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used to apply pigment to the canvas. For text and vector shapes, the foregroundcolor is the stroke (or outline) of the text or shape, and the background color is thefill of the text or shape. For more information about changing the color of text andvector objects, see “To modify vector object properties” in the Help.• Foreground and Background Color boxes — displays the current foregroundand background color and lets you set colors regardless of current material• Style button — shows which style is currently selected: color , gradient ,or pattern . To change between the most recently selected color, gradient, andpattern, you can click the Style button and select a new style from the drop-list.Note that these options are disabled for the Art Media tools, which use only solidcolors.• Texture button — turns the current texture on or off• Set to Black and White button — sets the foreground to black and thebackground to white. This is helpful when you use the Edit Selection command.• Transparent button — specifies whether the foreground or backgroundmaterial is transparent (in other words, has no style or texture). You use atransparent material primarily with vector objects and text. A transparentforeground has no outline (only the objects or letters are filled), and a transparentbackground has no fill (only the objects or letters are outlined). This button isunavailable for tools that require a foreground or background material.• All tools check box — specifies whether the selected foreground and backgroundmaterials apply to all tools. If the check box is unmarked, the selected materialsapply only to the active tool.To display or hide the Materials palette• Choose View Palettes Materials.You can also close the palette by clicking the Close buttontitle bar.in the palette’sTo swap the foreground and background colors or materials• From the Materials palette, click the Swap Colors button or click the SwapMaterials button .Working with colors and materials 75
Choosing colors by using the Color PickerWhen you edit images in Corel Paint Shop Pro, you often need to choose a color beforepainting, drawing, or filling, making manual color corrections, or choosing abackground for a new raster image. The Color Picker is the most versatile tool forchoosing colors.The appearance of the Color Picker depends on the color depth of the active image (16bits/channel, 8 bits/channel, 256 colors, 16 colors, or 2 colors).Hue wheelSaturation andLightness boxBasic Colors panelRGB valuesHSL valuesLink colors check boxHTML color codeThe Color PickerThe Color Picker displays when you click the Foreground/Stroke property box, theBackground/Fill property box, or one of the two smaller Color boxes. It also appearswhen you click a Color box found in other dialog boxes.The Color Picker offers many ways to select colors:• The Color (hue) wheel and Saturation/Lightness box lets you select and preview acolor.• The Basic Colors panel displays commonly used colors.• RGB or HSL values let you choose a color based on its red, green, and blue valuesor its hue, saturation, and lightness values.76 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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Page 41 and 42: You can also copy a Corel Paint Sho
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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
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Page 69 and 70: To hide or view the selection marqu
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Page 73 and 74: Layers are like separate sheets tha
Page 75 and 76: Using the Layers paletteThe Layers
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Page 79 and 80: Moving layers on the canvasYou can
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Page 85 and 86: You can access recently used colors
Page 87 and 88: PresetsPreview windowsColor boxRand
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Page 91 and 92: To add a picture frameYou can add a
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Page 97 and 98: To create text1 On the Tools toolba
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Page 101 and 102: To delete textAnti-aliasing may inc
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Page 105 and 106: For more information about printing
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