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Corel Photo-Paint is a
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developed and marketed by
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since 1992. Corel markets the software for Windows and
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operating systems, previously having marketed versions for
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(Version 9, requiring
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). Its primary market competitor is
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. In 2006, Corel released version 13 as ''Photo-Paint X3'', employing this naming convention for subsequent releases as well as for
CorelDraw CorelDRAW is a vector graphics editor developed and marketed by Corel Corporation. It is also the name of the Corel graphics suite, which includes the bitmap-image editor Corel Photo-Paint as well as other graphics-related programs (see below). T ...
, included with Photo-Paint in
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. The current version is Photo-Paint 2020. Corel has marketed a limited edition of Photo-Paint called ''Corel Photo-Paint SELECT'' with HP scanning hardware, e.g., the HP ScanJet 5p scanners.


Features

Photo-Paint's native format is .CPT (Corel Photo-Paint Image), which stores image data as well as information within an image, including objects (layers in some raster editors),
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s, text, transparency, effect filters. The program can open and convert
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formats from CorelDraw and
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and can open other formats, including PNG, JPG and GIF files — as well as competing photo editor formats from
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,
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and
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(the latter also a Corel product). The program also supports plug-in functionality including those developed for Adobe Photoshop and Paint Shop Pro. Other extensions such as brushes are also compatible with Photo-Paint. Corel Photo-Paint X6–X7 supports OpenType font features. With X7 Update 4 the Font List new additional features in X7 Update 4 allows for filtering type fonts by weight, width, supported scripts, font Technology, Character Range, Style. As other raster graphics editors, Corel Photo-Paint allows an image to be edited in multiple
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, called objects here. A gradient line going from opaque to transparent, for instance, can be used to have a darker foreground color fade into a lighter background color. The UI is highly customizable, and the user can freely move dialogs or adjust button sizes and such. Effects can be applied to a picture including Smart Blur—a type of Gaussian blur effect which however retains sharpness around sharper edges—Mesh Warp, Camera Lens Flare, Trace Contour and others. There is limited support for vector paths to be integrated. Depending on personal preferences and work style, users may prefer Corel Photo-Paint over Adobe Photoshop or the other way round, though in terms of market share, Photoshop is clearly more represented. As a component of the
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, Photo-Paint can exchange data with other programs in the suite, including
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(Version X5 - X7), which enables users to share files between different computer software and drives on the user's computer. CorelDraw and Photo-Paint are also
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compatible, with format and effects retention — and without file conversion. Just like in CorelDraw, Photo Paint tasks can be automatized by
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and macros, using both COREL Script and Microsoft's VBA (
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) and VSTA (
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). Corel calls the smaller macros created with COREL Script "Scripts", and the scripts created with the Microsoft tools "macros". Corel Photo-Paint is available in English, German, French, Italian, Dutch, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Swedish, Finnish, Polish, Czech, Russian, Hungarian and Turkish.


See also

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Image editing Image editing encompasses the processes of altering images, whether they are digital photographs, traditional photo-chemical photographs, or illustrations. Traditional analog image editing is known as photo retouching, using tools such a ...
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References


External links


Corel PHOTO-PAINT X7 (CorelDRAW Graphic Suite X7)

Corel PHOTO-PAINT Help (Corel PHOTO-PAINT X7 Help)

Corel PHOTO-PAINT Manual (Corel PHOTO-PAINT X7 User Guide)
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