Corel PaintShop Pro X7 manual

[...]

[...]

Contents i Contents Welcome to Corel PaintShop Pro X7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 The digital workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Learning how to use Corel PaintShop Pro . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Workspace tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Getting started . . . [...]

ii Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Working with advanced color features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 629 Customizing Corel PaintShop Pro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 657 Automating tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 705 Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

Welcome to Corel PaintShop Pro X7 1 W elcome to Corel P aintShop Pro X7 For people with a passion for photography , Corel® PaintShop® Pro is an easy-to-use, professionally p owe red, image-editing software that helps you achieve stunning photos and cr eative designs. This section presents the following topics: • What’s new in Corel P aintShop[...]

2 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide New! Magic Fill Magic Fill is a content-aware fe ature that can make unwanted elements of your ph otos vanish. Use your favorite selection to ols to select an area or object that you want to remove and apply Magic Fill to replace the selec tion with a background th at matches the surrounding area—even when th e[...]

Welcome to Corel PaintShop Pro X7 3 New! Smart Edge tech nology for brushes The Smart Edge b rush mode lets you tap into content-aware technology to apply brus h strokes only to specific areas that match the brush stroke sample area —no path or selection required. Smart Edge is available fro m the T ool Options pa lette for many b rush-based tool[...]

4 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide you can save the metadata to the associated XMP files. F or more information, see “Wor king with XMP files” on page 147. Installing and uninstalling Corel programs The Installer makes it easy to install Corel® programs and compon ents. Before installing • Close all open programs. Note that antivirus softwa[...]

Welcome to Corel PaintShop Pro X7 5 2 Insert the DVD in the DVD drive or dou ble-click the associa ted .exe file that you downloaded. If the setup do es not start automat ically , navigate to the DVD drive on your computer , and double-c lick Setup.e xe . 3 Follow the instructio ns on your screen. T o uninstall Corel P aintShop Pro 1 Open the W ind[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

18 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Corel P aintShop Pro X7 User Guide PDF Y ou can download the Core l P aintShop Pro X7 User Guide PDF to your computer or tablet, or you can print the pages yo u want. Y ou can find the PDF in Help menu ( Help  User Guide (PDF) ). Using the Learning Center palette The Learning Center p alette contains helpful [...]

Learning how to use Corel PaintShop Pro 19 From the Learning Center Home p age, click a task, and then click a topic. T o display or hide the Learning Center palette Edit workspace • Choose View  Pal et te s  Learning Center . The Learning Center pale tte is displayed by default. It appears along the right side of the Edit workspace. Home b[...]

20 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide T o use the Learning Center palette Edit workspace 1 From the Home page, click a task. The topics related to the task appe ar . 2 Click a topic. The procedure related to th e topic appea rs. • Fo r topics desc ribing a tool, the t ool becomes a ctive. The T ool Options palette and any other relevant palettes a[...]

Learning how to use Corel PaintShop Pro 21 Y ou can also find video links within some topics in th e online Help and by visiting www.youtube.com/corelpaintshoppro . T o open the Discovery Center window • Choose Help  Video T u torials . Using Web-b ased resources From th e Corel P aintShop Pro Help menu and the Corel website, you can access a [...]

22 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide T o access Web-based resources •F r o m t h e Help menu, select on e of the following website links: • Corel Support — this link takes you to the Customer Support Web p ag e • Check for Updates — ch ecks the Corel Updat e Service to see if there are updates to y our copy of Co rel P aintShop Pro T o ac[...]

Workspace tour 23 Wo r ks p a c e t o ur Corel P aintShop Pro includes three main workspaces th at let you organize and edit your imag es: Manage, Adjust, and Edit. The availability of features de pends on the version of the software you have. This section presents the following topics: • Exploring the workspaces • Switching between worksp aces[...]

24 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Exploring the workspaces Corel PaintShop Pro c onsists of three wor kspaces: •M a n a g e •A d j u s t •E d i t Each workspa ce contains specif ic tools and con trols to help you accomplish the task at hand quickly and efficientl y . Y ou can save the worksp aces, including all op en images and t heir magn[...]

Workspace tour 25 The Manage workspace in Pre view mode The Manage workspace consists of the follo wing components: • Navigation palette — helps you find and organize ph otos. Y o u can use the Search box or click the Co llections tab or Computer tab to display the f olders on your compu ter , or you can sort photos b y collection, tags, or rat[...]

26 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide • Organizer palette — available in all three workspaces, this palette lets you select photos (as thumbnails ) and includes a toolbar with a range of commands and options for managing photos. Y ou can hide or show the to ols by clicking the button. F or more information ab out the Manage wo rkspace, see “Re[...]

Workspace tour 27 • T oolbar — displays but tons for accessing common saving and viewing commands • Instant Effect s palette — displa ys preset effec ts that you can apply to your photo • Status bar — displays information about the se lected tool • Organizer palette — available in all three work spaces, this palette lets you sele ct[...]

28 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide A photo displaye d in the Edit workspace The Edit worksp ace includes th e following compon ents: • Menu bar — displays commands f or performing tasks. For example, the Effects menu contains commands for applying effects to images. • T oolbars — display buttons for common commands. F or more information,[...]

Workspace tour 29 • Image window — displays open files. Y o u can choose fr om a tabbed view or a window view . Fo r more information, see “Viewing images” on page 47. • Status bar — displays information ab out the selec ted tool or menu command, as well as information about image dimensions, color depth, a nd pointer positio n. The sta[...]

30 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide 2 Choose one of the following colors: • Dark Gray (default) • Medium Gray • Light Gray To c h a n g e the background color 1 Click View  Background Color , and choose a color . Using palettes Corel PaintShop Pro contain s many palettes that organize informa tion and comman ds to help you edit yo ur imag[...]

Workspace tour 31 Histogram Displays a graph of the distribution of red, green, blue, grayscal e, hue, sa turation, and lightness values in an image. Y ou can analyze the distribution of detail in the shadows, midtones, and highlights to help you decide how to make corrections. History Lists the action s taken on the active image; lets you undo and[...]

32 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide T o display or hide a palette Edit workspace • Choose View  Pal et te s , and click the palette name. Palettes that are currently disp layed are denoted w ith a check mark . You can display or hide a floating palette by pressing F2 . T o resize a palette Edit workspace • Drag the corner or edge of a palet[...]

Workspace tour 33 button, its name appears in a tool tip, and t he status bar di splays additional info rmation about the comma nd. In addition, in the Edit workspace, the Learning Center provides advice on using the tool. The Edit workspace is the main ac cess point for the following toolbars: • Effects — displays commands f or applying effect[...]

34 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide You can display o r hide a floating toolbar by press ing F2 . Using tools Y ou can use the to ols to perform a variety of image editing and creative tasks. When yo u hold the pointer over a tool, a tooltip display s the tool name and short cut key , and the status ba r displays hints fo r using the tool. While t[...]

Workspace tour 35 The following tab le briefly describes e ach tool on the T ools toolbar of the Edit work space. Some of these tool s are also available in the Adjust workspace. T ool Description Pan Lets you control which part of the image is visible in the image window Zoom Zooms in when you click, or zooms out when you right-click. Y ou can dr [...]

36 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Perspective Correction Squares the perspective of buildings or other objects that appear to be leaning Red Eye Quickly corrects the red-eye effect commonly seen in photos Makeover Provides five modes — Blemish F ixer , T oothbrush, Eye Drop, Suntan, and Thinify™ — which let you apply cosme tic fixes to sub[...]

Workspace tour 37 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 sharpe[...]

38 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Flood Fill Fills pixels of a similar tolerance leve l with the current foreground/stroke material when you click, or with the current background/fill material wh en you right-cli ck Color Changer Changes the color of an object while preserving the shading and luminosity of the original color Picture T ube Places[...]

Workspace tour 39 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 Watercolor Brush Simulates watercolor brushstrokes on an A rt Media layer Palette Knife Simulates applying oil paint with a knife (i[...]

40 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Customizing toolba rs and palettes Y ou can dock, float, resize, and mo ve the toolbars and palettes to customize your works pace. When do cking is enabled, toolbars and palettes can be automatically inte grated into the workspace. When docking is disabled , toolbars and palettes can f loat anywhere on the scree[...]

Workspace tour 41 T o float a toolbar or palette Edit workspace 1 Do one of the f ollowing: • Place the pointer over the toolbar’s handle. The point er becomes a four -sided mover icon. • Place the pointer in the palette’s title bar . 2 Drag the toolbar or palette away from th e workspace edge. The handle s ize and positi on vary, depending[...]

42 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide When the Auto Hide pu shpin is pointing to the left , the toolbar or palette rolls up when you move your pointer away . If you perform an action in which the toolbar or palette remains in focus, the toolbar or palette rem ains displayed even after the pointer moves away. When you c lick anywhere else or perform [...]

Workspace tour 43 Some Adjust and Effect dial og boxes use a larger layout. F or an example of the other style of dialo g box, see “Choo sing effects” on page 414. Common features fo und in many dialog boxes inclu de the following: • Before and After panes — let you see the ef fect of the dialog box settings on yo ur image befo re the effec[...]

44 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide • Resize handle — lets you re size the dialog box Using preview areas Most dialog boxes that you use to correct images, apply ef fects, or modify selections co ntain Before and After pane s that show the image with changes applied. I n s o m e d i a l o g b o x e s , y o u c a n s h o w o r h i d e t h e B e[...]

Workspace tour 45 T o resize a dialog box Edit workspace •D r a g t h e Re size handle . You can also dou ble-click the title bar to maximize th e dialog box. T o zoom in or out of the image preview • Set the value in the Zoom control. You can also exp and the dialog box to cr eate more room for th e Before and After panes. For mo re informatio[...]

46 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide T o proof changes in t he main image window Edit workspace •M a r k t h e Preview on Image ch eck box. Any change to a dialog box setting will be applied to the main image wind ow . T o edit numeric values Edit workspace • P erform a ta sk from the follo wing table. If you enter a value that is out of rang e[...]

Workspace tour 47 T o randomize settings within a dialog box Edit workspace • Click the Randomize parameters button . You can try a variety of se ttings by continuing to click the Randomize parameters button until you get the effect you want. Viewing images Y ou can vie w images in a tabbed format, in which a tab appears at the top of the image w[...]

48 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide If you have multiple images open , you can arrange t he image windows to view them side by side or stac ked in cascadin g order . Y ou can also see a list of all open images. If the image is larger than th e image window , you can pan to view different parts of the image, or you can fit the window to th e image.[...]

Workspace tour 49 T o resize an image window Edit workspace • Drag a corner of the image window . When you resize an image window, you ar e not changing the size of the image. T o minimize or maximize an image window Edit workspace • P erform a ta sk from the follo wing table. T o close an image window Edit workspace • Choose File  Clos e [...]

50 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide A copy of th e active image opens . Y ou can edit the c opy independent ly of th e original image. You can also duplicate the active image by pressing Shift + D . T o open multiple views of the same image Edit workspace • Choose Wi nd ow  New Window . A new window opens with another view of the active image[...]

Workspace tour 51 The names of all op en images appear at the b ottom of the Window menu. The filenames are lis ted in the order in which they were opened. T o view another area of the image Edit workspace • P erform a ta sk from the follo wing table. T o fit the image in the image window Edit workspace • P erform a ta sk from the follo wing ta[...]

52 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Using shortcut keys Corel PaintShop Pro lets you use shortcut k eys to execute menu commands, select tools, display palettes, edit no des on vector o bjects, and execute O rganizer commands. All of the m enu commands, including those for opening palettes, list their shortcut keys. Shortcut keys for tools are dis[...]

Workspace tour 53 3 Click the Select con text menu drop-list. All of the con text menu name s appear in the drop-list. If you want to open a spec ific context menu, sele ct it. T o use a context menu 1 Right-click an image, an empty area of a palette, a layer on the Layers palette, a th umbnail in the Organizer , or a toolbar . 2 Choose a comman d.[...]

54 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide the distance, in pixels, that an elem ent must be from a g uide or grid line in order to sn ap to it. An item’s center po int snaps to a guide or grid if the center point is the closest part of the item to a grid or guide. T o display the ruler , grid, or guides Edit workspace • Choose the View menu, and sel[...]

Workspace tour 55 T o set default or current grid properties Edit workspace 1 Choose View  Change Grid, Guide & Snap Properties . The Grid, Guide & Snap Prop erties dialog box appears. 2 Click the Grid tab. The Default settings group box shows the default settings for t he grid. The Current image settings group box shows settin gs for th[...]

56 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide T o place a horizontal or vertical guide Edit workspace 1 If the rulers are not displayed, choose View  Rulers . 2 Choose View  Guides . 3 Do one of the f ollowing: • T o place a horizo ntal guide, click the top ruler , and drag a guide into position. • T o place a vertical guide, click the left ruler [...]

Workspace tour 57 The Default S ettings group box shows the default settings for guides. The Current Image Settings group box shows se ttings for the guides in th e current image. 3I n t h e Default S ettings group box, click the Co lor box, and choose a color from the color palette. If you want to choose a re cently-use d color , right-click the C[...]

58 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide T o snap to the nearest guide or grid line Edit workspace •F r o m t h e View menu, choose on e of the following: • Snap to Guides • Snap to Grid[...]

Getting started 59 Getting started Y ou can bring your images into Corel Pa intShop Pro in va rious ways: you can import photos that you hav e transferred to yo ur computer , scan images directly into the application, capture images from the computer screen; or you can create an image . After you bring your images into the application, you can acce[...]

60 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide • Files supported b y Corel P aintShop Pro Getting photos into Corel P aintShop Pro After you tr ansfer your p hotos to your computer (by using Windows or the software for your camera), yo u can import your pho tos into Corel P aintShop Pro. Y ou import pho tos by browsing to f olders. The photos in the fold e[...]

Getting started 61 Connecting with image scanners Y our scanning software may allow you to choose an application for scanning images. Many TW AIN, WIA, and USB scanners are compatible w ith Corel PaintShop Pro. 32-bit and 64-bit scanner compatibility WIA (Microsoft W indows Image Acquisitio n) is supported by both the 32-bit and 64 -bit versions of[...]

62 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide After scanning multiple photos at the same time, you can quickly create individual image files by using the Crop as New Image feature. For more information, s ee “To create a new image by cropping” on page 162. After cropping an image, you mi ght notice that the Width and Height values on the Tool Options pa[...]

Getting started 63 T o open a recently viewed file Edit workspace • Choose File  Recent Files , and choose the filename. By default, the Recent Files menu lists four rece ntly viewed files. You can choose to lis t up to 10 files. For more information, see “To set the number of files th at appear in the Re cent Files list” on page 678. T o [...]

64 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide • Choose File  Open . • Double-click on a RAW image thumbnail. • Hold down Ctrl , and click the filenames or thumbnails to open multiple files. The Camera RAW Lab dialog box opens. Th is dialog box lets you adjust the settings that are stored with the RAW photo f ile. T o close an image • Choose File [...]

Getting started 65 For this rea son, this format is not recomme nd ed for editing photos unles s a high quality setti ng is used. This file format supports EXIF and IPTC data, whic h can be used to provide information a bout the photo, su ch as when a p hoto was taken. • TIFF — a standard file format fo r printing and sharing images between pro[...]

66 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide • LZ77 compression — a slower co mpression me thod that compresses most im ages to smaller sizes than with the RLE method. This method works well with photorealistic images. When you save a new image, Corel PaintShop Pro lets you select its location, name, and file format. When you save an image an d then ed[...]

Getting started 67 If you want to change the default settings for the file format (for example compression or color profile), click Options , and choose the settings you want. 5 Click Save . You can also save your work by c licking the Save As button on the Standard toolbar to avoid overwriting your current file. You can save in the last-use d file[...]

68 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide The Save Copy As dialog box appears. 2F r o m t h e Save in drop-list, ch oose a folder in which to sa ve the image. If you want to create a new folder for the image, click the Create New Folder butto n. 3I n t h e File name box, type a name for the file. If you want to save the file in a different fo rmat, sele[...]

Getting started 69 • Screen or e-mail — sets the image res olu tion to 96 dpi. This option is ideal for whe n you want a smaller file size tha t can be shared or displayed quic kly . 4I n t h e File name box, type a name for the file. 5 Choose a file format from th e Save as type drop-list. 6 Click Save . Creating images The New Image dialog bo[...]

70 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide understand the differen ces betwee n these two d ata types be fore you begin working with them. Raster graphic s Raster images are composed of ind ividual elements, ca lled pixels, which are arranged in a grid. Each pixel has a specific location and color . If you magnify raster data, yo u can see the individual[...]

Getting started 71 Choosing to work with raster or vector dat a With Co rel P aintShop Pr o, you create and e dit raster and vect or data on separate layers. Wi th some tools you create raster data (like brushstrokes with the P aint too l), and with other tools (like the T ext and Preset Shapes tools) you can choose whether you want to create raste[...]

72 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide • If you plan to print the images, use inch es or centimeters. By starting with t he final image dimensions , you can produce an image that fits the page. • If you plan to expo rt the images to another app lication (such as a word-processing application), and then resize and print them, you can use any of th[...]

Getting started 73 Y ou can create an image by using t he New command in th e File menu, or by copying aspects of an existing image. When you use an existing image as the source of yo ur new image, you ca n copy the entire image or an individual layer . Y ou can also create an image from an y graphic data copied to t he Clipboard from Core l P aint[...]

74 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide 4I n t h e Image Characteristics group box, choose one of the following option s: • Raster Background — suitable for most graphics and painting tasks • V ector Background — suitable for vector graphics • Art Media Background — lets you use the Art Media tools 5 Choose an option f rom the Color depth [...]

Getting started 75 A new window co ntaining a copy of the image appears in the workspace. T o create an image from a layer Edit workspace 1 On the Layers palette, click the layer you want to copy . 2 Choose Edit , and click one of the following: • Copy • Cut The current layer is pl aced on the Clipboard. 3 Choose Edit  Pa st e A s N ew Im ag[...]

76 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide If the Pa st e As N ew I ma g e co mmand is grayed out, then the data you have copied to the C lipboard cannot be pasted as a Corel PaintShop Pro image. A dialog box may appear an d request additional information, such as the width and h eight of the new image window. You can change your preferen ces so that Cor[...]

Getting started 77 settings. When yo u load a photo from a d igital camera into Corel P aintShop Pro, you can view this e xtra information. Y ou can expand the w orkspace to pr eview an image without the menus, toolbar s, or palettes vis ible. The Status bar , which is located at the bottom of the application window , d isplays the cu rsor position[...]

78 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide You can also add IPTC data to the image information by using the Advanced C reator Information d ialog box. This can be useful for photojo urnalists, for example , who may need to record IPTC data about wh en and where a photo was shot, and how urgently the photo needs to be reviewed. To access th is dialog box,[...]

Getting started 79 Capturing images from the computer screen Corel PaintShop Pro lets you capture images f rom your computer screen. Captured screens can then be em bedded in documents such as reports, training guide s, presentations, and Web pages. T o initiate the c apture process, you must c hoose settings and then press a hot key , right-click,[...]

80 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide • Hot key — lets you use a keyboard shortc ut to capture scre en contents. Choose a key or key combinatio n from the drop-list. • Delay timer — lets you capt ure screen contents after a specified delay . T y pe a nu mber in the se conds box. T o specify capture settings Edit workspace 1 Choose File  I[...]

Getting started 81 If you marked the Multiple captures check box, you can now capture another image. Press the hot key, or right-click, fo r each capture . When you are f inished, click th e Corel PaintShop Pro button on the Windows task bar. The images appear in the works pace. Zooming and panning By default, images that yo u open in Corel P aintS[...]

82 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide You can use the Zoom tool to magnify your image (left ) or you can use the Magnifier command to vie w a specific area without changing th e magnification of the image (right). T o zoom Edit workspace 1 On the T ools toolbar , choose the Zoom tool . 2 Click to magnify the area, or ri gh t-click to reduce the area[...]

Getting started 83 You can also change the magnification when the Zoom tool is active by using the scroll-wheel if one is included on you r mouse or styl us. You can also change the magnification of an image by choosing View  Zoom in and View  Zoom out . T o magnify an image area Edit workspace 1 Choose View  Magnifier to place the cursor [...]

84 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide You can also fi t the window to th e image by clicking t he Fit Window to Image button on the Tool Options p alette when the Pa n tool or Zoom tool is active. Cutting, copying, and pasting Y o u c a n s e l e c t a n e n t i r e i m a g e , p a r t o f a n i m a g e , o r a n e n t i r e l a y e r, a n d cut it [...]

Getting started 85 Y ou can also copy a Corel P aintSh op Pro image into other a pplications, such as wor d-processing or desk top-publishing ap plications. For information about exporting Corel P ain tShop Pro files to other formats, see “Saving images” on page 64. Why does the pas ted image look out of proportion? When you paste data into ano[...]

86 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide You can also press Ctrl + C to copy the active layer, or Ctrl + Shift + C to copy merged layers. T o paste content as a new image Edit workspace • Choose Edit  Pas te A s N e w I m ag e . You can also paste as a new image by pressing Ctrl + Shift + V . T o paste content as a new layer Edit workspace 1 Selec[...]

Getting started 87 • Paste Into Selection — resizes the C lipboard content s and pastes them into the current selection Select the bac kground color on the Materials palette before you paste. To paste a vector o bject, choose Edit  Past e As New V ect or Selection . T o copy a multilayer image to the Clipboard Edit workspace • Choose Edit [...]

88 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide • Copy for Professional Printing — copi es the current image to th e Clipboard at 300 dp i • Copy for Desktop Printing — copies the curren t image to the Clipboard at 200 dp i • Copy for Screen or e-mail — copies the c urrent image to the Clipboard at 9 6 dpi Note: These three sub menu command s all [...]

Getting started 89 preferences), or using commands that do not change the ima ge pixels (such as zooming or scrolling). Undo and redo contro ls on the History palette Y ou can undo multiple actions, as we ll as specific actions, by using the History pa lette. The History palette lists all actions performed on the active image. The most rec ent acti[...]

90 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide F or more information ab out the History pale tte, “T o undo and redo actions by using the His tory palette” on page 91. T o undo an action Edit workspace • Choose Edit  Undo . If you want to undo mult iple actions, repea t the Edit  Undo command. The Undo command undoes multiple actions in the order[...]

Getting started 91 You can also undo an action by clicking the Undo button on the Standard toolbar, or by pressing Ctrl + Z . To r e d o a n a c t i o n Edit workspace • Choose Edit  Redo . The Redo command redoes multiple actions in the order in which they were undone. To redo actions selectively, you c an use the History p alette. Only actio[...]

92 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide T o set Undo preferences Edit workspace 1 Choose File  Preferences  General Program Preferences . 2 From the left pane, click Undo . 3 Make sure that the Enable the undo syst em check box is marked. Note: T h i s c he c k b o x m u st b e m a r k e d i f y o u w a nt t o u n d o a c ti o n s in images that[...]

Getting started 93 available for Und o/Redo operations b y typing or setting a value in the control. Th e storage space n eeded depends on the current image si ze and the type of op erations you’re performing. I f you have a large am ount of unused dis k space, you don’t need to mark this op tion. • Limit undo/redo to n steps per open image ?[...]

94 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide T o repeat a command Edit workspace • Choose Edit  Repeat . You can repeat multiple commands by recording a script and running it on each image. For information on using scri pts, see “Scripting basics” on page 705. You can also repeat a command by holding down Shift while selecting any toolbar button o[...]

Getting started 95 CGM C omputer Graphics Metafile Read only CLP Windows Clipboard Read/Write CMX* Corel Clipart Read only CR2 Canon RAW R ead only CRW Canon RAW Read only CT PaintShop Pro graphics Read/Write CUR Windows Cursor Read only CUT Dr . Halo Read/Write DCR Kodak RAW Read only DCX Z soft Multipage Paintbrush Read only DIB Windows DIB Read/[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]

216 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide T o apply moderate blurring Edit workspace • Choose Ad just  Blur  Blur More. To double the effect, ch oose the command again. T o apply Gaussian blurring Edit workspace 1 Choose Adjust  Blur  Gaussian Blur . The Gaussian Blur dialog box appears. 2 T ype or set a value in the Radius control to sp [...]

Adjusting images 217 2I n t h e Blur T ype group box, choos e one of the following option s: • Spin — blurs pixels circularly around the image center • Zoom — blurs pixels away from the center • Tw i r l — blurs pixels in a spira ling manner . Y ou can set the degree of the twirl by t yping or setting a value in th e Tw i r l degrees co[...]

218 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Color , to nal, and resizing corre ctions tend to soften your photo, so it is best to apply any necessary sharpening before you print, share, or archive your photos. Corel P aintShop Pro provides shar pening commands that improve blurry photos by in creasing the contrast of adjacent pixels. The following sharpe[...]

Adjusting images 219 4I n t h e Ble nd mode drop-list, choose one of the following options to determine h ow the high-frequ ency sharpened areas are blended in to the or iginal image area: • Overlay — removes the neutral tone s in the image and makes edge details stand out • Hard Light — produces greater contrast than the Overlay optio n ?[...]

220 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide 3 T ype or set a value from 1 to 500 in the Streng th control to spec ify the overall strength of the command. 4 T ype or set a value from 0 to 100 in the Clipping control to specify the lightness values that adjacent pixels must have in order to be sharpened. 5 Click OK . Softening images Softening a photo cre[...]

Adjusting images 221 3I n t h e Halo group box, type or set a value in the following controls: • Amount — determines the strength of the halo effect. At lower values, the halo is added only to very bright areas in the ph oto. At higher values, a halo effect is crea ted around all bright areas. • Halo size — determines the size of the halo. [...]

222 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide image may be redu ced or incre ased, which cau ses the image to be resampled. Resampling changes the file size. Print resolution is defi ned as the number of pixe ls per inch (ppi). A higher print resolution creates smaller printed pixels and therefore a smaller printed image. A lower print resolution create s [...]

Adjusting images 223 What happens to pixels when you resample an image? When you use the Resize command to in crease the image dimensions , additional pixels must be interpolated from information in the existing pixels. Imagine that you have an image of 100  100 pixels, and that you want to enlarge the image by in creasing the number of pixels t[...]

224 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide neighborhood). Th e Bicubic method is more sophisticated and u ses 16 neighboring pixels (from a 4  4 pixel neighborh ood). This larger neighborhood provid es more info rmation about how the color is changing in that particular part of the image and therefore can improve the colors in the made-up pixels. Whe[...]

Adjusting images 225 The Copy Special command lets you copy th e image to the Clipboard in one of three si zes, depending on wh ether you are copy ing the image to print professionally , to print from your desktop, o r to copy to your computer screen o r an e-mail message. After co pying the image to the Clipboard, you can paste th e resi zed image[...]

226 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide the Print Size group box. Resizing an image in this way does not change the pixel dimensio ns of the image. T o resize an image by resolution or print size Edit workspace 1 Choose Image  Resize . The Resiz e dialog box appear s. 2M a r k t h e Advanced settings check box. 3U n m a r k t h e Resample using ch[...]

Adjusting images 227 When you unma rk the Resample using check box, t he Wid t h , Height , and Resolution controls work together — a change to one contro l causes the othe r controls to chan ge. When you use this method, the pixel dimens ions of the image remains unchanged . T o resize an image by pixel dimensions or percentage Edit workspace 1 [...]

228 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide If you want to resize the current layer only , unmark the Resize all layers check box. 4 From the drop-list in the Pixel Dimens ions group box, choo se either Pixels or Pe r ce n t (to resize as a per centage of the original), and then type or set values in the Wid th and Height controls. 5 Click OK . It is rec[...]

Retouching and restoring images 229 Retouching and restoring images Corel PaintShop Pro provid es you with many ways to retouch your images. Whether you want to remove a small scrat ch, erase the entire background, or si mply correct red-ey e, you’ll find the tool s you need. This section presents the following topics: •R e m o v i n g r e d - [...]

230 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Removing red-eye Red-eye in photos is a commo n problem. When light from the camera’s fl ash reflects of f the retina of a phot o subject, a red-e ye effect is captured in the ph oto. Corel P aintShop Pro has two methods of removing red-eye from a color photo. The fastest method of re moval is to use the Red [...]

Retouching and restoring images 231 2 In the After preview area, drag to center the re d eyes of the subject. If ne cessary , use the Zoom control to see the eyes in more detail. 3 Choose a co lor variation option from the Hue and Color drop-lists. Note: The Hue drop-list is ava ilable only for the Auto Human Eye method. 4F r o m t h e Method drop-[...]

232 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide reach the beginning po int. Y ou can reverse a click by right- clicking. After you select the eye, a circ le appears around the selected area, and a control box for mak ing adjustments encloses the circle. The After preview are a displays the corrected eye. Note: If you choose the Freehand Pupil Outline meth od[...]

Retouching and restoring images 233 The Refine slider help s you correct red -eye when the e ye is partially obscured in the origin al photo. For example, if t he eyelid covers part of the eye in th e original photo, it should also cover that part of the eye in the corrected photo. Draggin g the slider to the left reduces the co rrection and minimi[...]

234 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide You can remove ble mishes, whiten teeth, and ap ply a suntan. T o remove facial blemishes Edit workspace 1 On the T ools toolbar , choose the Makeover tool . 2 On the T ool Options palette, choose the Blemish Fixer mode. The pointer c hanges to conc entric circles. 3 On the T ool Options palette, adjust the Siz[...]

Retouching and restoring images 235 T o whiten teeth Edit workspace 1 On the T ools toolbar , choose the Makeover tool . 2 On the T ool Options palette, choose the To o t h b r u s h mode. 3 On the T ool Options palette, adju st the Strength control as desired. Higher settings produce more in tense whitening b ut may also produce an un natural appe[...]

236 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide 3 T ype or set a value in the Size control. 4 T ype or set a value in the Strength control. Higher values produce a d arker tan. 5 Carefully drag over the skin o f the photo subject. T o apply a thinning effect Edit workspace 1 On the T ools toolbar , choose the Makeover tool . 2 On the T ool Options palette, c[...]

Retouching and restoring images 237 For wrinkle lines that are not straight, correct just one portion at a time. T o smooth skin tone Edit workspace 1 Choose Adjust  Skin Smoothing . 2 In the Skin Smoothing dialog b ox, adjust the Amo unt slider . Moving the slider to the right applies more smoothing; moving the slider to the left applies less s[...]

238 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Removing scratches The Scratch Remover tool lets you remove scratche s, cracks, and other unwanted ima ge areas from phot os. You can repair in dividual scratches by us ing the Scratch Remover tool. Y ou can use the tool to enclose the flawed area and fill it with the surrounding co ntent that you want to keep [...]

Retouching and restoring images 239 T o remove scratches Edit workspace 1 On the Layers palette, selec t the layer that contains the area you want to remove. 2 On the T ools toolbar , choose the Scratch Remover tool . 3 On the T ool Options palette, choose one of the following op tions to define the shape of the Scratch Remover tool: • square edg[...]

240 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide For information about creating selections, see “Creating selections” on page 292. If you are not satisfie d wi th the result, click the Undo button , reselect the s cratch, and tr y varying the wid th of the tool. If the scratc h extends ov er several different backgrounds , you can try removing t he scratc[...]

Retouching and restoring images 241 The Object Remover tool was us ed to remove on e boat from the water. T o clone a part of an image Edit workspace 1 On the T ools toolbar , choose the Clone Brush tool . 2 On the T ool Options palette, cho ose the brush tip, size, opac ity , and other settings. If you want the Clone Brush tool to reset the source[...]

242 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide If your image co ntains a selecti on, you must right-click within the selection to s et your clone source . If you are using a pen tablet, you can ach ieve the same result by holding down Shift. You can also ho ld down Shift and click th e image to se t the source point. You can resize the b rush interactively [...]

Retouching and restoring images 243 You can also c reate a selection by using any of the selection tools before you activate the Object Remover tool. You can des elect the selec tion by pressing Ctrl + D . Using Magic Fill to erase image areas Magic Fill is a content-aware fe ature that can make unwanted elements of your ph otos vanish. Use your fa[...]

244 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide T o erase an image area with Magic Fill 1 In the T ools toolbar , choose on e of the followin g selection tools: • Selection T ool • Freehand Selection • Smart Selection Brush (unmark Smart Edge on the T ools Options palette so that only the areas that you br ush across are selected) 2 On the T ool Option[...]

Retouching and restoring images 245 path become transpare nt. A gray-and -white checkerboard patte rn indicates transparent are as. You can quickly remove the b ackground from an image by using the Bac kground Eraser to ol. Y ou can use the Backgrou nd Eraser tool to erase p ixels selectively . For example, in a photo of a mountain range , you can [...]

246 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Y ou can set the following co ntrols when you us e the Background Eraser tool: • Opacity — specifies the level of opacity . A setting of 100% erases pixels to com plete transpa rency , and a lower setting erases pix els to partial transparency . • To l e r a n c e — determines how closely the s elected [...]

Retouching and restoring images 247 For eS wa tch — erases all pixels that match the current foregro und color on the Materials palette • Limits — specifies wh ether erased pixels are adjacent to each other . This control has the fo llowing options: Discontiguous — erases all pixels in the tool’s path that match the sampled pixels, eve n [...]

248 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide T o erase an image area Edit workspace 1 On the T ools toolbar , choose the Eraser tool . 2 On the T ool Options palette, choose the brush option s you want. For more information ab out setting brush op tions, see “Choosing brush options” on page 595. 3 Drag in the image to eras e. If you erase th e backgro[...]

Retouching and restoring images 249 Slow , careful strokes give you the best results. Keep the cent er of the brush on re gions you want to erase, while k eeping the edges of the brush on re gions you want to prese rve. The background layer is automatically promoted to a raster layer when yo u work on it with the Background Eraser tool. You can pre[...]

250 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Object Extractor workflow: (1) Outline the edges of the image area; (2) add a fill ; (3) preview the cutout, and touch it up if necessary; (4) bring the cutout into the image window; (5) place th e cutout agains t a differen t backgroun d image (optional). T o cut out an image area Edit workspace 1 On the Layer[...]

Retouching and restoring images 251 5 Choose the Fill tool , and click inside th e area y ou want to cut out. An overlay covers the imag e area that you clicked. Note: If the selection outline is not cl osed, the fill cove rs the entire image. If this is the case, click the Eraser tool to clear the fill, and then co mplete the s election outlin e w[...]

252 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide The background layer is automatically promoted to a raster layer when yo u use the Obje ct Extractor comm and. You can switch from the Brush tool to the Eraser tool by right- clicking and dragging in the preview area. Retouching im age areas by using brushes Y ou can retouch images b y applying brushstro kes. S[...]

Retouching and restoring images 253 Smudge Spreads color and image details from the starting point and picks up new color and image details as it moves, as though smearing paint Push Spreads color and image details from the starting point but doe s not pick up any new color or image details Soften Smooths edges and reduces contrast Sharpen Heighten[...]

254 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide T o use a retouch brush Edit workspace 1 On the T ools toolbar , choose a retouch brush. 2 On the T ool Options palette, set the brush c ontrols. 3 Drag in the image to apply the tool. Color Replacer For information about the Color Replacer tool, see “Replacing colors, gradients, or patterns” on page 258. Y[...]

Retouching and restoring images 255 For more informatio n about setting brus h options, see “Choosing brus h options” on page 595. You can apply th e opposite effect of a retouch brus h by right- clicking as you a pply the brush t o the image. Recoloring image areas for a realistic effect Y ou can use the Color Changer tool to rea listically re[...]

256 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide One click can ch ange the color of the gi rl’s dress. T o recolor by using the Color Changer tool Edit workspace 1 On the T ools toolbar , choose the Color Changer tool . The Color Changer tool is grouped with the Flood Fill tool. 2 On the Materials palette, click the Color bu tton on the Style drop-list, and[...]

Retouching and restoring images 257 While using the Color Cha nger tool, you can und o and redo actions such as adjusting colors or adjusting settings on the Tool Options palette. To isolate the area you wa nt to recolor, you can create a selection. For more information about creating selections, see “Creating selections” on page 292. To preven[...]

258 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Replacing colors, gr adients, or patterns Y ou can use the Color Rep lacer tool to replace one co lor in a selection or layer with another color . Y ou can use bru shstrokes to replace o nly those pixels that th e brush touches, or you can replace all pixels of a certain color in a selection or layer . Y ou can[...]

Retouching and restoring images 259 3 Choose a material to u se as a replacement material. The replacement mate rial can be any material in the current image, or you can choos e one from the Materials palette. • If the ma terial you want to re place is the current F oreground/ Stroke material, right-click the replacement material to set it as the[...]

260 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide To limit changes to a specific area, make a selection in the image before using the Color Replacer tool. Filling areas with colors, gradients, or patterns Y ou can fill a selection or a layer wi th the foreground or background color , gradient, or pattern. Y o u can fill all pixels or fill only those pixels tha[...]

Retouching and restoring images 261 The Flood Fill tool fills matching pixels that are contiguous to the initial pixel you click, whereas the Color Re placer too l changes pixels eithe r within its brushstrokes or in the entire layer . The Color Replacer t ool changes the color of pixels based on RGB value. The Flood Fill tool changes pixels based [...]

262 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide • Opacity — fills pixels that match the opacity value of the pixel you click 4 T ype or set a value from 0 to 200 in the To l e r a n c e contro l to specify how c losely the sele cted pi xels match the initial pixel you click. At lower settings, only pixels with very similar colors are filled; at higher se[...]

Retouching and restoring images 263 selections are flipped in position . When you choo se Mirror , layers or selections are flipped alon g their horizontal (left to right) or vertical (top to bottom) axis. T o flip a selection, la yer , or image Edit workspace • Click Image > Flip , and choose one o f the following: • Flip Horizontal — the[...]

264 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide It’s easy to add a border around your image . T o add a border to an image Edit workspace 1 Choose Image  Add Borders . The Add Borders dialog bo x appears. 2 Do one of the f ollowing: • T o create an equ al-width bo rder on all sides, mark the Symmetric chec k box. • T o create borders of varyin g wid[...]

Retouching and restoring images 265 Scaling photos by using Smart Carver Smart Carver let s you make a photo narrower , wider , shorter , or longer without distorting the content. By automatically detecting and removing zones in the picture th at have little structur al detail, this feature let s you change th e aspect ratio wi thout notice ably ch[...]

266 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide In the Object Removal area, you can mo ve the Brush Size slider to the left to decrease th e size of the brush, or to the right to increase the size of the brush. 3 Scale the photo b y applying one or more of the Smart Carving options. T o scale a photo by using Smart Carver Edit workspace 1 Choose Image  Sm[...]

Retouching and restoring images 267 Scaling and transforming photos using the Pick tool The Pick tool lets you transform images interact ively in the following ways: T o Do the following Set a photo width T ype or set a value in the Wid t h box. Note: The m aximum width is double the width of the original photo. Set a photo height T ype or set a va[...]

268 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide • Scaling resizes an image horizontally , vertically , or proportionally . • Shearing skews an image ve rtically or horizontally . • Distorting an image stretches or contracts it in any direction. • Applying perspective to an im age corrects the perspective or applies a false perspective. Fo r in format[...]

Retouching and restoring images 269 • P erspective X, P erspective Y — adjusts the pers pective of the deformation Note: The best way to cre ate and adjust perspect ive is by dragging the control handle s. When you create a pers pective effect with the c ontrol handles, yo u manipulate many variables . Changing the values in the P e rspective X[...]

270 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide By default, you mu st hold down Ctrl + Shift to distort an image. To distort an image with out holding down keys, choose a different Mode setting on the Tool Op tions palette. The Scale mode is the default setting, so yo u must hold down a key or keys. The Shear mode lets you shear without holding down Shift . [...]

Retouching and restoring images 271 Resizing t he canvas The image canvas i s the work area of the image and de fines the image dimensions — for example, 200  300 pixels. If you need more space to add elemen ts to an image, you ca n increase the can vas size, or you can resize the c anvas to make it smaller . If you want to resize by adjusting[...]

272 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide If you increa se the canvas s ize, you can cho ose a color for th e added canvas a rea by clicking the Bac kground box and choosing a color. You can resize the height and width inde pendently by unmarking the Lock aspect ratio check box, and setting value s in the Height and Wid th controls. You can change the [...]

Merging exposures and content 273 Merging exposures and content When you comb ine two or more photos, y ou can achieve some impressive results. What can you do? • Use HDR (high dy namic range) Exposure Merge to create a perfectly ex posed image. • Seamlessly repl ace unwanted areas (cars, people, birds that flew into your fram e) with the c orr[...]

274 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Understanding HDR In photography , HDR refers to “h igh dynamic range” . Dynamic range is the range of luminanc e that can be captured in a photo, from the darkest shadows to the bright est highlights. Unlike the human eye, digital came ra sensors (or film in traditional cameras), can only capture a limited[...]

Merging exposures and content 275 The photos alo ng the top were taken with diff erent exposu re levels, and then they were combined to create a single beautifully exposed image. T a king phot os for HDR processi ng If you are new to HDR processing, the informa tion below can help you get started. What camera features work well with HDR? Y ou ca n [...]

276 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide How many photos should I take for my HDR set? Usually , thr ee photos is a good base (minimum is two), but to capture a very high contrast scene, take five or more (up to a maximum of nine). What exposure settings should I use? T ry an initial setting of 2.0 exposure value (EV) b etween photos. If you are takin[...]

Merging exposures and content 277 Exposure Merge (Step 1 wi ndow) F or more information abou t taking photos that work well with Exposure Merge, se e “T aking photos for HD R processing” on page 275. Exposure Merge use s a three-step process: • Merge — Choose yo ur merge settings, and if re quired, apply custom editing. • HDR Adjustments [...]

278 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide • Camera response curve profile — applies a curv e adjus tment to the image, based on th e known characteristics o f the sensor in your camera • Alignment — Choose between Fe at ure - bas ed (detects f eatures in the photos) or Edge-based (detects edges within the photos). • Custom editing — Choose [...]

Merging exposures and content 279 • High P ass Sharpen can help reduce blurre d areas that may resu lt from movement between ph otos. • Smart Phot o Fix and White Balance let you tweak the colors. • T o brighten the entire image, try adjusting Brightn ess/Contrast . T o brighten only the dar k areas, try Fill Light/Clarity . • Local T one M[...]

280 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide 7 Click Process . The merge settings a re applied and t he Step 2: HDR Adjust ments window appears. If you want to tweak your merge settings, click Back to return to the Step 1 window . HDR Exposure Merge and Photo Ble nd are part of the same merge utility and therefore cannot be opened si multaneously. If your[...]

Merging exposures and content 281 T o adjust HDR images in Exposure Merge (Step 2) 1 In the Step 2: HDR Adjustmen ts window , do any of th e following to achieve the look you wan t. • In the Pre sets area, click a p reset thumbnail. • Mark the White Balance check box, click Auto or click the Dropper tool , and click the image to se t the white [...]

282 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide 2T o s a v e y o u r H D R i m a g e f o r further editing, click Create HDR file , navigate to the folder you want , type a file name, and click Save . This saves the im age content. Y ou can al so save your a djustments as a preset. 3 Click Process . The settings are applied to the image and it is saved as a [...]

Merging exposures and content 283 T o fine-tune and save an HDR-processed image (Step 3) 1 In the Step 3: Fine- T une window , apply any of the tools or adjustment options to adjust the fina l image. 2 Do one of the f ollowing: • Click Edit to open the file in the Ed it workspace if you want to continue editing t he photo. The Exposure Me rge win[...]

284 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Using Single RAW Photo to create an HDR effect Y ou can split a single RAW phot o into three exposures and recombine the exposures to create an HDR effect . Although this is not “t rue” HDR (you aren’t extend ing the tonal rang e by com bining mu ltiple photos), you can still optimize the tonal range of a[...]

Merging exposures and content 285 If you don’t want the middle expo sure to be set at 0, drag the Center Exposure slider to set a new value. 5 Click Split Photo to break the photo into three versions. Three thumbnails appear in th e tray . 6 If you’re happy with the results, click Process . Y ou can now optimize the ph oto using the HDR control[...]

286 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide 3 In the Presets area, click a thumbnail to set a processing style. For more information on presets, se e “T o manage presets in Exposu re Merge” on page 282. If you want to the application to perform the standard HDR processing instead o f applying preset adjustments, skip this step. 4 Click the folder ico[...]

Merging exposures and content 287 To remove thumbnails f rom the Batch Merge window, select the photos and p ress Delete . Combining photo s with Phot o Blend Photo Blend lets you combine two or more photos of the same scene and choose exactly what you wa nt to keep or remove fro m the scene. Here are some examples: • Remove moving ob jects, such[...]

288 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide How do I take photos that work with Photo Blend? From a tripod or with a ste ady rest, shoot two or more photos a few seconds apart . Use the same cam era settings for all t he photos. Photo Tip : Use the manual setting on your camera to ensure that the photos have the same size, aperture, shutter speed, and IS[...]

Merging exposures and content 289 • Enable the Include moving objects check box, and click Auto brush t o auto-detect and preserve the differences betwee n photos (for e xample, if you want to c reate a multi-pose image) . 6 Repeat the ed iting process for othe r photos by clicking thumbnails in the tray and applying brushstrokes. 7 Click Process[...]

290 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide For best results, in the tray of the Step 1 window, click the thumbnail of the image that will change the least, and click the lock button to use the se lected image as ba ckground. To unlock the background, click the lock button again.[...]

Working wi th selections 291 W orking with selections Selecting the parts of images to edit is an important step in your workflow . By creating a selection, you can edit an area while leaving the rest of the image un changed. Y ou can use drawin g or painting tools to modif y selected areas of your image. Y ou can also ap ply commands to flip, co p[...]

292 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Creating se lections Y ou ca n create a selection when you want to isolate part of an image. F or example, you can use a s election to adjust or reto uch one area of a photo, or to c opy a portion of a phot o and paste it into an other photo. The way y ou make a selection dep ends on whether you a re working on[...]

Working wi th selections 293 • Selection tool — lets you create a selection of a specific shape, such as a rectangle, square , ellipse, circle, or star . • Freeh and Selection tool — lets you create a selection around the edges of an ob ject, such as petals of a flower or fingers on a hand. Y ou can make four type s of selections with the F[...]

294 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Y ou can also use the Paint tool to create a selection. For more information, see “W orking with brushes” on page 593. Y ou ca n use text selectio ns to apply effec ts to text; for examp le, when you create a t ext select ion on a solid-color laye r and then delete the selection, the letters appear transp a[...]

Working wi th selections 295 T o create a selection by using the Smart Selection Brush Edit workspace 1 On the T ools toolbar , choose the Smart Selection Brush . 2 On the T ool Options palette, adju st the Size setting. Y ou ca n also adjust any of the following settings: • Mode — specifies whether to replace, add, or remove an existing select[...]

296 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide 4 Release the mouse butto n to review the smar t selection. If you want to refi ne the selectio n, you can pres s Shift and drag to add to the s election or pre ss Ctrl and drag to remove from the selection. You can use th e Smart Selection Brus h in manual mode b y unmarking the Smart Edge check box on the T o[...]

Working wi th selections 297 • Mode — specifies whether to replace, add, or remove an existing selection. Replace is the default setting. • Fea th er — softens the edges of a selection by spec ifying a fade width (0 to 200 pixels) • Anti-alias — applies a smoo th edge to a selection by ma king the pixels along its edges semitransparent [...]

298 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide T o create a selection by using the Freehand Selection tool Edit workspace 1 On the T ools toolbar , choose the Freehand Selection tool . 2 On the T ool Options pale tte, choose on e of the following fro m the Selection T ype drop-list: • Edge Seeker • Free hand • Point to P oint • Smart Edge 3 Check th[...]

Working wi th selections 299 When making an Edge Seeker selectio n, you can set the distance us ed to sear ch for an edge by typing a value in the Range control on the Tool Options palette. You can increase the accu racy of Edge Seeker and Smart Edge selections by clicking more fr equently along the edge you are following. You can delete a previo u[...]

300 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide • T raditional — selects pixels th at match red, gr een, and blue values, with a bias toward light ness varia tions. This match mo de is therefore m ore discriminating than the RGB V a lue match mode. • All Opaque — selects all pixels that are not co mpletely invis ible (that is, having an opac ity valu[...]

Working wi th selections 301 T o create a selection by using a Painting tool Edit workspace 1 Choose Selections  Edit Se lection . A selection layer is added to the Layers palette. 2 Select a painting tool from the T ools toolb ar . 3 Choose settings fo r the painting tool on the T ool Options palette and the Brush V ariance palette. 4 Paint on [...]

302 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide T o create a raster selection from a vector object Edit workspace 1 On the T ools toolbar , choose the Pick tool , and select one or more vector objects. 2 Choose Selections  Fro m Vec to r O bj ect . A selection marque e surrounds e ach vector object. After you create a raste r selection from a vector objec[...]

Working wi th selections 303 Hiding and displaying the selection marquee The selection marquee is visible by default. When you work with a selection, it is some times helpful to hide the selection marque e temporarily without disabling the selection. F or exampl e, you may want to see the re sults of pasting a se lection or of feathering a selectio[...]

304 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Layers palette, and an icon indicates th at the layer contains a floating selection. A fter you edit th e floati ng selection, you can d efloat it. Y ou can also move a selection to a separate layer . When you do this, the original s election conten ts are unchange d, and a copy of th e selection bec omes the n[...]

Working wi th selections 305 T o copy and move a selected image area Edit workspace •W i t h t h e Selection tool active, set t he Mode control to Replace , hold down Alt , and drag the selection. T o float a selection Edit workspace • Choose Se lections  Float . T o Do the following Move the selection any distance In the T ool Options palet[...]

306 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide T o defloat a selection Edit workspace • Choose Se lections  Defloat . T o promote a selection to a layer Edit workspace 1 Create a selection in the image. 2 Choose Selections  Promote Selection to Layer . The new Promot ed Selection appears a bove the original layer . To place a selection as a layer wi[...]

Working wi th selections 307 3I n t h e De grees group box, set the number of degrees to rotate. If you want to type a value between 0.01 and 359.99, mark the Fre e option. 4U n m a r k t h e All layers check box. 5 Click OK. When you rotate a se lection, the selection becomes a floating selection, and the original image remains unchanged. You can [...]

308 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Y ou can add or remove a color from a selectio n, or from the select ion border . When the color is added or removed, the selection border changes. Y ou can also add pixels to a se lection based on color values. If specks or holes appear in a selection, you can remove them by d e f i n i n g a n a r e a i n s q[...]

Working wi th selections 309 You can also add to a se lection by holding down Shift while clicking the image a reas that you w ant to add, or sub tract from a selection by holding down Ctrl while clicking the image areas that you want to remove. T o expand a selection by a specific number of pixels Edit workspace 1 Choose Selections  Modify  [...]

310 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide and more pixels are excluded fr om the selection. A t higher settings, the values d o not need to be as close, and more pixels are included in the selection. • Sample Merged — selects ma tching pixels in the merged imag e. If the check box is unmarked, on ly pixels in the active layer are selected. • Anti[...]

Working wi th selections 311 4I n t h e To l e r a n c e box, specify a color to lerance value (0 to 256). Shades of the color or related c o lors are added o r removed from the selection. 5I n t h e Softn ess box, specify the amount of softness f or the referenced color . 6 Click OK. The selection bo rders change to ad d or exclude the color you s[...]

312 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide 3I n t h e Square area smaller than boxes, enter the number of pixels and the scale factor . Start at low values, and increase them as necessary until the specks and holes are removed. 4 Click OK . The holes and specks in the selection are removed. You can click the T oggle Selection button in the Remove Specks[...]

Working wi th selections 313 Inverting and clearing selections Sometimes, the easiest wa y to make a compli cated selection is to select the part of th e image that yo u don’t wan t and then inver t the selection. F or e xample, in a pictur e of a person against a solid-color background, yo u can select the background and then invert the selectio[...]

314 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide If you deselect a floating select ion, the selection is defloated and placed in the underl ying layer if the layer is a raster layer. If the underlying laye r is a vector layer or an Art Media lay er, a new raster layer is created, and the selection is de floated to it. You can also cl ear a selection by right-[...]

Working wi th selections 315 Y ou can apply feathering as yo u make a selection, or you can apply it after the selection is cr eated. The level of feathering and its po sition around th e selection marqu ee can be adjusted after the selection is created. F or more informatio n about creating selections, s ee “Creating selections” on page 292. T[...]

316 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide T o unfeather a selection Edit workspace 1 Choose Selections  Modify  Unfeathe r . 2 T ype a value in the Threshold control to specify the amoun t of feathering you want to remove. 3 Click OK . Using anti-aliasing with selections Anti-aliasing produces a smooth-edged selection by partially filling in pixe[...]

Working wi th selections 317 T o recover anti-aliasing Edit workspace 1 Choose Selections  Modify  Recover Anti-alias . The Recover Anti- alias dialog box appears, with the anti-aliased selection displayed in the After preview area. 2 Mark one of the fo llowing options: • Inside — applies anti-aliasing in side the selection marquee • Ou[...]

318 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide • Smoothing amount — specifies the amou nt of smoothing to apply around the selection • Corner scale — specifie s the amount of smoothing to apply around the c orners of the selec tio n. This control is not available when th e Preserve Corners check box is n ot marked. 4 Click OK. You can click the T og[...]

Working wi th selections 319 Creating custom patt erns from selections Y ou can co nvert a selection into a seamless custom pattern, which yo u can use for pa inting, adding text, or creating Web page backgr ounds. T o create a custom pattern Edit workspace 1 Make a selection. 2 Choose Effects  Image Eff ects  Seamless Tiling . The Seamless T[...]

320 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide When you save the image in a file fo rmat other than the P spImage file format, its alpha channels are not saved. Therefore, it is best to keep a master copy of your im age in PspImage format. When you save a se lection to an alpha channel within a P spImage image, you can load th at selection from the alpha ch[...]

Working wi th selections 321 3I n t h e Operatio n group box, choose one of the following opt ions: • Replace selection • Add to current selection • Subtract from current selectio n 4I n t h e Create Selection F rom group box, choose on e of the following option s: • Source luminance • Any non-zero value • Source opacity 5 Click Load. T[...]

322 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide T o load a selection from an alpha channel Edit workspace 1 Choose Selections  Load/Save Selection  Load Se lection From Alpha Channel . The Load Selection from Alph a Channel dialo g box appears. If you want to show th e area around the selection as either transparent or black, click the T oggle transpar[...]

Working wi th selections 323 Note: If the alpha ch annel does not intersect the image canvas or intersects it only partially , you can move th e selection onto the image canvas by marking the Move to upper left check box. 4I n t h e Options group box, choose one o r more of the following options: • Move to uppe r left • Clip to canvas • Inver[...]

324 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide T o delete an alpha channel Edit workspace 1 Choose Image  Delete Alpha Channel . The Delete Alpha Channel dialog bo x appears. 2 Choose the alp ha channel you want to delete fr om the drop-list in the Alpha Channels group bo x. If you want to delete all alpha channels, mark the Delete all alpha channels che[...]

Working with layers 325 W orking with layers When you work with layers in Corel PaintShop Pro, you can add elements to your images, create ar tistic effects and illustrations, and edit your images more easily . Y o u can add or delete layers, rearrang e the order in w hich they are stack ed, and blend their pixels in various ways. Unless you merge [...]

326 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide • Linking layers • Blending layers • Setting layer opacity • Protecting transparent areas of raster layers •M e r g i n g l a y e r s • Using adjustmen t layers • Using laye r styles Understanding layers When you create or import an image in Corel PaintShop Pro, the image has a single laye r . Dep[...]

Working with layers 327 Layers are like separate sheets that you combine to cre ate a final composition. Each layer you ad d begins as a transpar ent sheet over the ba ckground. As you add br ushstrokes, vec tor objects, or te xt, you cover up parts of the Background layer . T ransparent areas let you see the unde rlying layers. Y ou can stack mult[...]

328 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Y ou can create layer groups or p romote selections to lay ers. F or information about prom oting selections to layer s, see “Moving, clipping, and rotating selections” on page 303. Background layers The background layer is the botto m layer of an image. When yo u import JPEG, GIF , or PNG images in to Core[...]

Working with layers 329 Raster layers Raster layers are layers with ra ster data only . Raster data is composed of individual element s, calle d pixels, arranged in a grid. Ea ch pixel has a specific location and color . Photographic images are composed of ras ter data. If you magn ify raster data, yo u can see the individual pixels as squares of c[...]

330 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Y ou cannot move a ve ctor object to a nonvector lay er; vector objects must be placed on vector layers. If you create a vector object while a raster layer is selected, Corel P aint Shop Pro creates a vector layer just above the sele cted layer . For mor e information about raster and vector data, see “Unders[...]

Working with layers 331 an equivalent co mmand on th e Adjust men u, but unlike th e command, the adjustment layer does not change image pixels. Adjustment layers cann ot be the bottom layer . Y ou cannot delete other layers if deleting them would cause an adjustment layer to become the bottom layer . For more information, see “Using adjustment l[...]

332 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Create effects Duplicate the back ground layer , apply an effect to the duplicate, and then blend the two layers by changing the opacity or blend modes of the layers . Create a painting Choose an Art Media tool from the T ools toolbar and mark the Tr a c e check box on the T ool Options palette (an Art Media la[...]

Working with layers 333 Using layers with il lustrations Using layers is invalu able when you work wi th illustrations. The following table provides examples. To D o t h e f o l l o w i n g Make changes easier Create individual components on separate layers to make the m easier to edit. F or example, for an illustration of a car speeding down a hig[...]

334 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Using the Layers palette The Layers palette lists all layers in an image. The order of layers on the palette is the order of layers in the image. The top layer is listed first, and the bottom layer is listed last. Y ou can change the stacking order of layers on the La ye rs palette, depending on the laye r type[...]

Working with layers 335 The Layers palette Y ou ca n create layer groups to organize the Lay ers palette. Y o u can also link layers or gr oups so that they move toge ther when you us e the Move tool in the image. By default , a thumbnail vie w of the layer’s cont ents appears to the left of the layer name. Y ou can set the si ze of the thumbnail[...]

336 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide The Layers palette too lbar , positioned along the bottom edge of the palette, includes contro ls for tasks such as adding ne w layers, grouping and deleting layers, and provides a quick access button for setting preferences. At the top of the Layers palette ar e controls that let you ch ange the blend mode an [...]

Working with layers 337 T o expand or collapse a vector layer or layer group Edit workspace • P erform a ta sk from the follo wing table. T o modify the look of the Layers palette Edit workspace 1 Choose File  Preferences  General Program Preferences . The General Program Preferences dia log box appears. 2 On the left pane o f the dialog bo[...]

338 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide You can hi de the right pane by clicking when t he arrow on the vertical divider points to the righ t. When the arr ow points to the left, clicking the control restores the right pane to its previous view. Creating layers Y ou can create a layer from the Layers palette . When you create a layer , you can specif[...]

Working with layers 339 • New Art Med ia Layer • New Layer Group • New Mask Layer • New Adjustment Layer 3 Adjust the available controls for the l ayer propert ies. 4 Click OK . The new layer is added above the active layer . It is named with the layer type and a number , such as “V ector 1.” For more information about re naming layers,[...]

340 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide You can also create a rast er layer by ch oosing Edit  Copy and then choosing Edit  Past e As Ne w La y er . The name of the ne w layer contains “Raster” plus a number, for example, “Raste r 1.” T o create a vector layer from vector objects Edit workspace 1 On the T ools toolbar , choose the Pick [...]

Working with layers 341 T o promote the background layer to a regular raster layer Edit workspace • Choose Layers  Promo te Background Layer . You can also right- click on the layer and choose Promote Background Layer . Deleting layers and clearing layer contents Y ou can remove a layer from an im age or clear the conten ts of a layer . Cleari[...]

342 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Make sure that nothing is selected outside the layer . 2 Choose Edit  Clear . You can also clea r a layer by pressing De lete . Duplicating and copy ing layers Y ou can duplicate a layer within an image. Y ou can use the duplic ated layer as a starting point fo r a new layer , or you can try out edits and ef[...]

Working with layers 343 The layer is pasted on the center of the canvas. T o copy a layer and drag it into another image 1I n t h e Edit workspace, open both images. 2I n t h e Layers palette, drag the layer that you want to copy from one image to the t ab of the other image, and whe n the other image becomes a ctive, drop the la ye r in the positi[...]

344 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Viewing layers Y ou can make layers, layer group s, or vector ob jects visible or invisib le in the image. The invisible layers remain in the image but are hidden from view . Y ou can also invert visi ble and hidden layers. T o display or hide a layer Edit workspace • Click the Visibility T oggle button for t[...]

Working with layers 345 Organizing layers by color T o organize the Layers palette visua lly , you can specify highlight colors for layers and layer groups. The highlight color appears as the background of th e icon to the left of the layer or group name. It has no effect on the image itself. In a layer group, layers that have not been assi gned in[...]

346 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide components move with the laye r or layer group when its position in the stacking ord er is changed. T o move a layer or layer group Edit workspace • On the Layers palette, select the layer or layer group, and drag it to a new positi on in the stack. A gray line shows the layer’s position as yo u drag. When [...]

Working with layers 347 Grouping layers Y ou can create layer groups to grou p multiple layers together . Layer groups let you • organize the Layers palette • set layer prop erties, such as o pacity and blend m ode, for the whole group • limit the effect of adjustment and mask laye rs to the laye rs underneath the active laye r rath er than t[...]

348 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide T o remove a layer from a group Edit workspace • Drag the layer to a new posi tion outside th e layer group. You can also rem ove a layer from a grou p by choosing Layers  Arrange  Move Out of Group . T o ungroup layers Edit workspace • Select the la yer group that you wan t to ungroup, and choose Y o[...]

Working with layers 349 Layers  Ungroup Layers . Linking layers Y ou can link layers to have them move together on th e image canvas when you move one la yer with the Move tool. Y ou ca n link grouped layers, which allows all layers within a layer group to move together on the image ca nvas. Y ou can also link individual layers fro m different l[...]

350 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide unlink, and click the Link/Unlink group button . The button appears h ighlighted on the toolba r when a linked group is selected; the button is not highlight ed when yo u select an unlinked group. You can also link or unlink a grou p by double-clicking the layer group to display t he Layer Properties dialo g bo[...]

Working with layers 351 Normal Displays pixels of underlying layers based on the opacity of pixels on the selected layer . If the selected layer is fully opaque, no pixels show through. As the opacity decreases, more pixels from underlying layers show through. Darken Displays pixels in the selected laye r that are dark er than the underlying layers[...]

352 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Color Applies the hue and saturation of the selected layer to the underlying layers (without affecting the lightness). This blend mode is available for 16 million–color images only . Color (Legacy) Functions similarly to the Color blend mode. This blend mode is retained for the sake of compatibility with earl[...]

Working with layers 353 Screen Lightens the colors of underlying layers by multiplying the inverse of the selected layer and of the underlying layers. The result is a color that is the same or a lightened version of the selected layer . This blend mode produces the same result regardless of the order in which the layers are st acked on the Layers p[...]

354 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Hard Light C ombines the Multiply and Screen blend modes. If the c olor channel value of th e selected layer is less than 128, the Multiply blend mode is used. If the color channel value is greater than or equal to 128, the Screen blend mode is used. Y ou can use the Hard Lig ht blend mode to add highlights or [...]

Working with layers 355 T o set the blend range of a layer Edit workspace 1 On the Layers palette , double-c lick the layer to open the Layer Properties di alog box. 2 Click the Blend Ranges ta b. 3 In the Blend Channel drop-list, select a chan nel to use when blending layers. Select Grey Channel to base opacity on th e lightness values of layers. [...]

356 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Y ou can also change the opacity of a layer group. The Opacity setting on the Layers palette determines the op acity of each layer . The overall opacity of a layer and the opacity of individual pixels are independent o f each other . For example, if a pixel starts at 50 percent opacity and the layer is se t to [...]

Working with layers 357 button . The Lock/Unlock button appears on the layer when transparency is locked. Click the button again to unlock the transparency . The icon on the layer dis appears when the layer is unlocked. You can also lock or unlock transparen t areas by double- clicking the layer, marking or unmarking the Lock transparency check box[...]

358 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Important! You sh ould always make a backup copy of th e original PspImage image befo re you merge layers. After you merge layers, you cannot edit the layers separate ly. T o merge two layers together Edit workspace 1 Make sure that one layer is locate d direct ly above the other on th e Layers palette. 2 Selec[...]

Working with layers 359 Invisible layers are not affected. The merged layer, which maintains the transparency inform a tion of the original layers, appears at the position of the active layer. If the selected layer is in a group , only the visible layers in that group are merged. If the layer group is marked as invisible (making all layers within t[...]

360 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide When the adjustme nt layer is added, it will appear above the selected layer . 2 From the drop-list on the palett e toolbar , choose New Adjustment Layer , and select an adjustment layer type. In the dialog box th at appears, the preview areas show t he image before and after you make changes. T o reset the val[...]

Working with layers 361 2 Click the Adjustment tab, and mo dify the color or tonal correc tion settings. 3 Click the General tab to modify the general layer properties such as layer name, blend mode, and opacity . 4O n t h e Overlay tab, adjust the color an d opacity of the overlay . The default overlay is a reddish, mask-like layer with 50 percent[...]

362 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Some layer styles (s uch as Drop Shadow) are applied outside the layer’s data. Some laye r styles won’t be s een unless the lay er includes areas of transparency . Why is there a “Layer” chec k box? When marked, this check box lets you show the layer data with the effects a pplied. When unma rked, this [...]

Working with layers 363 Layers Styles examples T o apply a Reflection layer style Edit workspace 1 Click a layer , and click the Layer Styles button . 2 In the Layer Properties dialog box, click the Layer Styles tab. 3 In the group box that lists the effects, mark the Reflection check box. The After pane is updated t o show the initial Reflec tion [...]

364 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide You can save Layer Style s setting s as a preset and then apply them at any time to another layer. For more information on saving and applying presets, se e “Using and creat ing presets” on page 721. T o apply an Outer Glow layer style Edit workspace 1 Click a layer , and click the Layer Styles button . 2 I[...]

Working with layers 365 T o apply a Bevel layer style Edit workspace 1 Click a layer , and click the Layer Styles button . 2 In the Layer Properties dialog box, click the Layer Styles tab. 3 In the group box that lists the effects, mark the Bevel check box. The After pane is updated t o show the initial Beve l effect . If you want to preview the ch[...]

366 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide The After pane is update d to show the initial Emboss effect. If you want to preview the changes on the actual imag e, mark the Preview on Image check box. 4D r a g t h e Size slider to set the dis tance from th e outer edge of the layer data to the extent of the embossing. 5D r a g t h e Opac ity slider to set[...]

Working with layers 367 6 In the rainbow color picker , click a glow color . The current color appears along the bottom row of the color picker . 7 Click OK . You can save Layer Style s setting s as a preset and then apply them at any time to another layer. For more info rmation on saving and applying presets, se e “Using and creat ing presets”[...]

368 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide 8 Click OK . You can save Layer Style s setting s as a preset and then apply them at any time to another layer. For more information on saving and applying presets, se e “Using and creat ing presets” on page 721. T o adjust the layer data visibility Edit workspace 1 Click a layer that has effects applied, a[...]

Working with masks 369 Wo r ki n g w i t h ma s k s In Corel PaintShop Pro, y ou can use masks to hid e or show parts of a layer , fade between layers, an d create other s pecial effects. This section presents the following topics: • Understanding mask s • Displaying masks •C r e a t i n g m a s k s •D e l e t i n g m a s k s •E d i t i n[...]

370 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Mask layers cannot be the bottom layer in the ima ge or in a layer group. If the mask layer is at the main level ( rather than in a layer group), the mask applies to all layers below it in the st acking order . If a mask layer is in a la yer group, it applies only to la yers within the group that are lower in t[...]

Working with masks 371 3 Click the Overlay color area, and choose a color . 4D r a g t h e Opac ity slider to set the level of opacity . 5 Click OK . T o display or hide a mask Edit workspace • Click the Visibility To g g l e button on the Laye rs palette. — Visibility T o ggle button wh en the mask is dis played — Visibility T oggle button w[...]

372 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide An example of a selection used as a mask Y ou can also create a mask from a channel by first splitting an image into its RGB, HSL, or CMYK c hannels. Corel P aintShop Pro create s a grayscale image for each c hannel. Y ou can use one of these c hannel images to create a mask for the original image or for anothe[...]

Working with masks 373 You can paint on the image to sho w portions of th e underlying layer. For information about ed iting the mask, see “Editing masks” on page 377. For information about stacking laye rs, see “Changing the order of layers in an image” on page 345. T o create a mask from an image Edit workspace 1 Open the imag e that you [...]

374 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide • Any non-zero value — applies masking without gradation. Pixels with an opacity between 1 an d 255 pixels become white; transparent pixe ls become black. T ransparent areas completely mask the layer . • Source opacity — determines the degree of masking based on the opacity of the image. F ully opaque p[...]

Working with masks 375 If you apply a mask layer to the background, the backgrou nd is automatically co nverted to a raste r layer. The mask layer and the selected layer are added to a new layer group. The mask layer applies t o the selected lay er only. For information about editing ma sks, see “Editing masks” on page 377. T o create a mask fr[...]

376 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide 6 Click OK . The mask layer and the selected layer are added to a new lay er group. The mask layer applies t o the selected lay er only . For information about editing the mask, see “Editing mas ks” on page 377. For information about color channels, see “Working with colors and materials” on page 385. Y[...]

Working with masks 377 Deleting masks Y ou can delete a mask from an image, or you can merge it with the underlying layer an d then delete the mask layer . Howeve r, i f y o u m e r g e the mask with the un derlying layer , you can no longer edit t he mask independen tly from the la yer . T o delete a mask Edit workspace 1 On the Layers palette, ri[...]

378 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Y ou can use a gradient, pattern, or texture mask to create intere sting effects. A gradient mask varies th e opacity of an image from fully hidden to fully tra nsparent by fading the image in or out. A pattern or texture mask varie s the image opacity in a re peated pattern throughout the image. Using a gradie[...]

Working with masks 379 T o create a gradient, pattern, or texture mask Edit workspace 1C r e a t e a n e w m a s k . 2 Click the Highlight mask area button on the Layers palette to display the mask overlay . 3 On the T ools toolbar , click the Flood Fill tool . If you want to fill all pi xels in the mask, set the Match mode control on the T o ol Op[...]

380 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Loading masks When you save a mask to an alpha cha nnel within an image that is saved in PspImage format, yo u can load that mask from the alpha channel into the same imag e or in to any other image. The Masks folder o f the Corel P aintShop Pro p rogram folder co ntains sample masks that you can load in to im [...]

Working with masks 381 If you want to invert the transp arency of the mask image, mark the Invert transparency check b ox. 7 Click Load . The mask layer and the selected layer are added to a new lay er group. The mask layer applies to the se lected layer only . To apply the mask layer to all underlying layers, drag it from the layer group to the ma[...]

382 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Corel PaintShop Pro m asks all pixe ls outside of the mask image boundaries. 5I n t h e Options group box, choose an op tion to s pecify whethe r any pixels Corel P aintShop Pro s urrounding the loaded mask d ata are shown or hid den. These options affect the mask only if the Orientation option is As Is and the[...]

Working with masks 383 An alpha channel is a data storage area within an image. Masks and selections store d in alpha channels have no effect on th e appearance of an image. Y ou can save a mask to an alpha channel within the current image or wi thin another image. F or more information on saving or loading selections in alpha channels, see “Savi[...]

384 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide If you want to save a mask to an alpha channel in another image, open the other image in Corel P aint Shop Pro, and click it to make it active. If you want to change t he name of the alp ha channel, t ype a new name in the Name group box. 4 Click Save .[...]

Working with colors and materials 385 W orking with colors and materials Whether you are applyin g color to an image, creating Web projects, or designing scra pbook pages, it’s im portant to underst and how to choose and manage colors an d materials in Corel P aintShop Pro. This section presents the following topics: • Using the Materials palet[...]

386 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Y ou ca n display the Materia ls palette at any time. Y ou can leave it open while you work, o r you can displa y it only when you need it. Y ou can also reverse th e foreground and ba ckground colors or materials. Main components of the Materials palette • Swatches tab — displays swatches for the currently[...]

Working with colors and materials 387 new color that you select by dragging the slider on the Color (hue) bar . • Sliders tab — displays sliders and v a lue bo xes that you ca n use to set a color in the following color spaces: RGB, HSL, CMYK, Lab, Web safe. Y ou can also set a shade using Grayscale. • Fo reground and Stroke and Background an[...]

388 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide that these o ptions are disabled for the Art Media tools, which u se only solid colors. • Te x t u r e bu tton — turns the current te xture on or off • Set to Black and White button — sets the foreground to black and the back ground to white . Th is is helpful when you use the Edit Selection command. ?[...]

Working with colors and materials 389 T o display or hide the Materials palette Edit workspace • Choose View  Pal et te s  Materials . You can also c lose the palette b y clicking the Close bu tton in the palett e’s title bar or by pressing F2 . T o swap the foreground and background colors or materials Edit workspace • From the Materia[...]

390 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide The Color p age in the Mate rial Properties dialog box The appearance of the Color page depends on the color depth of the active image (16 bits/channel, 8 bits/channel, 256 colors, 16 colors, or 2 colors). For example, for paletted colors, the Wheel, Slider , and Color Harmonies options are not available—swat[...]

Working with colors and materials 391 • Color Harmonies — clicking one of the following color harmony settings helps you c hoose multiple colors that look good together: Complementary , Tr i a d , Te t r a d , Analogic , Accen ted . The Mono setting is the default for a single color . The associated color swatches a ppear in the lower lef t cor[...]

392 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide • Click Slider , and choo se a color space from the drop-list. Adjust the corresponding sliders or type values in the boxes to se t the color you want. • In the HTML box, enter a hex color value. The current a nd previous c olor swatches ap pear in the lo wer right corner of the dialog bo x. 3 Click OK . Yo[...]

Working with colors and materials 393 Choosing colors for paletted images P aletted images are images that have a color depth between 2 and 256 colors. With paletted images , you must choose foreground and background colors from the Materi als palette rather than from the Color page. T o choose colors for paletted images Edit workspace 1 On the Mat[...]

394 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Choosing colors from an image or the desktop Y ou can choose a fore ground or backgr ound color from any open image, or from any color within Corel PaintShop Pro (suc h as a color on a toolbar). This fea ture is useful when you want to use the color of a specific ico n, or when you wa nt to match the Windows de[...]

Working with colors and materials 395 4 Click to select the color . The selected color appears in the active c olor or properties b ox. When positioned over areas that can be sampled, the S ample Color dropper icon displays. Using gradients Gradients are gra dual blends between two o r more colors. Y ou can paint, draw , or fill with gradients to c[...]

396 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide The Gradie nt page in the Mater i al Properties dial og box lets you choose an d edit gradients. For information a bout editing, crea ting, and sharing gradie nts, see “Editing gradients” on page 400 and “Exporting and importing gradients” on page 403. Important! Gradients are available for grayscale an[...]

Working with colors and materials 397 Background and Fill Properties box. The most recently chosen gradient bec omes active. T o choose a gradient Edit workspace 1 On the Materials palette, do one of the following: • T o choose a foreground gra dient, click the F oreground and Stroke Properties box. • T o choose a back ground gradient, click t [...]

398 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide at the center of the object. This option applies to rectangular , sunburst, and r adial gradients only . • Foc al Poi nt — determines the horizontal and vertical coordinates of the point wher e the foregro und color of the gradient begins. The distance is measured as a percentage of the fill area’s width.[...]

Working with colors and materials 399 The New Gradient dialog box appears. 2 Enter a uniqu e name for th e gradient, and then click OK . T o create a gradient Edit workspace 1 On the Gradient page, click the New Gradient button . The New Gradient dialog box appears. 2 T ype a name for the new gradient, and click OK . The gradient is created with tw[...]

400 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Editing gradients Y ou can change the colors , transiti on points, an d transparency of gradients. Y ou can edit default gradien ts or create your own gradients. Y ou can also rename, de le te, and save gradients. The colors , transition p oints, and transparency of a gradient are indicated by markers and m idp[...]

Working with colors and materials 401 You can also clic k the marker or midpoin t to select it, and the n enter a value in the Location field. T o add a marker Edit workspace • On the Gradient Editor , click a position unde r the gradient bar to add a color marker or click above the gradient bar to add a transparency marker . The marker is create[...]

402 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide When you next apply the gradien t that contains the foreground or background c olor, it uses the current f oreground and background c olors of the image (rathe r than the colors that you used to define the gradient). To create a gradient that always contains the same colors, use custom colors for all markers. T[...]

Working with colors and materials 403 Exporting and importing gradients After creating a new grad ient, you may want to exp ort it to use in another program. The default gradients are st ored in the GRD f ile format, which is commonly us ed in other applications. Y ou can also import gradient s in the GRD file format. T o export a gradient Edit wor[...]

404 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Using patterns Y ou can paint, draw , or fill pattern s to create inte resting effects. Corel P aintShop Pro includes many patterns that you can cho ose from (such as bricks, stained glass, and zebra stripes). Y ou can also create patterns from an image or part of an image. P atterns add creative flair to you r[...]

Working with colors and materials 405 T extures can be applied at the sa me time you apply a solid color , gradient, or pattern. Th is means that you can have bo th a pattern and a texture select ed at the same time. For mor e information about patterns, refer to the Help. T o apply the current pattern Edit workspace • On the Materials palette, c[...]

406 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide You can also change the angle of the pattern b y dragging the control needle o n the pattern pr eview on Pattern page. T o use the active image or a selection as a pattern Edit workspace 1 Open the image you want to us e. 2 T o select a part of the image as the pattern, make a selection in the image. The patter[...]

Working with colors and materials 407 information abou t setting file locations, see “Setting file locations” on page 691. Using textures Y ou can paint, draw , or fill with a texture to create the effect of a textured ca nvas or paper . Y ou can use textu res with the current color , gradient, or pattern for foreground and background strokes o[...]

408 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide 4 Click a texture thumbnail. 5 Adjust the following controls for the texture: • Angle — specifie s the angle (or di rection) of the t exture, from 0 to 359 degrees • Scale — specifies the scale (from 10 to 250) of the image’s actual size. At smaller values, the image is repeated more frequently thro u[...]

Working with colors and materials 409 The texture appears in th e Te x t u r e thumbnails on the T exture page of the Material Properties dialog box. The textur e thumbnails inclu de all the available files in the Textures folder of the Corel P aintShop Pro program folder. To change the d efault location o f texture files, click t he More Options b[...]

410 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide The palette is added to th e drop-list abo ve the swatc hes. T o delete a palette 1 On the Materials palette, click the Swatches tab . 2 From the palette drop-list, choose the pale tte you want to delete. 3 Click the More Options button , and choose Delete P a lette . T o create a swatch Edit workspace 1 On the[...]

Working with colors and materials 411 To e d i t a s w a t c h Edit workspace 1 On the Materials palette, click the Swatches tab . 2 Double-click the swatc h you want to edit. The Material Properties dialog box appear s. 3 Edit the style (color , gradient, or pa ttern) or the t exture for th e material. 4 Click OK . You can also click th e sw atch,[...]

412 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide a task from the following table. To D o t h e f o l l o w i n g Select which swatch types are displayed Click the More Options button , choose View , and then choose the swatch type to display . Change how swatches are sorted Click the More Options button , choose Sort By , and then choose Style or Name . By de[...]

Applying effects 413 Applying effects Corel PaintShop Pro h as many special effects that you can appl y to your images, including 3D, artistic, illumination, reflection, and photographic effects. Y ou can also a dd frames to yo ur images, paint with images, or warp image ar eas to cr eate unique effec ts. This section presents the following topics:[...]

414 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide • Applying Reflection effects • Applying T exture effects • Adding picture frames to ima ges • Creating you r own effects • Combining images • Using the Pict ure T ube too l • Warping imag es • Working with deform ation maps Choosing effects Y ou can choose effec ts by using the Eff ects menus, [...]

Applying effects 415 An example of a dia log box for an effect. Using the Insta nt Effects palette Y ou can quickly apply preset ef fects by using the I nstant Effects palette. It is available in multiple workspac es and is an easy way to apply an effect when you don’t want to ad just controls. Wh en you create a preset in any effect s dialog box[...]

416 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Instant Effects palette Using the Effect Bro wser Y ou can use the Effe ct Browser when you want to pre view multiple effects before applying them to your image. Th e Effect Browser displays the pres ets that come with Corel PaintShop Pro as well as any that you create. T o display the thumbnail previews that y[...]

Applying effects 417 The Effect Browser disp lays thumbnails that let you preview and choose effe cts. T o choose an effect from the Effects menu Edit workspace 1 From th e Effects menu, choose an effect category , and choose an effect. (F or example, choos e Effects  Distortion Effects  Tw i r l .) For most effects, a dia log box appears. 2 [...]

418 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide T o choose an effect from the Instant Effects palette 1 In the Instant Effects palette, choose a category f rom the drop-list at the top of the palette. If the Instant Effects palette is not displayed, choose View  Pa le tt e s  Instant Effects . 2 Double-click a thumbnail to apply the effect to the activ[...]

Applying effects 419 T o choose an effect from the Effect Browser Edit workspace 1 Choose Effects  Effect Browser . The Effect Browser appears. 2 F rom the hierarchical list in the left pane, do one of the following: • T o preview all effe cts app lied to the image, click the Presets folder . • T o preview an effect catego ry , click a subfo[...]

420 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide The thumbnail previews displaye d in th e Effect Browser fo r a given effect in clude the default preset and any preset s that you have saved. Presets are saved as script files (with a .PspScript filename extens ion) and are located in th e Presets folder of t he main program fo lder. You can change the locatio[...]

Applying effects 421 • Solid — produces sharp, dis tinct edges by applying a solid color to the edges of the button. T o c reate a butt on with a colored edge, you can selec t the solid color b efore choosin g the Buttonize command. • Color — lets you apply a specific co lor to the edges of the button. Y ou can click the color box to choose[...]

422 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Although a selection is not required, you ca n select part of the image before applyin g this effect. Y ou c a n acce ss the Cuto ut dialog box by choosing Effects  3D Effects  Cutout . The Cutout dia log box contains the following con trols: • Ve r t i ca l — determines the vertical po sition of the [...]

Applying effects 423 T o a dd a dr o p sh a d ow t o t h e en t ir e i ma g e , y o u m u s t f i r st c r ea t e w h i te space around the image. Y ou can do th is by choosing the Ad d Borders command or the Canvas Size c ommand from the Image menu. Y ou can access th e Drop Shadow dia log box by choosing Effects  3D Effects  Drop Shadow . T[...]

424 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide transparenc y . This effect does not increase the s ize of the object. W hen you use the Inne r Bevel effect, you can set the options yourself, use one of the p reset effe cts includ ed with th e program , or start with a p reset effect and then modify its settings. The Inner Bevel command is available when an [...]

Applying effects 425 • Angle — affects which edges ap pe ar light and shadowed. The needle points to the direct ion of the light source, me asured in degrees of rotation around the circle. T o set the value, you c an click in the circle, drag the needle , or set or type a number in the control. • Intensity — adjusts the brightness of the di[...]

426 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide • Ambienc e — adjusts the overall br ightness of the image • Shininess — determines how reflectiv e the surface appears. A higher value prod uces a glossy image an d makes the highlights more evident. A lo wer value make s the highlight s diminish. • Color — determines the c olor of the light shinin[...]

Applying effects 427 Applying Art Media effects Y ou can apply Art Media e ffects to ma ke an image look painted or drawn. Y ou can simulate the use of traditional art media, including with pencil, charcoal, and chalk. Black P encil Edit workspace The Black P encil ef fect is similar to the Charcoal ef fect, but it uses thinner strokes an d produce[...]

428 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide The Brush Stro ke dialog box contains the following co ntrols: • Softness — determines the amount of blur in the image • Bristles — specifies the number of bristles in the brush • Wid th — controls the width of the brush • Opacity — determin es the strength of the effe ct • Length — specifie[...]

Applying effects 429 The Charcoal effec t dialog box contains the fo llowing controls: • Detail — controls the number an d darkness of th e strokes • Opacity — controls the strength of the effec t. As the Opacit y value increases, the image di splays more of the effect and less o f its original appearance. Colored Chalk Edit workspace The C[...]

430 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide • Opacity — controls the strength of the effect. As the Opacity value increases, the image di splays more of the effect and less o f its original appearance. Y ou can produce an ef fect similar to the Colored Chalk effe ct by using the Chalk too l found on the T o ols toolbar . Colored Pe ncil Edit workspac[...]

Applying effects 431 The P encil dialog box contain s the following controls: • Luminance — adjusts the overall br ightness of the imag e • Blur — determines the softness of the image. As yo u increase the value, the image becomes less sharp. • Color — lets you choo se a color for th e background, or non-edge area, of the ima ge. T o ch[...]

432 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Y ou can access the Aged Newspaper dialog box by clicking Effects  Artistic Effe cts  Aged Newspaper . The Aged Newspape r dialog box contains the fo llowing control: • Amount to age — lets you select the in tensity of the e ffect by dragging the slider or typing a number in the box. Balls and Bubbles[...]

Applying effects 433 • Automatic multiple balls or bubbles — appli es an assortme nt of bubbles to your image. This op tion also lets you specify t he coverage, average size, size vari ation, and typ e of the bubbles. • Coverage — determines how much of the canvas is filled with bubbles or balls • Average size — sets a standard size for[...]

434 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide • Shininess — determines how the light is absorbed or reflected from the surface. This control interacts with the setting f or the Gloss control. • Gloss — determines how th e light is absorbed or reflected from the surface. This control interacts with the sett ing for the Shininess control. The Maps pa[...]

Applying effects 435 • Diffraction map — wraps a rainbow-style lig ht pattern around the spherical objects. T o change the pattern, adjust the Fringe spacing and Ty p e se ttings. • Ty p e — sets rand omness of the origins, direction, and paths of the bands The Illumination page contains the following controls: • Maximum — sets the maxi[...]

436 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Chrome Edit workspace The Chrome effect gives an image a metallic look. It works best with images that have distinct ar eas of contrast. Y ou can ac cess the Chrome dialog box by choosin g Effects  Artistic Eff ects  Chrome . The Chrome dialo g box contains the follo wing controls: • Flaws — sets the [...]

Applying effects 437 The Colored Edges dialog box contains the fo llowing controls: • Luminance — adjusts the overall br ightness of the imag e • Blur — determines the softness of the image. As yo u increase the value, the image becomes less sharp. • Color — lets you choose a c olor for the edges. T o cha nge the edge color , you can cl[...]

438 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide • Blur — determines the softness of the image. As yo u increase the value, the image becomes less sharp. • Detail — contr ols the amount of the effect applied. As yo u increase the value, color is app lied to more areas of c ontrast. • Color — lets you ch oose a color for the light shining on the im[...]

Applying effects 439 • Detail — controls where the color is applied. As you inc rease the value, the color is applied to more area s of contrast. • Intensity — controls the amount of color applied to each area. As you increase th e value, more color is applied. • Color — lets you choose a co lor for the contour lines. T o change the col[...]

440 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide degrees of rotation around the circle. T o set the value, you c an click in the circle, drag the needle , or set or type a number in the control. • Color — lets you choose a co lor for the light shining on the edges of the forms. T o change the light color , you can click a color in the original image, clic[...]

Applying effects 441 Halftone Edit workspace The Halftone e ffect applies a series of dots to th e image, rather than a continuous to ne. Halftone images can be printed e asily and are therefore typically used in newspapers an d magazines. Y ou can choose different siz es, colors, and shap es for the Halftone ef fect. Larger dots produce darker , m[...]

442 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide • RGB — processes the re d, green, and blue chan nels independently • Greyscale — lets you choos e pattern and backgrou nd colors • Ink — lets you choose th e color for the pattern • Background — lets you the choo se the color of the bac kground • T ransparent — makes the original image visi[...]

Applying effects 443 The Shape page contains the following controls: • Magnification — sets the strength of the magnification • Refraction — controls the de gree of refractive dis tortion • Defocus — blurs the magnified image • Darkness — sets the darkness of the image su rrounding the magnified frame • Spherical — uses a round [...]

444 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide • Shininess — determines how the light is absorbed or reflected from the surface. This control interacts with the setting f or the Gloss control. • Gloss — determines how th e light is absorbed or reflected from the surface. This control interacts with the sett ing for the Shininess control. • Environ[...]

Applying effects 445 • Highlight size — lets you co ntrol the size of each highlight The Fr ame page contains the following controls: • Circular — provides a curved frame edge • Rounded square — provides a rounded s quare frame edge • Thickness — specifies the thickness of the frame • Material — lets you cho ose the material for[...]

446 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide P osterize Edit workspace The P osterize effect reduces the number of bits for each color ch annel, which decreases t he number of colors and levels of lightness in the image or selection. The result is a flatter -looking image that has bands of color rather t han smooth gradien ts. Y ou can access the P o ster[...]

Applying effects 447 The Solarize dialog box c ont ains the following cont rol: • Threshold — sets the threshold level. As the level increases, increasingly lighter colors are inverted. To p o g r a p h y Edit workspace The T opog raphy effect gives an imag e a three-dimensiona l look so that the image appears to have been creat ed from a syste[...]

448 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide • Color — lets you choos e a color fo r the light shining on the sides of the terraces. T o change the light color , you can click a color in the original image, click the colo r box to access the Colo r dialog box, or right-click the color box to access the Recent Colors dialo g box. Applying environment m[...]

Applying effects 449 3 Mark the Bump map check box. Applying Distortion effects Y ou can apply Distortion effects to an ima ge and produce in teresting results. Curlicues, Pixelate, and Warp are examples of eff ects that let you distort your image. Curlicues Edit workspace The Curlicues effect turns an image into a series of rows and columns compos[...]

450 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide • Strength — controls the amount of rota tion of each cu rl • Clockwise — sets the direction of the curls Displacement Map Y ou can warp, or displace, one image based on the contents of another image. For information about using the Displacement Map effect, see “Us ing the Displacement Map effect” o[...]

Applying effects 451 • Ve r t i ca l — positions the center of the distortion vertically in the image. Increasin g the valu e moves the c enter of the dis tortion toward the bottom. Decrea sing the valu e moves th e center of the distortion toward the top. • Distortio n type — lets you specif y whether to cho ose Barrel, Fisheye, Fisheye ( [...]

452 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide The Pinch dialog bo x contains the following con trol: • Strength — determines ho w much of th e image is pushe d toward the center Pixelate Edit workspace The Pixelate effec t divides an image into rectangle s or squares of a specified size. Y o u can access the Pixelate dialog box by cho osing Effects [...]

Applying effects 453 P olar Coordinates Edit workspace The Polar Coordinates e ffect change s pixels by mapping them from Cartesian to polar coord inates, or from polar to Cartesian coordin ates. Y ou can access the P olar Coordi nates dialog box by choosin g Effects  Distortion Effect s  Po la r Co or d in a te s . The Polar Coordinates dial[...]

454 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Punch Edit workspace The Punch e ffect is a defo rmation that makes an image or selection appear punche d out from behind so that th e contents in the cente r expand toward the outer edges . Y ou can access the Punch di alog box by choosing Effects  Distortion Effects  Punch . The Punch dialog b ox contai[...]

Applying effects 455 • Horizontal — moves the central point of the rip ples. The value is a percentage of the width of the image or selec tion. The default position, 50, corresponds to the ce nter of the image o r selection. • Ve r t i ca l — moves the central point of the ripples. The value is a percentage of the height of th e image or se[...]

456 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide move the halo to the left , and positive values move the halo to the right. • Ve r t i ca l — moves the central point of the ripples. The value is a percentage of the height of th e image or selection. Negative values move the halo up, and positive values move the halo down. • Amplitude — se ts the appa[...]

Applying effects 457 • Degrees — sets the direction and amount of twirl. Positive values create a clockwise twirl; negative values crea te a counter -c lockwi se twirl. War p Edit workspace The Warp effect ma kes a circular area of the image appear at a higher or lower zoom level. The area is dis torted as if viewed th rough a convex or concave[...]

458 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide • Strength — sets the level of the dist ortion. P ositive values make the distorted image area appear cl oser , and negative value s make it appear farther away . Wav e Edit workspace The Wave effect distorts an image by creatin g undulating lines. Y ou can determine the amount of distor tion by setting the[...]

Applying effects 459 • T ransparent — makes out-of-bounds pixels transparent (available only with layered images) Win d Edit workspace The Wind effect blurs an image to make it look as though it has been blown by wind com ing from either the le ft or the right. Y o u can access the Wind dialog box by ch oosing Effects  Distortion Effects [...]

460 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide 2 Make the source image the active image. 3 Choose Effects  Distortion Effects  Displacement Map. 4 In the Displacement map group box, click the image drop-list, and choose an image to use as the displacement ma p. If the displacement map and the source image don’t have t he same dimension s, choose eit[...]

Applying effects 461 • Color — lets you choo se a color to represe nt out-of -bounds pixels. Y ou can click the color box to access the Color dialog box, or right-click the colo r box to ac cess the Rec ent Colors dialog box. • Tr a n s p a r e n t — makes out-of-boun ds pixels transparent (available only with layered images) Applying Edge [...]

462 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Enhance Edit workspace The Enhance effe ct increases the contrast alon g the edges in an image. Y ou can apply the Enhance effect by choosing Ef fects  Edge Effects  Enhance . Enhance More Edit workspace The Enhance More eff ect applies a stronger con trast to the edges in an image than the Enhance e ffec[...]

Applying effects 463 Find All Edit workspace The Find All effect en hances the contrast between light and dark in an image by darkening the image and then highlighting the edges. Y ou can apply the Find All Ed ges ef fect by choos ing Effects  Edge Effects  Find All . Find Horizontal Edit workspace The Find Horizontal ef fect enhanc es the co[...]

464 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Find V ertical Edit workspace The Find V e rtical effect e nhances the contrast betw een light and dark in an image by darkening the image and then highlighting the vertical edges. Y o u can apply the Find Vertical edges effect by choo sing Effects  Edge Effects  Find V ertical . High P ass Edit workspace[...]

Applying effects 465 The High P ass dialog box c ontains the follo wing controls: • Radius — sets the rad ius of the blur effect as a percentage • Desaturate — removes all color , leavin g a gray result. The results of the High Pass effect are close to mono chrome, even when this check box is unmarked . Y ou can mark this check box, however[...]

466 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Applying Geometric effects Y ou can ch ange the shape or perspective o f an image by applying Geometric effec ts. Fo r example, you can turn an image into a sphere or cylinder , skew it, or change its vertical or horizontal perspective. Circle Edit workspace The Circle effect d eforms your image or selection by[...]

Applying effects 467 • Strength — determines how much of the image appears wrapped Cylinder–V ertical Edit workspace The Cylinder–V ertical effect is a de formation that stretches t he image or selection as though wr apping it around a vertical cylin der . Y o u can access the Cylind er–V ertical dialog box by choosing Effects  Geometr[...]

468 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide P erspective–Horizontal Edit workspace The P erspective–Ho rizontal effect cre ates a perspective alon g the horizontal axis by narrowing the left or right side of the ima ge or selection. Y ou can access the P erspective–Hor izontal dialog box by choosing Effects  Geometric Effects  Perspective–H[...]

Applying effects 469 • Distortio n — sets the length of the shortened edg e to the unchanged edge . Moving the slider to th e left or typing a negative number reduce s the length of the uppe r side of the image. Moving the slid er to the right or typing a positive number reduces the length of the bottom side of the imag e. • Wrap — treats t[...]

470 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide • Wrap — treats the image as though it were a tile repeating in each direction • Repeat — finds the edge pixel of each side and repeat s it outward infinitely • Color — lets you choose a color to represent out-of-bounds pixels. Y ou ca n click the color box to a ccess the Color dia log box, or right[...]

Applying effects 471 Lights Edit workspace The Lights effect uses up to five spotlights to ap pl y lighting to an image. Y ou can set the intensity , direction, color , and origin of the light source. Y ou can ac cess the Ligh ts dialog box by ch oosing Effects  Illumination Effects  Lights . The Lights dialog bo x contains the followi ng con[...]

472 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide • Ve r t i ca l — positions t he light source vertically . For each light, a value of 0 indicates t he center of the image. P o sitive values produce upward movement, and negative values produce downward movement. • Scale — c ont ro ls the si ze of t he im age area that is covered by light • Smoothnes[...]

Applying effects 473 value of 100 corresponds to th e far right side of the image. Y ou can also se t this value by d raggi ng the crossha irs in the Before pane. • Ve r t i ca l — indicates the vertical location of the light origin. Y ou can also se t this value by d raggi ng the crossha irs in the Before pane. • Density — det ermines how [...]

474 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide • Center — positions the im age so that one corner is exact ly in the middle of the page • Custom — lets you ad just the positi on of the image horizontally and vertically on the page • Wrap — treats the image as if it were a tile repe ating in each direction • Repeat — finds the edge pixel of e[...]

Applying effects 475 • Height — determines th e height of the curl. Y ou can also specify the desired heig ht by dragging the arm in the Before pane. • Color in the Edge mode group box — lets you select a color for the background underneath the curled area of the page. Y ou can click the color box to a c ce s s t h e Co l o r d i a lo g bo [...]

476 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide image. Y ou can increase the value to move the center to the right and decrease the value t o move the center to the left. • Ve r t i ca l o f f s e t — positions the center of the tiling effect vertically in the image. The posi tion is a percentage of t he height of the image. At 50, the tiling starts at t[...]

Applying effects 477 applying film and filter effects, se e “ App lying film and f ilter ef fects to photos” on page 491. Black and White Film Y ou can simulate taking a pho to with black-and-white film. T o modify the effect, yo u can apply a wide range of RGB values as well as adjust image brightness and clarity . Filter color adjustme nts in[...]

478 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Original photo (left) and the same photo with the Infr ared Film effect appl ied (right) Sepia T oning Y ou can simulate the look created when you tak e a photo with sep ia film. Sepia-toned images are similar to black- and-wh ite photos (also known as grays cale photos), exce pt the tones are b rown instead of[...]

Applying effects 479 An urban scene (le ft) appears to be transformed into a miniature model (ri ght). Y ou can also us e Selective Focus to apply a quick depth of field effect to any photo. F or general information about depth of fi eld, see “Controlling depth of field” on page 211. Photo tip: Photos take n from high vantage poin ts usually ma[...]

480 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Retro L ab Inspired by photos taken sp ontane ously with a vintage-style pocket camera, such as L OMO , Diana, or Holga, the Retro Lab lets you apply a fun retro effec t. For mo re information, see “Usi ng Retro Lab” on page 484. Graduated Filter Y ou can apply a color gr adient to your phot os to simulate [...]

Applying effects 481 T o apply the Infrared Film effect Edit workspace 1 Choose Effects  Photo Effects  Infrared Film . The Infrared Film dialog box appe ars. 2 T ype or set a value in the Strength control to determine the overall strength of the Infrared effect. Higher settings make greens appear brighter and blues appear darker . Setting th[...]

482 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Higher settings intensify the hala tion effect, produc ing soft edges throughout the photo. Lower s ettings minimize the halation effect. 4 T ype or set a value greater than 0 in the Grain control to add a more realistic infrared gr aininess to the photo. 5 Click OK . T o apply the Sepia T oning effect Edit wor[...]

Applying effects 483 3 I n the Before pane of the preview are a, when your pointer display s the move cursor , drag the area of focus to the position you want. 4 D rag the rotation handle (the box at the end of the s hort line) to rotate the area of focu s. 5 D rag a sizing handle (on the so lid lines) to set the edges for the area of focus. 6 Fine[...]

484 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide You can use the Selective Fo cus effect t o apply a quic k depth of field effect. Ad just the settin gs to achieve a natural look. T o apply a Vignette effect Edit workspace 1 Click Effects  Photo Effects  Vignette . 2 In the Ar ea of focus, choose a selection tool and drag in the Before pane to set the e[...]

Applying effects 485 Original photo (left); photo afte r using Retro Lab (right). The Surreal preset wa s applied, then the Range controls and the Saturation slider were used to customize th e effect. T o use Retro Lab to create a toy camera effect 1 Click Effects  Photo Effects  Retro Lab . If you want to apply a preset, clic k a preset in t[...]

486 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide • In the Curves area, click and d rag the diagonal line to a djust the tone or choose a color from the Channel drop-list and drag the diagonal line to adjust individual color channels. F or more information about Curves, se e “T o change color channe l brightness” on page 189. If you want to save your set[...]

Applying effects 487 The Graduated Filter dialog box appears. 2 Click a Style button to dete rmine the shape o f the gradient. The default op tion, Linear Graduated Filter , best simulates traditional graduated filters. 3 D rag in the Before pane to set the siz e and direction of the gradient. A line displays as you drag. 4 In t he Preset drop-list[...]

488 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Daguerreotype — W idely used from 1839 to 1855, the daguerreotype was the first popular form of photog raphy . Images were captured directly on a thin piece of silver - plated copper . Because no negative was produced, copies could not be made, so each image was unique. Daguerreotypes are often characteri zed[...]

Applying effects 489 Platinum — Popular from 1873 to 1920, this photographic method used platinum-based developing materials and placed the paper in direct contact with the negative. Although the resulting high-quality prints rem ained stable over time, the high price of platinum made this method expensive. Platinum prints are often charac terize[...]

490 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Time Machine settings The Time Machine dialog box includes thumbnails that let you preview each effect on your ph oto. It also contains an infor mation box that gives you a brief description of the effect. The photo on the lef t is the original photo, and the p hoto on the right has the Time Machine’ s Daguer[...]

Applying effects 491 T o create vintage-style phot os with the Time Machine Edit workspace 1 Choose Effects  Photo Effects  Time Machine . 2 Click one of the thumbnails ab ove the timeline to choose an effect. 3 Move the Intensity slider to adjust the ap pearance of the ef fect. You can add or re move edge effects fo r photos. Unmark the Phot[...]

492 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide The Vibrant Foliage Film L ook enhances blues and greens. The following Film Looks are available: Y ou can also apply the following film effects: • Black-and-white — For more in formation, see “T o apply the Black and White Film effect” on page 480. • Sepia toning — F or more information, see “T o[...]

Applying effects 493 • Infrared — F or more information, see “T o apply the Inf rared Film effect” on page 481. Creative Filters Creative Filters simulate the ef fect achieved when you use colo r filters on the lens of yo ur camera. Althou gh the color is ap plied across the entire photo, Corel P aintShop Pro main tains th e luminance of th[...]

494 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide T o apply film and filter effects to a photo Edit workspace 1 Choose Effects  Photo Effects  Film and Filters . 2 In the Film and Filters dialog box, perform one or mo re tasks from the following table, and click OK . Applying Reflection effects The reflectio n effects inclu de such effect s as a kaleidos[...]

Applying effects 495 The Feedback dialog box contains th e following controls: • Opacity — controls the strength of the effect. As the Opacity increases, the image di splays more of the effect and less o f its original appearance. • Intensity — se ts the number of image repetitions • Horizontal offset — positions t he center of th e fee[...]

496 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide • Ve r t i ca l o f f s e t — determines the vertical origin of the effect. Negative values move the pie orig in up. P ositive values move the pie origin down. T he values are a per centage of the he ight of the image. • Rotation angle — affects which edges appear ligh t and shadowed. The nee dle points[...]

Applying effects 497 P attern Edit workspace The Pattern effect turns any image or selection into an intricate geometric pa ttern. Y ou can use th ese patterns to create seam less tiles for the bac kground of your W eb page. Y ou ca n access the P attern dialog box by choosin g Effects  Reflection Ef fects  Pa tt er n . The P attern dialog bo[...]

498 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide use this box along with the Scale factor box to create a seamles s pattern. • Ve r t i ca l s h i f t — moves the pattern with the image window . Y ou can place a sp ecific section of the pattern at th e center . Y ou can use this box along with the Scale factor box to create a seamles s pattern. Rotating M[...]

Applying effects 499 • Repeat — finds the edge pixel of each side and repeats it outward infinitely • Color — lets you choose a color to represent out-of-bounds pixels. Y ou can c lick the color box to acce ss the Color dialog box, or right - click the color box to access the Re cent Colors dialog b ox. • Reflect — reflects t he edge pi[...]

500 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide • Color — lets you choose a color other than the default of bl ack. Y ou ca n click the color box to a ccess the Color dia log box, or right- click the color box to access th e Recent Colors dialog box. • Horizontal — makes the blinds h orizontal. Y o u can unmark the check box to return the blinds to t[...]

Applying effects 501 The Fine Leather dia log box contains the fo llowing controls: • Color — lets you ch oose a color for the lig ht shining on the image. T o change the light color , you can click a color in the original image, click the color bo x to access the Color dialog box, or right- click the color box to access the Re cent Colors dial[...]

502 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide The F ur dialog box contains the following controls: • Blur — determines the softness of the image. As yo u increase the value, the image becomes less sharp. • Density — cont rols the strength of the eff ect. Increasing the value adds more fur to the image. • Length — sets the length of the individu[...]

Applying effects 503 • Number of columns — sets the number of columns of tiles. As you increase t he number , you reduce the size of t he tiles. • Number of rows — sets the number of ro ws of tiles. As you increase the numbe r , you reduce the s ize of the tiles. • Symmetric — links the values for the numbers of ro ws and columns so tha[...]

504 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide • Number of rows — sets the number of ro ws of tiles. As you increase the number , th e tiles become smaller . • Symmetric — links the values for the numbers of ro ws and columns so th at changing one value changes the other value. Y ou can unmark this che ck box to have an unequal nu mber of rows and c[...]

Applying effects 505 • Blur — determines the softness of the image. As yo u increase the value, the image becomes less sharp. • Detail — controls the scale of the relie f . As you increa se the value, smaller areas of contrast are shown in relief. • Polishing — controls the size of the polished area. As you increase the value, the rough[...]

506 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide box, or right-click the color box to access the Recent Colors dialo g box. • Leather color — lets you choos e a color for the le ather backgroun d. T o change the leath er color , you can c lick a color in the original image, click the colo r box to acc ess the Color dia log box, or right-click the color bo[...]

Applying effects 507 • Detail — controls the scale of the relief. As you increase the setting, the smaller areas of th e contrast are shown in re lief. • Luminance — adjusts the overall br ightness of the imag e • Angle — affects which edges ap pe ar light and shadowed. The needle points to the direct ion of the light source, me asured [...]

508 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide • Smoothness — c ontrols the s lope (sharpne ss) and thickness of the edges • Depth — cont rols the height of the s culpting • Ambienc e — adjusts the overall br ightness of the image • Shininess — determines how reflectiv e the surface appears • Color — lets you choose the color of the ligh[...]

Applying effects 509 The Soft Plastic dialog box contains the following c ontrols: • Blur — determines the softness of the origina l image • Detail — controls the scale of the relief • Density — controls the number of ar eas of relief . Lower values produce fewer larger areas and a softer lo ok. Higher values add relief to smaller areas[...]

510 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide The Straw Wall dialog box cont ains the following controls: • Blur — determines the softness of the origina l image • Density — controls the number of straws covering the image • Length — determines the le ngth of the stra ws • Wid th — determines the widt h of the straws • T ransparency — c[...]

Applying effects 511 The T extur e dialog box contain s the following controls: • Te x t u r e swat ch — lets you choose the texture • Size — resizes the texture to a percentage of its original dimensions. Y ou can decrease the scale to make the tiling more pronounce d and increase the scale to e nlarge the te xture. • Smoothness —con t[...]

512 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide positioned directly overhead. As you lower the value, the light source moves clo ser to the image, produc ing longer shadows. Tiles Edit workspace The Tiles e ffect makes th e image appear to be created from tiles. The tiles can be of varying shape, depth, and shinines s. Y ou can access the Tiles dialog box by[...]

Applying effects 513 image, click the color bo x to access the Color dialog box, or right- click the color box to access the Re cent Colors dialog b ox. • Angle — affects which edges ap pe ar light and shadowed. The needle points to the direct ion of the light source, me asured in degrees of rotation around the circle. • Intensity — adjusts[...]

514 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide • Wea ve c ol or — lets y ou choose a wea ve color . Y ou can click a color in the original image, clic k the color box to acce ss the Color dialog box, or right-click the colo r box to access the Re cent Colors dialog box. • Gap color — lets you choose a gap colo r . Y ou can click the color box to acc[...]

Applying effects 515 The Picture F rame dialog box ap pears. 2 In the Picture F rame group box, choo se a frame from the drop-list. 3 In the Orientation group box, cho ose one of the follo wing options: • Fram e ca nva s — sizes the frame t o the canvas. The fr ame layer is named “Picture Frame” on the Layers palet te. Successive fram es re[...]

516 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide If the width and heigh t differ by a considera ble amount, the frame appe ars thicker alo ng the shorter sid es. If you select a frame in step 2 that contains transparent areas, you can choos e to keep th ese frame area transparent , or you can substitute a color. To main tain frame transparency, mark the Keep [...]

Applying effects 517 Combining images Corel PaintShop Pro lets you combine two images into a third image. The new image is the p roduct of th e color data from the two source images combined on a pixel-by-pixel basis according to the arithmetical function you select, such as Add, Subtract, Multiply , or Difference. If you want to combine images wit[...]

518 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide 4 In the F uncti on group box, choose on e of the following options for combining the images: • Add — Image 1 V alu e + Image 2 V alue • Subtract — Image 1 V alu e – Image 2 V alue • AND — Binary A nd • Average — (Image 1 value + Image 2 V alue) / 2 • Multiply — Image 1 Value x Image 2 V a[...]

Applying effects 519 6 Ma rk or un m ar k t h e Clip color values check box to de termine how Corel P aintShop Pro handles final color values th at are greater than 255 and less than 0. When the Clip color values check box is marked, color values less than 0 become 0, and color values greater than 0 become 255. When the Clip color values check box [...]

520 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide animals), and ot hers create the effe ct of a continuous image ( such as grass). Each picture tub e file contains a seri es of images. T o make pi cture tube elemen ts easier to edit, it is helpful to paint them on a separate layer . Important! You cannot use the Picture Tub e tool on vecto r layers. Where can [...]

Applying effects 521 Picture T ube se ttings When you click the Settings button on the T ool Options palette, the Picture T ube Se ttings dialog box ap pears. Y ou can use this dialo g box to update th e current T ool Options palette setting s and to modify th e look of the curre nt picture tube. However , you can also make the settings perm anent [...]

522 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide 3 If necessa ry , adjust the following: • Scale — de termines the perc entage (10% to 250%) for reducing or enlarging each image in the picture tube and scaling the st ep • Step — determines the distance in pixels (1 to 500) between the centers of ea ch picture tube c ell that you pa int • Placement m[...]

Applying effects 523 Note: V alues for the grid positions are the values in pixels for the width and height of the cells. Images must be no larger than this cell size. 4 Choose File  New . The New Image dialog box appears. 5 S et the following options: • Image Dimensions — sets a width and height (in pixels) that are multiples of the horizon[...]

524 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide • Placement option s — Choose the def ault options for this picture tube. Y ou can ch ange these options wh en you appl y the pictur e tube. • Tu b e n a m e — Enter the file name of the tube. The extension .P spT ube is automatically ad ded to the filename. 10 Click OK . You can make further changes to[...]

Applying effects 525 6 Click OK . Wa rping images Y ou can dis tort image areas by using the wa rp brushes on image pixels to produce a warping effect . Y ou can twirl areas of im ages, contract or expand parts of images, and create many inte resting effects. The ef fect of the Warp Brush is often time-dependent, which mean s that the longer you ho[...]

526 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide 2 O n the T ool Options palette, ch oose the type of warp in the Warp Modes group box: • Push — push es pixels in the dire ction of the stroke for an effect similar to smearing paint. This warp mode is time- independen t. • Expand — pushes pixels awa y from the cent er of the brush • Contract — pull[...]

Applying effects 527 For the time-de pendent warp mod es, you can al so place the pointer at one posi tion (instead of dragging) and hold down the mouse button to rep eat the effec t in one a rea. To unwarp an area, click the I ron Out button or Unwarp button on the Tools Options palet te, and click over the area that you want to rest ore. T o warp[...]

528 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide • Final Apply — determines the qualit y of the app lied effect. Unmark the Best Quality check box to create a fini shed mesh warp at the lower quality of the mesh preview . 4 Click Apply on the T ool Options palette. You can save the position o f the mesh nodes ( the deformation map) to apply the deformatio[...]

Applying effects 529 4 In the New deformation map group box, type a n ame for the map file. 5 In the Deformat ion map group box, choo se a deformation map style from the drop-list. 6 In the Checke rboard size drop-list, choose a chec kerboard size to help you to preview th e deformation effect. Note: This information is not saved with the map file.[...]

530 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide • Replace current map — replaces the existing mesh nodes with the new map. Any adjustme nts you have made bu t not applied are los t. • Add to current map — adds the settings from the new deformation map to the mesh nodes. Any adjus tments you have made are retained. 6 In the Mapping group box, ch oose [...]

Working with text 53 1 W orking with text Corel PaintShop Pro lets you ad d text to images and create interesting text effects. This section presents the following topics: • Applying text •F o r m a t t i n g t e x t • Fitting text to a path •M o v i n g t e x t • Applying effe cts to text • Converting text to curves • Creating a text[...]

532 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Unlike raster text, ve ctor text retains its cr isp, sharp edges when you resize it. F or more info rmation about vector objects, see “Drawing and editing vector objects” on page 551. You can add text to y our photos. When you use raster -only tools, such as the Mesh Warp tool, or apply raster -o nly comm a[...]

Working with text 53 3 For more info rmation about selections, see “Working with selections” on page 291. T ext formatting options When you cr eate text, you can specify formatting option s such as fon t, font size, and alignment, as well as character and lin e spacing. F or more information a bout text formatting options see “Formatting text[...]

534 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide • Floating — cr eates raster text as a floating selection. The selection can be moved, b ut the text characte rs cannot be edited. 5 On the T ool Options palette, choose a font, font s ize, units, and font style. Note: The Units drop-list of fers two options — P oints (for print output) and Pixels (fo r W[...]

Working with text 53 5 3P r e s s Delete . You can also us e the following text selection methods: double- click a word to select it, trip le-click a line to select it, and quadruple-click in the t ext or press Ctrl + A to select the entire text. Fo rmatting text The text formattin g options in Corel P aintShop Pro let you control the appearance of[...]

536 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Y ou can also change the color o f vector text. F or information about using the Materials palette to choose colors for the text outline and fill, see “Using the Materials palette” on page 385. How can you i dentify vector text? V ector text, like other vect or objects, can be identified b y the vector icon[...]

Working with text 53 7 T o change text alignment Edit workspace 1 On the T ools toolbar , choose the Te x t tool . 2 Select the text object yo u want to align by dragging over it. Note: Y ou can also select the entire text by pressing Ctrl + A . 3 On the T ool Options palette, choose one of the fo llowing buttons: • — aligns the left edge of ea[...]

538 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide T o change horizontal spacing between characters Edit workspace 1 On the T ools toolbar , choose the Te x t tool . 2 Select the text charac ters whose spacing you want to change by dragging over them. Note: Y ou can also select the entire text by pressing Ctrl + A . 3 On the T ool Options palette, type or set a[...]

Working with text 53 9 T o set equal spacing between characters Edit workspace 1 On the T ools toolbar , choose the Te x t tool . 2 Select the text charac ters whose spacing you want to adjust by dragging over them. Note: Y ou can also select the entire text by pressing Ctrl + A . 3 On the T ool Options palette, type or set a value in the Tr a c k [...]

540 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Fitting text to a path Every vector object h as a path that defines its shape. Y ou can fit vector text to a path to create fun and in teresting effects. Corel P aintShop Pro aligns the text alo ng the path, starting from the spot wher e you click to insert it. Y ou can also set the alignme nt style for the tex[...]

Working with text 54 1 5 Click the Background and Fill properties area, and choose a color for the text fill. 6 Click the line or shape. Note: T o position the text on a vecto r object or path without attaching it to the object or path, hold down Alt and click the path or shape. 7 Click on the image where you want the te st to appear , and type the[...]

542 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide T o detach text from its associated path Edit workspace 1 Choose the Pick tool . 2 Select the text. 3 Choose Objects  Detach Object from P ath . Note: The Detach Ob ject from P ath command is available only if you have selected a text object that is fitted to a path. T o adjust the position of text fitted to[...]

Working with text 54 3 Moving text Y ou can move vector and ras ter text anywhere in an ima ge. Y ou can move the text after it is fitt ed to the path by selecting it and dragging it along the path. Corel P aintShop Pro aligns text based on the nearest point where the text me ets the path . Important! T o m ov e r ast er te xt th at i s o n a la ye[...]

544 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide 3 Position your cursor over th e se lected text, until it changes its shape to a four -way arrow , and drag the text to the desired location. Note: As you drag the text, a sma ll, square icon moves with it. This icon indicates one of the following: • the start of the text if the text was left-alig ned • the[...]

Working with text 54 5 3 Choose Selections  Fro m Vec to r O bj ect . 4 Choose Edit  Paste As New Layer . 5 On the T ool Options palette, choose the Magic Wand tool . 6 Select the text. 7 Choose the Effects menu, and select an effect. Converting text to curves Y ou can edit vector text by converti ng it to curves and then adding, deleting, an[...]

546 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide If you convert each letter to a s eparate vector object, yo u must select the letters individually in order to edit the nodes. You can edit a c urve object by using the Pen tool in Edit mode. For more information, see “Add ing and closing contours” on page 578. Creating a text cutout filled with an image Y [...]

Working with text 54 7 T o create a text cutout 1 In the Edit workspace, o pen an image that you wa nt to use as a fill. 2 On the T ools toolbar , click the Te x t tool . 3 On the T ool Options palette , set the text options. 4 In the image window , click where you want to position the text, and type th e text. If you resize or reposition the text [...]

548 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide For information about applying text, see “Applying text” on page 531. T o fill text with a repeated image Edit workspace 1 Open the image you want to use to fill the text. 2 On the Materials palette, click the Background and Fill properties box. 3 In the Material properties dialog box, click the Pa tt er n [...]

Working with text 54 9 Sizing and transformin g text Y ou can transform raster and vector text interactively . Fo r example, you can resize, rotate, shear , distort, or apply perspec tive to text. Y ou can also resiz e and reshape vector text by editing its no des and contours. For more information , see “Working with nodes” on page 564. Edit w[...]

550 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide To make the deform handles on a lay er easier to see, drag t he corner of the ima ge window to make it larger than the im age. T o Do the following Move the entire text block Drag the bounding box. Change the center of rot ation Drag the rotation piv ot point. Rotate the text Drag the rotation handle Change the[...]

Drawing and editing vect or objects 551 Drawing and editing vector objects Y ou can use Corel P aintShop Pro drawing tools to c reate any type of object — from simple lines and shapes to complex illustrations. This section presents the following topics: • Understanding ras ter and vector object s • Selecting vector objects • Drawing rectang[...]

552 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide • Drawing curves • Modifying lines and curves • Copying and mo ving vector objects Understanding raster and vector objects When you draw rast er objects, you are really painting on a raster layer . Even though you cr eate a raster object in the same way as a vector object, the result is a pixel-bas ed sha[...]

Drawing and editing vect or objects 553 object contai ns one path made up of contours and nodes. For more information, see “ Aligning , distributing, and arra nging vector objects” on page 572. • Pa th — includes all of the contours in an object. The p roperties of the path are controlled by the object’s properties. A pat h’s direction [...]

554 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide • Node — a point on a path or con tour that lets you def ine its shape. F or more information about no des, see “Workin g with nodes” on page 564. An example of a contour • Line Segment — the straight or curved line between two nodes. For more information, see “Drawing lines” on page 582. Select[...]

Drawing and editing vect or objects 555 T o select vector objects from the Layer palette Edit workspace 1O n t h e L a y e r s p a l e t t e , click the plus sign ( + ) n e x t t o a la y e r t o v i e w all of its objects. 2 Click the layer name for the ve ctor object. The layer name appe ars in bold type. If you want to sele ct mult iple objects,[...]

556 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide If you want to display th e shape’s nodes, mark the Show Nodes check box. 5 Drag to draw the shape. 6 Click the Apply button . You can save your settings as a preset. For more information, see “Using and creating presets” on page 721. Y ou can also Set the radii for the sha pe’s corners T ype or set val[...]

Drawing and editing vect or objects 557 Drawing circles and ellipses Y ou can draw circles and ellipses. T o draw a circle or ellipse Edit workspace 1 On the T ools toolbar , select the Ellipse tool . Note: If you want to place the circ le or ellipse on the current vector layer , mark the Create on V ector check box on th e T ool Options palette . [...]

558 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide You can save T ool Options palet te settings as pres ets. For more information, see “Using and creating presets” on page 721. If you have not displayed nodes in the shape, you can still set the radii and the center horizontal and vertical positions by clicking the Edit Mo de button on the Tools Options pale[...]

Drawing and editing vect or objects 559 • Draw Stellated If you want to display th e shape’s nodes, mark the Show Nodes check box. 5 T ype or set a value in the Number of sides cont rol. 6 Drag to draw the shape. 7 Click the Apply button . You can save Tool Option s palette settings as pre sets. For more information, see “Using and creating p[...]

560 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Creating preset shapes Y ou can draw pr eset shapes such as callouts, arrows, flowers, and gears. T o draw a preset shape Edit workspace 1 On the T ools toolbar , choose the Preset Shape tool . Note: If you want to place the preset shape on the cu rrent vector layer , mark the Create on V ector che ck box on th[...]

Drawing and editing vect or objects 561 You can save a Tool O ptions palette settings as presets. For more informatio n, see “Using and cr eating presets” o n page 721. Filling cutout shapes with images Y ou can use v ector shapes, such as Preset S hapes, to create cutouts that are filled with the background imagery . The effect is similar to u[...]

562 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide T o create a shape cutout 1 Open a copy of the image that you want to use as a fill. 2 On the T ools toolbar , choose one of the following to ols: • Preset Shape • Rectangle • Ellipse • Symmetric Shape 3 On the T ool Options palette, set the options for y our shape. 4 In the image window , drag where yo[...]

Drawing and editing vect or objects 563 Editing shapes Y ou can edit the bas ic properties o f vector objects , such as the lin e width, line style, and anti-aliasing. Y ou can also rename an object in the Layers palette. Y ou can also hide or dis play vector objects. T o modify vector object properties Edit workspace 1 Select the vector object you[...]

564 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Shapes folder . Y ou can also store s hape libraries in a dif ferent folder . For mor e information, see “Setting file locations” on page 691. T o save a shape as a preset Edit workspace 1 On the T ools toolbar , choose the Pick tool . 2 Select the shap e you want to save as a preset. If you want to save mu[...]

Drawing and editing vect or objects 565 You can use symmetrical nod es to create sm ooth, flowing curves on either side of a node. Any ad justments to one control arm are mirrored b y the other. You can use asymmetrical nodes to obtain a different amount of curve on each side of the node, but kee p a smooth flow through the no de. You can adjust th[...]

566 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide You can us e smooth node s to create a smooth transition between straight and curved line s egments. Y ou can select a node to edit, or you c an move it. Moving a node al ters the shape of a vector object. If a n object has more th an one contour , you can mo ve all of its node s. Y ou can also move the p ath t[...]

Drawing and editing vect or objects 567 To view the selected nod e more easily, click the Visibility icon on the Layers palette next to the vec tor object you ar e working on. This hides the fill and outline for the object. For more information about show ing and hiding laye rs, see “Viewing layers” on page 344. Start and en d nodes are easy t [...]

568 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide You can constrain a node’s line segments to 45- degree increments by holding down Shift as you drag. T o add a node on a contour Edit workspace 1 On the T ools toolbar , select the Pen tool . 2 On the T ool Options palette, click one of the following buttons : • Edit Mode • Knife Mode 3 Click the co ntour[...]

Drawing and editing vect or objects 569 T o transform nodes Edit workspace 1 On the T ools toolbar , select the Pen tool . 2 On the T ool Options palette, click the Edit Mode button . Note: If you cannot see all of the options on th e T ool Options palette, click the More button . 3 Select one or more nodes. 4 Choose Objects  Tr a n s f o r m S [...]

570 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide 6 Click the Apply button . T o adjust a curve u sing a node’s control arms Edit workspace 1 Select a node to display its control arms. Note: Cusp nodes may have no control arms. 2 Move the curs or over a cont rol handle until th e cursor chan ges to two rotating arrows. 3D r a g t h e h a n d l e . To constra[...]

Drawing and editing vect or objects 571 Sizing, shaping, and r o tating vector objects Y ou can transform vector objec ts and vector text interactively . For example, you can dra g the handles on a bounding bo x to size, shape, or rotate objects. Y ou can also transfor m vector objects by editing their nodes. For more information, s ee “Working w[...]

572 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide 3 Drag the rotation handle. To change the cent er of rotation, hold down Ctr l , and drag the rotation pi vot point to a n ew location. T o make vector objects the same size Edit workspace 1 On the T ools toolbar , choose the Pick tool . 2 Select the first vector obje ct. Note: The first ob ject controls how a [...]

Drawing and editing vect or objects 573 T o move a vector object Edit workspace 1 On the T ools toolbar , choose the Pick tool . 2 Select the object. If you want to move multiple objects, hold down Shift and select the objects. A bounding box surro unds the selecte d objects. 3 Drag the object or objec ts to a new position. T o align vector objects[...]

574 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide • Align V ertical Center • Align Horizo ntal Center To move an object, select it on the Layers palette, and drag it up or down in the list. T o evenly distribute objects Edit workspace 1 On the T ools toolbar , choose the Pick tool . 2H o l d d o w n Shift , and marquee s elect the objects . Note: Y ou must[...]

Drawing and editing vect or objects 575 3 In the T ool Options palette, clic k one of the following buttons in the Position On Canvas gr oup box: • Center in Canvas • Align Horizontally Center in Canvas • Align Vertically Center in Canvas T o distribute vector objects on the canvas Edit workspace 1 On the T ools toolbar , choose the Pick tool[...]

576 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide You can also arrange vec tor objects by dragging them up o r down in the Layer palette. Grouping and ungrouping vector objects Y ou can group several objects o r groups of objects to move, re size, reshape, and ch ange their lines an d materials. When you group objects on diff erent layers, Corel P aintShop Pro[...]

Drawing and editing vect or objects 577 If you group objects fr om several layers, Corel PaintShop Pro moves them to the la yer of the first object y ou selected. Click the plus sign ( + ) next to the group name to show the group’s comp onents. T o remove an object from a group Edit workspace • On the Layers palette, drag the object to another [...]

578 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide 2 Select an obje ct. If you want to conver t multiple objects to path s, marquee select the objects. 3 Right-click the obj ects, and choo se Convert to P ath . Adding and closing contours Y ou can add new contours to any existing object. The new co ntour will have the same p roperties, includin g color , materi[...]

Drawing and editing vect or objects 579 When you clos e a contour, Corel Pai ntShop Pro draws a segment from the contou r’s start node to its end node . Editing contours and paths Y ou can ed it the contours and path s of vector objects. Y o u can join contours by co nnecting th eir end points. Y ou can als o reverse the direction of pa ths and c[...]

580 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide You can also join co ntours manually. Drag a no de on the first contour ov er the second co ntour’s start or end node. When t he cursor displays “JOIN,” releas e the mouse button. T o break a contour at a node Edit workspace 1 On the T ools toolbar , select the Pen tool . 2 On the T ool Options palette, c[...]

Drawing and editing vect or objects 581 You can also move a conto ur by double-clicking a nod e to select all nodes, and then dragging one of the nodes. T o reverse a path or contour Edit workspace 1 On the T ools toolbar , select the Pen tool . 2 On the T ool Options palette, click the Edit Mode button . 3 Click on a contou r or path. 4S e l e c t[...]

582 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide You can adjus t the offset from the original contou r by adjusting the settings in the Duplication X and Duplication Y controls on the Tool Options palette. T o delete a contour Edit workspace 1 On the T ools toolbar , select the Pen tool . 2 In the T ool Options palette, clic k the Edit Mode button . 3 Click o[...]

Drawing and editing vect or objects 583 2 On the Materials palette, click the Foreground and Stroke properties box, and choo se a color for the outline. 3 If you are dra wing connected lin e segments and y ou want to apply a fill, click the Background and Fill properties box, and choose a color for the text fill. If you do not want the line segment[...]

584 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide You can save your settings in t he Tool Options palette settings for subsequent use . For more in formation about saving settin gs as presets, see “Using and creating presets” on page 721. T o draw a curved or straight line Edit workspace 1 On the T ools toolbar , choose the Pen tool . 2 On the T ool Option[...]

Drawing and editing vect or objects 585 Saving custom line styles Y ou can de sign your own line styles and save th em as presets. T o design and save a custom line style Edit workspace 1 On the T ools toolbar , choose one of the following to ols: • Pe n tool • Rectangle tool • Ellipse tool • Symmetric Shape tool • Preset Shape tool • T[...]

586 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide The preview ar ea at the bottom of th e Styled Lines Ed itor dialog box displays the changes you make to the line. The edit area has a ruler you can u se to size dash es and gaps (in pixe ls). Saved styles appear in the Line Style drop-list on the Tool Options palette . Drawing curves Y ou can draw Bézier and [...]

Drawing and editing vect or objects 587 segment is placed on a raster layer . Placing a line segment on a vector layer makes it easier to edit. 2 On the Materials palette, click the Foreground and Stroke properties box, and choo se a color for the outline. If you want to apply a fill to the curve, click the Background and Fill properties box, an d [...]

588 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide You can save T ool Options palet te settings as pres ets. For more information, see “Using and creating presets” on page 721. T o draw a freehand curve Edit workspace 1 On the T ools toolbar , choose the Pen tool . Note: If you want to place th e line segment on th e current vector layer , mark the Create o[...]

Drawing and editing vect or objects 589 Higher values crea te smoother , less prec ise lines with f ewer nodes; lower values creat e more segmented, p recise lines with more nodes. 5 Drag to create the curve . 6 Click the Apply button . Modifying lines and curves Y ou can edit the prop erties of lines and curves. Y ou can reshape a c urve by changi[...]

590 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide 2 On the T ool Options palette, click the Edit Mode button . 3 Select the shape. 4 Modify any of the settings on the T o ol Options palette. You can also edit the curve by clicking the Pick tool , selecting the cu rve, and modifying any of the se ttings on the Tool Options palette. T o adjust a line segment by [...]

Drawing and editing vect or objects 591 3 Click the Apply button . You can save a set of Tool Options palett e settings as presets . For more information , see “Using and creating presets” on page 721. T o cut a line segment Edit workspace 1 From the T ools toolbar , choose the Pen tool . 2 On the T ool Options palette, click the Knife Mode but[...]

592 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide • Cut — removes the sele cted contour to the W indows clipboard. If the object ha s only one contou r , the command removes th e entire object. 5 Click where you want to co py or move the c ontour . 6 C h o o s e Edit and choose one of the f ollowing options: • P aste As New V ect or Selection — pastes [...]

Working with brushes 593 W orking with brushes Brush tools o ffer countless ways to work creatively with your images. F or example, you can app ly soft- or hard-e dged brushstroke s of any color or material, paint with an othe r image as a source, reto uch images to correct colors or contrast, replace colors, or paint with picture tubes . Y ou can [...]

594 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Choosing brushes Y ou can choose from th e following brush too ls: • Pa in t B r u sh — creates strokes of color that simulate strokes from an artist’s paintbrush . Brushstrokes can have hard or soft edges. The P aint Brush is a multipurpose t ool that can be u sed to edit an image by applying color to ar[...]

Working with brushes 595 • Color Replacer — replaces a color in a selection or layer with another color . For more inform ation, see “Replacing colors, gradients, or patterns” on page 258. • Retouc h Brushes — let you retouch images. So me retouch brushes mimic photogra phic effects. Other s change pixels based on lightness, saturat ion[...]

596 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide • Hardness — determines the sh arpness of the brush edges. A setting of 100 produces the sharpe st edge; lower values produce an increasingly so fter , f ading edge. • Step — determines the time interval that e lapses between applications of paint, with each application defined as a single, continuous b[...]

Working with brushes 597 opaque. F or more information about blend modes, see “Blending layers” on page 350. • Rate — determines the rate at which the Airbrush tool applies paint (from 0 to 50). A value of 0 applies a consis tent amount of paint even when the speed of the brushstro ke varies. Higher values apply mo re paint when th e brush [...]

598 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Using brushes When you choos e a brush, you can modify its settings to ac hieve the effect you want. Y ou can als o reset the brush to its default settings. When applying pain t, you can undo and re do multiple brushstroke s. T o use a brush Edit workspace 1 On the T ools toolbar , choose a brush tool. 2 On the[...]

Working with brushes 599 2 Click the Reset to Default button . T o undo the most recent brushstroke Edit workspace • Click the Undo button on the Standard toolbar . You can also press Ctrl + Z or use the History palette to undo the stroke. T o undo multiple brushstrokes Edit workspace • Click the Undo button on the Standard toolbar multiple tim[...]

600 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Customizing brush settings The Brush V ariance palette lets you custom ize the settings in the T ool Options palette fo r particular brush options. Y ou can also make random adjustments by in creasing the Jitter percentage. Y ou may find the most benefit to u sing Brush V ariance palett e settings if you use a [...]

Working with brushes 601 • Direction — controls brush varia tion based on th e angle between consecutive mo use points on a p ath • Fad e I n — fades the brush impressio n from small to large • Repeating Fade In — re peatedly fades th e brush impress ion from small to large • Fad e O ut — fades the brush impression from large to sma[...]

602 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide You can save your modified brush as a brush tip or as a preset. For more information about savi ng brushes an d presets, see “Creating brush tips and presets” on page 602. Creating brush tips and presets By modifying the brush options, you can create you r own brush tips to use with the paintin g tools. Whe[...]

Working with brushes 603 The new brush app ears in the brush tip drop-list. Y ou can use the new brush with any of the painting tools that display this drop- list. You can also open the Create Brus h Tip dialog box by choosing File  Export  Custom Brush . To save the new brush in a folder other than the d efault Brushes folder, click Edit P a[...]

604 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide more information on changing file locations, see “Setting file locations” on page 691. T o create a brush preset Edit workspace 1 Choose a pain ting tool and modify an y of the tool optio ns. 2 On the T ool Options palette, click the Pres ets drop-list. 3 Click the Save preset button . The Save Preset dialo[...]

Working with brushes 605 Importing and sharing brush tips Y ou can import custom brushe s or create your own. F or in formation about crea ting custom brush es, see “Creating br ush tips and pr esets” on page 602. After you crea te a custom bru sh tip, you can sha re it with others by sending them the bru sh file. If the brus h uses a custom sh[...]

606 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide The recipient should save the brush files to ...D ocumentsCorel P aintShop Pro17.0Brus hes, or to the folder that contains custom brushes. If you are sharing b rushes created fro m selections, you mus t share both the PspBrush file and the associated PspScript file.[...]

Paintin g and drawing with the Art Media too ls 607 P ainting and drawing with the Art Media tools The Art Media tools let you create di gital artwork that closely mimics real-world media , pigments, paints, and artists’ tools. This section presents the following topics: • Working with Art Media laye rs • Working with the Mixer palette • Wo[...]

608 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Wo rking with Art Media layers Art Media layers are automatically created when you use the Art Media tools. Y ou can also convert A rt Media layers to ras ter layers. Y ou can choos e to create a new image with an Art Media layer . Y o u can also choos e a canvas text ure on which t o apply the Ar t Media pigme[...]

Paintin g and drawing with the Art Media too ls 609 T o modify Art Media layer properties Edit workspace 1 On the Layers palette, double-click the Art Media layer to display the Layer Properties dialog box. 2 Click the Canvas T exture tab. 3 Modify any of t he layer’s propert ies. Working wi th the Mixer palette Y ou can use the Mixe r palette to[...]

610 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide T o mix colors Edit workspace 1 On the Materials palette, set the Foreground and Stroke Property box to Color , and choose a color from the Fra me , Rainbow , or Swatch tab. Note: When any Ar t Media tool is ac tive, the mode buttons below the F oreground and Stroke Property and Background and Fill Property box[...]

Paintin g and drawing with the Art Media too ls 611 You cannot und o or redo Mixer Tu be and Mixer Knife tool actions by choosing Edit  Undo or Edit  Redo , by clicking the Undo and Redo buttons on th e Standard toolbar, or by pressing Ctrl + Z or Ctrl + Alt + Z . T o use Mixer palette colors Edit workspace 1 On the Mixer palette, choose the [...]

612 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide You can dry the Art Media layer, or make it wet again by choosing Layers  D ry Art Me dia layer or Layers  W et Art Media layer . For more information o n each Art Me dia tool, see “Working with Art Media tools” on page 614. T o create a custom Mixer page Edit workspace 1 Choose File  New to displa[...]

Paintin g and drawing with the Art Media too ls 613 You can also access Mixer pa ges from your user folder, ...DocumentsCorel PaintS hop Pro17.0Mixer Pages. You can fill the Mixer page with a color by marking the Enable fill color check box in the New Image d ialog box, clicking the Color box, and choosing a fill color. Be aware, however, that y[...]

614 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Wo rking with Art Media tools Y ou can use the Art Med ia tools when working on Art Me dia layers. The Art Media tools let you simulate the rich, expres sive results you get when working o n physical pigment m edia such as paint , chalk, pastel, and pencil. Important! A lthough the Art Medi a tools support Pres[...]

Paintin g and drawing with the Art Media too ls 615 The Palette Knife, Smear , and Art Eraser tool s Y ou can us e the P alette Knife to apply and smear art media pigments. Y ou can also use the S mear tool blen d pigments as t hough you are using a finger or a cloth. Y ou can use the Art Eraser tool to er ase pigment. However , if you are using th[...]

616 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide • Palette Knife • Smear • Art Eraser 2 On the T ool Options palette , click the Presets but ton and choose a preset brus h. If you want to adjust the preset brush, change any o f the settings on the T ool Options palette . T o adjust the brush size by using the keyboard Edit workspace T o create an art is[...]

Paintin g and drawing with the Art Media too ls 617 You can experime nt with your results by adjus ting the brush size and zoom level. You can achie ve accurate result s by creating a co lor-based selection by using the Magic Wand tool, and a pplying the pigment or paint to th e color sampled area. Using the Oil Brush tool Y ou ca n use the Oil Bru[...]

618 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide • Size — defines the size of the tool head in pixels • Thickness — defines the aspe ct ratio of the tool head. This settin g is active only when the Fixed angle Head T racking option is chosen. • Rotation — defines the angle of head rotation in de grees • Head T racking — determine s whether the[...]

Paintin g and drawing with the Art Media too ls 619 • Tr a c e check box — allows the current Art Media tool to se lect the pigment or paint color by samplin g the da ta below the ce nter of the brush regardless of the layer type. Important! When you hold down th e mouse button to begin the stroke, note that a si ngle sample is perfor med an d [...]

620 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Using the P astel tool P astel is a dry media, softer than chalk, bu t like chalk it has infinite brush loading. Applied with t he P astel tool , its dry pigment tends to penetrate the canv as texture pr oportional to the pressure with which you apply it . P astel pigments have a fixed viscosity that is slightl[...]

Paintin g and drawing with the Art Media too ls 621 • Tr a c e check box — allows the Pa stel tool to select the pigment color by sampling the data below th e cent er of the too l regardless of the layer type. Important! When you hold down th e mouse button to begin the stroke, note that a si ngle sample is perfor med an d the resultin g color [...]

622 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Crayon tool options Edit workspace Crayon tool options in clude • Shape — defines the shape o f the crayon tip • Size — defines the size of the tool head in pixels • Thickness — defines th e aspect ratio of the tool head • Rotation — defines the angle of head rotation in de grees • Head T rack[...]

Paintin g and drawing with the Art Media too ls 623 • Rotation — defines the angle of head rotation in de grees • Head T racking — controls wh ether the tool head bends around the path of the user ’s stroke, or rema ins at a fixed angle • Style — determines the be havior of the Colore d P encil tool tip when using a stylus Choose Tilt[...]

624 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide • Size — defines the size of the tool head in pixels • Thickness — defines th e aspect ratio of the tool head • Rotation — defines the angle of head rotation in de grees • Head T racking — controls wh ether the tool head bends around the path of the stroke , or whether it re mains at a fixed an [...]

Paintin g and drawing with the Art Media too ls 625 Watercolor Brush tool options Edit workspace Waterc olor Brush tool op tions include • Shape — defines the shape o f the brush tip • Size — defines the size of the tool head in pixels • Thickness — defines the aspect ratio of the tool head. Th is setting is active only when the Fixed a[...]

626 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Using the P alette Knife tool The Palette Knife tool interacts with the medium on the canvas. Generally , you use it with strokes placed by the Oil Brush tool as this is the only tool that applies large amou nts of its medium. As the mass of the medium re duces in a spot, t her e is less to sm ear and using the[...]

Paintin g and drawing with the Art Media too ls 627 • Head Loading — defines the percentage of ma terial on the brush at the start of the stroke • Auto Clea n check box — cleans the t ool and dips it into fresh paint at the start of a new stroke • Clean button — cleans the head and start t he next stroke with fresh paint or pigment. Thi[...]

628 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide • Rotation — defines the angle of head rotation in de grees • Head T racking — controls wh ether the tool head bends around the path of the stroke , or whether it re mains at a fixed an gle Using the Art Eraser tool The Art Eraser tool lets you eras e art media fr om an image. While this tool is not str[...]

Working wi th advanced color f eatures 629 W orking with advanced color f eatures Corel P aintShop Pro has many ad vanced color fea tures that let you work with color in m any ways. F or example, you c an change the color depth of your images to prepare the m for printing or the W eb. Y ou can control how y our monitor displays colors and manage co[...]

630 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide is stored in a certa in number of computer bits — from 1 bit to 48 bits. In a 1-bit image, each pixel can display only one of two colors — black or white. In image s with greater bit depth, ea ch pixel can display one of an increasingly large number of colors. High-end digital camera photos saved in the cam[...]

Working wi th advanced color f eatures 631 Viewing color depth information Y ou can u se Corel PaintShop Pro to view the color de pth information for images. Y ou can also check th e color depth of a monitor to ensure it supports the color depth of the images with which you are working. The number of colors actu ally used in an image is usually les[...]

632 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide T o view the number of colors in an image Edit workspace • Choose Imag e  Count Image Colors . T o view the number of colors in a layer Edit workspace 1 On the Layers palette, click th e layer th at you want to check. 2 Choose Layers  Count Layer Colors . Increasing th e color depth of an image If an im[...]

Working wi th advanced color f eatures 633 If you are increasing o r decreasing several im ages to the same color depth, y ou can add a button to th e toolbar that you can click to automatically set color dept h. For mo re information, see “Customizing toolbars” on page 663. Decreasi ng the color depth of an image If you are creat ing an image [...]

634 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide 16 Colors (4-Bit) When you h ave an image t hat has only a few colors, you can decrease the color de pth of an image to 16 co lors (4-bit). This color depth is useful for simple graphic s on We b pages that you want to loa d quickly . The resulting image has an image palette that contains 16 specific colors. Y [...]

Working wi th advanced color f eatures 635 the image is saved as a 4-bit image. If you specify 17 to 256 colors, the image is saved as an 8-bit image. Sp ecify ing the number of colors is adv ant ageo us wh en s avin g to som e fil e for mat s, su ch a s GI F , bec ause the file compression is se nsitive to the numb er of colors in the image. For e[...]

636 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide You can also create a black-and- white image by choosing Adjust  Brightness and Contrast  Threshold . With this command, the color dept h does not change. For more information, see “To convert a photo’s pixels to black and white” on page 197. T o decrease the color depth to 16 colors Edit workspace [...]

Working wi th advanced color f eatures 637 If you want to emphasize the im portance of certain colors in the conversion, create a se lection of the area that you want to use before you d ecrease the color depth. T o decrease the color depth to 256 colors Edit workspace 1 Choose Image  Decrease Color Depth  256 Color palette . 2 In the P alett[...]

638 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide If you want to emphasize the im portance of certain colors in the conversion, create a selectio n of the area that you want to use before you d ecrease the color depth. T o create an 8-bit grayscale image Edit workspace • Choose Imag e  Greyscale . T o decrease the color depth to 32K or 64K colors Edit wor[...]

Working wi th advanced color f eatures 639 4 In the Reduction Me thod group box, choose a color reduction method. For more informatio n about reduci ng colors, see “Understand ing color reduction methods” on page 639. 5 In the Option s group box, choose any of the following options: • Boost marked colors by — when you have a selection in yo[...]

640 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide • Error Diffusion — replaces the original color of a pixel with the most similar color in the palette, but spreads the discrepancy between the original and new co lors to the surrounding pixels. As it replaces a color (working from th e top left to t he bottom right of the image), it adds t he “error ,”[...]

Working wi th advanced color f eatures 641 accurate as the Optimized Octree met hod, but it is better at weighting color importance. Optimized Octre e — create s an eight-level “tree” wi th eight branching nodes totaling 256 individual “leaves” or colors to determine the new palette. Th is method atte mpts to re produce each color in the [...]

642 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Y ou can also cre ate and save your own palettes. Preset palettes are located in the P alettes folder of the Corel PaintShop Pr o program folder . When you s ave a palette, you can load it into other images. This is a good way to mainta in cons istent colors across several images. Saving a palette is a lso usef[...]

Working wi th advanced color f eatures 643 the color depth or flatten the layers of your original P spImage file. For more information about saving optimized ima ges, see “Saving images for the Web” on page 757. Making a palette color transparent Pa letted images (those with 256 or fewer colors) do not support transparent b ackgrounds, but you [...]

644 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide T o save an image palette Edit workspace 1 Choose Image  Pa l et t e  Save Pale tte . The Save P alette dial og box appears. 2 T ype a nam e for the palette in the Filename box. 3 Click Edit P aths . The File Locations dialog bo x appears. 4 Choose the folder wh ere you want to save the palette in the P a[...]

Working wi th advanced color f eatures 645 T o load an image palette Edit workspace 1 Choose Image  Pa l et t e  Load Palette . The Load Palette dialog box appears. 2I n t h e Pal et t e drop-list, click the File Locations button . The File Locations dialog bo x appears. 3 Choose the fo lder which contains the palette you want to loa d, and c[...]

646 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide T o load the Web-safe color palette Edit workspace 1 Choose Image  Pa l et t e  Load Palette . The Load Palette dialog box appears. 2I n t h e Pal et t e drop-list, click the File Locations button . The File Locations dialog bo x appears. 3 Navigate to the P alett es fo lder in the Corel PaintShop Pro pro[...]

Working wi th advanced color f eatures 647 • Set the transparenc y value to the curre nt background color — makes the b ackground color tr ansparent • Set the transparency value to a palette entry — specifies a color to be transparent. Click the color in the image, or click the color box to select fr om the current co lor picker . If you wa[...]

648 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide either the RGB or HSL color model. Y ou ca n also output images us ing the CMYK (Cyan, Magenta, Y ellow , Black) model, which is used for high-end printing applic ations. RGB is the default color model in Corel P aintShop Pro. F or information about changing the de fault color model, se e “T o set P alett es [...]

Working wi th advanced color f eatures 649 color wheel. On the Color page’s Color wheel, colors are assigned counter -clockwise from the top. Red is at the top (value 0) and as you move ar ound the whee l the colors go th rough orange, yellow , green, blue, purple, and back to red. • Saturation — the purity or vividness of the color . Saturat[...]

650 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide CMYK channels are simply four se parate grayscale images tha t represent t he percentage an d location of cy an, magenta, y ellow , and black in the image. For mor e info rmation about wo rk ing with color channels, se e “Using colo r channels” on page 654. When you print CMYK separ ations, Corel P aintShop[...]

Working wi th advanced color f eatures 651 they produc e white. Con versely , wh en you remove all monitor colors you produce bla ck. Because printers us e ink to display colo r , they use subtractive co lors—when you re move colors, you prod uce white, and when you add all printe r colors yo u produce black. As a result, monitors and printers ha[...]

652 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide T o calibrate your monitor Edit workspace 1 Choose File  Color Management  Monitor Calibration . The Monitor Calibration wizard appears. 2 Click the Maximize button . Maximizing the dialog box elim inates distracting background colors. 3 Follow the instructions in the wiza rd, and click Finish to exit the[...]

Working wi th advanced color f eatures 653 a CMYK profile that determines how CMYK images a re processed when you split or combine CMYK cha nnels, or when you output to a CMYK TIF file. T o set up profiles for color management Edit workspace 1 Close any open images. 2 Choose File  Color Management  Color Management . The Color Manage ment dia[...]

654 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Only valid and correctly installed profiles appear in the profile lists. If you have Administrato r privileges for your computer, the profile you save becom es the acti ve monitor profile. If you are a restricted user, you must c ont act your System Administrator to install the profile. You can set your pr inte[...]

Working wi th advanced color f eatures 655 three channels: h ue, saturation, and light ness. Although you cann ot create or edit an imag e using the CMYK model, you can still split the image into four channels: cyan, magenta, yellow , and black. Y ou can create a new grayscale image for each color ch annel; the original image is not affected. For e[...]

656 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide T o combine color channels Edit workspace 1 Open each colo r channel file. 2 Choose Image  Combine Channel , and choo se one of the following: • Combine f rom RGB • Combine f rom HSL • Combine from CMYK 3F o r e a c h Channel Source drop-list, select the name of the file that contains tha t channel. Fo[...]

Customizing Corel PaintShop Pro 657 Customizing Corel P aintShop Pro In Corel PaintShop Pro, you can customize wo rkspaces, the menu system, toolbars, ke yboard shortcuts, application prefere nces, file format prefe rences and associ ations, resources, an d viewing options. Y ou can ev en choose another la nguage in which to use the application. Th[...]

658 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide • Setting Mana ge workspace preferences • Setting Au to-Preserve pref erences • Choosing a defau lt workspace • Setting file format pref erences • Setting file format associations • Setting file locations • Managing resources • Setting plu g-in prefer ences • Selecting We b browsers • Settin[...]

Customizing Corel PaintShop Pro 659 You cannot hide the Menu bar. You can also op en the Customize dia log box by right-clickin g the Menu bar, Tool palette , or Tool Options palette, and choosing Customize . Using custom workspaces The Corel P aintShop Pro worksp ace consists o f palettes, toolbars, a nd open images. Y ou may find th at the way yo[...]

660 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide If you had two windows open for the same image whe n you saved the workspace, they both open again. If an image from the workspace is already open, Corel PaintSh op Pro ap plies the workspace settings to the open image. Deleting saved workspaces If you no longer want to use a saved worksp ace, you can delete it[...]

Customizing Corel PaintShop Pro 661 T o load a workspace Edit workspace Manage workspace 1 Choose File  Wor ks pa ce  Load . The Load Wor kspace di alog box appears. 2 Click one of the fo llowing: • Ye s — sa ves the current wor kspace before load ing another one • No — does not save the current workspace before loading another one 3 [...]

662 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide You can open the Delete Worksp ace dialog box by p ressing Shift + Alt + D . Customizing the menu system When you display the Customize dialog box, th e entire Corel P aintShop Pro workspace transf orms into customize mode. Y ou can choose which me nus are displayed and how a menu opens when you select it. Y o [...]

Customizing Corel PaintShop Pro 663 The Customize dialog box appears. 2 Click the Menu tab. 3 In the Application Frame Menus group box, click Reset . Customizing to olbars When you display the Customize dialog box, th e entire Corel P aintShop Pro workspace tran sforms into customize mo de. Y ou can click and drag almost any menu command or tool to[...]

664 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide T o remove a command button from a toolbar Edit workspace 1 With th e Customize dialog box displayed, dr ag the item to an empty workspace area or an empty area outside a toolbar . 2 Release the mouse but ton when yo u see the cu rsor change to th is shape: . T o reset all toolbars Edit workspace 1 Choose View [...]

Customizing Corel PaintShop Pro 665 T o create a custom toolbar Edit workspace 1 Choose View  Customize . The Customize dialog box appears. 2 Click the T oolbars tab. 3 Click New . The T oolbar Name dialog box appears. 4 T y pe a name f or the new toolbar , and c lick OK . A small, empty t oolbar appears, and the new toolba r is added to the T o[...]

666 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide 3I n t h e To o l b a r s lis t, select the name of the custom toolbar y ou want to delete. 4 Click Delete . 5 Click Close . Customizing keyb oard shortcuts Y ou can view existing keyboard s hortcuts, assign a key board shortcut to menu co mmands, bound s cripts, and to ols, and even modi fy keyboard sh ortcuts[...]

Customizing Corel PaintShop Pro 667 T o assign a keyboard shortcut Edit workspace 1 Choose View  Customize . The Customize dialog box appears. 2 Click the Keyb oar d tab. 3I n t h e Category drop-list, select a ca tegory . Note: Corel P aintShop Pro groups related commands into categories. F or example, if you pick the File category , all the co[...]

668 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide 4I n t h e Commands list, click the item for which you want to modify the keyboard shortcut. 5I n t h e Current K eys field, click the shortcut. 6 Click Remove . 7 Click inside the Press New Shortcut K ey field so the cursor is blinking, and press the keyboard keys you want to assign as the new shortcut. If the[...]

Customizing Corel PaintShop Pro 669 Setting View preferences The View settings lets you control som e image window behaviors. Y o u can choose how the image window and magnification level b ehave when you resiz e an image. T o set View preferences Edit workspace Manage workspace 1 Choose File  Preferences  General Program Preferences . 2 From[...]

670 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Setting Display and Caching preferences Y ou can change the display options for certain parts of the program. For example, you can change the appe aran ce of tool cu rsors, reset the scaling quality of the Zoom, and se t th umbnail sizes f or the Eff ects Browser . Y ou can also sp ecify prefere nces for saving[...]

Customizing Corel PaintShop Pro 671 when working on severa l large files at one time. Y our best option is to choose a drive on a second internal hard disk (SCSI, S SD, IDE, SA T A) that has more than 500 MB o f free space. Avoid using the main dr ive where the application is installed if possible. Removable drives are not supported an d the config[...]

672 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Hide Dropper tool color informat ion In the Presentation group box, unmark the Display all color dropper tooltips check b ox. Use a crosshair cursor for all tool cursors In the Presentation group box, mark the Use precise cursors check box. A crosshair cursor is displayed instead of the tool button shape. Make [...]

Customizing Corel PaintShop Pro 673 Setting P alettes preferences Y ou can co ntrol the behavior of palettes, such as how palettes d ock, as well as some properties of the Materials and Layers palettes. For more information about Layers palette settings, see “T o modify the look of the Layers palette” on page 337. T o set P alettes preferences [...]

674 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Make palettes undockable In the Allow docking of group box, unmark check boxes for the palettes you want to make undockable. Set whether pa lettes appear automatically In the Automatically show palettes group box, choose one of the followin g: • Al ways — displays palettes appropriate to the tools and comma[...]

Customizing Corel PaintShop Pro 675 Setting Units preferences Y ou can set ruler options and the de fault resolutions for images that do not contai n resolution inform ation, such as scanned images. T o set Units preferences Edit workspace Manage workspace 1 Choose File  Preferences  General Program Preferences . 2 From the left pane, choose [...]

676 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Setting T ransparency and Shading preferences Y ou can choose the grid size and color scheme. Y ou can a lso choose a color and opacity for the shaded areas that falls outside of the selected area when us ing the Crop tool. T o set T ransparency preferences Edit workspace Manage workspace 1 Choose File  Pref[...]

Customizing Corel PaintShop Pro 677 7 If you want the floatin g crop toolbar to appear every time yo u use the tool, mark the Enable floa ting crop toolb ar check box. Setting Warnings preferences Y ou can control how warning dialog b oxes are displayed. By default, Corel P a intShop Pro disp lays a warning dialog box whenever you are about to perf[...]

678 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide converted to a h igher bit depth in order to proce ed with the command. T o set Auto Action preferences Edit workspace Manage workspace 1 Choose File  Preferences  General Program Preferences . 2 From the left pane, choose Auto Action . 3 Select an action from the Auto Action Prompt list, and choose one o[...]

Customizing Corel PaintShop Pro 679 2 From the left pane, choose Miscellaneous . 3 T ype or set a value in the Recently used file list control. You must restart Corel PaintShop Pro b efore the new se ttings take effect. You can view the list by choo sing File  Recent Files . T o set tolerance to background color when pasting a transparent select[...]

680 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide 3F r o m t h e Clipboard data on Exit list, choose an option to determine how any informatio n on the Clipboard is handled when you exit the progra m: • Ask — asks what you want to do with the Clipboard dat a • Delete — deletes Clipboard data when you exit the program • Leave — leaves data in the Cl[...]

Customizing Corel PaintShop Pro 681 3M a r k t h e D isable pressure sup port for puck-type po inting devices check box. T o enable preservation of brightness in resized images Edit workspace Manage workspace 1 Choose File  Preferences  General Program Preferences . 2 From the left pane, choose Miscellaneous . 3M a r k t h e Preserve im age b[...]

682 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide You can als o open the Prefere nces dialog box by right-clicking anywhere inside th e Thumbnails panel of the Organizer, and choosing Pr eferences from the context menu. Show the image filename on thumbnails In the Thumbnail images group box, mark the Show file name with thumbnail images check box. Exclude spec[...]

Customizing Corel PaintShop Pro 683 Setting Auto-Pre serve preferen ces Y ou can se t the program to alwa ys save a copy of your o riginal (unedited) images in a clearly la beled backup folder . This feature essentially cr eates “digital n egatives,” which can be accessed whenever you want to work with imag es in their original state. T o set A[...]

684 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Choosing a default workspace When you ope n the program, the Orga nizer is your default workspace from which you can access the Expre ss Lab or the F ull Editor . If your digital workflow re quires a different workspa ce upon program launc h, you can chan ge the defau lt settings. T o choose a workspace upon pr[...]

Customizing Corel PaintShop Pro 685 • General — this tab lets you se t options for RAW camera images. • Windows Metafile — WMF is the Micro soft Windows native vector format. • Kodak Photo CD — PCD is used by many photo developers . This format can provide multiple im age resolutions in one file. • Portable Network Graphics — PNG is[...]

686 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide texturing, bumpmapping, and shading. The scie ntific community uses these images for c ustom app lication-based image analysis. Corel PaintShop Pro can create and edit RAW graphics images as well as provide convers ion from standard fo rmats (such as TIF , JPEG, or TGA) into the RAW graphics format. Y ou can co[...]

Customizing Corel PaintShop Pro 687 • Use file header information when available — uses the file header default s ize. If you op en a file without a header , the size defaults to the valu es you t ype in the Default siz e when file header is not available group box. 4 Click OK . T o set PCD file format preferences Edit workspace Manage workspac[...]

688 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide You can have Corel P aintShop Pro ask you to pic k a resolution each time yo u open a PCD file by ch oosing the Ask when loading each file option. T o set PNG preferences Edit workspace Manage workspace 1 Choose File  Preferences  File Format Preferences . The File Fo rmat Preferences dialog box appears. [...]

Customizing Corel PaintShop Pro 689 By default, if a PostScript file has a bounding box, the program matches the canvas size to the bound ing box. T o set RAW file preferences Edit workspace Manage workspace 1 Choose File  Preferences  File Format Preferences . The File F ormat Prefere nces dialog box appea rs. 2 Click the RAW (Graphics) tab.[...]

690 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide You can flip the image upsi de down by marking the Flip top and bottom check box. Setting file format associati ons File format associations control how Corel PaintShop Pro interacts with many types of file formats. For a full list of supported file formats, see “Files support ed by Corel PaintShop Pro” on [...]

Customizing Corel PaintShop Pro 691 2 Mark the check boxe s for the opt ions you w ant. 3 Click Save . Setting file locations Corel PaintShop Pro re sources include s uch items as scripts, picture tubes, patterns, gradients, dis pla cem ent maps, and wo rkspaces. The full listing of resources is displayed along the left side of the File Locations d[...]

692 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide 2 From the File types list, select the resource that you want to change file locations for . The default f olders where the specified reso urce can be save d to are listed on the right side of the dialog box. 3 Click Add . The Browse F older dialo g box appea rs. 4 Navigate to the f older you want to add, a nd [...]

Customizing Corel PaintShop Pro 693 4 Click the Create a New Folder button and then ente r the name for the new folder . 5 Click OK to add the new folder to the list . 6 Click OK to close the File Locations dialog box . The Cache and CMYK Profile s resource file ty pes can have only one location. Yo u can only change the file location from one fold[...]

694 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Managing resources Corel PaintShop Pro re sources include s uch items as scripts, picture tubes, patterns, gradients, dis pla cem ent maps, and wo rkspaces. The full listing of resources is displayed along the left side of the File Locations di alog box. Using a consistent method for managing the se resources c[...]

Customizing Corel PaintShop Pro 695 3 Click the resource from the list. 4 Click Rename . The Rename Resour ce dialog box appears. 5 T ype t he new name for the re source, and click OK . T o copy a resource to another location Edit workspace 1 Click a Presets co ntrol, and click the Resource Manager bu tton . 2I f n e c e s s a r y , f r o m t h e C[...]

696 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Note: The folder to wh ich you move the re source must be listed in the File Locations dialog box for the resource to appear in the visual resource drop-list and in the Resource Mana ger dialog box. For in formation about se tting file locations, see “Setting file locations” on page 691. T o create a resour[...]

Customizing Corel PaintShop Pro 697 to those havin g the . 8B* filename extension, or y ou can choose to use plug-ins having any file name extension. T o enable plug-ins Edit workspace Manage workspace 1 Choose File  Preferences  File Locations . The File Locations dialog bo x appears. 2 From the File types list, select Plug-ins . 3M a r k t [...]

698 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide You can also add any subfolders stored in the plug-in fo lder you add by marking t he Use sub folders check box. Selecting W eb browsers Corel P aintShop Pro lets you preview your images with Web br owsers. Y ou can add , change, or delete Web browsers. T o add Web browsers Edit workspace Manage workspace 1 Cho[...]

Customizing Corel PaintShop Pro 699 The Browser Information dialog box appears. 5 Click Browse . The Web Browser Path dialog box appears. 6 Navigate to the folder containin g the Web browser executable file (with the filename extension .exe ), and click Open . 7 Click OK . T o delete Web browsers Edit workspace Manage workspace 1 Choose File  Pr[...]

700 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide The Autosave Settin gs dialog box appears. 2T o e n a b l e Autosave , do any of the following: • Click the Adjust workspace tab and mark the Save edits to the current image automatically when the next image is selected check box. • Click the Edit workspace tab and mark the Automatically save backup copies [...]

Customizing Corel PaintShop Pro 701 • Reset dialog box positions and last used settings — resets dialog boxes so they appear in their default positions and use defaul t settings • Delete all cache files — deletes all existing cache files • Make all toolbars/palettes visible and on screen — makes all toolbars and pale ttes visible 3 Clic[...]

702 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide The selected lan guage is disp layed after the application is restarted. Adjusting general viewing options Y ou can cu stomize how Corel PaintShop Pro di splays icons, screen tips, and caption s. T o set toolbar view options Edit workspace 1 Choose View  Customize . The Customize dialog box appears. 2 Click [...]

Customizing Corel PaintShop Pro 703 You can erase the memory of your recently u sed menu commands by clicking Reset my usage data. Accessing tools and comm ands from previous versions of Corel P aintShop Pro Y ou can access an d restore too ls and comman ds that have been removed from the w orkspace. These commands were remove d to accommoda te imp[...]

704 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide note that you r photos are safe , but a damaged data base can result in the loss of customized ph oto data, such as ratings, tags, and cap tion text. T o protect your dat abase, you can create a backu p file. In the even t the database is damaged, you can res et the databas e and import you r backup file. Pleas[...]

Automating tasks 705 Automating tasks Corel P aintShop Pro has many time -saving automation fea tures. Y ou can use scripts to au tomate an ac tion or set of actions, a nd preset s to save dialog box or tool settings for later use. Y ou can also perfo rm the same action to a number of images at the same time. This section presents the following top[...]

706 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide changes to each im age, you simply have to play back the script. The commands you recorded in th e script are perfor med on the image. Corel P aintShop Pro has a full-feature d scripting engine based on the Python programming lang uage. Y ou can get more information on this language at www.python.org . Although[...]

Automating tasks 707 Working wi th scripting tools and features Y ou can find most scrip tin g commands bo th in the File  Script submenu and on th e Script t o o l b a r. Yo u ’ l l f i n d i t m u c h e a s i e r a n d f a s t e r working with scripts using the Script toolbar . Some commands, however , are accessible only using the menu. The[...]

708 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide T o display the Script toolbar Edit workspace • Choose View  To o l b a r s  Script . T o access a script command from a menu Edit workspace • Choose File  Script , and choose a sc ript command. You can only ch oose the Clear Out put Win dow and Single Step commands from the menu. You can, howeve r[...]

Automating tasks 709 The Script Output palette displays information such as previously-used c ommands, Python syntax error s, or runtime errors. T o clear the Script Output palette Edit workspace • Choose File  Script  Clear Output Window . You can also clea r a script by righ t-clicking the Scrip t Output palette, and choosing Cle ar from [...]

710 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Before you start recording a script, it’s a good idea to write down the specific actions you want to record. Ideally , your actions should be as efficient as possible. Restricted and tru sted scripts The scripts in Corel P aintSh op Pro are crea ted in the Pyth on programming langua ge, which can unfortunatel[...]

Automating tasks 711 • If a script is run from an unco nfigur ed path, it is treated as restricted. • If a path a ppears in bot h the re stricted and trusted lists, it is treated as restricted. • Presets, Material palette swat ches, and Print Layout templates (which are es sentially scripts) are treated as res tricted. Commands that cannot be[...]

712 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide T o record and save a script Edit workspace 1 Click the Start Script Recording but ton . 2 P erform the actions that comprise the script. 3 Click the Save Script Rec ording button . The Save As dialo g box appea rs. 4 Choose the folder where y ou want to sto re the script. 5 T ype a nam e for the script, and cl[...]

Automating tasks 713 Running saved scripts Y ou can run a saved script by sele cting the script from the Select Script drop-list, or by navigating to th e folder where the script is located. Y ou can also add folders containing scripts to the Select Script drop-list. Y ou can also run multiple scripts in a sequence. If y ou have a single script wit[...]

714 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide appear as t he script runs . Conversely , y ou can ch oose to run the script in Interactive mode, so th at dialog boxes appear for user interaction. For more information, see “T o set a playback mode for a script action or command” on page 717. T o run a script listed in the Select Script drop-list Edit wor[...]

Automating tasks 715 4 Click Run . T o run scripts o n all open images Edit workspace 1 Run a script or multip le script s on an image. 2 Open the History palette by pressing F3 . 3 Right-click the scripts in the History palette and choose Apply to other open doc uments . You can also run scr ipts on another open image b y dragging the actions f ro[...]

716 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Stopping or undoing a script Y ou can stop a script while it is running. Y ou can also undo a script after you’ ve run it. T o stop a running script Edit workspace • Click the Stop Script button . The Stop Script button is only ac tive while the script is running. Depending on th e script, this may only be [...]

Automating tasks 717 Note: Command names shown in italics with the words “NOT editable” cannot be selected for editing. 3 Click Save . 4 Click Close . If the script format is unreadab le, or if the script was created and edited manually in a text editor, the Core l PaintShop Pro Script Editor cannot op en the scri pt . Instead, the sc ript open[...]

718 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide 2 In the Scripts Commands group bo x, choose one of the following options from the Mode drop-list: • Default — uses whatever mode was specified in the Run Script command. • Silent — skips all dialog boxes associated with that command or action when you run the sc ript. Use this mode when you fe el it’[...]

Automating tasks 719 3 Click Browse , and cho ose a text-editing application. The Python Source Edito r Path dialog box appears. 4 Click Open . 5 Click OK . You can also c lick the File Locations button in the Select Script drop-list to open the F ile Locations dialog box. T roubl eshooting a script T o selectively apply actions to th e curr ent im[...]