Corel Photo Paint - X5 Instruction Manual

Corel® PHOTO-PAINT™ X5 User Guide

Product specifications, pricing, packaging, technical support and information (“specifications”) refer to the retail English version only. The specifications for all other versions (including other language versions) may vary.

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Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Installing CorelDRAW Graphics Suite applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Changing languages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Changing startup settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Starting and quitting Corel PHOTO-PAINT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Registering Corel products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Working with trial versions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Updating Corel products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Corel Support Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

About Corel Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

What’s new in CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Connect to your content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Get going quickly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Create with confidence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Use color with certainty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Output with ease. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Finding out what was new in previous versions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Learning resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Getting help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Using the Help and tooltips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Guidebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Video tutorials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Using Hints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Welcome screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

CorelTUTOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Tips and tricks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Macro programming guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Network deployment guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Web-based resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Customized training and integration resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Corel PHOTO-PAINT workspace tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Corel PHOTO-PAINT terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Corel PHOTO-PAINT application window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Toolbars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Toolbox. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

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Property bar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Dockers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Color palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Status bar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Setting options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Changing workspace options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Disabling warning messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Improving the display quality of images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Corel Application Recovery Manager (Windows XP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Bringing images into Corel PHOTO-PAINT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Opening images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Importing files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Acquiring images from scanners and digital cameras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Creating images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Working with vector graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Displaying images and image information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Viewing images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Zooming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Viewing image information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Detecting and embedding Digimarc watermarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Using the guidelines, grid, and rulers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Setting up guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Setting up the grid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Setting up the rulers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Undoing, redoing, repeating, and fading actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Undoing and redoing actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Reverting to an earlier image state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Repeating and fading actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Saving and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Saving images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Exporting images to other file formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Closing images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Finding and managing content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Exploring Corel CONNECT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Browsing and searching for content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

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Viewing content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Using and managing content. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Collaborating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Using CorelDRAW ConceptShare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Changing image dimensions, resolution, and paper size . . . . . . . . . . 111

Changing image dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Changing image resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Changing paper size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Cropping, stitching, and changing orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Cropping images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Stitching images together . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Straightening images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Rotating and flipping images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Retouching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Improving scanned images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Removing red-eye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Removing dust and scratch marks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Cloning image areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Sharpening images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Removing artifacts and noise from JPEG images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Erasing image areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Smearing, smudging, and blending colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Adjusting color and tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Using the Image Adjustment Lab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Using individual color-adjustment effects and tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Exploring adjustment filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Working with color channels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Working with lenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Creating lenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Editing lenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Combining lenses with the image background. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Working with color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Understanding color models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Understanding color depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Choosing colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

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Using the Image palette. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Creating and editing custom color palettes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

Organizing and displaying color palettes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

Displaying or hiding color palettes in the Palette libraries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

Setting the properties of color palettes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

Using spot color channels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

Changing color modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Changing the color mode of images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Converting images to the black-and-white color mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210

Converting images to the paletted color mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

Converting images to the duotone color mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

Using color management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

Understanding color management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

Getting started with color management in Corel PHOTO-PAINT . . . . . . . . . 224

Installing, loading, and embedding color profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

Assigning color profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

Converting colors to other color profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

Choosing color-conversion settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

Soft proofing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

Working with color management presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

Working with color management policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

Managing colors when opening documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238

Managing colors when importing and pasting files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

Managing colors for print. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241

Using a safe CMYK workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242

Managing colors for online viewing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242

Filling images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245

Applying uniform fills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245

Applying fountain fills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

Applying bitmap fills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250

Applying texture fills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253

Applying gradient fills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255

Applying transparency patterns to fills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257

Working with masks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259

Distinguishing protected and editable areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259

Defining editable areas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262

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Defining editable areas by using color information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266

Expanding and contracting editable areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270

Inverting and removing masks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274

Moving and aligning editable areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275

Transforming editable areas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277

Adjusting the edges of editable areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280

Adjusting the transparency of masks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

Cutting out images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284

Using paths to define image areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289

Creating paths. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289

Managing paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292

Shaping paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294

Adding and deleting path nodes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297

Joining and breaking paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298

Changing node types. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299

Applying brushstrokes to paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301

Working with clipping paths. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302

Managing multiple masks with alpha channels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305

Creating and editing alpha channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305

Saving masks and alpha channels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307

Loading masks and alpha channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308

Managing alpha channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310

Drawing and painting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313

Drawing shapes and lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313

Applying brushstrokes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317

Spraying images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321

Painting symmetrical patterns and orbits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324

Repeating brushstrokes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325

Creating custom brushes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327

Using a pressure-sensitive pen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330

Understanding merge modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332

Applying special effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337

Working with special effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337

Applying preset styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339

Applying color and tone effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340

Special effects categories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341

Applying Bevel effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352

Applying Lens Flare effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352

Applying Lighting effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353

Gallery of special effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355

Managing plug-ins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367

Working with objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369

Creating objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370

Changing object properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372

Selecting objects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373

Moving, copying, and deleting objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375

Displaying and arranging objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378

Locking objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381

Grouping and combining objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382

Working with clipping groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384

Modifying objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387

Transforming objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387

Changing the edges of objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392

Adding drop shadows to objects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396

Working with object transparency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400

Using clip masks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403

Protecting the area around an object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405

Linking and embedding objects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407

Inserting linked or embedded objects into another application . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407

Editing linked or embedded objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408

Creating and formatting text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409

Adding and editing text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409

Formatting text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412

Anti-aliasing text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414

Fitting text to a path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415

Identifying fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417

Working with text in different languages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419

Encoding settings to display text correctly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419

Working with Asian text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420

Creating and editing movies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421

Opening and playing movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421

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Creating movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422

Modifying frame sequence and frame display time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426

Saving movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429

Working with QuickTime VR movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431

Creating images for the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439

Exporting images for the Web. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439

Saving and applying Web presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447

Creating palette-based images with transparent colors and backgrounds . . . . . 447

Creating image maps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449

Slicing images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451

Creating and editing rollovers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455

E-mailing images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460

Printing basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461

Printing your work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461

Laying out print jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462

Previewing print jobs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463

Applying print styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465

Fine-tuning print jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466

Printing colors accurately . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467

Printing to a PostScript printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470

Viewing preflight summaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472

Preparing files for print service providers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473

Preparing a print job for a print service provider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473

Working with imposition layouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474

Printing printers’ marks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477

Printing color separations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480

Working with color trapping and overprinting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482

Specifying In-RIP trapping settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483

Printing to film . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486

Working with a print service provider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487

Exporting to PDF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489

Exporting documents as PDF files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489

Including hyperlinks, bookmarks, and thumbnails in PDF files . . . . . . . . . . . . 493

Reducing the size of PDF files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493

Specifying an encoding format for PDF files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 495

Specifying color management options for exporting PDF files . . . . . . . . . . . . . 495

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Setting security options for PDF files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497

Optimizing PDF files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499

Viewing preflight summaries for PDF files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500

Preparing PDF files for a print provider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500

Working with office productivity applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503

Exporting files to office productivity applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503

Adding objects to documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503

Working with RAW camera files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505

Using RAW camera files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505

Bringing RAW camera files into Corel PHOTO-PAINT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 506

Adjusting the color and tone of RAW camera files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509

Sharpening and reducing noise in RAW camera files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513

Previewing RAW camera files and obtaining image information . . . . . . . . . . . 514

Supported file formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517

Adobe Illustrator (AI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 518

Windows Bitmap (BMP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 519

OS/2 Bitmap (BMP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 520

Computer Graphics Metafile (CGM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 520

CorelDRAW (CDR). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 521

Corel Presentation Exchange (CMX) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522

Corel PHOTO-PAINT (CPT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523

Cursor Resource (CUR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523

AutoCAD Drawing Database (DWG) and AutoCAD Drawing Interchange Format

(DXF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524

Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 525

PostScript (PS or PRN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 529

GIF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530

JPEG (JPG) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532

JPEG 2000 (JP2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533

Kodak Photo CD Image (PCD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535

QuickTime Movie (MOV) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536

PICT (PCT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536

PaintBrush (PCX) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 537

Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539

HPGL Plotter File (PLT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539

Portable Network Graphics (PNG) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541

Adobe Photoshop (PSD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543

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Corel Painter (RIF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 545

TARGA (TGA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546

TIFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 547

Corel Paint Shop Pro (PSP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 548

WordPerfect Graphic (WPG) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 549

RAW camera file formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 549

Wavelet Compressed Bitmap (WI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 550

Windows Metafile Format (WMF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 550

Additional file formats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 550

Recommended formats for importing graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 552

Recommended formats for exporting graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 552

Customizing Corel PHOTO-PAINT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 553

Using multiple workspaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 553

Customizing keyboard shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 556

Customizing menus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 558

Customizing toolbars. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 560

Customizing the property bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 564

Customizing the status bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 565

Customizing feedback sounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 567

Customizing filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 568

Customizing file associations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 569

Using macros and scripts to automate tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571

Working with macros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571

Working with scripts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579

Corel PHOTO-PAINT for Adobe Photoshop users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585

Comparing terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585

Comparing tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 586

Glossary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 589

Welcome

Corel® PHOTO-PAINT™ is a complete image-editing application that lets you retouch and enhance photos as well as create original bitmap illustrations and paintings. You can easily correct red-eye or exposure problems, retouch RAW camera files, and prepare images for the Web.

This section contains the following topics:

• Installing CorelDRAW Graphics Suite applications

• Changing languages

• Changing startup settings

• Starting and quitting Corel PHOTO-PAINT

• Registering Corel products

• Working with trial versions

• Updating Corel products

• Corel Support Services

• About Corel Corporation

Installing CorelDRAW Graphics Suite applications

The installation wizard makes it easy to install CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite applications and components. You can choose a typical installation to quickly install the suite, or you can customize the installation by choosing different options.

You can also use the installation wizard to do the following:

• modify the current installation by adding or deleting components

• repair the current installation by reinstalling all application features

• uninstall CorelDRAW Graphics Suite

Repairing an installation is helpful when you encounter problems in using the application, or when you suspect that the installation is corrupt. Before repairing an

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installation, try resetting the current workspace to the default settings by holding down F8 while starting the application.

To install CorelDRAW Graphics Suite applications

1 Close all applications, including all virus detection programs.

2 Insert the DVD in the DVD drive.

(Windows® 7 and Windows Vista®) If the installation wizard does not start automatically, click Start on the Windows taskbar, and type X:\autorun.exe in the search box, where X is the letter that corresponds to the DVD drive.

(Windows® XP) If the installation wizard does not start automatically, click Start on the Windows taskbar, and click Run. Type X:\autorun.exe, where X is the letter that corresponds to the DVD drive.

3 Read the license agreement, and then enable the I accept the terms in the license

agreement check box.

4 Click Next.

5 Ty p e y o u r na m e i n t h e User name text box.

6 Type your serial number in the Serial number text box.

The serial number is not case-sensitive, and the dashes are optional.

7 Click Next.

8 Follow the installation wizard instructions for installing the software.

To modify or repair a CorelDRAW Graphics Suite installation

1 Close all applications.

2 On the Windows taskbar, click Start  Control panel.

3 Do one of the following:

• (Windows 7 and Windows Vista) Click Uninstall a program.

• (Windows XP) Click Add or remove programs.

4 Do one of the following:

• (Windows 7 and Windows Vista) Double-click CorelDRAW Graphics Suite on the Uninstall or change a program page.

• (Windows XP) In the Add or remove programs dialog box, choose

CorelDRAW Graphics Suite from the list, and click Change/Remove.

5 Follow the instructions that appear.

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To uninstall CorelDRAW Graphics Suite

1 On the Windows taskbar, click Start  Control Panel.

2 Do one of the following:

• (Windows 7 and Windows Vista) Click Uninstall a program.

• (Windows XP) Click Add or remove programs.

3 Do one of the following:

• (Windows 7 and Windows Vista) Double-click CorelDRAW Graphics Suite on the Uninstall or change a program page.

• (Windows XP) In the Add or remove programs dialog box, choose

CorelDRAW Graphics Suite from the list, and click Change/Remove.

4 Enable the Remove option in the wizard that appears, and follow the instructions.

To completely uninstall the product by removing user files, such as presets, usercreated fills, and customized files, enable the Remove user files check box.

Any additional components and applications that you installed with the suite, such as the CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5 - Windows® Shell Extension or Microsoft® Visual Studio® Tools for Applications (VSTA), must be uninstalled separately.

Changing languages

If an application has been installed in more than one language, you can change the language of the user interface and Help at any time.

To change the language of the user interface and Help

1 Click To o l s  Options.

2 In the list of categories, click Global.

3 Choose a language from the Select the language for the user interface list box.

If you want to change the language of the user interface and Help when you start the application, enable the Ask me the next time the software starts check box.

4 Restart the application.

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Changing startup settings

You can specify the startup settings for Corel PHOTO-PAINT, which control how the application appears when it’s opened. For example, you can start the application with the Welcome screen open or a new blank document.

To change startup settings

1 Click To o l s  Options.

2 In the Wo r ks p a ce list of categories, click General.

3 In the Getting Started area, choose an option from the On start-up list box.

If you want to hide the Create a new image dialog box when starting images, disable the Show New Image dialog box check box.

Starting and quitting Corel PHOTO-PAINT

You can start Corel PHOTO-PAINT from the Windows taskbar and end a Corel PHOTO-PAINT session from the application window.

To start and quit Corel PHOTO-PAINT

To Do the following

Start Corel PHOTO-PAINT

Quit Corel PHOTO-PAINT

From the Windows taskbar, click Start Programs CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5 Corel PHOTO-PAINT X5.

Click File

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 Exit.

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Registering Corel products

Registering Corel® products is important. Registration provides you with timely access to the latest product updates, valuable information about product releases, and access to free downloads, articles, tips and tricks, and special offers.

You can register in one of the following ways:

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• online — If you are connected to the Internet, you can start online registration

when you start the Corel graphics application. You can also register online at a later date by clicking Help  Registration. If no Internet connection is detected, a list of options appears in a dialog box.

• by phone — You can call the Corel Customer Service Center nearest you. For more

information about customer service, see “Corel Support Services” on page 6.

Working with trial versions

You can download free trial versions of Corel graphics applications from the Corel Web site. Trial versions let you use all the application features and tools for free, for a limited time. After the trial period expires, you can access only limited functionality. For example, you can open and view files, but you cannot save or export them. If you want to purchase the application, you can buy a purchase key online that supplies you with a serial number. You do not need to download another copy of the application.

To purchase the full version

1 In the trial message window, click Buy now.

If the trial version has not expired, the trial message window appears when you quit the application. If the trial version has expired, the window appears when you start the application.

2 In the Corel store window, choose an option, and follow the directions.

You can choose to buy a purchase key, or you can choose to buy a boxed version of the application.

If you are not connected to the Internet, the Corel store window is not displayed. Instead, you are prompted to purchase the full version by phone or to purchase it online by first activating your Internet connection.

Updating Corel products

During product installation, you can choose the option to download product updates and service packs. After installing the product, you can view information about product updates by clicking Help  Updates.

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By default, you are automatically notified when product updates and news become available. In addition, the application automatically downloads new product updates and asks you for permission to install them. However, you can change the update settings at any time.

To change the update settings

1 Click Help  Welcome screen.

2 Click Settings at the top of the Update page.

3 In the Update settings window, enable or disable either of the following check

boxes:

• Notify me of available product updates, news, and tutorials.

• Automatically download product updates and ask me before installing.

Corel Support Services

Corel® Support Services can provide you with prompt and accurate information about product features, specifications, pricing, availability, services, and technical support. For the most current information on support services available for your Corel product, please visit www.corel.com/support.

About Corel Corporation

Corel is one of the world’s top software companies with more than 100 million active users in over 75 countries. We develop software that helps people express their ideas and share their stories in more exciting, creative and persuasive ways. Through the years, we’ve built a reputation for delivering innovative, trusted products that are easy to learn and use, helping people achieve new levels of productivity. The industry has responded with hundreds of awards for software innovation, design and value.

Our award-winning product portfolio includes some of the world's most widely recognized and popular software brands, including CorelDRAW Graphics Suite, Corel Painter™, Corel DESIGNER® Technical Suite, Corel® PaintShop Photo™ Pro, Corel® VideoStudio®, Corel® WinDVD®, Corel® WordPerfect® Office, WinZip® and the recently released Corel® Digital Studio™ 2010. Our global headquarters are in Ottawa, Canada, with major offices in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, China, Taiwan, and Japan.

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What’s new in CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5?

The new and enhanced features of CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5 are described in the following topics:

• Connect to your content

• Get going quickly

• Create with confidence

• Use color with certainty

• Output with ease

For information about features and tools that were introduced or improved in earlier versions of CorelDRAW Graphics Suite, see “Finding out what was new in previous versions” on page 22.

Connect to your content

Content is central to any project. Whether it’s the perfect font, clipart, photo, a previous project, or a client’s mockup, CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5 helps you quickly access content so that you can focus on your design.

Corel CONNECT (New and enhanced)

This full-screen browser lets you peruse the suite’s digital content and search your computer or local network to quickly find the perfect complement for a design. You can browse content by category or search for content by using a keyword. This handy utility is also available as a docker within both CorelDRAW and Corel PHOTO-PAINT. What’s more, you can keep a collection of content in the tray, which is synchronized between the browser and the dockers to provide quick access to project content.

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Corel CONNECT is available as a docker in CorelDRAW and Corel PHOTO-PAINT, as well as a separate application.

Content (New)

A wealth of content is included to inspire you and provide a springboard for your own designs. With an array of clipart images, photos, bitmap and full-color vector fills, customizable templates, and fonts, you have boundless creative options. New artistic media presets and nibs are included with CorelDRAW, and new brushes and nibs are included with Corel PHOTO-PAINT.

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A wealth of outstanding new content is included with CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5.

Adobe product support (Enhanced)

CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5 provides enhanced support for the latest Adobe® Illustrator®, Adobe® Photoshop®, and Adobe® Acrobat® products. You can import and export PSD files using the Adobe Photoshop CS 4 file format, and CorelDRAW X5 preserves the appearance of adjustment layers and Masks palette effects. Corel PHOTO-PAINT X5 preserves editable vibrance, grayscale, and camera filter lenses of imported and exported PSD files.

With support for multiple artboards, preservation of gradient transparency, blob brush strokes, and a new Preflight section, you can also import and export files using the Adobe Illustrator CS 4 file format. In addition, you can import and export Adobe® Portable Document Format (PDF) files, with support for Acrobat® 9 and heightened security encryption. When importing PDF files, the suite also supports Bates numbering, including headers and footers. During PDF export, you can define page size by object.

EPS level 3 support (Enhanced)

The encapsulated PostScript® (EPS) filter has been enhanced to support files created with Adobe® PostScript® 3 and to preserve the color integrity of objects that use the

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RGB color space. You’ll now find that EPS files export and print with brighter and more vivid colors.

File format compatibility (Enhanced)

With support for more than 60 file formats, including CGM, AutoCAD® DXF™, Autodesk® PLT, Microsoft® Visio® Filter, DOC, DOCX, RTF, and more, you can confidently exchange files with customers and colleagues. For CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5, the TIFF filter provides greater compatibility with a variety of standard file compression methods and multipage files. In addition, imported Corel Painter (RIF) files now retain embedded color profiles.

Get going quickly

Whether you’re a new or current user, CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5 makes it easy to get started. The suite provides many learning aids, including creative video tutorials that will propel you on your way to creating stunning designs.

Video tutorials (New and enhanced)

Video tutorials provide a fast and fun way to learn how to get the most out of the suite. CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5 provides a new utility that makes it easy to watch the tutorials without having to search for them.

Tooltips (Enhanced)

The formatting and content of tooltips have been enhanced to improve readability and provide more information. When you position the pointer over an icon or a button, a tooltip appears describing the tool and its purpose.

Create a New Document/Image dialog boxes (New and enhanced)

CorelDRAW X5 introduces a Create a new document dialog box, which provides a selection of presets for page size, document resolution, preview mode, color mode, and color profile. For new users, the Description area clarifies the available controls and settings.

With Corel PHOTO-PAINT X5, the Create a new image dialog box has been updated to match its CorelDRAW counterpart. It now provides color information, such as color mode and color profile.

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Corel PowerTRACE X5 (Enhanced)

In CorelDRAW, you can convert bitmaps into editable vector graphics and achieve smoother curves and more accurate results. This version of Corel® PowerTRACE® produces the best results yet.

Corel PowerTRACE X5 provides greatly improved trace results.

VSTA integration (New)

For more automation flexibility, you can now use Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Applications to create dynamic add-ins.

Macro Manager docker (New)

Available from both CorelDRAW X5 and Corel PHOTO-PAINT X5, this new docker makes it easier than ever to record, organize, view, and play macros.

Create with confidence

With a legacy in design innovation, CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5 has long been trusted by professional and aspiring designers. The suite provides significant new and enhanced features to help you create with confidence.

Drawing tools (New)

A collection of new drawing tools in CorelDRAW includes a B-Spline tool, an Object coordinates docker, scalable arrowheads, and enhanced connector and dimension tools

with a new Segment dimension tool. The B-Spline tool lets you create smooth curves with fewer nodes than curves drawn by using freehand paths. For maximum precision,

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the Object coordinates docker lets you specify both the size of a new object and its location on the page.

New drawing tools provide additional flexibility and precision.

Mesh Fill tool (Enhanced)

The vastly improved Mesh fill tool lets you design multi-colored filled objects with more fluid color transitions. The new Tr a n s p a r e n c y option lets you reveal objects behind individual nodes. With the new Smooth mesh color option on the property bar, you can achieve color transitions that retain color richness. Any colors added to the mesh nodes now blend seamlessly with the rest of the object. In addition, the number of nodes per mesh has been greatly reduced to make the objects easier to manipulate.

Improved interpolation and new node transparency extend the possibilities of the Mesh fill tool.

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Curve tools (New and enhanced)

When drawing with the curve tools in CorelDRAW, you can show or hide the bounding box, which lets you draw continuously without accidentally selecting the bounding box. In addition, you can specify the amount of space between joined curves. You also have multiple options for the type of join, including extending the curves to an intersection point, defining a radius to add between the segments, or defining a chamfer to add between the segments.

Color Palette Manager docker (Enhanced)

The enhanced Color palette manager docker, which includes new and more accurate PANTONE® palettes, makes it easier to create, organize, and show or hide both default and custom color palettes. You can create Web-specific RGB palettes or printspecific CMYK palettes. For optimal color consistency, you can also add third-party color palettes when working with multiple applications.

The enhanced Color palette manager docker lets you create and organize custom palettes.

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Pixel preview (New)

The new Pixels view in CorelDRAW lets you create drawings in actual pixels, providing an accurate representation of how a design will appear on the Web. Accessible from the View menu, the Pixels mode helps you align objects more accurately. In addition, CorelDRAW lets you snap objects to pixels.

The new Pixels view lets you create objects with precision.

Round corners (Enhanced)

Now you can create chamfered, scalloped, or round corners from the Rectangle tool property bar. When you stretch or scale a rectangle, the rounded corners are preserved without distortion, and you have the option of maintaining the original corner radius. In addition, corners are now expressed in units of true radii, which makes them easier to work with.

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You can stretch rectangles with scalloped, chamfered, and round corners without distorting the corners.

Objects docker (Enhanced)

In Corel PHOTO-PAINT X5, the improved Objects docker helps you achieve greater workflow efficiency by enabling hierarchical organization of design elements and by making commonly used features more accessible. You can now use nested grouping when organizing a complex image, which facilitates moving groups of objects between multiple applications.

Thumbnails of objects and masks have been improved and are easily adjusted at any time. The reorganized docker also better exposes many of the most commonly used operations. You can now lock objects, which prevents them from being accidentally selected, edited, or moved.

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The greatly improved Objects docker enables better organization of design elements.

Windows Touch support (New)

The suite looks right at home on Windows 7 — you can navigate each application workspace by using finger gestures. Support for taskbar thumbnails lets you switch between open documents quickly.

Photo effects (New)

With Corel PHOTO-PAINT X5, you can experiment with exciting new photo effects for modifying your photos. The Vibrance effect is great for balancing color saturation. It adds richness to colors with low saturation while maintaining colors with high saturation. The Grayscale effect is ideal for removing the saturation of an object, layer, or region of a photo. It also lets you choose the colors used in the grayscale conversion. The Photo filter effect lets you simulate the result of having a camera lens installed when a picture was taken.

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Corel PHOTO-PAINT X5 includes exciting new photo effects.

Convert to Grayscale dialog box (New)

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X5 provides greater control when converting images to

grayscale by letting you choose the range of colors used in the conversion. This eliminates results that appear washed out because of predominant blues or reds in the original photo. The new dialog box provides a preview window, which lets you adjust the colors to create a more realistic conversion.

Lock Toolbars option (New)

Toolbars can now be locked in position so that you do not accidentally move them while selecting a tool. If you prefer, you can still choose to unlock them at any time and reposition them on your screen.

Use color with certainty

CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5 makes it easier than ever to achieve accurate color representation. Whether you’re importing a client’s mockup, working with previous designs, or sending a project to a print shop or manufacturing facility, you can be certain that your colors are true.

Document/Image palettes (New)

With both CorelDRAW X5 and Corel PHOTO-PAINT X5, a custom color palette is automatically created on the fly for each design project. The palette is saved with the file, which gives you quick access to this project’s colors in the future.

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A custom color palette is created on the fly for each design project.

Default Color Management Settings dialog box (New)

For CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5, the color management engine has been completely redesigned. The new Default color management settings dialog box lets you set application color policies to help you achieve accurate color representation while providing greater control for advanced users.

CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5 features a completely redesigned color management engine.

Document Color Settings dialog box (New)

The Document color settings dialog box lets you adjust color settings that apply only to the current document.

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