Paint Shop Pro X User Guide - FTP - Corel Corporation

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Working with colors andmaterialsWhether you are applying color to an image or adjusting photographic colors, it’simportant to understand how Corel Paint Shop Pro works with color. This sectiondescribes how to choose colors and materials that you can use in your images forpainting, drawing, and filling.In this section, you’ll learn about• using the Materials palette• choosing colors by using the Color PickerUsing the Materials paletteCorel Paint Shop Pro lets you paint, draw, and fill with a variety of styles and materials.• A style is a color, gradient, or pattern.• A material is the style plus an optional texture.Both styles and materials can be selected from the Materials palette.You can display the Materials palette at any time. You can leave it open while you work,or you can display it only when you need it.You can also reverse the foreground and background colors or materials.Working with colors and materials 73
RainbowtabSwatchestabForeground andStroke PropertiesColor boxesFrametabSwap Colors buttonBackground andFill PropertiesTransparent optionTextureSet to Black andWhite buttonSwap MaterialsbuttonStyleColorGradientPatternThe Materials paletteMain components of the Materials palette• Frame tab — displays an outer Hue rectangle and an inner Saturation rectangle, aswell as a strip containing white, three shades of gray, and black. You can drag thevertical slider to adjust lightness, and drag the horizontal slider to adjustsaturation.• Rainbow tab — displays the Available Colors panel, where you can click to select acolor. At the bottom of the tab you can click to select white, black, or three shadesof gray.• Swatches tab — displays swatches, which are materials you can save to use again.For more information about swatches, see “Working with swatches” in the Help.• Foreground and Stroke and Background and Fill Properties boxes — displaysthe current foreground and background materials, which consist of the style (color,gradient, or pattern) and optional texture. You can click either box to display theMaterial Properties dialog box, in which you can set material options. You can useforeground materials for brush strokes and background materials for fills. Whenyou apply strokes with a brush (including the fill tools), clicking lets you paint withthe foreground material, and right-clicking lets you paint with the backgroundmaterial. When you are using the Art Media tools, the current foreground color is74 Corel Paint Shop Pro X User Guide
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Table of contentsWelcome to Corel P
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Working with colors and materials.
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Enhanced user interface• The Lear
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2 Insert the CD in the CD drive.If
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For information about using the Upd
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Get photosYour first step is to tra
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Learning how to useCorel Paint Shop
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access the Help from the Learning C
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Workspace tourThe Corel Paint Shop
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PaletteLearning CenterBrowserTool O
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Flyout arrowSome tools are grouped
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ToolBurnSmudgePushSoftenSharpenEmbo
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Page 33 and 34: 2 Access your camera from within Co
Page 35 and 36: The Corel Paint Shop Pro PspImage f
Page 37 and 38: Browsing through image foldersWith
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Page 41 and 42: You can also copy a Corel Paint Sho
Page 43 and 44: You can also redo an action by clic
Page 45 and 46: To rotate an imageCorel Paint Shop
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Page 49 and 50: To correct perspectiveUsing the Per
Page 51 and 52: To adjust a photo in one step• Ch
Page 53 and 54: Resizing imagesAfter you adjust you
Page 55 and 56: To remove red-eye quickly1 On the T
Page 57 and 58: To remove facial wrinkles1 On the T
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Page 61 and 62: You can also deselect the selection
Page 63 and 64: You can alsoErase a straight lineCl
Page 65 and 66: You can create a selection by using
Page 67 and 68: • Use all layers — searches for
Page 69 and 70: To hide or view the selection marqu
Page 71 and 72: You can also clear a selection, whi
Page 73 and 74: Layers are like separate sheets tha
Page 75 and 76: Using the Layers paletteThe Layers
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Page 83 and 84: Choosing colors by using the Color
Page 85 and 86: You can access recently used colors
Page 87 and 88: PresetsPreview windowsColor boxRand
Page 89 and 90: Caching along the left side, and in
Page 91 and 92: To add a picture frameYou can add a
Page 93 and 94: Autumn leavesArt groupSports ballsE
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Page 97 and 98: To create text1 On the Tools toolba
Page 99 and 100: Important! You cannot edit the char
Page 101 and 102: To delete textAnti-aliasing may inc
Page 103 and 104: your images, with the folder name a
Page 105 and 106: For more information about printing
Page 107 and 108: Thumbnails of the open images appea
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