Corel PaintShop Pro X7 Ultimate manual

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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 phot ography , Corel® PaintShop® Pro is an easy-to-use, professionally p owe red, image-editin g software that helps you achieve stunning photos and cr eative designs. This section presents the following topics: • What’s new in Corel P aintSh[...]

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 obje ct that you want to re move and apply Magic Fill to replace the selec tion with a background th at matches the surrounding area—even when th[...]

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 palette for many brush- based tools[...]

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 inst all Corel® programs and compon ents. Before installing • Close all open programs. Note that antivirus softw[...]

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-click Setup.exe . 3 Follow the instructio ns on your screen. T o uninstall Corel PaintShop Pro 1 Open the W indows[...]

6 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide To exit Corel P aintShop Pro • Choose File  Exit . Registering Corel products Registering Corel produc ts is important to ensure that you receive timely access to the latest prod uct updates, as well as valuable information about pr oduct releases. Regis tration also gives you a ccess to free downloads, arti[...]

Welcome to Corel PaintShop Pro X7 7 2 Mark only the ch eck boxes for th e updates or messages that yo u want to receive. T o update your program • Choose Help  Chec k for Updates . T o check for messages • Click Help  Messages . Corel Support Services Corel® Support Services™ c an provide you with prompt and ac curate information abou [...]

8 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide About Corel Corel is one of the world’s top soft ware companies, bo asting some of the industry’s best- known graphics, prod uctivity and digital med ia products. W e've built a reputation fo r giving customers more c hoice, and delivering solutions that are easy to learn and use. Our mission is simple: [...]

The digita l workflow 9 The digital workflow The digital workflow outlined belo w can help you understand how to best use Corel Pa intShop Pro. It suggests a sequ ence for working with your digital images. Whether you want to organize, retouch, p rint or share, you can use the workflo w described belo w as a guide. Bring photos into Corel PaintShop[...]

10 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide For mor e information, see “Getting photos into Cor e l PaintShop Pro” on page 60. Manage your photos Digital photogra phy gives you the freed om to experiment. The result is a large number of digital files, so photographers understand the need to manage those files by reviewing, culling, and identifying pho[...]

The digita l workflow 11 For mor e information, see “Revie wing, organizing, and finding photos” on page 99. Adjust photos quickly The challeng e for many photog rapher s is finding the time to edit photos, so the Ad just workspace lets you mo ve from photo to pho to quickly and puts commonly-used edit ing tools at your fingertips. In some case[...]

12 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide After you ed it photos, you ca n return to the Manage workspace to take advantage o f multi-photo editing features such as Capture editing and Apply editing. Captu re and Apply edit ing lets you copy edits made to a single photo a nd apply the edit s to multiple photos. Images photographed under similar condit i[...]

The digita l workflow 13 For mor e information, expl ore the following topics: • “ Adjusting images” on page 149 • “Retouching and restoring images” on page 229 • “Working with selections” on page 291 • “Working with layers” on page 325 • “ Applying effects” on page 413 • “Working with text” on page 531 • “Wo[...]

14 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Expanded creative options for DSLR photography Many DSLR (digital sin gle-lens reflex) camera ow ners are expanding their knowledge and looking for crea tive options. HDR (high dynamic range) features in Corel PaintShop Pro help you take advantage of bracketing fea tures on your came ra. Y ou can also combine mu[...]

Learning how to use Corel PaintShop Pro 15 Learning how to use Corel P aintShop Pro Y ou can learn how to use Corel P aintSh op Pro in various ways: by accessing the Help and videos, by using the Learning Center p alette, or by exploring the Corel Guide an d by visiting the Corel website ( www.corel.com ), where you can access tips, tutorials, and [...]

16 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide palette A window containing available commands and settings relevant to a specific tool or task Double-click the name of the group on the Layers palette. mark and unmark T e rms that refer to enabling or disabling check boxes by clicking them T o preserve the current pri nt size, mark the Maintain original print[...]

Learning how to use Corel PaintShop Pro 17 Using the H elp system The Help that is available from within the program is the most comprehens ive source of inform ation for Corel PaintShop Pr o. The Help system provide s two ways to find infor mation. Y ou can choose a topic from the Contents page, or us e the Search page to searc h for specific wo r[...]

18 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Corel P aintShop Pro X7 User Guide PDF Y ou can download the Corel PaintShop 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 in[...]

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 utorials . Using Web-b ased resources From th e Corel P aintShop Pro Help menu and the Corel website, you can access a n[...]

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 workspaces, in cluding all open ima ges and their magni[...]

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 ou 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 by collection, tags, or ratin[...]

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 — display s buttons for accessing c ommon 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 c[...]

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 ou can c hoose from 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 info rmation 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 th e 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 an[...]

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 us e the tools 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 st atus bar displays h ints for 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 oo thbrush, Eye Drop, Suntan, and Thinify™ — which let you apply cosme tic fixes to su[...]

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 whic h 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 the main image window Edit workspace •M a r k t h e Preview on Image ch eck box. Any change to a dialog box sett ing will be applied to the main image wind ow . T o edit numeric va lues Edit workspace • P erform a ta sk from the follo wing table. If you enter a value that is out of rang [...]

Workspace tour 47 T o randomize settin gs 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 o u can view images in a tabbed fo rmat, in which a ta b appears at the top of the imag[...]

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 a ll open images. If the image is larger than th e image window , you c an pan to view different parts of the image, or you can fit the window to th e imag[...]

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 copy 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 openin g palettes, list their shortcut keys. Shortcut keys for tools are di[...]

Workspace tour 53 3 Click the Select con text menu drop-list. All of the con text menu name s appear in the drop-lis t. 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 ar ea of a palette, a layer on the Layers palette, a th umbnail in the Organizer , or a toolbar . 2 Choose a comman [...]

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 propert ies 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 t[...]

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 horizontal 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 Settings group box, click the Color box, and choose a color from the color palette. If you want to choose a re cently-use d color , right-click the Col[...]

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 one of the following: • Snap to Guides • Snap to Grid[...]

Getting started 59 Getting started Y ou can bring your images into Corel P aintSh op Pro in variou s 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 imag es into the application, you can ac[...]

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 photos by browsing to folde rs. The photos in the fold er[...]

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 sca nner compatibility WIA (Microsoft W indows Image Acquis itio n) is supported by both the 32-bit and 64 -bit versions [...]

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 Option s p[...]

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 f iles. 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 we ll 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 e[...]

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, choose a folder in which to save 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, select[...]

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 the New command in the File m enu, or by copying aspects of an existing image. When you use an existing image as the source of yo ur new im age, you ca n copy the entire image or an individual layer . Y ou can also create an im age from any g raphic data copied to t he Clipboard from Core l P ain[...]

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 phot o from a d igital camera into Corel P aintShop Pro, you can view this e xtra information. Y ou can expand the workspa ce to preview an image without the menus, toolbar s, or palettes vis ible. The Status bar , which is located at the bottom of the application window , displays the cursor position ,[...]

78 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide You can also add IPTC data to the image inform ation 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 initiat e the capture process, you must choose 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 ype a number in the se conds box. T o specify capture settings Edit workspace 1 Choose File  Imp[...]

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 aintShop Pro image into other applications, such as wor d-processing or desk top-publishing ap plications. For information about exporting Corel PaintShop Pro file s to other formats, see “Saving images” on page 64. Why does the pas ted image look out of proportion? When you paste data into anothe[...]

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 ector 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 zo oming 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 act[...]

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 in formation 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 [...]

Getting started 95 CGM Computer Graphics Metafile Read only CLP Windows Clipboard Read/Write CMX* Corel Clipart Read only CR2 Canon RAW Read 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 Zsoft Multipage Paintbrush Read only DIB Windows DIB Read/Wri[...]

96 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide J2K JPEG 2000 Read/Write JIF JPEG Read/Write JP2 JPEG 2000 Read/Write JPG JPEG – JFIF Compliant Read/Write JPS Stereo JPEG Read only K25 Kodak Dig ital Camera File Read only KDC Kodak Digita l Camera File Read only LBM Del uxe P aint Read/Write MAC MacPaint Read/Write MEF RAW format Read only MOS Leaf RAW Imag[...]

Getting started 97 PIC (Lotus) Lotus PIC Read only PIC (PC Paint) PC Paint Read/Write PNG Portable Network Graphi cs Read/Write PNS Stereo PNG Read only PPM Port able Pixelmap Read/Write PS PostScript Read only PSD Photoshop Read/Write Ps pImage Corel PaintShop Pro Image Read/Write PSP Animation Shop Read RAF F uji RAW Read only RAS Sun Raster Imag[...]

98 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide WBM, WBMP Wireless Bitmap Read/Write WDP W indows Media Read only WEBP WebP Image Read/Wr ite WMF Windows Meta File Read/Write WPG* WordPerf ect Bitmap/ Ve ct o r Read/Write X3F Sigma RAW Read only For a n updated list of supported camera models and their RAW file formats, go to www.corel.com/paintshop , and cli[...]

Reviewing, organizing, and findi ng photos 99 Reviewing, organizing, and finding photos The Manage workspace is a multifac eted digital image management feature that lets you preview , o rganize, and streamline y our photo- editing workflow . This section presents the following topics: • Setting up the Manage wo rkspace • Browsing folders for p[...]

100 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Setting up the Manage workspace When you star t up Corel P aintSh op Pro for the first time, the Manage worksp ace appears as yo ur main workspace with the following four com ponents: Navigation pale tte, Preview ar ea, Organizer palette, and the Info palette. For information about each of these palettes , see [...]

Reviewing, organizing, and findi ng photos 101 Manage wor kspace in Thumb nail mode Manage workspace in Map mod e Thumbnails Organizer toolbar Preview area Navigation palette Info palette[...]

102 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide T o switch between Preview , Thumbnail and Map modes • In the upper -right corner of th e Manage workspace, c lick one of the following buttons: • Preview mode — displays a large preview area of a single image • Thumbnail mode — expands and lock s the Organizer pale tte content in the preview area •[...]

Reviewing, organizing, and findi ng photos 103 A convenient way to minimize the Orga nizer palette (or any palette) is to click the Auto Hide button on the palette title bar. For more information, see “T o roll up a toolbar or palette” on page 41. Browsing folders for photos Y ou can browse for photos on your computer by using the Collections a[...]

104 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Y ou can specify formats and folders to excl ude from the ca taloging process. F or more info rmation, see “Setting Manage workspace preferences” on page 681. T o view the photos in a folder Manage workspace 1 In the Navigation palette, clic k one of the follo wing tabs: • Collections — displays a custo[...]

Reviewing, organizing, and findi ng photos 105 You can also crea te a folder on y our computer by clicking the Make New Folder button in the Browse for Folder dia log box. T o remove a folder from the Collections page Manage workspace 1 In the Navigation palette, clic k the Collections tab. 2 In the Folders list, right-click the folder that you wa [...]

106 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Finding images on your computer When you imp ort photos into Corel PaintSh op Pro by naviga ting to them from the Navigation palette, they are cataloged automatically . Cataloged images can be searched fo r quickly (real-time filtering) and easily from the Search box. Y ou can do a simple text-based s earch, us[...]

Reviewing, organizing, and findi ng photos 107 2 Double-click Smart Collections to open the list, and click Add Smart Collection . The Smart Collection dialog box appears. 3 In the Find photos that match drop-list, select one of the following option s: • All — searches for im ages that ma tch all of the specified rules • Any — searches for [...]

108 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Working with saved searches After you s ave a custom set of search criter ia as a Smart Collect ion, you can run the s earch again simply by c licking it on the Collections tab. Y ou can also edit, rename, or delet e a saved search. To r u n a s a v e d s e a r c h Manage workspace 1 In the Navigation palette, [...]

Reviewing, organizing, and findi ng photos 109 T o rename a saved search Manage workspace 1 In the Navigation palette, clic k the Collections tab. 2 Double-click Smart Collections to open the list. 3 Right-click the Smart Collection, and click Rename . The Rename Smar t Collection dia log box appears with the search name highlighted. 4 T ype a new [...]

110 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide 4 T yp e the tag text, and click OK . The new tag appears in the T ags list. T o delete a keyword tag from the tags catalog Manage workspace 1 In the Navigation palette, click the Collections tab. 2 Double-click Ta g s to open the list . 3 Right-click a tag, and click Delete . T o assign a keyword tag to one or[...]

Reviewing, organizing, and findi ng photos 111 If the Info palette is not displayed, click the Image information button on the Organizer toolb ar. Viewing photos by tags After you assign a tag to an image, you can fin d the image simply by clicking on the tag. T o display photos by tags Manage workspace 1 In the Navigation palette, clic k the Colle[...]

112 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide T o find images by using the calendar Manage workspace 1 In the Navigation palette, click the Collections tab. 2 Click the Calendar button . The Calendar Search dialog box appears. Dates shown in red indicate images created on those d ates. 3 Choose one of the following optio ns: • For photos taken today , cl[...]

Reviewing, organizing, and findi ng photos 113 are in one group, a nd then type a n ame for the group to automatically tag all photos in th e group with the na me of that person. • Manual tagging — lets you t ag people ma nually in your photos. Y ou c an add multiple tags to the same photo, or tag objects or other area s of the photo with the n[...]

114 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide 4 If the Manage wo rkspace is no t in Thumbnail mode, click the Thumbnail Mode button in the upper - right corner of the Manage workspace t o view the group s. The group containing the most photos is listed first. Within each group, the most r ecent photos are displayed first. People that appear in only o ne ph[...]

Reviewing, organizing, and findi ng photos 115 Y ou can also T oggle view between face and full photo Click the View Face and View F ull Image buttons on the group tab. Rename a group In the Navig ation palette, right- click the folder name, and choose Rename Group . Delete a group In the Na vigation palette, right-cli ck the folder name, and choos[...]

116 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide T o import a friends list from a sharing site Manage workspace 1 In the Navigation palette, click the Collections tab, and click a name in the P eople list. 2I n t h e Link tags area, click the icon that corresponds to the sharing site from which you wan t to import your frie nds list. If you are not currently [...]

Reviewing, organizing, and findi ng photos 117 • T ype a name in the box, and click Add New Person . • Choose a name from the local list of names. • Click a sharing site tab, an d choo se a name from the list. Y ou can also Create a frame with a diff erent size, shape, or location Drag in the preview area Move the frame D rag the frame in the[...]

118 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Adding location information There are several w ays to add info rmation about the locat ions where your photos were take n. • Automatically — If your camera or sm artphone has a GPS , it automatically records the latitude and longitude of each photo you take, and the in formation is importe d with the photo[...]

Reviewing, organizing, and findi ng photos 119 After you t ag your photos with location information, you can create an interactive slideshow an d share it online. For more informatio n, see “Creating Share My T rip projects” on page 754. Viewing location information After you assign a location to a phot o, a location marker is displayed on the [...]

120 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide • Info palet te — Location information appears under th e Places tab. Location markers can be viewed on a map, and the names o f the corresponding locations are listed in the Locatio n box below . The Info palette also displays ed itable latitude and longitude information. Map mode is integrated with Google[...]

Reviewing, organizing, and findi ng photos 121 delete location information be fore you upload photos tha t may have home, school, or work locations that you don’t want to make public. T o switch to Map mode Manage workspace • Click the Map mode button in the uppe r -right co rner of the Manage workspace. If the select ed photos already contain [...]

122 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Y ou can click a location marker on the map to disp lay information about the phot os tagged at that location. T o add location information man ually Manage workspace 1 If the workspace is not in Map mode, click the Map mode button in the upper -right corner of the Man age workspace. 2 In the Organizer palette,[...]

Reviewing, organizing, and findi ng photos 123 3 Select one or mo re photos to which yo u want to add the copied location information. 4 In the Info palette, click Pa st e . Location tags a re added to the photos. T o import location information 1 Select the ph otos for which you want to import location information. 2 Click the Import Location Info[...]

124 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide T o sort photos by location Manage workspace 1 In Thumbnail mo de, click the Sort by drop-list on the Organizer toolbar . 2 Click the Place sorting option. The selected pho tos are sorted b y country , district, city , and road, with the most recent location listed first within each group. T o delete location i[...]

Reviewing, organizing, and findi ng photos 125 In addition, yo u can select one or mo re RAW file thumbnails to co nvert the files to anothe r format. For mo re information, see “Converting RAW photos to another file format” on page 146. T o preview an image in the Manage workspac e • In the Organizer palette, click a thumbnail. If you are no[...]

126 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide T o sort thumbnails Manage workspace 1 On the Organizer toolbar , click the Sort by drop-list. 2 Choose a so rting option. 3 Choose one of the following optio ns: • Date Created - Newest — sorts thumbnails, from newest to oldest, by t he date on w hich the phot o was taken • Date Created - Oldest — sort[...]

Reviewing, organizing, and findi ng photos 127 • ON - Show JPG V ersions — shows the JPEG versions as thumbnails and hide s the RAW versions • ON - Show RAW V ersions — shows the RAW versions as thumbnails and hides the JPEG ve rsions • OFF — shows thumbn ails for both the RAW and JPEG versions of the files. If you delete a t hum bnail [...]

128 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide T o delete one or more photos in the Manage workspace 1 Select one or more thumbn ails, and press Delete . The Delete File dialog box or Delete Multiple Items dialog box appears. 2 Click Ye s to send the image s to the Rec ycle Bin. You can also delete photos by selecting thumbnails, right- clicking a selected [...]

Reviewing, organizing, and findi ng photos 129 The images open in the Edit workspace. You can also start the Edit w orkspace by right-clicking one or more selected thumbn ails and clicking Edit Photo in the context menu. Capturing and applyi ng edits to multiple photos In the Manage wo rkspace, you can copy the edits you make to on e photo and app [...]

130 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Y ou c an capture and apply edits to most file types, but edits to RAW files can be applied only to other RAW files. Y ou can undo the edits you apply to one or more photo s. T o capture edits Manage workspace 1 After editing an image in the Adjust workspace, Edit workspac e, or Camera RAW Lab, save the changes[...]

Reviewing, organizing, and findi ng photos 131 When you clos e the program, all cap tured edits are automatically cleared. You can also apply th e captured edits by right-c licking the selected thumbnails and choosing Apply Editing . T o undo Apply Editing 1 In the Organizer palette, sele ct one or more th umbnails. 2 Right-click a selected thumbna[...]

132 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Displaying and editin g photo information The Info palette in the Manage workspace lets you view , add, and edit information about y our photos, such as file name, size, and creation date, as well as EXIF and IPTC me tadata. Y ou can also add tags and captions, and apply star ratings to pho tos. Adding and upda[...]

Reviewing, organizing, and findi ng photos 133 T o display or hide the Info palette Manage workspace • On the Organizer to olbar , click the Image Information button . The Info palett e is open by def ault but you can h ide or display it depending on ho w much screen space you need. T o assign a rating to one or more images Manage workspace 1 Sel[...]

134 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide T o remove the rating of an image Manage workspace • Right-click a thum bnail, choose Set Ratin g , and click the number of stars that are currently assigned to the image. For example, to remove the rating of a th ree-star image, y ou would choose Set Rating  * * *. T o add a caption to one or more images [...]

Reviewing, organizing, and findi ng photos 135 Note: Y ou can edit only the EXIF or IPTC data that have entry fields. Using Quick Review to review photos Y ou can use Quick Review to review im ages in full-screen mo de. Fo r example, after downlo ading photos from your c amera, you can use Quick Review to quickly review all photos, delete the on es[...]

136 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide You can also u se the mouse whe el to change th e Zoom level. Working wi th trays Y ou can use trays to gather images from variou s folders. The images remain in their original location, bu t are reference d in the tray and can be accessed by clic king a thumbnail. Y ou can add, remove, and rename tr ays to sui[...]

Reviewing, organizing, and findi ng photos 137 2 Click the More Options button on the Organizer toolbar , and click Rename T ray . 3 T ype a new name for the tray in th e Name field, and click OK . T o remove a tray Manage workspace 1 In the Organizer palette, select th e tray that you want to remove. Note: Removing a tray does not delete the photo[...]

138 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide T o save your tray content to a folder 1 In the Navigation palette, click the Collections tab. 2 Click Browse More F olders , navigate to the location you want, and click Make New Folder . 3 T yp e a name for the folder , an d click OK . 4 In the Organizer palette, select a ll the photos in a tray ( you can use[...]

Using the Adjust workspace 139 Using the Adjust workspace T aking lots of ph otos with your digital came ra is fun and easy . Sometimes, though, the e ffort required to review them all, let alone edit them, can be laborious. The Adjust workspace ca n make this task enjoyable. Y ou can perform b asic corrections, suc h as cropping, straightening, co[...]

140 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Opening the Adj ust workspace Y ou can open the Adjust worksp ace from the Manage worksp ace or the Edit worksp ace. T o open the Adjust workspace • Click the Adjust tab at the top of the application wind ow . The active image appears in the A djust workspac e. Working i n the Adjust workspace The Adjust work[...]

Using the Adjust workspace 141 • Click the Reset button at the bo ttom of the Ad just pane to un do all changes. A photo display ed in the Adjust wo rkspace T o ols and features in the Adjust workspace The table below provides a list of th e features available in the Adjust workspace and links to help you find more information. T ools Where to f [...]

142 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Adjustment feat ures Smart Photo Fix “Making basic p hoto corrections automatically” on page 166 White Balance “ Adjusting white balance ” on page 182 Brightness/Contrast “ Adjus ting brightness, cont rast, and clarity” on page 186 Fill Light/Clarity “ Adjusting bright ness, contrast, and clarity?[...]

Working with camera RAW photos 143 W orking with camera RA W photos Most DSLR cameras give you the option to take photos in RA W mode. RAW mode records more image data than a typical JPEG. The RAW image data itself remains unc ompromised and unc ompressed, making it similar to a photo negati ve that you can print as you like. The Camera RAW Lab in [...]

144 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide T o find supported RAW file formats 1G o t o www.corel. com/knowledgebase. 2I n Which product? list, choose P aintShop . 3I n t h e Search using keywords box, type X7 RAW . 4 Click the Search bu tton. A list of related articles display . Using the Camera RAW Lab The Camera RAW Lab lets you develo p a RAW image [...]

Working with camera RAW photos 145 Camera RAW Lab T o launch the Camera RAW Lab • Do one of th e following: • In the Manage workspace, select File  Open  Filename . • In the Edit workspace, dra g a thumbnail from the Organizer palette to the image windo w , or double-click the thumbnail. The Camera RAW Lab dialog box ope ns with the im [...]

146 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide • Edit — applies the settings and op ens the photo in the Edit workspace. When you edit a RAW photo, you must save it to a JPEG, TIFF , or another writable file format. • Apply — applies the settings, an d exits the Camera RAW Lab • Cancel — exits the Camera RAW Lab without adjusting the photo’s s[...]

Working with camera RAW photos 147 T o convert a RAW file to another file type 1 2 In the Organizer palette, select one or more RAW file thumbnails. 3 Right-click a selected thumbnail, and click Convert RAW . 4 In the Batch Proc ess dialog box, choos e a file format from the Ty p e drop-list. If you want to change the default conversion se ttings, [...]

148 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide T o copy and paste metadata between XMP files 1 In the Manage workspace, right- click the thumbnail of the RAW image that has the metadata that you want to copy . 2 Choose RAW Metadata > Copy . 3 Select one or more RAW photo thumbnails to which you want to apply the me tadata. 4 Right-click the selected thum[...]

Adjusting images 149 Adjusting images When you view your p hotos in Corel P aintShop Pro, you may notice problems that you want to c orrect. In some photos, the proble ms are obvious, such as whe n the subject is too dark. In o ther photos, you may sense the need for im provement but not know what to fix. W ith Corel P aintShop Pro, you can corre c[...]

150 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide • Adjusting hue a nd saturation • Adding or removing nois e • Controlling depth of field • Blurring images • Sharpening images • Softening images • Resizing images Fixing common problems Corel PaintShop Pro pro vides many fast and powerful c ommands and tools to help you correct some common photog[...]

Adjusting images 151 Part of the photo is too dark (underexposed). T o apply a quick adjustment to a photo’s dark regions, choose Adjust  Fill Flash or Adjust  Brightness and Contrast  Fill Light/Clarity . T o apply a comprehensive set of adjustments, choose Adjust  Smart Photo Fix . T o access commands for correcting brightness and c[...]

152 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide The photo’s contrast is too low or too high. T o adjust the contrast and optionally adjust other settings, choose Adjust  Smart Photo Fix . Or , choose Adjust  Brightness and Contrast  Brightness/Contrast . Y ou ha ve a set of bracketed digital photos, but need a way to merge them into one. Choose Fi[...]

Adjusting images 153 Tiny specks (noise) of unnatural color can be seen, especially on a magnified view . T o apply noise correction automatically , choose Adjust  One Step Noise Removal . T o use advanced options for noise correction, choose Adjust  Digital Noise Removal . T o remove other types of image noise, choose Adjust  Add/Remove N[...]

154 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Rotating images Y ou can rotate an image by 90 degr ees to change its orientation to landscape (horizon tal) or portrait (vertical) . If your camera contains sensors that tag ph otos taken in portrait orientation, your photo s are automatically rotated to the correct orientation. The photo doesn’t appea r sha[...]

Adjusting images 155 You can rotate an image in C orel PaintShop Pro. Y ou can also rotate an image to an y angle by specifying a de gree of rotation or by rotating it interact ively on the canvas. For information about rotating an image to straig hten it according to reference points within the image , such as the h orizon, see “Straigh tening i[...]

156 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide You can also rotate an image by clicking the Rota te Right or Rotate Left button on the Standard toolbar. If you want to change the center of rotation befo re you interactively ro tate the image , hold down Ctrl , and drag th e rotation pi vot point (th e circle at the center of th e image) to a new position. C[...]

Adjusting images 157 Before printing an image, you can cr op it to a specif ic print size. In addition, you can select an a rea within the image and then crop th e image to the selection borders. Y ou can also crea te a new image from the croppe d area. Y ou c an also rotate the crop rectangle and stretc h it outside the bounds of the image. In th [...]

158 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide By default, the c rop rectangle appears on th e image, and the area outside the cr op rectangle is shaded . 2 Adjust the crop area size b y dragging any of the handles or edges. T o repos ition the crop rectangle, place the cursor inside and drag. Y ou c an use a preset crop size by choosing an optio n from the[...]

Adjusting images 159 Freely rotate the crop rectangle Drag the square end of t he rotation handle or a corner point. This feature can be helpful when, for example, you want to straighten and then crop a crookedly scanned photo. Move the rotation ax is point of the crop recta ngle Specify the X and Y coordinates under Pivot on the T ool Options pale[...]

160 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide After cropping an ima ge, you may notice that the Width and Height values on the Tool Option s palette are each set at 0.100. These sett ings do not ref lect the crop ped image s ize. To see th e image size dimensions afte r cropping, choose Im age  Image Information . If you need to , you can stretch the ro[...]

Adjusting images 161 Note: The Pixels option is unavailabl e for this me thod of cropping. 5 T ype or set the dimension values in the Height and Wid t h controls. The final crop a rea is sized as sp ecified, and the image resolution is reduced or incr eased as needed . 6 Click the Apply button on the T ool Options palette, or on th e floating toolb[...]

162 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide 3 Adjust the crop area. 4 Click the Apply button on the T ool Opti ons pale tte, or on the floating toolbar for the Crop tool. If any layer has a solid-color (n ontransparent) background, the entire layer or image is se lected as the cro p area. Opaque areas that are not rect angular may have transparent areas [...]

Adjusting images 163 The Straighten tool le ts you position a straightening bar within an image. T o straighten an image Edit workspace 1 On the T ools toolbar , choose the Straighten tool . A straightening bar with en d handles appears on the image. 2 Drag each handle of the straighten ing bar to align it with the part of the image that you want t[...]

164 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide You can also double-click the image to apply the command. Correcting photogra phic perspective When you take pic tures of tall or wide objects, the resulting photographs may have pe rspective distortion — that is, the o bjects may seem to be leaning or angled. This distortion oc curs when the camera is at an [...]

Adjusting images 165 Using the Perspective Correction too l changes the angle of the building. T o correct perspective in a photo Edit workspace 1 On the T ools toolbar , choose the P erspective Correction tool . A bounding box with corn er handles appears on the image. 2 On the T ool Options palette, choose settings for the following controls: •[...]

166 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide T o correct perspective in an image layer Edit workspace 1 On the Layers pa lette, select the la yer to correct. 2 Choose View  Grid to display the gridlines. The gridlines help yo u correct lines in yo ur photograph that should be vertical o r horizontal. Note: T o adjust the grid settings, choose View  [...]

Adjusting images 167 same corrections before applying them , you can use th e Smart Photo Fix command. You can use the One Step Phot o Fix command to improve the exposure and white balance of images quickly a nd easily. The advanced options of the Smart Photo Fix feature let y ou adjust white balance by id entifying the ne utral areas in the photo [...]

168 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide T o apply basic corrections with One Step Photo Fix Edit workspace • Choose Ad just  One Step Photo Fix . After a brief pause, several basi c corre ctions are applied to your photo. The correctio ns applied are id enti cal to what would be applied by accepting the sugges ted settings of the Smart Photo Fix[...]

Adjusting images 169 You can reset all settings to th eir initial values by clicking Suggest Sett ings , or to null settings by clicking the Reset to Default button . To use advanced settings of th e Smart Photo Fix feature, mark the Advanced Options chec k box. T o use the advanced options of Smart Photo Fix Edit workspace 1 In the Smart Photo Fix[...]

170 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide To avoid introducing errors in white balanc e when you ad d sampling points, do not click any color other than black, white, or gray (for e xample, do not c lick a region that you know is blue). Click only the points that you k now should be black, white, or gray. Sampling points cannot be dragge d or moved. To[...]

Adjusting images 171 The histogram is f or display only — you can not drag or adjust any part it. The gray portion re presents the original (Before) photo, and the red overlay portion reflects th e adjustments. The black triangle moves in tandem with the Black slider, and the white triangle moves in tandem with the White slider. For more informat[...]

172 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide If a photo has areas that are too light as well as areas that are too dark, choose Adjust  Fill Flash , and th en choose Adjust  Backlighting . Darkening images Sometimes photos have too much lighting from the background , which essentially washes out t he entire im age. A similar problem involves photos [...]

Adjusting images 173 the background of a photo and faint purple halos appear on the edges of the photo subject. With Corel P aintShop Pro, you can quickly identify this pr oblem and remove it from y our photo. T o remove purple fringe from a photo Edit workspace • Choose Ad just  One Step Purple Fringe Fix . After a brief pause, y our photo is[...]

174 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Y ou can automatically appl y noise correction to y our photo with the One Step Noise Removal command . Y ou can also control more precisely how the sam e corrections are applied by using the more comprehensive Digital Noise Removal command. Digital Noise Removal command The Digital Noise Removal command gives [...]

Adjusting images 175 T o use advanced options for removing digital noise Edit workspace 1 Choose Adjust  Digital Noise Remov al . The Digital Noise Removal dialog box appears. Note: The three cross hairs appear on the ima ge preview in the Remove Noise tabbed area. The crosshairs repres ent noise samples located in the im age’s light, midtone,[...]

176 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide You can have a maximum of 10 sampling regions. You should avoid sampling an image edge, o r pure black or pure white regions of the image, which can result in excessive smoothing. The Digital Noise Removal command is not designed to re move moire patterns. For informat ion about re moving moire patterns, see ?[...]

Adjusting images 177 2 Click the Protect Image tab. 3 In the Befor e pane, pan and zoom as necessary so that you can view the region yo u want to protect. 4H o l d d o w n Ctr l , and drag over the region you want to protect. Note: Holding down Ctrl does not create a co rresponding crosshair in the ima ge window of the Remove Noise tabbed a rea. 5I[...]

178 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide more prone to contain ch romatic aberrations because of the way in which digital cameras capture light rays far from the optical axis. • The auto-e xposure feat ure of the camera , which estima tes the correct exposure settin g, may cause sensor bloo ming. • Different colo rs may be caught by different ca m[...]

Adjusting images 179 2 Ensure that the Before and After panes are visible at th e top of t he dialog box. 3 Set the zoom control in the dialog box to at least 200%. The zoom control is located belo w the Before and After panes. Zooming to 200% helps target th e problem areas in the photo. 4 Click the Pan button , and pan the image to se t a viewabl[...]

180 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide To create more than 10 samp le boxes, you can app ly the corrections a nd then restart the effect. You can automa tically create a new la yer on which the corrected image res ides by marking the R esult on New Layer check box. This option protec ts your original image on its own layer. If you d o not mark this [...]

Adjusting images 181 with cameras with fixed focal ra nges, an d in photos taken with cameras that have low-quality lens es (such as dispos able cameras). Important! It is strong ly re comm ended that you correct the le ns distortion in a photo before cr opping it. T ypes of lens distortion Corel PaintShop Pro can correct three com mon types of len[...]

182 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide T o correct fisheye distortion Edit workspace 1 Choose Adjust  Fish eye Distortion Co rrection . The Fisheye Dist ortion Correction dialog box appears. 2 Remove the distortio n by typing or setting an a ppropriate va lue in the Field of View control. 3 Click OK . By marking the Preserve central scale check b[...]

Adjusting images 183 inside the came ra can cause inco rrect coloring in ph otos. Scanned images may have unnatural color c asts. T o create natural-looking colors an d remove any color cast in you r image, you can use the variou s color -balancing commands in Corel PaintShop Pro. By a pplying th e commands to a selection or a n entire image, you c[...]

184 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide If you know what color temperature the photo should be, you can set prec ise tonal balance valu es by marking th e Advanced Options check box and typi ng or setting the temperature values in the Te m p e r a t u r e and Tint controls in the White Balance group box. Yo u can tweak t he colo rs by adjusting value[...]

Adjusting images 185 T o correct faded colors Edit workspace 1 Choose Adjust  Color  Fade Correction . Drag in the Before pane to center an important part o f the image (such as a fac e). 2 Adjust the value in the Amount of correction control until the image looks the most natural. The default value is 45. Note: Use the minimum va lue that pr[...]

186 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Adjusting brightness, contrast, and clarity Corel P aintShop Pro lets you adjust the brightne ss, contrast, and clarity in your photos. Con trast is the difference b etween the photo’s lightest and darkest pixels. Clarity lets you ad just the level of detail in the image by analyzing contrast within localized[...]

Adjusting images 187 Many digital cameras offer a histog ram display on the camera’s LCD, and some ca meras even let you adjust the scen e’s histogram before you take the p hoto. Corel PaintShop Pro has variou s commands that displa y the histogram in the dialog box. These c ommands include Curves, Levels , the advanced mode of Smart Photo Fix,[...]

188 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide axis represent s the number of p ixe ls and ranges from zero to th e highest number of pixels in the graph. The horizontal axis represents the value of the se lected channel, f rom 0 to 255. Y ou can display a Histogram for an image at any time by choosing View  Pal e tt e s  Histogram . T o change bright[...]

Adjusting images 189 A positive number increas es detail; a negative number decreases detail and focus. A value of zero preserves the original setting. 4 Click OK . T o enhance depth and clarity Edit workspace 1 Choose Adjust  Brightness and Contrast  Local T one Mapping . The Local T one Mapping dialog box appears. 2 T ype or set a value in [...]

190 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide As you drag a curve point, th e point’s original and modified values for pixel lightness are displayed in the upper - left corner of th e histogram graph. The original or input value a ppears on the left), and the modified or output value appears on the right. 4 Click OK . Y ou can also Add a point to the cur[...]

Adjusting images 191 Set your own black, gray , or white point Click the black, gray , or white dropper in the Colors group box to activate the dropper color . Then, move the cursor into the B efore pane and click what you know to be a black, gray , or white point. The After pane (and the image window if the Preview on Image check box is marked) is[...]

192 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide You can use th e zoom control in t h e dialog box to set your view of the image in the Be fore and After panes. T o adjust a photo’s highlights, midtones, and shadows Edit workspace 1 Choose Adjust  Brightness and Contrast  Highlight/Midtone/ Shadow . The Highlight/Midto ne/Shadow dialog box ap pears. 2[...]

Adjusting images 193 2I n t h e Edit group box, choose on e of the following options: • Luminance — lets you set the lightness values of the image to correct cont rast • Colors — lets you choos e a color channe l to edit If you ch oose the Colors option, you mu st choose a color from the drop-list. 3I n t h e Load Preset drop-list, choose D[...]

194 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide 7 Adjust the Midtones slider . Note: If the graph has peaks o n th e left and right s ides and contains low points in the center , the midtones need to be compressed. Shado ws and highlights must be expanded to reveal the information they contain. Ph otography subjects that are too close to the camera appear br[...]

Adjusting images 195 The Histogram Stretch command pulls the darkest pixel down to black and the lightest pixel up to white. This command does not affect images that already span from pure black to pure white. If the original image has pi xels that are very close to black and white, using this command w ill have a very small effect. If the original[...]

196 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide 4 Click OK . Y ou can also Automatically adjust the photo’s contrast Click the Cont rast button in the Auto group box. Note: Y ou can use this button when you’re satisfied with the photo’s colors but want to improve the contrast. Automatically adjust the photo’s white balance Click the Color button in t[...]

Adjusting images 197 Changes you make in the Auto Color Options dialog bo x are applied when you use th e Contrast , Curves , and Levels buttons in the Auto group box of the Curves dialog box. You can use the Levels command to spread out the histogram for a photo taken with an impro per exposure. You may f ind it helpful to use this co mmand before[...]

198 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide 2T y p e o r s e t a v a l u e f o r pixel lightness in the Threshold control to specify which pixels to change to white (those above the threshold) and which p ixels to ch ange to black (those below the threshold). V alues range from 1 to 255. Lo wer values produce more white pixels; higher values pr oduce mor[...]

Adjusting images 199 problems such as unnatural-look ing skin tones. Y ou can use the Vibrancy control to targe t only thos e areas that are low on sa turation without affecting the rest of the image. For exa mple, you can bo ost color in less saturated parts of an image without significantly altering skin tone. Corel P aintShop Pro gives you four [...]

200 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide T o create a duotone photo Edit workspace 1 Choose Adjust  Hue and Saturation  Colorize . The Colorize dialog box appears. Note: T o c r e a t e a d u o t o n e w i t h m o r e s u b t l e c o l o r c h a n g e s , d o t h e following before choosing the Colorize command: Choose Imag e  Greyscale , and[...]

Adjusting images 201 3 Adjust the Hue slider . The Hue value represents the ch ange from the original pixel color as the number of deg rees of rotation around the 360-degre e color wheel. A positive value indica tes a clockwise rotation, and a negative value indicates a counte rc lockwi se rotation. F or example , when the Hue value is 180, blue be[...]

202 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide 3 Click OK . T o boost the color of the least saturated parts of an image Edit workspace 1 Choose Adjust  Hue and Saturation  Vibrancy . The Vibrancy dia log box appears. 2 Click the arrow next to Previe w to open the Preview panel. If you want to preview the result directly in the image, mark the Preview[...]

Adjusting images 203 JPEG. Noise appears as colored sp ecks within the photo. Y ou ca n display the noise best by zoomin g in. For example, you might s ee specks of red, pink, green, and ye llow in a photo of a clear blue sky . Corel PaintShop Pro g ives you many ways to r emove various types of noise, and it even lets you add no ise to an otherwis[...]

204 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide • Y ou can remove single-pixel specks that are mostly white or black. The brightness of each pixel is analyz ed and then compared to the surrounding pixels to determine whether it should be removed. • Y ou can remove noise in a photo withou t losing details in edges within the p hoto. F or example, you can [...]

Adjusting images 205 The Add Noise dialog box appears. 2 Choose a noise pattern option: • Random — creates a granular effec t that adds texture • Uniform — changes the color of the noise to resem ble the original pixels • Gaussian — makes most of the nois e resemble the original pixels more th an the Uniform option 3 T ype or set a valu[...]

206 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Increase the Lower control setting to just below where scratches reappear . Decrease the Up per control setting to just abov e where the scratches reappear . 4I n t h e Strength group box, choose an option to set the s trength of the scratch removal: • Mild • Normal • Aggressive Note: Select the lowest se[...]

Adjusting images 207 You should apply the Deinterlac e command before you resize the image. Resizi ng adds or removes pixels from the image, which makes it more difficult to identify scan lines. If your image has already been resized, you must return it to the original size as closely as possible so that ea ch scan line is 1 pixel high. Using the z[...]

208 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Corel PaintShop Pro (.pspimage) format, you can still apply the command. Because JPEG comp ression disc ards image info rmation, the ability to restore JPEG images is limited. T o remove moire patterns Edit workspace 1 Choose Adjust  Add/Remove Noise  Moire Patt ern Removal . The Moire P attern Re moval d[...]

Adjusting images 209 details setting in the Moire Pattern Removal dialog box that is slightly higher than need ed to remove the pattern. T o remove single-pixel specks Edit workspace 1 Select the area in the ph oto that contain s the specks. 2 Choose Adjust  Add/Remove Noise  Despeckle . The selection is despeckled. T o remove noise while pre[...]

210 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide 3 T ype or set a value in the Filter Aperture control to ch oose the number of surrounding pixels to include in de termining the median pixel intensity . V alues range from 3 to 31 in odd-numbered increm ents. Note: T o preserve image details, ch oose the smalles t filter that removes the noise. F or single-pix[...]

Adjusting images 211 You can remove all specks that are smaller than the Speck size value by marking the Include all lower sp eck sizes check box. You can intensify the strength of the correction by marking the Aggressive action ch eck box. T o remove noise while preserving textures Edit workspace 1 Select the area that contains the noise you want [...]

212 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide You can apply the Depth o f Field effect to draw attention to the subject in your photo. In photography , de pth of field refers to the area that appe ars to be in focus. Differen t factors affect the de pth of field, including the distance between the camera an d your subject, the lens speed, and your camera?[...]

Adjusting images 213 between circu lar or hexagonal apert ure shapes. The ap erture shape can affect light p atterns that appear in the out-of-focus areas. This effect is called bokeh, and it is mo st noticeable in small pinpoints of light on a dark ba ckground. T o create an area of focus by using the Depth of Field effec t Edit workspace 1 In the[...]

214 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide If you don’t have a pre-existing selection , you can select a n area of focus using a ny of the select ion tools in the Depth of Field dialog box: Circular , Free hand , Rectangular , or Raster Selection . Make your selec tion s lightly larger than the area you want to keep in focus, an d then fine-tun e the [...]

Adjusting images 215 curve. The blurring is dense in the centre a nd feathers at the edges. • Y ou can use a fixed exposure time to simulate taking a picture of a moving object. • Y ou can simulate a photo taken wh ile spinning a camera in circles, or while zooming in quickly at a very slow shutter speed. Why would I blur an image on purpo se? [...]

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 spe[...]

Adjusting images 217 2I n t h e Blur T ype group box, choose one of the following options: • 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 th e degree of the twirl by t yping or setting a value in th e Tw i r l degrees con[...]

218 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Color , tonal, and resizin g corrections tend to soften your photo, so it is best to apply any necess ary 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 Blend 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 yp e or set a value from 1 to 500 in the Strength control to specify 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 crea[...]

Adjusting images 221 3I n t h e Halo group box, ty pe 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 th e 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 ch anges the file size. Print resolution is defi ned as the number of pixe ls per inch (ppi). A higher print resolution creates sma ller printed pixels and therefore a smaller printed image. A lower print resolution create [...]

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

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 th e 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, or 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 Advance d settings check box. 3U n m a r k t h e Resample using c[...]

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 ey es 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 rever se 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 o[...]

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, choos e the Blemish Fixer mode. The pointer c hanges to conc entric circles. 3 On the T ool Options palette, ad just the S[...]

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, choos e the To o t h b r u s h mode. 3 On the T ool Options palette, adjust 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 st raight, 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 [...]

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, choos e one of the following options 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, choose the brush tip, size, opacity , and other settings. If you want the Clone Brush tool to reset the source p[...]

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 one of the f ollowing selectio n tools: • Selection T ool • Freehand Selection • Smart Selection Brush (unmark Smart Edge on the T ools Options palette so that only the areas th at you br ush across are selected) 2 On the T ool Optio[...]

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 Background Eras er tool to erase pixels se lectively . Fo r example, in a photo of a mountain range , you can[...]

246 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Y ou can set the following controls when you use the Back ground Eraser tool: • Opacity — specifies the level of opac ity . A setting of 100% erases pixels to com plete transpa rency , and a lower setting erases pixels to partial transparency . • To l e r a n c e — determines how clos ely the selected p[...]

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 contro l has the following 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 Era ser tool . 2 On the T ool Options palette, choos e the brush options you wa nt. 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 backg[...]

Retouching and restoring images 249 Slow , caref ul strokes give you the best results. Keep the center 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 by apply ing brushstrokes. So[...]

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 brus h. 2 On the T ool Options palette, se t the brush controls. 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. [...]

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 realistica lly 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 to ol . 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, an[...]

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 se ttings 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 select ions” on page 292. To prev[...]

258 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Replacing colors, gr adients, or patterns Y ou can use the Color Replacer tool to re place one color in a se lection or layer with another color . Y ou can use brushstrokes to replace only 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 s[...]

Retouching and restoring images 259 3 Choose a material to u se as a replacement material. The replacement mate rial can be any ma terial 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 th[...]

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 ou can f ill all pixels or fill only those pixels tha[...]

Retouching and restoring images 261 The Flood Fill tool fills matching pixels that are contiguo us 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 co lor of pixels based on RGB value. The Flood Fill tool changes pixels base[...]

262 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide • Opacity — fills pixels that match th e 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 control 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, layer , 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 equal-wid th bo rder on all sides, mark the Symmetric chec k box. • T o c reate borders of vary ing wi[...]

Retouching and restoring images 265 Scaling photos by using Smart Carver Smart Carver let s you make a photo narrower , wider , shor ter , or longe r 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 [...]

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 Wi d 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 v[...]

268 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide • Scaling resizes an image horizonta lly , 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 forma[...]

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 d ynamic range”. Dy namic 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 limite[...]

Merging exposures and content 275 The photos alo ng the top were taken with diff erent exposu re levels, and then they were co mbined to create a single beautifully exposed image. T aking photos for HDR processing If you are new to HDR processing, the informa tion below can help you get started. What camera features work well with HDR? Y o u can us[...]

276 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide How many photos should I take for my HDR set? Usually , three 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 va lue (EV) between photos. If yo u 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 a king photos for HDR p rocessing” on page 275. Exposure Merge use s a three-step process: • Merge — Choose yo ur merge settin gs, and if re quired, apply custom editing. • HDR Adjustment[...]

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, tr y adjusting Brightness/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 yo ur 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 you[...]

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 the 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 p[...]

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 also sa ve your adjust ments 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 c an split a single RAW photo in to 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 [...]

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 photo usin g 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 preset s in Exposure Merge” on page 282. If you want to the application to perform the standard HDR processing instead o f applying pres et adjustments, skip this step. 4 Click the folder ic[...]

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, clic k the lock button again.[...]

Working wi th selections 291 W orking with selections Selecting the parts of images to ed it 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 drawing or painting tools to modif y selected areas of your image. Y ou can also apply commands to flip, co py[...]

292 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Creating se lections Y o u can create a selec tion when you want to isolate part o f 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 [...]

Working wi th selections 293 • Selection tool — lets you create a select ion of a specific shape, such as a rectangle, square , ellipse, circle, or star . • Freeh and Selection tool — lets you crea te 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 types of selections with th e[...]

294 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Y ou c an also use the P aint tool to create a selection. For more information, see “W orking with brushes” on page 593. Y o u can use text se lections to apply ef fects to text; for example, when you create a t ext select ion on a solid-color laye r and then delete the selection, the letters appear transp [...]

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 Bru sh . 2 On the T ool Options palette, adjust the Size setting. Y ou can also adjust any of the following settings: • Mode — specifies whether to replace, add, or remove an existing selecti[...]

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 F reehand Selection to ol . 2 On the T ool Options palette, ch oose one of the following from 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 that matc h red, gree n, and blue values, with a bias toward light ness varia tions. This match mo de is therefore m ore discriminating than the RGB V alue match mode. • All Opaque — selects all pixels that are not co mpletely invis ible (that is, having an opac ity value[...]

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 toolbar . 3 Choose settings fo r the painting tool on the T ool Options palette and the Brush V ariance palette. 4 Paint on t[...]

302 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide T o create a raster select ion 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 obje[...]

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 indicate s 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 [...]

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 Degrees group box, set the number of degrees to rotate. If you want to type a value be tween 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 fr om a selection, or fr om the selection border . When the color is ad ded or removed, the selection border changes. Y o u can also add pi xels to a se lection based on color values. If specks or holes appear in a se lection, you can remove them by d e f i n i n g a n a r e a i n[...]

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 Softness 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 sp[...]

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 butt on in the Remove Speck[...]

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 you mak e a selection, or you ca n 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. [...]

316 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide T o unfeather a selection Edit workspace 1 Choose Selections  Modify  Unfeathe r . 2 T yp e a value in the Threshold control to spec ify the amount 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 pix[...]

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 o u can convert a selection int o a seamless custom pattern, which you 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 Operation 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 From group box, choose on e of the following option s: • Source luminance • Any non-zero value • Source opacity 5 Click Load. T o[...]

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 pa rtially , 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 • Inve[...]

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 ou can add or delete layers, rearrange the order in w hich they are stack ed, and blend their pixels in various ways. Unless you merge th[...]

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 underlying layers. Y ou can stack multi[...]

328 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Y ou can create layer groups or pro mote selections to layers. F o r 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 vector obje ct to a nonvector layer; vector o bjects 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 do es not change image pixels. Adjustment layers cann ot be the bottom layer . Y ou cannot delete othe r layers if deleting them would cause an adjustment layer to become the bottom layer . Fo r more in formatio n, see “Using adjustm[...]

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 Me dia tool from the T ools toolbar and mark the Tr a c e check box on the T ool Options palette (an Art Media l[...]

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 compon ents on separate layers to make the m easier to edit. F or example, for an illustration of a car speeding down a hi[...]

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 la yers in the image. The to p layer is listed first, and the bottom layer is listed last. Y ou can chan ge the stacking order of layers on the La ye rs palette, depending on the laye r t[...]

Working with layers 335 The Layers palette Y o u can create layer gr oups to organize th e Layers palette. Y ou can a lso 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 thumbnai[...]

336 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide The Layers palette too lbar , posit ioned along the bottom edge o f 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 a[...]

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 Lay ers palette. When yo u create a layer , you can speci[...]

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 acti ve 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  Pa s te A s N ew L ay e r . The nam e of the new 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 Pi[...]

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 image or cle ar the contents of a layer . Clearin[...]

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 duplicated layer as a starting point fo r a new layer , or you can try out edits and eff[...]

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 groups, or vector objects visib le or invisible in the image. The invisible layers remain in the image but are hidden from view . Y ou can also in vert visible and hidden layers. T o display or hide a layer Edit workspace • Click the Visibility T oggle butt on for th[...]

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 to gether on the imag e canvas when you move one la yer with the Move tool. Y o u can link grouped layers , which allows all layers within a layer gr oup to move together on the image ca nvas. Y ou can also link individual layers fro m differen[...]

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 Proper ties dialo g b[...]

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 prod uces the same result regardless of the order in which the layers are st acked on the Layers [...]

354 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Hard Light Combines the Mul tiply 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 start s at 50 percent opacity and the layer is se t to[...]

Working with layers 357 button . The Lo ck/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, ma rking or unmarking the Lock transparency check b[...]

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 y ou 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 Sele[...]

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 t he va[...]

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 Sh adow) are applied ou tside 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 chec k box lets you show the layer data with the effects a pplied. When unma rked, th[...]

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 distance from the ou ter edge of the layer data to the extent of the embossing. 5D r a g t h e Opacity slider to set l[...]

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 spec ial 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 Opacity 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 Layers palette. — Visibility T oggle button when th e mask is displayed — Visibility T oggle button wh en[...]

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 channe l images to create a mask for the or iginal image or for anoth[...]

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 withou t 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 [...]

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 “W orking with colors and materials” on page 385. [...]

Working with masks 377 Deleting masks Y ou can delete a mask from an image, or y ou 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 long er edit the mask independen tly from the la yer . T o delete a mask Edit workspace 1 On the Layers palette, r[...]

378 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Y ou can use a gradient, pattern, or texture mas k to create interesting 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 ool Opt[...]

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 laye rs, drag it from the layer group to the m[...]

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 th [...]

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 a lpha channel within the current image or wi thin another image. F or more information on saving or loading selections in al pha channels, see “Sa[...]

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 o u can display the Mat erials palette at any time. Y ou can leav e it open while you work, o r you can displa y it only when you need it. Y ou can also reverse the fore ground and backgro und colors or materials. Main components of the Materials palette • Swatches tab — displays swatches for the currentl[...]

Working with colors and materials 387 new color that you select by draggi ng 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 o u can also set a shade using Gray scale. • Fo reground and Stroke and Background[...]

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 button — turns the current texture on or of f • 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 bi ts/channel, 256 colo rs, 16 colors, or 2 colors). For example, for paletted colors, the Wheel, Slider , and Color Harmonies options are not available—sw[...]

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 choose a color space fr om 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 foregrou nd or backgroun d color from any op en 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 d[...]

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 gradient, clic k the Fore ground and Stroke Properties box. • T o choose a backgroun d gradient, click th[...]

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 gra dient, and click OK . The gradient is created with t[...]

400 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Editing gradients Y ou can change the colors, tr ansiti on points, and transparency of gradients. Y ou can edit default gradients or cr eate your own gradie nts. Y ou can also rename, dele te, and save gradients. The colors , transition p oints, and transparency of a gradient are indicated by markers and m idpo[...]

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 po sition under 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 ap plied at the sa me time you a pply 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,[...]

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 location s, 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 textures with the current colo r , gradient, or pattern for foreground and background strokes [...]

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 (fro m 10 to 250) of the image’s actual size. At smaller values , the image is repeated more frequently thro[...]

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 patt ern) or the te xture for the 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, artist ic, illumination, reflection, and photographic effects. Y ou can also add fr ames to your im ages, 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 tool • Warping imag es • Working with deform ation maps Choosing effects Y ou can choose effects b y using the Effects menus, th[...]

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 effects by using the Instant 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 Effect Bro wser when yo u want to preview m ultiple 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 [...]

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 Fr om the Effects menu, choose an effect catego ry , 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 Effec ts palette, choo se a catego ry from 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 act[...]

Applying effects 419 T o choose an effect from the Effect Browser Edit workspace 1 Choose Effects  Effect Browser . The Effect Browser appears. 2 From the hierarchical list in the le ft pane, do one of the following: • T o preview all effects app lied to the imag e, click the Presets folder . • T o p review an effect catego ry , click a subf[...]

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 create a button wi th 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 cho ose[...]

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 ca n access the Cutout dialog bo x 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 in[...]

Applying effects 423 T o a dd a d ro p sh a d ow t o t h e en t i re i ma g e , y o u mu s t fi r st c r ea t e wh i te space around the image. Y ou can do this b y choosing the Add 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 . The D[...]

424 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide transparenc y . This effect does not incr ease the size of th e object. When 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 can click in the circle, drag the needle , or set or type a number in the control. • Intensity — adjusts the brightness of the dir[...]

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 effe cts to make 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 produces[...]

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 effect similar to the Colore d Chalk effect by using the Chalk too l found on the T ools toolba r . Colored Pe ncil Edit workspace[...]

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 News paper 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 typi ng a number in the box. Balls and Bubbl[...]

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 in teracts 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 p[...]

Applying effects 435 • Diffraction map — wraps a rainbow-style lig ht pattern around the spherical objects. T o chan ge the pattern, adjust t he Fringe spacing and Ty p e settings. • Ty p e — sets randomne ss of the or igins, direction, an d paths of the bands The Illumination page contains the following controls: • Maximum — sets the m[...]

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 access 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 n[...]

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 change the edge color , you can cli[...]

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 can 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 shinin g 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 in teracts 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. • Enviro[...]

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 oster [...]

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 opography effect give s an imag e a three-d imensiona l look so that the image appears to have been creat ed from a syst[...]

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 bo x. Applying Distortion effects Y ou can apply Distortion effe cts to an image an d produce inte resting 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 comp[...]

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 ima ge based on the conte nts of another image. For information ab out using the Displacement Map effect, see “Us ing the Displacement Map effect?[...]

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 ou can access the Pixelat e dialog box by choosing 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 Coordinates d ialog box by choosing Eff ects  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 dialog box by choosing Effects  Distortion Effects  Punch . The Punch dialog b ox contain[...]

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 posi tive 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 posi tive values move the halo down. • Amplitude — se ts the ap[...]

Applying effects 457 • Degrees — sets the direction and amount of twirl. Positive values create a clockwise twirl; negative values crea te a counter -clockwise 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 l[...]

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 values 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 (a vailable 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 ou can a ccess the Wind dialog box by ch oosing Effects  Distortion Effects ?[...]

460 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide 2 Make the s ource image the active image. 3 Choose Effects  Disto rtion 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 e[...]

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 b ox, 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 -bounds pixels tra nsparent (available only with layered images) Applying Edg[...]

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 Enhanc e effect by choosing Effe cts  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 ffe[...]

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 ertical effect enhanc es the contr ast between light and dark in an image by darkening the image and then highlight ing the vertical edges. Y ou can apply th e Find V ertical edges effect by choosing 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 c an change the shape or perspect ive of 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 ou can access the Cylind er–V ertical dialog box by choosing Effects  Geometri[...]

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–Horizontal dialog box b y 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 o u can click the color b ox to access the Color dialog box, or righ t[...]

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 , direct ion, color , and origin of the light source. Y ou can access the Ligh ts dialog box by choosing Effects  Illumination Effects  Lights . The Lights dialog bo x contains the followi ng cont[...]

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

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 loca tion 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 yo u 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 th e 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 [...]

Applying effects 477 applying film and filter effects, se e “ App lying film and f ilter effects to photos” on page 491. Black and White Film Y ou can simulate taking a photo 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 t[...]

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 take a photo with sepia 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 g[...]

Applying effects 479 An urban scene (le ft) appears to be transformed into a miniature model (ri ght). Y ou c an also use Selective Focus to apply a quick depth o f 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 m[...]

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 Ho lga, 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 gradie nt to your photos to simulate [...]

Applying effects 481 T o apply the Infrared Film effect Edit workspace 1 Choose Effects  Phot o 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 . S etting [...]

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 co ntrol to add a more realistic infrared gr aininess to the photo. 5 Click OK . T o apply the Sepia T oning effect Edit wo[...]

Applying effects 483 3 In the Before pane of the preview area, wh en your pointer displays the move cursor , drag the area of focus to the position you want. 4 Drag the rotation handle (the box at th e end of the sho rt line) to rotate the area of focu s. 5 Drag a sizing handle (on the solid lin es) to set the edges fo r the area of focus. 6 Fine-t[...]

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 Area of focus, choose a selection tool and drag in the Before pane to set the ed[...]

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 indivi dual color channels. F or more information about Curves, se e “T o change co lor channel brightness” on page 189. If you want to save yo ur s[...]

Applying effects 487 The Graduated Filter dialog box appears. 2 Click a Style button to determ ine the shape of the gradient. The default op tion, Linear Graduated Filter , best simulates traditional graduated filters. 3 Drag in the Before pane t o set the size a nd direction of th e gradient. A line disp lays as you drag. 4 In the 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 . Beca use no negative was produced, copies could not be made, so each image was unique. Daguerreotypes are often characteri ze[...]

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  Phot o 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 effect. 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 fo rmation, see “T o apply the Black and White Film effect” on page 480. • Sepia toning — F or more information, see “T [...]

Applying effects 493 • Infrared — F or more information, see “T o apply the Infrare d 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 maintains the luminance of th e[...]

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

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 thes e patterns to c reate seamle ss tiles for the bac kground of your W eb page. Y ou can 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 click the color box to access the Color dialog box, or right- click the color box to access the Re cent Colors dialog b ox. • Reflect — reflects t he edge pixe [...]

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

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 ca n 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 dia[...]

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 th e size of the tile s. • Number of rows — sets the number of ro ws of tiles. As you increase the numbe r , you reduce the size 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 leather 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 box[...]

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 exture dialog bo x contains the following c ontrols: • Te x t u r e swatch — lets you choose the te xture • 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 acce ss the Tiles dialog box b[...]

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 co lor box to ac[...]

Applying effects 515 The Picture F rame dialog box ap pears. 2 In t he Picture F rame group box, ch oose a frame from the drop- list. 3 In the Orientation group box, choose one of the following 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, su ch as Add, Subtract, Multiply , or Difference. If you want to combine images w[...]

518 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide 4 In the Funct ion group box, choose one o f the following options for combining the images: • Add — Image 1 V alue + Image 2 V alue • Subtract — Image 1 V alue – 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 alue[...]

Applying effects 519 6 M ar k o r un ma r k t he Clip color values check box to determ ine 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 th an 0 become 255. When the Clip color values check bo[...]

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 picture tube elem ents easier to edit, it is help ful 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 settings When you click the Settings button on the T ool Options palette, the Picture T ube Settings dialog box appears. Y ou can use this dialog box to update th e current T ool Options palett e settings an d to modify the look of the curre nt picture tube. However , you can also make the settings perm anent by m[...]

522 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide 3 If necessary , 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 di stance 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 ar e the values in pixels for the width and height of the cells. Images must be no la rger than this cell size. 4 Choose File  New . The New Image dialog box appears. 5 Set the following options: • Image Dimensions — sets a width and height (in pixels) that are multiples of the horizo[...]

524 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide • Placement option s — Choose the def ault options for this picture tube. Y ou can chan ge these opt ions when yo u apply th e picture tube. • Tu b e n a m e — Enter the filename of the tube. The extension .P spT ube is automatically ad ded to the f ilename. 10 Click OK . You can make further changes to[...]

Applying effects 525 6 Click OK . Wa rping images Y o u can distort image areas by us ing the warp brushes on image pixels to produce a warping effect . Y ou can tw irl areas of images , 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 h[...]

526 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide 2 On the T ool Options palette, choose th e type of warp in the War p Modes group box: • Push — push es pixels in the dire ction of the stroke for an effect similar to smearing pain t. This warp mode is time- independen t. • Expand — pushes pixels awa y from the cent er of the brush • Contract — pul[...]

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 def ormation map group box, type a n ame for the map file. 5 In the Deformation map group box, choose a deformation map style from the drop-list. 6 In the Checkerboard size drop-list, choose a ch eckerboard size to help you to preview th e deformation effect. Note: This information is not saved with the map file. 7[...]

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 Mappi ng group bo x, choose[...]

Working with text 531 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 -only command[...]

Working with text 533 For more info rmation ab out selections, see “Wor king 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 tex[...]

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, cho ose a font, font size , units, and font style. Note: The Units drop-list of fers two options — P oints (for print output) and Pixels (fo r [...]

Working with text 535 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 of vector te xt. For in formation about using the Materials palette to choose colo rs for the text outline and fill, see “Using the Materi als 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 ic[...]

Working with text 537 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, choos e one of the following butto ns: • — aligns the left edge of ea[...]

538 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide T o change horizontal spacing between chara cters 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 [...]

Working with text 539 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 i[...]

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 se t the alignment style for the tex[...]

Working with text 541 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 vector ob ject or path wi thout attaching it to the obje ct 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 th[...]

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 543 Moving text Y ou can move vector and raster text an ywhere in an image. 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 yer [...]

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 d esired 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 • th[...]

Working with text 545 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, choos e 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 convert i ng it to curves and then adding, deleting, a[...]

546 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide If you convert each letter to a s eparate vector object, yo u must select the letters in dividually 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 547 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 posi tion the text, and type th e text. If you resize or reposition the text w[...]

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 549 Sizing and transformin g text Y ou can transform rast er and vector te xt interactively . For example , you can resize, rotate, shear , distort, or apply pe rspective to text. Y ou c an also resize and reshape vector text by editin g its nodes and contours. For more information , see “Working with nodes” on page 564. Edit [...]

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 pivot 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 create 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 rectangl[...]

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 arranging 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 f[...]

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 l ay 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 Creat e on V ector check box on the 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 control. 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 pr[...]

560 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Creating preset shapes Y ou c an draw preset 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 Shap e tool . Note: If you want to place the preset shape on the cu rrent vector layer , mark the Create on V ector check bo x on t[...]

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 c an use vector shapes, such as Preset Shapes, to create cutout s 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 f ollowing tools: • Preset Shape • Rectangle • Ellipse • Symmetric Shape 3 On the T ool Options palette, se t the options for your shape. 4 In the image window , drag where yo[...]

Drawing and editing vect or objects 563 Editing shapes Y ou can edit the basic p roperties of vect or objects, such as the line width, line style, and anti-aliasing. Y ou can also rename an ob ject in the Layers palette. Y ou can also hide o r display 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 shape libraries in a different fo lder . For mor e information, see “Setti ng 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 can move it. Mo ving a node alters 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 path to [...]

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 on e 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 using 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 constrai[...]

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

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 mult iple 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 object[...]

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 Shif t , and marq uee select the ob jects. Note: Y ou mus[...]

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 or groups of objects to move, resize, reshape, and ch ange their lines an d materials. When you group objects on diff erent layers, Corel P aintShop Pro a[...]

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 , mater[...]

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 c an edit the contours a nd paths of vector object s. Y ou can jo in contours by co nnecting th eir end points. Y ou can also 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, click the Edit Mode button . 3 Click on[...]

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 th e text fill. If you do not want the line segmen[...]

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 c an design your own line styles an d save them as presets. T o design and save a custom line style Edit workspace 1 On the T ools toolbar , choose one of the f ollowing tools: • 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 la yer . 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 f ill to the curve, click the Background and Fill properties box, an [...]

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 precise lin es with fewe r 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 properti es of lines and cu rves. Y ou can reshape a curve 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 ool 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 c[...]

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 the 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 following op tions: • P aste As New V ector Selection — pastes ve[...]

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 contra st, replace colors, or paint with picture tubes . Y ou can[...]

594 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Choosing brushes Y ou can choose from the follo wing brush tools: • 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 mult ipurpose 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 , fading edge. • Step — determines the time interval that e lapses between applications of paint, with each application defined as a single, continuous br[...]

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 also reset the brush to its def ault 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 too l. 2 On th[...]

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 o u may find the most bene fit to using Brush Variance palette settings if you use a p[...]

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 Presets drop-list. 3 Click the Save preset button . The Save Preset dialog[...]

Working with brushes 605 Importing and sharing brush tips Y o u can import custom br ushes or create your own. F or informatio n 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 s[...]

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 Art Media layers to raster layers . Y ou can choose to create a new imag e with an Art Media layer . Y ou can also choos e a canvas text ure on which t o apply the Ar t Media pigment[...]

Paintin g and drawing with the Art Media too ls 609 T o modify Art Media layer properties Edit workspace 1 On the Layers palett e, 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 Mixer palet te t[...]

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 Fram e , 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 colo rs 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  Dry Art Media layer or Layers  Wet Art Me dia layer . For more information o n each Art Me dia tool, see “Working with Art Me dia tools” on page 614. T o create a custom Mixer page Edit workspace 1 Choose File  New to display[...]

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 wi th 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 [...]

614 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Wo rking with Art Media tools Y ou can use the Art Media tools whe n working on Art Media 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 Prese[...]

Paintin g and drawing with the Art Media too ls 615 The Palette Knife, Smear , and Art Eras er tools Y ou can use the Palette Knife to ap ply and smear art media pigments. Y ou can also use the Smear tool blend pi gments as though y ou are using a finger or a cloth. Y ou can use the Art Eraser t ool to erase pigm ent. However , if you are using the[...]

616 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide • Palette Knife • Smear • Art Eraser 2 On the T ool Options palette, click the Presets button an d 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 a n artisti[...]

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 o u can 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 — dete rmines whether the[...]

Paintin g and drawing with the Art Media too ls 619 • Tr a c e check box — allows the current Art Med ia tool to selec t 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 — con trols whether the tool h ead 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 Til[...]

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 — con trols whether the tool h ead 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 — con trols whether the tool h ead 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 st[...]

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 disp lay 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 ca[...]

Working wi th advanced color f eatures 631 Viewing color depth information Y ou c an use Corel PaintShop Pro to view the c olor depth information for images. Y ou can also check the color dep th 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 pa lette 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 aus e the file compression is se nsitive to the numb er of colors in the image. For [...]

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 pale tte, 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 c an also create and save your own palettes . Preset palettes are located in the P alettes folder of the Corel PaintShop Pr o program folder . When you save a palette, you can loa d it into other images. This is a good way to mainta in cons istent colors across several images. Saving a palette is a lso use[...]

Working wi th advanced color f eatures 643 the color depth or flatten the layers of your original P s pImage 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 yp e a name 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 Pa le t te 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 Pa le t te 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 va lue 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 w[...]

648 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide either the RGB or HSL color model. Y ou can also output images using the CMYK (Cyan, Magenta, Y ellow , Black) model, wh ich 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 alettes pr[...]

Working wi th advanced color f eatures 649 color wheel. On the Co lor 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 . Satura[...]

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 installe d 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 int[...]

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 gr ayscale image fo r each color channel; the original image is not affected. For [...]

656 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide T o combine color cha nnels 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 Ch annel Source drop-list, select the name of the file that contains tha t channel. [...]

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 o u can even choose anoth er language in which to us e the application. T[...]

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 that the way you[...]

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 — saves the current workspace before loading another one • No — does not save the current workspace before loading another one 3 Sel[...]

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 ou[...]

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 ype a name for the new toolbar , and click OK . A small, empty t oolbar appears, and the new toolba r is added to the T oolb[...]

666 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide 3I n t h e To o l b a r s list, se lect the name of the cust om toolbar you want to delete. 4 Click Delete . 5 Click Close . Customizing keyb oard shortcuts Y ou can view existing keyboard shortc uts, assign a keyboard 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 category . Note: Corel P aintShop Pro groups related commands into categories. F or example, if you pick the File category , all the com[...]

668 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide 4I n t h e Commands list, click the item for which you want to mod ify the keyboard shortcut. 5I n t h e Current Keys 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 ke ys you want to assign as the new shortcut. If th[...]

Customizing Corel PaintShop Pro 669 Setting View preferences The View settings lets you control som e image window behaviors. Y ou 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 pro gram. 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 specify pre ferences fo r savin[...]

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 poss ible. Removable drives are not supported an d the confi[...]

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 o u can control the behavio r of palettes, such as how palett es dock, as well as some properties of the Mate rials and Layers palettes. For more information about Layers palette sett ings, see “T o modify the look of the Layers palette” on page 337. T o set Palettes preference[...]

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: • Always — displays palettes appropriate to the tools and comman[...]

Customizing Corel PaintShop Pro 675 Setting Units preferences Y ou can set ruler options and the default reso lutions 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 c olor scheme. Y ou can also ch oose 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 preferen ces Edit workspace Manage workspace 1 Choose File  Pr[...]

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 boxes ar e displayed. By default, Corel PaintShop Pr o displays a warning dialog b ox whenever you are about to perfo[...]

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 before the new settings take effect. You can view the list by choo sing File  Recent Files . T o set toleran ce to background color wh en 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 wh en you exit the program • Leave — leaves data in the C[...]

Customizing Corel PaintShop Pro 681 3M a r k t h e Disable pressure support for puck-type pointing de vices 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 image brig[...]

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 o u can set the program to a lways save a copy of yo ur original (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 ed it RAW graphics images as well as provide convers ion from standard fo rmats (such as TIF , JPEG, o r TGA) into the RAW graphics format. Y ou can [...]

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 ho w Corel PaintShop Pro interacts with many types of file format s. For a full list of supp orted file formats, see “Files support ed by Corel PaintShop Pro” [...]

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 displaye d along the left side of the File Locations di alog box. Using a consistent method for managing the se resources [...]

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 the new nam e for the resource, and click OK . T o copy a resource to another loca tion 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 di alog 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 resou[...]

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 c an 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 Autos ave , do any of th e 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 copie[...]

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 o u can customize how Core l P aintShop 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 Cli[...]

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 and rest ore tools a nd commands th at 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 datab ase, you can cr eate a backup file . In the event 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 perform the same action to a number of images at the same time. This section presents the following topi[...]

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 scriptin g co mmands both in t he 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 m enu 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 [...]

Automating tasks 709 The Script Output palette di splays information such as previously-used c ommands, Python syntax error s, or runtime errors. T o clear the Script Output palet te 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 fro[...]

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 PaintShop Pro a re created in th e Python programming langua ge, which can unfortunately[...]

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 ch es, and Print Layout templates (which are es sentially scripts) are treated as res tricted. Commands that cannot b[...]

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 yp e a name for the script, and cl[...]

Automating tasks 713 Running saved scripts Y ou can run a saved script by selecting the script from the Select Script drop-list, or by navigating to th e fo lder 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 you have a single script with[...]

714 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide appear as t he script runs . Conversely , you c an choose to ru n 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 sc ripts on 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 th e 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 r[...]

716 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Stopping or undoing a script Y ou can stop a script while it is runnin g. 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 scri pt is running. Depending on th e script, this may only b[...]

Automating tasks 717 Note: Command names shown in ita lics 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 ope[...]

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 roubleshooting a script T o selectively apply actio ns to th e current ima[...]

720 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide When using this feature, it’s help ful to display the Script toolbar by choosing View  T oolbars  Script . Assigning icons to scripts Y ou can assign any of 50 icon s to a script, a nd then drag the ico n to a custom or existing toolbar , or to a menu. By dragging the icon onto a toolbar or menu you can[...]

Automating tasks 721 When you position the cursor over the toolb ar’s script icon, you’ll see the pa th name and f ile name associated with the script. If you dr ag the script icon into a menu, the menu displays the script’s name, and the script ’s path appears in the status bar. T o unbind a script from an icon Edit workspace 1 Choose View[...]

722 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide T o choose a preset Edit workspace •I n t h e Presets drop-list, selec t the desired preset from th e list. On the left is the Pan tool’s Presets dr op-list button in the Tool Options palette, and on the righ t th e Presets drop-lis t button in the Charcoal effect dialog box. T o reset values to default set[...]

Automating tasks 723 4 Click OK . The Preset includ es group box sh ows the data saved with a preset. T o edit a preset Edit workspace 1 Modify the settings in the dialog box or the T ool Options palette. 2 Click the Save Preset button . 3 T yp e the same preset name in the preset name box. 4 Click Options . If you want to omit any data from th e P[...]

724 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide T o convert multiple files to a new format Edit workspace 1 Choose File  Batch Process to open the Batch Process dialog box. 2 Click Browse , and choose the file you want to process from the Select Files dialog box. If you want to choose adjacent files, hold down Shift as you click; to choose non-adjace nt f[...]

Automating tasks 725 6 Choose options f rom the For mat and Encoding group boxes. 7 Click Start to open the Batch Progress dialog box and start the batch conve rsion. The Current S tep pane disp lays each filena me and its conv ersion status. The Job Progress bar indicat es the conversio n progress. 8 Click OK. Unless you specif y another output fo[...]

726 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide • T o select non-adjace nt files, hold down Ctrl and click the files. 5 Click Select . The files appe ar in the Files to process list in the Batch Process dialog box. 6I n t h e Save Mode group box, choos e one of the following o ptions: • New T ype — runs the script and saves t he processed f iles as a n[...]

Automating tasks 727 Renaming files in batches Y ou can rename multiple files at the same t ime. T o rename files in a batch Edit workspace 1 Choose File  Batch Rename to open the Batch Rename dialog box. 2 Click Browse . 3 Choose the folde r that contains the source files. 4 Do one of the f ollowing: • T o select adjacent files, hold do wn Sh[...]

728 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide 7 Choose any of th e following renaming options from the Rename Options list: • Custom T ext — to add text to the convert ed files • Date — to add the current date to t he file name • Document Name — to add the original f ile name to the new file name, and to change the case • Sequence — to add [...]

Printing 729 Printing Corel P aintShop Pro pro vides extensive options for p rinting your work. This section presents the following topics: • Printing images • Creating layouts • Editing te mplates • Editing and saving layouts • Printing CMYK color separations • Understanding pr inting Printing images Corel P aintShop Pro offers many wa[...]

730 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide You can print contac t sheets (left), print to standar d photo sizes (center), or create custom print layouts (r ight). T emplates help you simplify image placemen t and sizing. Y o u can use templates to lay out and print images in standard sizes, including 4  6 inches , 5  7 inches, and 10  15 centim[...]

Printing 731 T o print the activ e image Edit workspace 1 Choose File  Print . 2I n t h e Printer group box, click Printer . The Print dialog box ap pears. 3 Choose a prin ter from the Name drop-list, and click OK . 4 Click the Placement tab, and type or set a value in the Number of copies control. 5I n t h e Orientation group box, choose one of[...]

732 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide If you choos e the CMYK sep arations option, you can p rint CMYK labels on each color plate or pa ge by marking th e CMYK plate labels check box in the Print Mar ks group box. 9 Click Print . You can script most pr int options; however, bec ause of variations in printer drivers, not all printer settings are scr[...]

Printing 733 For more information about printing options , see “Understanding pr inting” on page 746. T o print to a file Edit workspace 1 Choose File  Print . 2M a r k t h e Print to File chec k box. 3 Click Print . 4 T yp e a name in the Output File Name box. T o print images by using a template 1 In the Manage or Edit work spac e, select [...]

734 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide If you want to fill the template with copies of the same image, click a thumbna il and click the Fill T emplate with Image button . 7 Click File  Print . For information about saving te mplates with links to images, see “Setting file locations” on page 691. You can remove an image from a template by sele[...]

Printing 735 Creating layouts Y ou can create a print layo ut and po sition images individually , or you can apply the same settings to all of the imag es. By rotating and zooming, you c an change the print layout of your images. Images are displayed at 100% magnification by default. Y ou can zoom in to get a cl oser look at imag e detail, or zoom [...]

736 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide T o position images in a layout Edit workspace 1 In the Print Layout window , choose a cell. 2 Click one of the fo llowing buttons: • Fill T emplate with Image — fills the template with the image • Free Form at — lets you manually resize and position the image in the cell • Size and Center — retains[...]

Printing 737 T o rotate an image in a layout Edit workspace 1 In the Print Layout wi ndow , select an image. If you want to ro tate mu ltiple images, hold down Shif t , and select the images. 2 On the toolbar , click one of the f ollowing buttons: • Rotate Right • Rotate Left T o zoom Edit workspace T o create a caption Edit workspace 1 Choose [...]

738 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide 5 In the T ext Field dialog box, type the text that you want to appe ar on the printed page. 6 Set the font, font attr ibut e, and alignment controls. Note: T o continue to use thes e settings, mark the Retain text settings chec k box. 7 Click OK . T o undo or redo a change to a layout Edit workspace • Choose[...]

Printing 739 4I n t h e T empla te options group box, do one or both of the following: • T o apply the new default placement o ption to all cells of the current template, mark the Apply to cu rrent template chec k box. • T o sp ecify the default pl acemen t of images in template cells, choose an option from the Default Placement drop-list. 5 In[...]

740 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide If a print layout contains images that you want to print repeatedly , you can save the layo ut as a template with links to the ima ges. Whenever you open the template, it displa ys the images in the layout. If you no longer need a print template that was saved, you can easily delete it. Important! When you prin[...]

Printing 741 If you did not cha nge the template name, you ar e prompted to overwrite the template or cancel the action. T o move the template position Edit workspace If your printe r consistently misprint s the same way, adjust th e template position, and save it with a name that s pecifies its use with that printer. T o revert a template with ima[...]

742 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide T o delete a template Edit workspace 1 Choose File  Print Layout . 2 In the Print Layout window , click Open T emplate . The T emplates dialog box appea rs. 3 Choose a category f rom the Select A Category list. 4 Select the thumbnail of the template you want to delete. 5 Click Delete . Editing and saving lay[...]

Printing 743 T o resize an image in print layout Edit workspace 1 Click the Resize button on the toolbar . 2 Choose one of the following optio ns: • Percent of original — resizes an image by a percentage you specify in the Wi d th or Height boxes • Actual / Print size — resizes an image by the dimensions you specify in the Wi d th or Height[...]

744 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide You can also arrange images manually by dragging the ima ge to a new position on the page. T o display the grid Edit workspace • Choose View  Show Grid . T o snap images to the layout grid Edit workspace • Choose View  Snap to Grid . T o change layout grid settings Edit workspace 1 Choose View  Opt[...]

Printing 745 T o save a custom layout as a template Edit workspace 1 Click the Save T e mplate button . The Save dialog box appe ars. 2 Enter a name for the new template in th e Name field. If you want to save the image lin ks with the template, mark the Save with Images check box. 3 Click OK . T o rotate an image in a layout Edit workspace 1 Selec[...]

746 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide separations, Co rel P aintShop Pro trea ts black as having full c olor and white as having no colo r . T o print CMYK color separation s Edit workspace 1 Choose File  Print . The Print dialog box ap pears. 2 Click the Options tab. 3I n t h e Print Output gro up box, choose CMYK Separations . 4 Click Print . [...]

Printing 747 information about resizing imag es, see “Resizin g images” on page 221. It is best to consider the resolution of the printer when yo u choose a resolution for the image you a re creating. Y ou can use the following guidelines to determine the image size for printing: • For a 300-dpi printer , us e an ima ge that is 72 to 120 ppi.[...]

748 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide flatten the image by merging the la yers. If you are using a black-and- white printer , you can print your images in grayscale. If you are sending the image to a prin t ing service, you nee d to flatten the image — th at is, merge the laye rs — before you save the image. The program automatically flattens a[...]

Sharing photos 749 Sharing photos Corel PaintShop Pro gives you option s for e-mailing your photos or sharing them on a sharing site. This section presents the following topics: • E-mailing photos • Uploading ph otos to a sharing site • Creating S hare My T rip projects E-mailing photos Y ou can e-mail photos directly fro m any Corel P aintSh[...]

750 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Choosing a size for your photos Y ou can resize your photos to red uce their dimensions or to re duce the overall size of the e-mail. F or example, you may want to redu ce the size of a photo s o you can send it to a mobile device. The Maximum Photo Size setting lets you choose the maximum width o f the photos [...]

Sharing photos 751 • Attachments (original file format) — sends photos as ind ividual file attachments. This option pr eserves the original file formats. 3 Choose a size setting from the Maximum photo size drop-list. The total size of your e-mail is displayed beside the previe w . Some e-mail providers limit the size of e-mails, which could pre[...]

752 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide You can upload files to sharing sites, such as Facebook, Flickr, and Google+. Choosing output quality When choosing the outp ut quality of your photos, yo u have two options: • Original — preserves th e image as it is and allows for maximum quality . • Recommended — decreases the file size and the quali[...]

Sharing photos 753 2 Click the Share button . 3 In the Share Photos dialog box, click any of the f ollowing sharing site buttons: • F acebook • Flickr • Google+ 4 Click the Album tab, and do one of the following: • Choose an album from the list to add your photos to an existing album. • Click New Album , ty pe a name and descrip tion, and[...]

754 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide You can add or rem ove photos by clicking Add photos or Remove photos . Creating Share My T rip projects Y ou can create an interactive slideshow of your photos and show th em on a map. The project that you create is saved a s HTML output that can be posted on your blog or upload ed to Dropbox. If you upload th[...]

Sharing photos 755 In the Share My Trip dialog bo x, you c an add a title for your slideshow , view location i nfo rmation, and choose a folder where to sa ve the project. To c r e a t e a S h a r e M y Tr i p p r o j e c t 1 Select the ph otos that you want to include in your proje ct. Y ou can select up to 200 photos . Only photos with location i[...]

756 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide 7 Enable one of the following check boxes: • Y e s, upload my photo map to a public Dropbox fold er . • No, I will share it later . Choose the second option if you want to post the HTML output yourself (for examp le, in a blog). If you choose to upload to D ropbox and want to p ost the Dropbox link on Faceb[...]

Creating images for the Web 757 Creating images for the W eb Y ou can save and optimize images for the W eb to reduce the image file size and make images load more quickly . Using the Web tools, you can create backgrounds fo r your Web pages, and map and slice images to create hotspots or ro llovers. Y ou can also protect your images by adding wate[...]

758 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide format, and many W eb browsers al so support Wireless Bit map (WBMP) and i-mode formats, which are popula r formats for wireless devices. When you sa ve images for the W eb, the re are three major considerations: layers, colo r depth, and file size. Layers Because none of the current W eb browsers can disp lay [...]

Creating images for the Web 759 87a, which cannot. Both are reco gnize d by most browsers and use lossless compression. • JPEG — this format efficient ly compresses ph otographic images. It supports 24-bit (16.7 million) color , uses lossy comp ression, and is recognized by mo st browsers. • PNG — this increasingly popula r format efficien [...]

760 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide make part of your image transparent fo r a Web page. F o r example, you may have a roun d logo and want to di splay the backgrou nd of the Web page around the logo . In this case, you ca n choose not to dis play one color . Most W eb browsers suppor t this option, e ffectively ma king that color transparent. Th[...]

Creating images for the Web 761 containing 256 or fewer colors is calle d a paletted image. T o reduce file size, you can ha ve fewer than 256 colors. Y ou can use the op tions under this tab to select the numb er of colors and the type of palette used. GIF Optimizer Format GIF images can be interlace d or non-interlaced, which af fects how the ima[...]

762 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide The GIF Optimizer dialog box appears, and the preview areas show the current image on the left and the resulting GIF file on the right. 2 Click the T ransparency tab, and choose one of the following options: • None — produces a GIF f ile that does not us e a transparen cy setting • Existing ima ge or laye[...]

Creating images for the Web 763 • Use error diffusion dither — makes partially transparent pixels opaque using eit her the color chose n for blending or the im age color (depending on the blending option), then applies an error diffusion dither to make colors look more natural 4 Choose one of the following options to d etermine how partially tr[...]

764 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide factor of the value yo u set. The selected colors s tand out from the rest of the imag e. T o boost colors, make a selection of an area that co ntains these colors and then mark this chec k box. • Optimized Octree — lets you opti mize an image th at contains only a few colors Note: Depending on your needs, [...]

Creating images for the Web 765 T o use the T ransparent GIF wizard Edit workspace 1 Choose File  Export  GIF Optimizer . The GIF Optimize r dialog box appears . 2 Click Use wizard , and follow the instructions. 3 Click Finis h to clos e the wizard a nd open the Sa ve As dialog box, where you type a name and select a lo cation for saving the [...]

766 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide You can click the Download Times tab to preview the file size of the compress ed file and view an estimate of the download time at four modem speeds. Working wi th JPEG files Corel PaintShop Pro lets you optimize JPEG files to maximize image quality and minimi ze file size. Important! Each time you open and sav[...]

Creating images for the Web 767 JPEG Optimizer Format Y ou can determine how an image appears as it is being loaded. Y ou can optimiz e the JPEG so tha t the image do wnloads one line at a time, starting from the top. Y o u can choose to have large ima ges displayed in cremen tally in severa l passes; detail is adde d with each pass. This option al[...]

768 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide 5 Click OK to open the Save As dialog bo x, navigate to the folder in which you want to save the new ima ge, and type a name for the file. 6 Click Save . You can click the Download Times tab to preview the file size of the compress ed file and view an estimate of the download time at four modem speeds. T o use [...]

Creating images for the Web 769 PNG Optimizer Gamma PNG images contain a gAMA chunk, which controls gamma levels of an image. The gamma setting helps the image appear consistent across multiple di splay devices. If in doubt, you shou ld use the default PC value. PNG Optimizer T ransparency Y ou can choose to base trans parency on exis ting image or[...]

770 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide The PNG Optimizer dia log box appears. The preview areas show the current image o n the left an d the resulting PN G file on the right. 2 Click the Colors tab, and c hoose one of the following image type options: • Pa le t te - Ba s ed — for images with 256 colors or less • Grayscale (8-bit) • 16.7 mill[...]

Creating images for the Web 771 larger images so that th e viewer can get an idea of how the image looks while waitin g for it to download 6 Click OK to open the Save As dialog box, navi gate to the folder in which you want to save the new ima ge, type a name for the file, and click Save . You can click th e Download Times tab to preview the file s[...]

772 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Previewing images in Web browsers Y ou can use your Web browser to se e how your active image will look on the Web. Corel PaintShop Pro create s an HTML page that displa ys your image in Windows Bitmap, GIF , JPEG, or PNG format. Y o u can select up to three browsers. F or information about adding, ch anging, o[...]

Creating images for the Web 773 If you selected any other format, the p rogram opens the appropriate optimization dia log box. Select your ch oices for optimizing the im age, and click OK . For each format, the browser displa ys the file size, color depth, and approximate download times at the bottom of the ima ge. Slicing imag es When you slice an[...]

774 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Assigning sliced cell properties After you have creat ed sliced cells, you can assi gn URLs, alternate text, and targets to each ce ll. Y ou also have the option to have the cell appear in the downloaded image. By omitting cells, you can add cells from other ima ges (such as logos or text) and create ima ges in[...]

Creating images for the Web 775 Saving sl ices Y ou can save slices to a folder on y our hard drive s o that you can reuse or edit them. T o slice an image into cells Edit workspace 1 Choose File  Export  Image Slicer . The Image Slicer dia log box appears. 2 Choose the Slice tool and click in the image where you want create a slice line. Not[...]

776 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide • _top — loads the linked page in the full browse r window and removes all frames 7 Click Save . The HTML Save As dialog box appears. 8 Navigate to the folder where you wa nt to save the HTML code and click Save . Y ou can also Create cells with cons istent spacing and size. Click the Grid tool . Click in t[...]

Creating images for the Web 777 You can move lines up , but not across, adjacent parallel lines. You can move individual lines and lines that are part of a grid. As you drag a line, Corel P aintShop Pro mo ves the longest segment that can be repositioned without c reating a non- rectangular cell. T o set slice preferences Edit workspace 1 In the Im[...]

778 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide If you want to be prompted for a file location and name for your slices when you s ave the HTML code, mark th e Prompt for image folder on Save or Save As ch eck box. T o save slice settings Edit workspace 1 In the Image Slicer dialog box, click Save Settings . The Save Slice Settings dialog box appears. 2 Navi[...]

Creating images for the Web 779 Creating map areas Y ou c reate and edit image map areas with the tools in the T ools group box of the Imag e Mapper dialog box. Assignin g map area properti es After you have c reated the map areas (or regions), you can a ssign URLs, alternat e text, and targets. Saving ima ge maps Y ou can save image maps to a fold[...]

780 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Setting map preferences After you have crea ted the map areas (or region s), you can assign URLs , alternat e text, and targets. T o create and save a map area Edit workspace 1 Choose File  Export  Image Mapper . The Image Mapper dialog box appears. 2 Choose one o f the following tools and draw in the pr [...]

Creating images for the Web 781 • _parent — loads the linked page in the parent frameset of the link. If the link is not in a nest ed fram e, the image loads in the full browser w indow . • _self — loads the linked page in the same fra me as the link • _top — loads the linked page in the full browser window an d removes all frames 6 Cli[...]

782 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide T o set map preferences Edit workspace 1 In the Image Mapper dialog box, click Preferences . The Map Preferen ces dialog box appear s. 2 Click the Active ti le border color box, and ch oose a color . 3 Click the Inactive tile border color box, and c hoose a color . 4I n t h e Maximum hi story list size control,[...]

Creating images for the Web 783 2 Navigate to the f older in which you want to sa ve the settings file. 3 T ype a name for the file and click Sav e . The file is saved in the JMD format. T o load map settings Edit workspace 1 Open the image in which you want to load map settings. 2 Choose File  Export  Image Mapper . The Image Mapper dialog b[...]

784 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide 2 Do one of the f ollowing: • Choose File  Export  Image Mapper . • Choose File  Export  Image Slicer . Note: If necessary , navigate to an image region, and u se the appropriate too l (for example, the P olygon, Rectangle, or Circle tool) to specify the re gion where you want to add a ro llover[...]

Creating images for the Web 785 Using digital watermarks A digital watermark is a permanen t proof of authenticity for an image. While a computer ca n detect it, it is invisible to t he viewer . A watermark contains infor mation about the cre ator , the copyright, and the imag e. When a viewer ch ooses to see this information , the program opens a [...]

786 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Y ou o nly need to configure th e crea tor ID the first time you embed a watermark. Y ou can change the copyright date, im age attributes, and durability each time you embed a watermark. Setting the watermark durability The watermark durability indicates how visible watermarks are on the image. For images to be[...]

Creating images for the Web 787 The Embed W atermark dialog bo x appears. 2 In the Image Attribut es group box, mark any of the following check boxes to d etermine the re strictions shown w hen the program displays the watermark information: • Restricted use • Do not copy • Adult co ntent 3 In the Copyright Information gr oup box, type either[...]

788 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide 4 T o verify that the watermark in forma tion is embedded correctly , mark the Ve r i f y check mark. The program checks that the wa termark has been applied an d displays its attrib utes and durability . T o personalize the Creator ID Edit workspace 1 Choose Image  Wa ter ma rki ng  Embed Watermark . The[...]

Creating images for the Web 789 Adding visible watermarks Y ou can place a visible watermark cons isting of text and/or a graphic on any raster ima ge. Whether you ta ke professional ph otos or just share photos on pu blic websites, adding a discrete mark to your photos remind s viewers who took th e shot. This featur e simplifies the task of addin[...]

790 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide 4I n t h e Style group box, adjust the overa ll appearance of th e graphic: • Size — lets you adjust th e size of the graphic • Opacity — lets you adjust the graphic’s opacity . In creasing the Opacity setting allows more of the underlying image to be seen through the graphic . • Emboss — applies [...]

Index 791 Index Numerics 1-bit color depth 633 decreasing images t o 635 2 colors decreasing images t o 635 3D effects 420 Buttonize 420 Chisel 421 Cutout 421 Drop Shadow 422 Inner Bevel 423 Outer Bevel 425 4-bit color depth 634 decreasing images t o 636 8-bit color depth 634 decreasing images t o 637 increasing images to 632 8-bit grayscale color [...]

792 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide with advanced techniques 169 with Smart Photo Fix 168 adjustment layers 359 adding 359 displaying overlays 360 editing 360 hiding overlays 360 Advanced Creator Information dialog box 78 Aged Newspaper effect 431 Airbrush tool 36 , 594 , 597 albumen photos 488 aligning text 537 text on paths 540 vector objects 5[...]

Index 793 Art Media effects 427 Black Pencil 427 Brush Stro kes 427 Charcoal 428 Colored Chalk 429 Colored Pencil 430 Pencil 430 Art Media layers 608 creating 608 drying or wetting 608 modifying properties 609 Art Media tools 614 adjusting brush size 616 creating photo-art with 616 drawing with 607 painting wi th 607 types of. See name of specific [...]

794 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide palette display 674 scratch re moval 205 tasks 705 auto-preserving original file 683 autosaving, preferences for 699 B background erasing areas from 248 , 250 erasing straight lines from 249 filling cropped edges with 164 PostScript, setting to white 689 printing 732 promoting layers 340 restoring erased pixels[...]

Index 795 blemishes, removing 234 blend modes 350 types of 350 blend ranges 350 setting 355 blending edges 243 layers 350 pigments 615 , 626 , 627 setting modes for brushes 596 Blinds effect 499 blooming, sensor 177 blurring images commands for 214 minimally 215 moderately 216 radially 216 with average 215 with Gaussian effe ct 216 with motion effe[...]

796 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide sizing 595 Brush Variance palette 30 brushes adjusting size 616 building up paint 597 choosing 594 customizing 600 customizing settings 600 displaying curs or size and shape 672 displaying outlines 672 painting continuo us color 597 painting with wet look 597 resetting to default s ettings 598 setting blend mod[...]

Index 797 deleting 134 print layout 737 capturing images 79 cascading image windows 50 categorizing resources 696 cells editing in print layout templates 740 slicing images into 773 centering eye glints 232 centerpoints changing for rotation 269 changing for text rotation 550 positioning for cir cles 558 positioning for ellipses 558 positioning for[...]

798 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide contours 578 image windows 49 images 62 Print Layout window 736 CMYK color model 649 printing with separations 745 code, editing 717 , 718 collage 326 collages, creating from photos 332 collapsing layer groups 337 color harmonies 2 , 389 Color blend mode 352 legacy version 352 Color Changer tool 38 , 256 color [...]

Index 799 Colored Edges effect 436 Colored Foil effect 437 Colored Pencil effect 430 Colored Pencil tool 39 , 622 setting options for 622 colorizing photos 198 colors 647 adding pixels to selections 309 adding to selections 310 adjusting balance 182 adjusting cast 185 adjusting lightness 202 adjusting saturation 202 calibrating monitor 651 calibrat[...]

800 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide removing from selections 310 replaci ng 258 , 639 , 644 resetting to default s ettings 202 setting modes 673 shifting 201 sorting in image palettes 644 swapping foregrou nd and background 389 viewing image information 78 viewing layer information 78 viewing number of 632 viewing transparent 647 Web-safe 642 wor[...]

Index 801 closing 578 deleting 582 duplicating 581 editing 579 joining 579 moving 580 offsetting dup licated 581 reversin g 581 selecting all nodes on 567 selecting specific nodes on 567 Contours effect 438 contracting nodes 569 selections 309 contrast, adjusting 186 along with brightness and gamma 195 by stretching his tograms 194 converting files[...]

802 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide images 150 images cosmetically 233 lens distortions 180 light, midtone, and dark areas 175 photographic pers pective 164 pincushion distortion 182 scratches 238 tone 331 Crayon tool 39 , 621 setting options fo r 622 creating images 69 Creator IDs 785 personalizing 788 crop marks 729 printing 734 Crop tool 35 se[...]

Index 803 custom palette 409 customer support 7 , 22 customizing application settings 657 brush settings 600 effects 516 keyboard shortcuts 666 line styles 585 menus 662 , 678 Mixer pages 612 palettes 40 , 673 patterns from selections 319 rulers 675 toolbars 40 , 663 , 664 workspaces 659 Cutout effect 421 cutouts 2 , 546 shapes 561 text 546 cutting[...]

804 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide brush stroke 596 depth color. See color depth descriptive text adding to scripts 713 entering for print layout templates 740 deselecting nodes 567 despeckling pixels multiple 210 single 209 detaching text from paths 542 details, adjusting Clarity 188 dialog boxes choosing colors 46 common featu res of 42 deleti[...]

Index 805 setting file locations 691 display preferences 670 Dissolve blend mode 353 distorting images 270 text 550 vector objects 571 Distortion effects 449 Curlicues 449 Displacement Map 450 Lens Distortion 450 Pinch 451 Pixelate 452 Polar Coordina tes 453 Punch 454 Ripple 454 Spiky Halo 455 Twirl 456 Warp 457 Wave 458 Wind 459 distributing light[...]

806 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Drop Shadow layer style 367 Dropbox uploading Share My Trip slideshow 754 Dropper tool 35 hiding color information 672 dry pigments 614 drying Art Media layers 608 DSLR features 14 duotone, converting to 200 duplicating active images 49 contours 581 images 74 layers 342 durability, watermark 787 E early color p[...]

Index 807 applying to raster text 544 applying to text 544 applying to vector text 544 Art Media 427 Artistic 431 browsing 419 choosing from Effe ct Browser 419 choosing from Effe cts menu 417 choosing fr om Instant Effects palette 418 creating 332 creating user-def ined 516 Edge 461 Geomet ric 466 Illumination 470 Image 473 modifying pres et 419 m[...]

808 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide erasing background area s 248 , 250 image areas 243 , 244 , 249 , 265 lines from backgro unds 249 map areas 781 pigments 615 setting levels for 596 straight lines from images 248 versus undoing 245 Erode effect 462 EV settings for bracketing 276 Exclusion blend mode 355 EXIF information editing 134 viewing 77 e[...]

Index 809 feathering selections 242 , 314 , 316 features legacy 703 new 1 Feedback effect 494 file extensions loading all plug-ins 697 file form ats batch-converting 724 choosing 64 choosing for print 747 excluding 682 saving images to last used 671 setting associat ions 690 setting prefere nces 684 supported 94 Web requirem ents for 758 file locat[...]

810 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide applying 494 filter effects applying 491 filters applying effect 476 Creative 493 Film 494 Find All effect 463 Find Horizontal effect 463 Find Vertical effect 464 finding images 106 by location 118 by people 112 by tag 111 Smart Collections 108 using Calendar 111 Fine Leather effect 500 fisheye distortion 181 c[...]

Index 811 browsing for images 124 specifyi ng uncataloged 682 viewing all cataloged 105 fonts changing attributes 535 foreground choosing color 254 swapping with background 389 formatting text 535 frames picture 514 free-form lines, drawing 584 freehand curves choosing line style 589 connecting 589 drawing 588 setting joints for 589 setting line wi[...]

812 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide optimizing 761 optimizing with wi zard 765 saving 761 setting prefere nces for 765 setting transparency for 765 glints, centering 232 Glowing Edges effect 440 Google+ importing friends list 116 tagging people 112 GPS data 118 Gradient Editor 400 gradients 395 adding file locations 692 adding mar kers 401 applyi[...]

Index 813 to 744 snapping to 58 spacing 744 warping image areas with 527 grouping layers 347 vector objects 576 vector objects with Laye rs palette 576 guides 53 changing color 56 deleting 57 displaying 54 positioning 56 setting default properties 56 snapping to 58 H Halftone effect 441 Hard Light blend mode 354 sharpening with 218 hardness, brush [...]

814 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide 779 creating rectangular 779 creating square 779 deleting 779 modifying 779 moving 779 HSL color model 648 choosing colors from values 391 HTML codes specifying co lors with 392 hue 198 , 648 adjusting 200 mapping 201 Hue blend mode 351 legacy version 351 Hue Up/Down tool 37 , 253 I icons assigning scripts 720 [...]

Index 815 changing 226 customizing 675 effects of re sizing on 221 setting default 675 image size 71 Image Slicer dialog box 773 image windows 47 arranging multiple 50 cascading 50 closing 49 fitting images to 51 fitting to images 51 fitting to screen 51 magnifying 670 minimizing or maximizing 49 moving 48 panning 51 proofing changes in 46 redrawin[...]

816 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide J jagged edges preventing for select ions 316 preventing in raster conversion 689 smoothing for Bézier curves 588 smoothing for f reehand curves 589 smoothing for lines 583 smoothing for p reset shapes 561 smoothing for rectangles 556 smoothing for squares 556 smoothing in text 539 join styles freehand curve 5[...]

Index 817 layered images creating image s from 75 layers 326 adding text or graphics 331 adjusting 359 adjustmen t 330 applying mask layers to 375 , 376 Art Media 330 background 328 Bevel style 365 blending 350 choosing sour ce material from 243 clearing contents 341 collapsing groups 337 copying 85 copying merge d 85 copying to othe r images 342 c[...]

818 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide selecting pixels 302 setting blen d ranges 355 setting opacity 355 setting PNG prefere nces for transparency 688 straightening multiple 164 straightening single 164 ungrouping 348 unlinking 349 unlinking groups 349 using Art Media layers 608 using with illustrations 333 using with photos 331 vector 329 viewing [...]

Index 819 adjusting for print 747 changing for all colors 202 distributing across photos 194 Lights effect 471 limiting shadow changes 254 line segments 552 displaying nodes while drawing 583 line styles choosing for Bézier curves 588 choosing for freehand curves 589 choosing for pres et shapes 560 choosing for rectangles 556 choosing for squares [...]

820 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide layers 349 listing context menus 52 open images 50 Live effects 361 loading deformat ion maps 529 image palettes 645 images 60 map settings 783 masks 380 masks from alpha channels 380 masks from disk 381 Mixer area pages 613 plug-ins 697 scripts 707 selections 319 selections from alpha channels 322 selections f[...]

Index 821 images by specified percentages 82 images to 100% 82 Magnifying Lens effect 442 applying bump m aps with 448 Makeover tool 36 applying ey e drops with 235 applying su ntans with 235 applying the Thinify effect 236 removing blemishes with 234 whitening teeth with 235 Manage workspace 24 , 99 choosing display mo de 102 resizing pane ls 102 [...]

822 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide creating 371 creating from c hannels 375 creating from im ages 373 creating from s elections 374 creating wi th luminance 373 deleting 377 displaying on images 372 , 375 , 376 displaying or hidi ng 371 editing 377 filling 379 gradients for 379 inverting 378 loading 380 loading from alpha channels 380 loading fr[...]

Index 823 merging photos 273 Mesh Warp tool 38 midpoints, gradient 400 midtones adjusting 192 correcting 175 minimizing im age windows 49 mirroring images 262 layers 262 nodes 569 selections 262 Mixer areas saving as Mixer pages 613 Mixer pages clearing 611 customizing 612 loading 613 panning 611 saving from Mixer areas 613 Mixer palette 31 , 609 u[...]

824 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide text along paths 543 text blocks 550 toolbar butt ons 663 toolbars or palettes 41 vector objects 573 , 591 vector text 543 Multiply blend mode 352 N Navigation palette 31 negati ves creating 185 printing 732 Neon Glow effect 445 new features 1 new image, create from crop 162 newsgroups 22 nodes 552 , 564 adding[...]

Index 825 removing with advanced options 175 non-masked areas, selecting 302 nontransparent areas, selecting on all layers 297 on current layer 297 Normal blend mode 351 numeric values 44 editing 46 O Object Extr actor 249 Object Remover tool 36 objects 552 cutting from background 250 image, removing 240 , 265 raster. See also raster objects vector[...]

826 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide organizing layers 345 orientation, page switching 689 Outer Bevel effect 425 Outer Glow layer style 364 output , scrip t clearing 709 displaying 708 Overlay blend mode 353 sharpening with 218 Overview palette 32 panning images with 83 P Page Curl effect 474 page orientation switching 689 Paint Brush tool 36 , 5[...]

Index 827 image maps 779 image previews 45 image windows 51 images 83 images while using othe r tools 83 images with Overview palette 83 Mixer pages 611 panoramic photos 332 paper quality choosing for print 747 parameters 44 randomizing 47 Pastel tool 38 , 620 setting options for 620 pasting 84 as new image s 86 as new laye rs 86 as selections 86 i[...]

828 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Pen tool 38 Pencil effect 430 Pentagon effect 467 people 112 personalizing Creator IDs 788 perspective changing asymmetrically 270 changing asymmetrically for text 550 changing symmetrically 269 changing symmetrically for text 550 changing symmetrically for vector objects 571 correcting 164 correcting in image [...]

Index 829 pigments blending 615 , 626 , 627 erasing 615 painting with dry 614 painting with wet 614 smearing 615 , 626 , 627 Pinch effect 451 pincushion distortion 181 correcting 182 pivot point, text rotation 550 Pixel Resize resampling method 223 Pixelate effect 452 pixels adding to selections 309 blurring with intensity 215 converting to black a[...]

830 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide guides 56 image windows 48 images in print layouts 736 , 745 layers on canvas 346 map areas 781 nodes 567 print layout templates 741 rectangles and squares 556 selected image areas 304 selection feathe ring 315 selection marque e 304 slice lines or borders 776 text 543 text blocks 550 text on paths 542 , 543 to[...]

Index 831 Preview images 24 preview windows 44 zooming 45 zooming to sampling regions 176 previewing fixes to chromatic aberrations 180 image maps in Web browsers 782 images 45 , 63 images for Web 772 images in the Manage workspace 125 images on full screen 78 print layout templates creating 745 deleting 742 editing 739 editing cells in 740 enterin[...]

832 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide filenames 732 Help top ics 17 images 729 images to file 733 images with templates 733 images, preparing for 746 negatives 732 print layouts 735 profession al outputs 729 registration marks 729 , 734 setup options for 736 privacy when sharing photos 120 processing files in batches 723 professional output printin[...]

Index 833 for polygons a nd stars 559 Rainbow tab displaying colors in 673 random noise, adding 204 randomizing parameters 47 values to crea te effects 516 raster graphics 69 vs. vector graphics 69 raster layers creating from s elections 339 promoting background layers from 340 protecting transparent areas 356 raster objects 552 raster selections c[...]

834 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide with advanced op tions 230 with Red Eye tool 230 redoing actions 88 actions with History palette 91 changes to print layouts 738 color mixing 610 preferences for 668 redrawing image windows 680 reducing colors 639 Reflection effects 494 Feedback 494 Kaleidoscope 495 Pattern 497 Rotating Mirror 498 registration [...]

Index 835 toolbars or palettes 41 vector objects 571 Resource Manager dialog box 694 resources adding file locations 692 categorizing 696 copying 695 deleting 694 deleting file locations 693 learning 15 managing 694 moving 695 renami ng 694 setting file locations 691 restoring erased pixels to background 249 , 251 erased pixels to images 248 images[...]

836 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide image thumbnails 127 images 154 , 269 images 90 degrees 155 images in print layouts 737 , 745 images interactively 156 images to specified angles 155 nodes 569 selections 303 selections for animal eyes 233 text 550 vector objects 571 Rotating Mirror effect 498 Rough Leather effect 505 rounding polygons and star[...]

Index 837 saving custom line styles 585 deformat ion maps 528 edited gradients 398 effect setting s 417 GIF files 761 gradients as swatches 398 image copies 67 image palettes 644 images 64 , 68 images as patterns 406 images as textures 408 images for office applications 68 images for Web 757 images with last file format 671 JPEG files 767 log files[...]

838 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Screen blend mode 353 screen captures 79 specifying method s for 79 specifying so urces of 80 taking 80 Script Editor 707 Script Output palette 32 clearing 709 displaying 708 Script toolbar 707 displaying 708 scripts 705 accessing 708 adding descript ive information 713 adding file locations 692 assigning icons[...]

Index 839 setting file locations 691 setting playback mode for 715 , 717 setting text editor 718 stepping thro ugh 719 stopping 708 , 716 , 726 stopping at errors 727 troubleshooting 719 unbinding from icons 721 undoing 716 using with Materials palette 712 Sculpture effect 507 Seamless Tiling effect 475 searching for images 106 advanced se arch 106[...]

840 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide creating masks from 374 creating patterns 319 creating raster from vector objects 302 creating raster layers from 339 creating w ith Freehand Selection tool 298 creating w ith Magic Wa nd tool 299 creating wi th painting tools 301 creating wi th Selection too l 296 creating with Text tool 301 cropping to 161 cu[...]

Index 841 Sepia Toning effect 478 applying 482 shading, preferences for 676 shado ws adjusting 192 limiting changes to 254 shape cutouts 561 Shape Cutter 2 , 562 shape libr aries 563 creating 564 deleting 564 shape s applying anti- aliasing based on 316 drawing 551 drawing preset 560 drawing symmetric 558 editing 551 editing with Tool Options palet[...]

842 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide rectangle s 556 selections 297 squares 556 transparency grids 676 vector objects 571 Skew effect 469 skewing nodes 569 Skin Smoothing feature smoothing skin tone with 237 slice borders deleting 776 moving 776 slice cells 773 creating 775 creating rollovers for 777 omitting 776 sizing evenly 776 spacing evenly 7[...]

Index 843 Bézier curves 588 curved polylines in WMF files 687 edges of rectangles and squares 556 freehand cu rves 589 lines 583 preset shapes 561 selection bounda ries 317 skin tone 237 text 539 Smudge tool 37 , 253 snapping 53 to grids 58 to grids, setting influence for 55 to guides 58 to print layout grid 744 Soft Light blend mode 354 sharpenin[...]

844 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide squares choosing line style 556 choosing line width 556 drawing 555 joining segments 556 moving 556 setting corner radii 556 sizing 556 smoothing edges 556 stars drawing 558 rounding inner c orners 559 rounding oute r corners 559 setting radii 559 starti ng Script Editor 707 starting the application 5 status ba[...]

Index 845 line. See line styles subsampl ing chroma 766 Sunburst effect 472 suntan, applying 235 support, customer 7 , 22 supported file formats 94 suppressing warnings all 677 specific 677 surface textures, applying 499 swap d isk 672 swapping foreground and background 389 swatc hes 409 choosing colors 391 creating 410 deleting 411 displaying 411 [...]

846 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide adding to l ayers 331 aligning 537 anti-aliasing 539 applying effects 544 attaching to paths 541 changing center of rotation 550 changing leading 538 changing perspective asymmetrically 550 changing perspective symmetrically 550 converting to curves 545 creating 533 deleting 534 detaching from paths 542 distort[...]

Index 847 Fur 501 Mosaic–Antique 502 Mosaic–Glass 503 Polished Stone 504 Rough Leat her 505 Sandstone 506 Sculpture 507 Soft Plastic 508 Straw Wall 509 Texture 510 Tiles 512 Weave 513 textures 407 applying current 407 applying with effects 499 choosing 407 filling masks with 379 preserving while removing noise 211 saving images as 408 using swa[...]

848 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Tool Options palette 32 , 595 editing shapes with 563 toolbars 32 adding comm ands to 663 assigning scripts to 720 customizing 40 , 663 , 664 deleting custom 665 displaying 658 displaying all 41 docking 40 floating 41 hiding 658 moving 41 moving butto ns on 663 removing commands from 664 removing scripts from 7[...]

Index 849 protecting in raster layers 356 setting for GIF files 765 setting for image palettes 646 setting PNG prefere nces for 688 setting prefere nces for 676 setting tolerance when pasting 679 viewing or hiding color 647 trays 136 adding 136 , 137 removing 137 removing phot os from 137 renami ng 136 saving tr ay content to a folde r 138 tripod, [...]

850 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide uploading photos to sharing sites 751 User guide 18 V vector graphics 69 vs. raster graphics 69 vector layers collapsing 337 creating from v ector objects 340 expanding 337 vector objects adding contours to 578 aligning 572 aligning to canvas 574 arranging 572 changing perspective symmetrically 571 converting t[...]

Index 851 images 47 , 76 images as they will print or display 373 layers 344 location information 119 preferences for 669 , 702 Python code 717 Vignette 479 , 484 W warnings setting prefere nces for 677 suppressing 677 Warp Brush tool 38 , 525 , 594 Warp effect 457 warping image areas 525 image areas with grids 527 images 459 , 525 images with defo[...]

852 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide Weighted Average resampling method 223 wet pigments 614 wetting Art Media layers 608 width, line See line width Wind effect 459 windows arranging 50 cascading 50 fitting images to 83 image. See image windows preview. See preview windows WMF files importing vector data 687 setting prefere nces 686 smoothing curv[...]

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