Topic summary
Corel Photo-Paint

Raster graphics editing software Corel Photo-PaintCorel Photo-Paint X5 under Windows 7DeveloperAlludoRelease1992; 34 years ago (1992)Stable releasePhoto-Paint 2024.2.1 Written inC++Operating systemWindowsTypeRaster graphics editorLicenseProprietaryWebsitewww.coreldraw.com Corel Photo-Paint is a raster graphics editor developed and marketed by Corel since 1992. Corel markets the software for Windows and Mac OS operating systems, previously having marketed versions for Linux (Version 9, requiring Wine). Its primary market competitor is Adobe Photoshop. In 2006, Corel released version 13 as Photo-Paint X3, employing this naming convention for subsequent releases as well as for CorelDraw, included with Photo-Paint in CorelDraw Graphics Suite. 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), colour profiles, text, transparency, effect filters. The program can open and