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to start using Corel PaintShop Pro 2018!
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PaintShop Pro is a great photo editing software, used to edit and
retouch your favorite photos and pictures, by applying amazing effects
and corrections.
When opening it, a Welcome page is shown, in order to quickly start with
a new or saved project, choose your favorite template, or check out the
latest updates from Corel world.
At the very top, you have several buttons representing the several
workspaces available inside PaintShop. The Home button opens the Welcome
page; Manage is used to create and browse your collections of photos;
Edit is used to apply corrections, adjustments and effects on your
selected photos.
Besides these, there is also the Adjust workspace, which is hidden by
default. If you go to File, Preferences, General Program Preferences...,
and then choose the Tabs section, you can show the Adjust workspace by
checking it, and accepting with OK below. This is used to apply effects
and adjustments in a more easier way in respect to the Edit one.
Let's start with the Manage workspace! This is divided in several
palettes, such as the Preview on the center, the Navigation palette
on the left, and the Organizer at the bottom, and the Info palette on the
right. You can use their cross button to close and hide them from the
interface. To reopen them, just go to View, and then to Palettes.
You can use the Navigation palette to browse for your own pictures, by
using the Computer or the Collections tab.
When you select Computer, you can browse for your media directly from
your computer folders, any hard drive or disk. When you select a folder,
all its media will show up on the Organizer palette.
With the Collections tab you browse for your media grouped and listed
inside collections, according to your own ratings, places, people or tags.
Besides the Organizer palette, you can use the Preview to check your
media. This works in three modes, all listed in the top right corner.
When in Map mode, the Preview shows the world map to check or edit the
places where photos were taken. If you use the Preview mode, the Preview
shows the picture selected from the Organizer palette below. When in
Thumbnail mode, the Preview becomes your Organizer, showing all media
depending on the folder or collection selected. Use the Zoom bar at the
bottom to regulate the zoom.
You have several useful buttons at the bottom of the Preview, such as the
Share button and the Rotate buttons to rotate by 90 degrees.
When you double-click on a picture, you will check it in full screen
mode. This shows a small interface with the Rotate buttons, used the Arrow
buttons to change picture, the star rating and the bin button to delete
the current image. You can also use your mouse wheel to zoom in and out,
and click and drag to pan. Use the Escape key to exit.
Take a look at the Info palette on the right. This shows all metadata
information on the selected picture, including ratings, people and places.
Once you have a picture selected, you can switch either to the Adjust or
the Edit workspace to adjust it. Let's start with Adjust.
This workspace shows different palettes. On the center you have the
Preview to check your image carefully. Use your mouse wheel to zoom in
and out, and click and drag while holding the Space bar to pan. At the
bottom, you have the Organizer palette to choose the image to edit. On
the left the Adjust palette, with everything regarding corrections; and
on the right the Instant Effects palette, used to apply outstanding
effects. In the top left corner of the Preview, you find again the Share
button, the Rotate buttons and the bin button.
The Adjust palette is divided in three parts: a Color Histogram on top,
several useful tools on the center, and the adjustment options at the
bottom.
The Color Histogram describes the amount of Red, Green and Blue colors
on the picture, including their brightness level: darker on the left,
and lighter on the right.
Check out the video description if you want to know more about the Color
Histogram!
In the center, you can enable several tools to apply on the picture,
directly on its Preview.
Use the Crop Tool to cut parts of the photo you don't like. When enabled,
the Preview shows a grid representing the part of the picture to save.
You can click and drag it to move, or use several nodes to scale it.
Click and drag outside the nodes to rotate. You can also create the grid
area directly by clicking and dragging from outside.
You can also set the tool options on the Adjust palette, for example to
keep the aspect ratio, or to size the grid area precisely. To crop, just
click on Apply.
Use the Straighten Tool to align pictures horizontally, by moving the
vertices of the segment shown, and clicking on Apply on the Adjust
palette.
Use the Red Eye Tool to remove red eyes. Regulate the diameter size first,
and then click on the red eyes.
The Makeover Tool collects several tools to improve people's faces.
Blemish Fixer corrects skin imperfections; Toothbrush whitens teeth; Eye
Drop brightens up eyes; Suntan colors skin by brushing on the picture;
and Thinify makes bodies thinner. Make sure not to apply this tool too
many times, in order to not cause distortion.
Use the Clone Brush Tool to apply very precise corrections. By providing
a reference point on the picture, shown as a cross, this tool corrects
the brushed parts by following such reference, according to the Blend
mode chosen on the Adjust palette. This allows you to apply corrections
that fit the shapes and the colors of the image itself. All you have to do,
is set the Tool Options on the left, such as Blend mode, brush Size
and Hardness, right-click on the picture to fix a reference, and then
click and drag to brush.
Remember to use CTRL+Z to undo your last actions in case you make a
mistake.
You can also use the Undo and Redo buttons at the top of the Preview to
undo and redo your actions.
Below these tools, you have several selections used to apply corrections
on the whole picture.
Depth Selection is used to set the depth level of the photo.
Smart Photo Fix is used to adjust all the main properties of the image,
such as the overall Brightness level, the brightness of the darker sides
with Shadows, the lighter sides with Highlights, and the color intensity
with Saturation. In particular, you can turn an image into black and
white by applying a -100 Saturation level.
To change any of these properties, you can click and drag the marker, use
your mouse wheel, type the value directly, or use the up and down
arrows.
You can also use Suggest Settings to apply automated settings.
At the very bottom of each section, you have two buttons. Use Revert to
reset all the changes made from the current selection; and hold your pointer
on Show Original to check your original picture in respect to the current
one modified.
Below, use Brightness/Contrast to adjust the brightness and contrast
levels. Use White Balance to set the general color on the picture with
Temperature and Tint, and Vibrancy to fix its intensity.
If the photo looks blurry or shows noise, you can correct with Fill
Light/Clarity, High Pass Sharpen and also Digital Noise Removal. Use
Local Tone Mapping to adjust the photo appearance by acting locally.
On the right, you can apply several effects on your photos with Instant
Effects. Select the collection from the list above, and click on the
effect to check what your picture looks like with it through the smaller
preview on top. To apply it definitely, just double-click on it. Use
CTRL+Z to undo the effect.
Let's see the Edit workspace. In respect to the Adjust workspace, this
collects several tools which can be applied on limited portions of the
photo, and not anywhere.
On the center you have the Preview, where you can zoom and pan on the
selected photo, and at the bottom you have the Organizer palette to
select the photo by double-clicking.
All the tools to correct and edit your photos are collected inside the
Tools toolbar on the left. Here you find the Crop Tool, the Straighten
Tool, the Red Eye Tool and the Clone Brush Tool seen already.
You also have other buttons below, some grouped together within the
down arrow you see.
You can use the Paint Brush Tool to brush your favorite colors by
clicking and dragging. From the Materials palette choose two colors,
such as the Foreground, applied when you use your left-click, and
the Background bottom, applied when you right-click.
Below the Paint Brush tool you have several adjustment tools, in order
to correct brightness, contrast and hue by brushing on the sides of the
picture you need to fix.
The Tool Options above is very useful. For each tool enabled, this
bar shows all its options, such as the brush size, shape and hardness.
You have the selection tools. These are used to select a part of the
picture that, when you apply the correction or adjustment on the
picture, you will affect the selected part only.
Another great tool is the Text Tool. When enabled, double-click on the
picture to start typing. Then adjust the font style, size, font and
stroke colors by using the Tool Options on top.
If you need any help with the Edit workspace tools, remember to read on
the Learning Center palette for some more useful information on how to
use them.
Once you finish editing your picture, you can save it by going to File
and then to Save As.... Decide File name, format and also the compression
level: the higher the compression level, the lower the quality, and the
smaller the file size.
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