Corel PaintShop Pro Photo - XI Operation Manual
Table of contents
Welcome to Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
What’s in this user guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
What’s new in Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo XI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Installing and uninstalling Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo. . . . . . . . . 5
Starting and exiting Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Registering Corel products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Updating Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Corel Support Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
About Corel Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Learning how to use Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo . . . . . . . . . . 9
Documentation conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Using the Learning Center palette. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Using the Help system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Workspace tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Exploring the workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Using palettes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Using toolbars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Using tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Opening Corel Snapfire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Getting started with Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo . . . . . . . . . 23
Getting photos into Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo. . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Opening and closing images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Saving images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Zooming and panning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Undoing and redoing actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Deleting images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Working with the Organizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Working with photo trays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
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Adjusting images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Rotating images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Cropping images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Straightening images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Correcting photographic perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Making basic photo corrections automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Removing digital camera noise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Creating an area of focus by controlling depth of field. . . . . . . . 44
Resizing images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Retouching and restoring images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Removing red-eye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Applying cosmetic corrections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Removing scratches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Removing flaws and objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Erasing image areas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Recoloring image areas for a realistic effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Working with selections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Creating selections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Hiding and displaying the selection marquee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Modifying selections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Inverting and clearing selections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Working with layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Understanding layers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Using layers with photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Using the Layers palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Creating layers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Renaming layers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Viewing layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Changing the order of layers in an image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Moving layers on the canvas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
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Working with colors and materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Using the Materials palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Choosing colors by using the Color Picker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Choosing colors from an image or the desktop . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Applying effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Choosing effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Applying Photo Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Creating vintage-style photos with the Time Machine . . . . . . . . 86
Applying film and filter effects to photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Adding picture frames to images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Using the Picture Tube tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Warping images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Working with text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Applying text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Formatting text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Printing images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Creating layouts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
E-mailing and photo sharing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
E-mailing photos, videos, and slide shows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Sending images to a photo-sharing service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
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Welcome to Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo
Corel® Paint Shop Pro® Photo XI sets the standard for affordable,
professional image editing. You can edit photos, create graphics, draw,
and paint — all within a highly customizable workspace.
In this section, you’ll learn about
• what’s in this user guide
• what’s new in Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo XI
• installing and uninstalling Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo
• starting and exiting Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo
• registering Corel products
• updating Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo
• Corel® Support Services™
• Corel Corporation
What’s in this user guide
This user guide contains the information you need to become familiar
with the Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo workspace and to get started with
basic tasks and some creative possibilities. It is designed to accompany
the more comprehensive Help, which is available from within the
program, as well as other learning resources, such as tutorials, movies,
and training videos available on the Corel Web site (www.corel.com).
For information about additional learning resources, see “Learning how
to use Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo” on page 9.
What’s new in Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo XI
Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo XI carries on where the last version of Corel
Paint Shop Pro left off by offering affordable, powerful, professional-
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grade tools and features. Photo enthusiasts — ranging from
professional photographers to digital camera newcomers — can take
their projects to a higher level with a toolset that yields astonishing
results yet is easy to learn.
Integrated photo management
There’s much more to Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo than powerful imageediting tools and features. It’s a multifaceted digital photography suite
that lets you effortlessly import, organize, and share photos with the
built-in Organizer. For information about using the Organizer, see
“Working with the Organizer” on page 32.
Essential photo tools
Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo is renowned for being user-friendly because
your feedback has always played such a major role in the program’s
development. From requesting one-click automatic fixes that take the
guesswork out of image correction to demanding advanced tools that
meet the exacting standards in digital photography, you the user have
spoken, and Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo has responded.
• Enhanced! Crop tool — In response to your feedback, the Crop tool
has been enhanced to give you the exact dimensions you want in a
snap. When you select an area of an image with the Crop tool, a
floating toolbar appears below the selected area, allowing you to
choose a predefined crop size or to rotate the selected crop area.
For more information, see “Cropping images” on page 37.
• Enhanced! One Step Photo Fix — This feature automatically adjusts
the color balance, contrast, clarity, and saturation of an image. For
more information, see “Making basic photo corrections
automatically” on page 41.
• Enhanced! Curves and Levels dialog boxes — The Curves and Levels
dialog boxes have been overhauled to give you control over some
of the most critical imaging adjustments. These dialog boxes now
have histograms and improved rendering, so you can easily and
intuitively fine-tune your work. If you are a less experienced user,
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you can try the three new automatic settings to optimize the
contrast and color levels in your images with just a few clicks.
• Enhanced! Raw camera file support — You can open and edit raw
files from leading digital cameras.
• New! Video file compatibility — You can now make the most of
video clips. Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo XI lets you view video clips
and extract frames from a clip.
• Enhanced! E-mail — Sharing images and photo projects has never
been easier. You can e-mail photos, slide shows, and video clips as
embedded files or attachments. A preview allows you to doublecheck images before they’re sent, and the program keeps a running
count on the size of the selected files. For more information, see
“E-mailing photos, videos, and slide shows” on page 107.
Ingenious editing tools
Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo has a powerful toolset that can fix virtually
any digital photo imperfection. If the problem stems from the quality of
the image produced by the camera, you will find a series of tools that
offer easy, quick corrections. Or, if photo subjects don’t look their best
in the photo, Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo can spruce up their
appearance.
• New! Color Changer tool — You can easily change colors in digital
images to achieve more realistic colors. Rather than simply
replacing a color, the Color Changer tool detects and analyzes
variations in brightness caused by real-world illumination and
reapplies the illumination to the new color to produce a realistic
effect. For more information, see “Recoloring image areas for a
realistic effect” on page 57.
• New! Skin Smoothing — You can quickly and easily even out the
skin tone of people in their photos with the new Skin Smoothing
feature. A preview of the change lets you choose how much
smoothing to apply. For more information, see “Applying cosmetic
corrections” on page 48.
• New! Compatibility with Corel® Painter Essentials™ and
Corel® Painter™ — Renowned among digital artists, photo
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hobbyists, and professional photographers, Corel Painter and Corel
Painter Essentials can simulate a wide range of traditional art tools.
Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo XI now supports RIFF, the native file
format for both of these programs.
Unique special effects
Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo offers an array of graphics tools and
creative effects that help you transform a photo into a truly unique
image. Whether you are inspired by a photographic process from a
bygone era or want to add stunning artistic effects to your images,
you’ll find the tools that let you unleash your creativity.
• New! Time Machine — Now you can see what your photos would
look like if they had been taken in another era. The Time Machine
offers a range of settings based on photo styles from the 1830s to
the 1980s, so you can easily send your photos back in time. For
more information, see “Creating vintage-style photos with the Time
Machine” on page 86.
• New! Film and Filters — Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo XI provides a
range of effects inspired by classic film and filter types. You can
combine different effects with different film or filter types to
produce interesting, eye-catching results. For more information,
see “Applying film and filter effects to photos” on page 87.
• New! Depth of Field — You can now easily draw attention to a
specific area of an image. The new Depth of Field effect lets you
apply focus to a region of a photo while applying an out-of-focus
blur to the rest of the image. This new feature lets you easily
replicate the look of the depth-of-field feature found in high-end
cameras. For more information, see “Creating an area of focus by
controlling depth of field” on page 44.
Corel® Snapfire™ Plus SE
Corel Snapfire Plus SE is a preview product that offers you a series of
great image-editing and photo-management tools that work in tandem
with Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo. These tools can help you import, edit,
and share your images. After the limited preview period, you can
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continue to use the more basic features, which are found in Corel
Snapfire.
• Photo Doctor — The Photo Doctor removes the guesswork from
photo correction by analyzing a digital photo and recommending
when Quick Fix should be applied. With a single click, you can then
adjust the color balance, contrast, clarity, and saturation to optimal
levels.
• Corel Photo Downloader — When you plug devices such as
cameras or card readers into your computer, Corel Photo
Downloader can automatically download the photos and let you
edit them with Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo or Corel Snapfire. Corel
Photo Downloader has a memory function that keeps track of which
photos have already been downloaded, and you can easily view the
most recent downloads. What’s more, you can instruct the Corel
Photo Downloader to perform the download automatically when a
camera or memory card is inserted.
• Simple photo projects — Corel Snapfire Plus SE includes many
creative templates designed to inspire you to do more with your
photos. With drag-and-drop simplicity, you can easily create
stunning album pages, greeting cards, calendars, and collages.
Installing and uninstalling Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo
The Installer makes it easy to install Corel applications and
components. It lets you
• install and uninstall any Corel applications included in your
software package
• add components to a currently installed application
• refresh files and configurations of currently installed applications
To install Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo
1 Close any open applications.
2 Insert the CD in the CD drive.
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If the Installer does not start automatically, click Start Run on the
Windows® taskbar. Type D:\Setup, where D is the letter that
corresponds to the CD drive.
3 Follow the instructions on your screen.
When you perform a custom installation, you can choose to
associate specific file formats, such as JPEG and TIFF, with
Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo. For more information, see “Setting
file format associations” in the Help.
To uninstall Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo
1 On the Windows taskbar, click Start
If your operating system is Windows 2000, click Start
Control Panel.
2 Click the Add or Remove Programs icon.
The Add or Remove Programs dialog box appears.
3 From the Currently installed programs list, choose Corel Paint
Shop Pro Photo XI, and click Remove.
4 Follow the InstallShield® wizard instructions.
You can remove user-created files such as presets, user-created
fills, and customized files during the uninstall process. Click
Change in the Add or Remove Programs dialog box, click the
Remove Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo XI from your computer
button, mark the Remove Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo XI settings
check box, and click Remove.
Control Panel.
Settings
Starting and exiting Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo
You can start Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo from the Windows taskbar
and exit the program from the File menu.
To start Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo
• On the Windows taskbar, click Start
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Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo XI.
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If you associate specific file formats, such as JPEG and TIFF, with
Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo, you can double-click the associated
file to start the program. For information about setting file
format associations, see “Setting file format associations” in the
Help.
To exit Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo
• 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 can register the program when you install it, or you can register at
a later date.
Yo u c a n re g i st e r t he p r o g ra m in one of the following ways:
• online — If you are connected to the Internet when you install the
Corel graphics application, you can launch the online registration. If
no Internet connection is detected, you are presented with a list of
options.
• by phone — You can call the Corel Customer Service Center nearest
you.
For more information about registering a Corel product, visit
www.corel.com/support/register.
Updating Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo
You can check for product updates. Updates notify you of important
new information about your program.
To update Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo
• Choose Help
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Check for Updates.
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.
Warranty support
Corel’s warranty support is designed to help customers with technical
issues related to installation and product defects, including crashes and
errors caused by Corel software.
Personal telephone support
Many customers choose to speak directly to a Corel support technician
over the telephone. Live person-to-person support on a toll-free line is
available as a paid service and is designed for individual, small business,
academic, trial version, and OEM users.
About Corel Corporation
Corel is a leading global packaged software company with an estimated
installed base of more than 40 million users. The company provides
high-quality, affordable, and easy-to-use productivity, graphics, and
digital imaging software and enjoys a favorable market position among
value-conscious consumers and small businesses. Corel’s product
portfolio features well-established, globally recognized brands,
including CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite, Corel® WordPerfect® Office,
WinZip®, Corel® Paint Shop Pro®, and Corel® Painter™.
Headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, Corel Corporation is traded on The
NASDAQ Stock Market® under the symbol CREL and on the Toronto
Stock Exchange under the symbol CRE. For more information, please
visit www.corel.com.
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Learning how to use Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo
You can learn Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo in various ways: by reading
the user guide, by accessing the Help, by using the Learning Center
palette, or by exploring the resources on the Corel Web site
(www.corel.com), where you can access tips, tutorials, and information
about training from lynda.com.
You can also check the readme.html file installed with the program to
learn the latest information about the software.
In this section, you’ll learn about
• documentation conventions
• using the Learning Center palette
• using the Help system
Documentation conventions
The following table describes important conventions used in the user
guide and Help.
Convention Description Example
Menu
Menu
command
drop-list A list of options that drops
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A menu item followed by a
menu command
down when a user clicks a
down arrow button
Choose File Open.
Choose an option from the
Selection Type drop-list on
the Tool Options palette.
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 palette.
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.
The Background Eraser tool
cannot be applied directly to
the background layer, which
does not support
transparency.
You can also right-click in the
image to set the source point
for the Clone tool.
Using the Learning Center palette
The Learning Center palette contains helpful information about
Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo tasks, commands, and tools to help
first-time users as well as experienced users get their work done faster.
The Home page of the Learning Center palette provides a task-based
workflow, which begins with getting your photos into the program.
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From there, the workflow takes you through tasks such as finding and
organizing your image files, adjusting and retouching photos, creating
collages, adding text, graphics, and effects, and printing and sharing
your creations.
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.
To display or hide the Learning Center palette
• Choose View
The Learning Center palette is displayed by default. It appears
along the left side of the main window.
To use the Learning Center palette
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 palette 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.
Palettes Learning Center.
Some tasks and commands are not available unless an image is
open.
Using the Help system
The Help that is available from within the program is the most
comprehensive source of information for Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo.
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The Help topics dialog box provides three ways to find information. You
can choose a topic from the Contents page, use the Index page to
search for a specific subject, or use the Search page to search for
specific words and phrases. You can also print topics from the Help and
change the size of the text displayed in the Help window.
To use the Help system
1 Click Help
Help topics.
2 Click one of the following tabs:
• Contents — lets you browse through topics in the Help
• Index — lets you use the keywords from the index to find a topic.
For example, if you want to add a caption to a photo, but are not
sure which feature to use, type caption.
• Search — lets you search the full text of the Help for a particular
word or phrase. 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. To search for a phrase, type the phrase and
enclose it with quotation marks (for example, type “Smart photo
fix”).
• Favorites — lets you create a list of Help topics that you can
easily access. You can remove and add Help topics at any time.
You can also
Print a specific Help topic Open a Help topic, click the frame
you want to print, and click Print.
View Help for a dialog box Click Help in the bottom of the
dialog box.
Access information and
troubleshooting tips on the Corel
Web site
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On the Help window toolbar, click
Support.
Workspace tour
The Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo workspace includes menus, tools, and
palettes that you can use to create and edit images. By navigating this
workspace, you can accomplish your photo-editing, painting, and
drawing tasks.
In this section, you’ll learn about
•the workspace
• using palettes
• using toolbars
• using tools
• opening Corel Snapfire
Exploring the workspace
When you open Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo, the main program window
appears. This window is your work area. It contains the commands and
tools you need to create, edit, print, and export your images.
You can save the entire workspace, including all open images and their
magnifications and screen positions, as well as positions and
preferences of palettes, toolbars, dialog boxes, and windows. For
information about using custom workspaces, see “Using custom
workspaces” in the Help.
The Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo workspace includes the following
components:
• Menu bar — displays commands for performing tasks. For example,
the Effects menu contains commands for applying effects to images.
• To o lb a r s — display buttons for common commands
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• Palettes — display image information and help you select tools,
modify options, browse through images, manage layers, select
colors, and perform other editing tasks
• Status bar — displays information about the selected tool or menu
command, as well as information about image dimensions, color
depth, and cursor position
Shown below is the workspace that appears when you start
Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo for the first time.
Image windowTool Options paletteStandard toolbarMenu bar
Learning Center palette Tools toolbar Status barOrganizer
The workspace in Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo
Using palettes
Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo contains many palettes that organize
information and commands to help you edit your images. Some
palettes appear automatically when you start the application for the
first time, others appear when you activate certain tools, and some
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palettes appear only when you choose to open them. You can easily
turn a palette on and off by using the Palettes drop-list on the Standard
toolbar, or by choosing View
Palettes.
For more information about working with palettes, see “Using palettes”
in the Help.
Palette Description
Learning Center Displays information about workflow, tools, and
commands to help you complete common tasks
quickly and efficiently
Organizer Lets you view thumbnails of all images on your hard
drive. Images are cataloged, so you can quickly
search by folder, date, keyword, caption, or other
image data, which you can view and edit in the
Organizer. You can also create slide shows and print
contact sheets.
Photo Tray Lets you gather photos from various folders so that
you can edit, e-mail, print, or upload them. You can
add, remove, and rename trays within the Photo
Tray palette to match your workflow.
Tool Options Displays settings and controls for the active tool
Materials Lets you choose colors and materials for painting,
drawing, filling, and retouching
Layers Lets you view, organize, and adjust settings for
image layers
Overview Displays a thumbnail of the active image, lets you
set a zoom level, and displays image information
History Lists the actions taken on the active image, allows
you to undo and redo adjacent or nonadjacent
actions, and allows you to create a Quickscript that
can be instantly applied to other open images
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Palette Description
Histogram Displays a graph of the distribution of red, green,
blue, grayscale, hue, saturation, and lightness
values in an image. You can analyze the distribution
of detail in the shadows, midtones, and highlights
to help you decide how to make corrections.
Brush Variance Lets you set additional brush options when you use
a paint brush or any other raster painting tool. This
palette is particularly useful when you use a
pressure-sensitive tablet or a four-dimensional
mouse. For example, you can vary the opacity of a
brush stroke by applying pressure with the stylus.
Some options also work well with a mouse.
Mixer Lets you place and mix pigments to use with the Oil
Brush tool and the Palette Knife tool, allowing you
to create realistic strokes with oil paints on Art
Media layers
Script Output Displays a list of your actions and results when you
run scripts
Using toolbars
The toolbars display buttons that are useful for performing common
tasks. When you position your cursor over a button, its name appears
on a ToolTip.
You can add and remove buttons from toolbars and create custom
toolbars. For more information about customizing toolbars, see
“Customizing toolbars” in the Help.
Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo contains the following toolbars:
• Effects — displays commands for applying effects to your images
• Photo — displays commands for enhancing photos
• Script — displays commands for creating and running scripts
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• Standard — appears by default toward the top of the workspace
and displays the most common commands, such as saving images,
undoing a command, and cutting and pasting items
• To o ls — contains tools for painting, drawing, cropping, typing text,
and performing other image-editing tasks
• Web — displays commands for creating and saving images for the
Web
For information about the menu bar and the status bar, see “Exploring
the workspace” on page 13.
To display or hide a toolbar
• Choose View
display or hide.
A check mark beside the toolbar name in the menu indicates that
the toolbar is displayed.
To o lb a r s , and choose the toolbar that you want to
Using tools
You can use the Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo tools to paint, draw, crop
images, add text, and perform other image editing and creative tasks.
Some tools, such as the Crop, Move, and Text tools, reside in their own
space on the Tools toolbar. Most tools, however, are grouped with other
tools that perform similar tasks. A group of tools is denoted by a small
flyout arrow on the right side of the active tool.
Flyout arrow
You can access all tools in a flyout by clicking the flyout
arrow beside the active tool.
When you hold the pointer over a tool, a ToolTip displays the tool name
and shortcut key, and the status bar displays hints for using the tool.
Depending on the type of layer you are working on, some tools may not
be available. For example, the Paint Brush and Clone Brush tools work
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only on raster layers, the Pen tool works only on vector layers. For more
information about raster and vector layers, see “Working with layers”
on page 67.
The following table briefly describes each tool on the Tools toolbar.
Tool Description
Pan Moves the viewable portion of the image
window when part of the image extends
beyond the image window
Zoom Zooms in when you click, or zooms out when
you right-click. You can drag to define an area
for zooming. If your pointing device has a
scroll wheel, you can use it to quickly zoom in
and out quickly.
Pick Moves, rotates, and reshapes raster layers,
and selects and modifies vector objects
Move Moves a raster layer or a vector layer on the
canvas
Selection Creates a geometrically shaped selection, such
as a rectangle, ellipse, or triangle
Freehand Selection Creates an irregularly shaped selection
Magic Wand Makes a selection based on pixel values within
a specified tolerance level
Dropper Lets you choose the foreground/stroke color
by clicking, or the background/fill color by
right-clicking
Crop Trims or eliminates unwanted edges of an
image
Straighten Rotates a crooked photo to straighten it
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Tool Description
Perspective Correction Squares the perspective of buildings or other
objects that appear to be leaning or
unnaturally angled
Red Eye Quickly corrects the red-eye effect commonly
seen in photos
Makeover Provides three modes — Blemish Fixer,
Toothbrush, and Suntan — which let you
apply cosmetic fixes to subjects in your
photos
Clone Removes flaws and objects by painting over
them with another part of the image
Scratch Remover Removes wrinkles, wires, and similar linear
flaws from digital photos, and removes
scratches from scanned photos
Object Remover Covers unwanted elements of a photo with a
neighboring texture in the same photo
Paint Brush Lets you paint on your image with colors,
textures, or gradients
Airbrush Simulates painting with an airbrush or spray
can
Lighten/Darken Lightens areas as you drag, or darkens areas as
you drag with the right mouse button. This
effect is stronger than the effects produced by
the Dodge and Burn tools.
Dodge Lets you lighten areas of a photo by clicking,
or darken areas by right-clicking. This tool and
the Burn tool produce opposite effects.
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Tool Description
Burn Lets you darken areas of a photo by clicking,
or lighten areas by right-clicking. This tool and
the Dodge tool produce opposite effects.
Smudge Smears pixels by picking up new colors as you
drag, or pushes pixels by not picking up new
colors as you drag with the right mouse
button
Push Pushes pixels by not picking up new colors as
you drag, or smears pixels by picking up new
colors as you drag with the right mouse
button
Soften Softens pixels as you drag, or sharpens pixels
as you drag with the right mouse button
Sharpen Sharpens pixels as you drag, or softens pixels
as you drag with the right mouse button
Emboss Creates an embossed effect by suppressing
color and tracing edges as you drag
Saturation Up/Down Makes colors more vivid as you drag, or less
vivid as you drag with the right mouse button
Hue Up/Down Shifts pixel hue values up as you drag, or shifts
them down as you drag with the right mouse
button
Change to Target Recolors pixels while retaining photographic
detail
Color Replacer Replaces the background/fill color with the
foreground/stroke color when you click or
drag, or replaces the foreground/stroke color
with the background/fill color when you rightclick or drag
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Tool Description
Eraser Erases raster layer pixels to transparency
Background Eraser Erases around the edges of the areas you want
to keep in a photo
Flood Fill Fills pixels of a similar tolerance level with the
current foreground/stroke material when you
click, or with the current background/fill
material when you right-click
Color Changer Changes the color of an element in a photo
while preserving the shading and luminosity
of the original color
Picture Tube Places Picture Tubes™, theme-based artistic
elements, in your image
Text Places text on your image
Preset Shape Adds predefined shapes (such as callouts,
arrows, and starbursts) to your image
Rectangle Creates a rectangle or square
Ellipse Creates an ellipse or circle
Symmetric Shape Creates symmetric or star-shaped objects
Pen Creates connected or unconnected lines,
freehand curves, and Bézier curve segments
Warp Brush Shrinks, grows, twists, or distorts pixels in
your photo
Mesh Warp Distorts a photo by dragging points along an
overlay grid
Oil Brush Simulates oil brush strokes on an Art Media
layer
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Tool Description
Chalk Simulates drawing with chalk on an Art Media
layer
Pastel Simulates drawing with pastels on an Art
Media layer
Crayon Simulates drawing with crayon on an Art
Media layer
Colored Pencil Simulates drawing with colored pencil on an
Art Media layer
Marker Simulates drawing with an ink marker on an
Art Media layer
Palette Knife Simulates applying oil paint with a knife
(instead of a brush) on an Art Media layer
Smear Smears whatever pigment you’ve applied to
an Art Media layer
Art Eraser Erases whatever pigment you’ve applied to an
Art Media layer
Opening Corel Snapfire
If you have Corel Snapfire installed on your computer, you can open it
directly from Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo.
To open Corel Snapfire
• Choose File
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Launch Corel Snapfire.
Getting started with
Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo
You can bring your images into Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo in various
ways: you can import images from a digital camera, card reader, or
scanner; you can capture images from the computer screen; you can
duplicate an existing image or layer; or you can create an image.
In this section, you’ll learn about
• getting photos into Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo
• opening and closing images
• saving images
• zooming and panning
• undoing and redoing actions
• deleting images
• working with the Organizer
• working with photo trays
Getting photos into Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo
You can download and scan images into Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo.
Using the Corel Photo Downloader
You can easily download images by using the Corel Photo Downloader,
which is installed along with Corel Snapfire Plus SE during the Corel
Paint Shop Pro Photo installation. The Corel Photo Downloader offers
the quickest and easiest way to transfer photos from your digital
camera to your computer. Just plug in your camera, or insert a memory
card into your card reader, and perform a quick one-time setup.
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Afterwards, the Corel Photo Downloader starts automatically whenever
you plug in your camera or insert a memory card into your card reader.
You can set the Corel Photo Downloader to rotate photos. You can also
choose to clear space on your camera’s memory card by automatically
deleting photos on the camera after downloading them. Corel Snapfire
Plus SE is launched automatically after downloading. The Corel Photo
Downloader also detects and lets you view photos stored on photo
CDs. For more information, see the Corel Snapfire Plus SE Help.
Using scanners
Your scanning software may allow you to choose an application for
scanning images. To set up your scanner so that you can scan images
into Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo, please refer to the manufacturer’s
documentation provided with your scanner.
After you download or scan your images, you can review them with
Quick Review in a full-screen slide show. For information about Quick
Review, see “Using Quick Review” in the Help.
To use the Corel Photo Downloader with a camera or card reader
1 Connect the camera or card reader to the computer by using a USB
cable.
The Corel Photo Downloader opens.
You can verify that the Corel Photo Downloader is active by
checking for its icon in your system tray.
2 Mark the Use Corel Photo Downloader to transfer photos check
box.
3 Choose one of the following options:
• Always start downloading automatically
• Display this prompt each time
4 Click OK.
When the download is complete, Corel Snapfire Plus SE starts. You
can choose to view the photos with Corel Snapfire Plus SE or with
the Organizer in Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo.
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