this gradient as a swatch that
you can access later, click the
Add to
swatches button, type a name, and
press
Enter.
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A note containing information that is
important to the preceding steps. It
may describe conditions under which
the procedure can be performed.
Although you can apply the
Tex tu re
Preserving Smooth command to
the entire image, the command
works best when you select the
problem area.
A tip containing suggestions for
performing the preceding steps. It may
present alternatives to the steps, or
other benefits and uses of the
procedure.
You c an al so ri ght-cl ic k i n the i mag e
to set the source point for the Clone
tool.
Convention Description Example
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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 system 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 syst em
1 Do one of the following:
• Click Help Help topics.
•Press F1.
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 Contents 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 Backlighting, to display a list of
relevant topics.
Corel PaintShop Pro 2019 User Guide PDF
You can dow nl oad the Cor el PaintShop Pro 2019 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 Corel PaintShop Pro tasks,
commands, and tools to help first-time users as well as experienced users get their work
You ca n al so
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.
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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.
From the Learning Center Home page, click a task, and then click a topic.
To dis pla y or hide the L earning Center palette
Edit tab
•From the Edit tab, choose View Palettes Learning Center.
Back button Home button
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To use th e Lea rning Cent er pa let te
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 Options palette and any
other relevant palettes appear.
• 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.
You c an a ls o fi nd v id eo l in ks w it hi n so me t op ic s in t he o nl in e Help and by visiting
www.youtube.com/corelpaintshoppro.
To ope n t he Di scove ry Ce nte r w indow
•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 find resources such
as downloads, tutorials, tips, newsletters, newsgroups, and other online resources.
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To acc ess Web-bas ed res our ces
•From the Help menu, select one of the following website links:
• Corel Support — this link takes you to the Customer Support Web page
• Check for Updates — checks the Corel Update Service to see if there are updates to
your copy of Corel PaintShop Pro
To acc ess Core l l ear ning res our ces
•Use your Internet browser to go to www.paintshoppro.com, and click the Learning tab.
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Workspace tour
Corel PaintShop Pro lets you choose between two workspaces: Essentials™ and Complete.
The Essentials workspace is a clean, easy-on-the-eyes workspace that includes a core set of
tools. The Complete workspace includes the full set of tools for a wide range of projects.
The availability of features depends on the version of the software you have.
This section presents the following topics:
• Exploring workspace tabs
• Switching tabs
• Switching workspaces
• Choosing a workspace color
• Using palettes
• Using toolbars
• Using tools
• Customizing toolbars and palettes
• Using dialog boxes
• Viewing images
• Using shortcut keys
• Using context menus
• Using rulers, grids, and guides
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Exploring workspace tabs
Tab s a re a w ay o f org an iz in g f ea tu re s a nd c on ten t. T he E ss en tia ls and Complete workspaces
show different tabs by default
• Welcome — available in Essentials and Complete
• Manage — displays in Complete
• Adjust (optional) — available in Complete, but not a default tab
• Edit — available in Essentials and Complete, but customized to suit the editing profile of
each workspace.
Each tab lets you access tools and controls to help you accomplish the task at hand quickly
and efficiently.
For information about hiding and showing tabs, and setting the default tab for your
workspace, see “Setting workspace tab preferences” on page 480.
You can save the wor ks pa ce , in cl ud in g al l op en imag es , ma gn if ications and screen positions,
as well as positions and preferences of palettes, toolbars, dialog boxes, and windows. For
information about using custom pages, see “Using custom workspaces” on page 689.
The Welcome tab
The Welcome tab lets you access default workspace settings, start a new project or open a
recent file, and it provides learning tools, offers, and important information about your
product.
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The Manage tab
Manage lets you access photo management features that help you preview, organize, and
streamline your photo-editing workflow.
Thumbnail mode
Manage consists of the following components:
• Navigation palette — helps you find and organize photos. You can use the Search box
or click the Collections tab or Computer tab to display the folders on your computer, or
you can sort photos by collection, tags, or ratings.
• Preview area — lets you choose between two views — a large single-image view or a
multi-thumbnail view (expanded Organizer palette).
• Info palette — displays information about the selected image. It consists of a camerastyle display of the settings used to take the photo and a tabbed area that lets you add
information, such as tags and ratings, and access a full list of EXIF or IPTC data.
• Organizer toolbar — offers a range of commands and options for managing photos.
You ca n h id e or sh ow t he too ls by c lic king t he button.
For more information about Manage, see “Reviewing, organizing, and finding photos” on
page 105.
Info palette
Navigation palette Preview area
Organizer toolbar
Thumbnails
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The Edit tab
The Edit tab lets you access in-depth editing features. It includes menus, tools, and palettes
that you can use to create and edit images. In addition to photo editing, it lets you perform
painting and drawing tasks.
A finished project displayed in Edit
Edit includes the following components:
• Menu bar — displays commands for performing tasks. For example, the Effects menu
contains commands for applying effects to images.
• Too lb ar s — display buttons for common commands. For more information, see “Using
toolbars” on page 20.
• Palettes — display image information and help you select tools, modify options,
manage layers, select colors, and perform other editing tasks. For more information, see
“Using palettes” on page 19.
• Image window — displays open files. You can choose from a tabbed view or a window
view. For more information, see “Viewing images” on page 29.
• Status bar — displays information about the selected tool or menu command, as well as
information about image dimensions, color depth, and pointer position. The status bar
appears at the bottom of the window, and unlike other toolbars, it cannot be customized
or moved. For more information about viewing image information, see “Displaying and
editing photo information” on page 138.
Image windowTool Options paletteStandard toolbarMenu bar
Learning Center paletteTools toolbar Status bar
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