Corel PHOTO-PAINT X5

Opening all pages of a multi-page TIF file

BueMax — Wed, 15 May 2013 18:19:44 GMT

When opening a multi-page TIF file, there are options to open a specific page, a range of pages, or all pages. Unfortunately, the options for range of pages or all pages are dimmed, and cannot be selected. What can we not select these other options?

What happened to Photo-Paint

BueMax — Wed, 15 May 2013 18:16:34 GMT

What has happened to Corel Photo-Paint and Corel Designer. I don't see them on the product pages or under Corel Support?

PP Quadtones won't save as tiffs. Option unavailable. Why?

Colorblast — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 00:52:36 GMT

Hi, I wanted to convte an image to a quadtone then paste the original color image as a new object-layer beneath it, then experiment with the two with blending and masking techniques. But,

When I try to save the quadtone image as a tiff, the option to do so isn't there. Only CPT, PSD and a few other options are avilable.

When I copy and paste the original image as a new object, it's also automatically converted to the quadtone of the layer beneath it.

Just wondering if anyone knows the reasons for this and is there a work-a-round? Cheers.

How do I install Plugin: BenVista PhotoZoom Pro 2 that came with PP?

niagaramouse — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 13:56:58 GMT

I came across a plugin under; program files - CorelDraw Graphic Suite X5 - Plugins. However it is not available under effects like the Digimarc and KPT collections are. I tried adding it through; tools - options - plugins, however it does not show up.

Curious as to why it is in the program files. The PhotoZoom help file talks about installing it as a plugin in the 'export' area in Photoshop but nothing about CorelDraw. Any ideas?

Preserve colors in resized image

Akyhne — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 16:05:56 GMT

I'm working on some images that have very specific colors. It can be 1000 colors or 5000.

When I resample the image, I would like to keep the colors. So if I have one pixel being e5d900 and a pixel next to it is 00a5d3, resampling the image will pick one of the colors and not something between.. or a color of the 1000 or 5000 that are on the color palette.

Is this possible?

Eraser and Brush Mask Tool tools showing icon instead of circle or square

Bob57 — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 22:51:18 GMT

I must have fat fingered something and I now when I click on the Eraser Tool or the Brush Mask Tool instead of getting a circle or square, I get and icon of the tool instead. They still work but they're harder to use without seeing the circle or square depending on what's selected. I've been using Corel for many years and never had this happen and I can't figure out how to switch back.

How do you create a pressure sensitive line?

Madison David — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 21:46:00 GMT

I've seen this question answered before, but I followed the criteria; 99 transparency 100 opacity, but nothing is working. I have a tablet set up, and on my first laptop, the pressure worked fine in Corel. I got a new laptop and downloaded Corel again, but it doesn't work now. I've downloaded the driver from the internet, but again, no luck. Please help? Pictured are the different attempts of pressure, each the exact same.

gallery show

Michael Davis — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 21:17:47 GMT

My first Gallery Show of digital art. Everything was done with Corel X4 & X5. 4 years in the making.

Photo to a Line Drawing?

Matt Mundorf — Tue, 08 May 2012 19:54:40 GMT

I have been playing around but I haven't found a way to turn a color photo into a Black & White outline drawing in Corel PhotoPaint X5.

Can someone give me some advice how to do this?

Thanks,

Matt

How to turn off anti-aliasing when rotating an object?

L_G_D — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 14:18:23 GMT

I'm trying to rotate a small object in Paint. When I use the rotate toolbar to enter the angle I need, the object rotates just like I want. Then I hit the apply button and some pretty heavy handed anti-aliasing is applied and the object is essentially destroyed. I've been using Paint for quite a long time so I figured there must be an option to turn this off. I can't find one. I even added the anti-aliasing button to the rotate toolbar and turned it off but that doesn't make any difference.

Essentially, what I want when I rotate an object is the chunky, pixelated preview, not the final anti-aliased so much you can't tell what it even is anymore final product.

At this point, I'm going to have to resort to rotating the object and taking a screenshot of the preview and using that instead of the mess that the final result is.

The best focal length for portraits

Phil1923 — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 02:01:29 GMT

Hi Everybody.

QUESTION: What is the best focal length to use for portraits. (The
unwritten assumption seems to be that a "portrait" is from waist to head
plus space above the head. That is about three feet in height for an
adult.)
ANSWER: In the old days of 35 mm film cameras, the best focal length was
usually stated to be 85 mm/

QUESTION: What was so wonderful about using an 85 mm focal length for
portraits.
ANSWER: Photographers found it to be most pleasing for the following
reasons:
a. A substantially shorter focal length tended to emphasize the size
of the nose.
b. A substantially longer focal length tended to flatten features. It
made the face appear to be 2D.
c. Thus the 85 mm lens gave the most pleasing 3D rendition of a
portrait.

However, I don't use a 35 mm camera any more. Thus the question(s)
would now appear to be:
NEW QUESTIONS: What is the best focal length for portraiture for the
following situations.
DSLR
Four thirds camera
Various point and shoot cameras
APS-C sensor
1/1.8 sensor
Other combinations of camera and sensors

In addition, we should ask the following questions.
SUPPLEMENTAL QUESTIONS:
What's the best focal length to use for head shots.
What's the best focal length to use for a full length figure.
What's the best focal length to use for a figure in a scene when we
plan on cropping the figure to get an additional print.

Let me proudly announce that I can answer those questions.
Nevertheless, it's not worth the trouble. Those are the wrong questions to
ask about getting the most pleasing 3D effect on a photo of a face.

HOW COME THEY ARE THE WRONG QUESTIONS ?????

ANSWER:
Perspective has absolutely nothing to do with the focal length of the
lens, the size of the sensor, or the size of the subject. Test if for
yourself. Take a picture of a scene using a wide angle lens and another
picture of the same scene using a long telescopic lens from the same
position. Superimpose the scene from the tele on the one from the wide
angle lens. They will be identical.

PERSPECTIVE IS DETERMINED BY THE RELATIVE DISTANCES OF OBJECTS TO THE
CAMERA.

Everything else is irrelevant to perspective.

So what should the questions be ??

There is only one question for all combinations of the above situations.
QUESTION: What should the subject to camera distance be to get the most
pleasing perspective rendering of a human face in accordance with the old 85
mm recommendation.

I couldn't find it stated anywhere so I derived it from the original
recommendation. It only takes basic lens theory and a little geometry. The
attached diagram illustrates the problem and solution. If anyone wants a
further explanation, I will supply it.

THE DISTANCE FROM CAMERA TO SUBJECT SHOULD BE ABOUT SEVEN FEET.

This is true for any and all combinations of cameras, focal lengths,
sensor size, head shots, head and shoulders, full figure, etc. The reason
is simply that perspective only depends on subject to camera distance.

Phil
PS: Personally, I prefer a much greater distance from camera to subject.
The subject is more comfortable at greater distances. Besides, lighting is
better than perspective at creating a 3D effect.

Docker wierdness

lunanoir — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 12:31:28 GMT

Hi, I sometimes use PP to edit the sizes of the background of images, but since we got our new laptops (windows 7 64 bit) and started working with dual screens, I cannot see the fly-out menu thingy where I'm supposed to put in the sizes when I click adjust image background size. It is as if it is off screen, and when I press escape it allows me to save and edit further, but not to change the background size - grrrrrrrrr.

I know it has something to do with the laptop and the regular screen sharing the workspace, as this never happened when I only had one screen, and it does open, but I cannot see it. Any ideas on how to fix this or should I try a repair? I just found out earlier today that it does the same with the options fly out, as I wanted to change the way my mouse scroll wheel works. sigh.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated?

Can I do this with a photo in photo paint X5. This was done in photoshop

Tracie — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 17:32:02 GMT

Not to be impatient, but Photo Paint X5 is crashing so often

GB1 — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 17:35:56 GMT

Is anyone else experiencing a very large number of crashes in Photo Paint X5? I am running it on a brand new Windows 7 64-bit computer with AMD X6 chip, 8 GB of Ram, etc, etc.

Photo Paint is simply crashing too often! I am losing work sometimes stuff that I just put a lot of time and effort into. When I try saving it, the Save button (or Export button) simply doesn't respond. I can't save the work, and soon afterward it crashes. Sometimes I get an 'out of memory' error.

Other times, if I have several images open at the same time, zooming produces a blank screen, like it is out of memory and can't render the image. This usually means it will crash soon, too.

Getting exasperated here ... The new Service Pack 1 that automatically downloaded and installed had my hopes soaring, but it appears to have done little to solve Photo Paint's problems. It may have mostly been for Draw. I am nearing the point where I reinstall my X3 and give up on X5, at least until Corel fixes these problems. I can't keep losing my work. :(

Photo paint 'save as' Jpeg option

Mayfly — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 09:22:18 GMT

I have H & S X5. How do I convert a RAW file to Jpeg please.

I click open and my RAW file opens in Camera Raw Lab, I make my adjustments and click OK - it then opens in PP but I don't have the option of saving it as a jpeg.

When I asked for the file ext to be associated jpeg shows in the filter but is not available as a 'save as' option. I can do exactly the same in PSE8 and have the jpeg option.

What do I need to do please to save RAW files as jpegs in PP?

Photo-Paint X5v "Lighting Effects"

Janet Berg — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 20:51:41 GMT

I have worked for years with Photoshop Elements "Lighting Effects". I am now trying to move over to Corel PhotoPaint (I work daily in CorelDraw and have the X5 Suite).....I was delighted to find that PP has lighting effects, but I can't seem to control them properly:

1. Can't avoid hot spots...:-(....If I turn them down until the hot spot disappears, then it's way too dark. The falloff seems very small, and none of the options seem to address the falloff. I dealt with this two ways in PSE:

a) In PSE, I could move the light far out of the image on any margin to avoid hot spots. In PP, I can move it out of the image only to the sides, but not above or below the image (!)....

b) In PSE I could adjust the length and width of the cone separately; in PP they seem to go tegether. So I can't make a light eg., long and thin.

2. Atmosphere>Image>Brightness has not visible effect on the image....

Any referrals to tutorials or articles would be much appreciated. THANKS!

Tool cursor shapes

mr2legs — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 15:07:26 GMT

Is it possible to customise the cursor type designs in PhotoPaint x5?

The excellent Clone tool has, in shape mode, a cursor comprised of two sizeable circles or squares (selectable) which give a pretty accurate indication of the extent (size) of the brush. The source circle/square contains a centralised cross-hair but the paint circle/square does not. I can only assume that someone came up with the idea that this would provide an at-a-glance way of telling the two apart but the ability to line up the centres and edges is lost. One can of course change to cross-hair mode to get accurate alignment of centres (which is what I am currently doing - tedious!) but one then loses the indication of brush size and shape. In my opinion it would be better to have an indication of centres and perimeters in both source and paint shapes and find some other visual cue to differentiate them (even a X and + set of cross hairs would be better than nothing.)

Any suggestions?

replace 'empty' pixels (C0M0Y0K0)

geert — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 10:56:27 GMT

Hello

In Corel PhotoPaint X5 I need to replace all the C0M0Y0K0 pixels in a 32-bit JPG file with C1M1Y1K1 pixels, without changing the rest of the picture.

I have already tried this with 'replace colors', but I either end up with some remaining C0M0Y0K0 pixels, either with the rest of the picture changed as well.

Can someone please advise?
Thanks in advance

Geert

Delete

Janet Berg — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 21:57:42 GMT

Delete

How to produce a 'preview' duplicate image a la PSP

mr2legs — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 22:28:10 GMT

Is it possible to set up a view in CPaintX5 with identical 'live' versions of an entire image or even just an object with the purpose of being able to work on either version with them set at different zoom levels, for example a 'wide shot' and a 'big close up'. I seem to recall that older versions of PSP had this facility as standard in a toggled pair of floating tabs called Preview and Image Info or some such. (I haven't used PSP for years so I might well be remembering incorrectly). It feels like it should be such a simple thing to do but it is eluding me. Of course it would be of most use as a standard feature of the Cut Out Lab but alas, no.

Photo Paint X5 - HDR step by step example

dragonetti — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 23:01:21 GMT

Sorry this question has been adressed in the forums but I need a step by step example for photopaint.
I want to create an HDR image using a single .JPG image.

I have seen this tutorial but I do not know if this is the right way to approach it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZEz1UJU4L0

I would like another step by step example so I can experiment withe above youtube tutorial example and the example provided here (if someone can provide one) .

I have 2 goals:

1) Modify an image to make it more vibrant but not exaggerate the HDR output, keep it kind of close to the original
2) Modify an image in such a way to actually create a surrealistic output (so now I do want to exaggerate)

I don't know if "exaggerate" is the correct term to use in the description of my 2 goals, but I hope you can understand what I mean with it.

Converting Bitmaps to Vectors

markgrigsby — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 14:17:24 GMT

I've read a lot of posts on converting bitmaps to vectors, but none that address what I'm trying to do. I think this should be extremely easy. I have simple outline drawings - like stars or paisleys - that I scan into PhotoPaint X5. So, to turn it into a vector drawing, I manually fill the outline drawing with the paintbrush, convert it to 1 bit, import it into CorelDraw, use the Trace Bitmap - outline trace - clip art, then do a hairline outline and remove the fill. I end up with a hairline outline of the original object that I can send to my laser. The objects must remain the same size as the original drawing.

Here's why I do some of what I outlined above. First, I manually fill the drawing because if I try to do the trace bitmap in CorelDraw X5 using the outline trace, it traces both the inside and the outside of the original line drawing because the line is thick. If I try the Trace Bitmap and select Centerline Trace, I the result is a jaggy line which won't work.

If there is a better way of doing this, I'd appreciate the help. I think what I need most is a way to fill the object automatically rather than paint the inside of it. I thought I could just select the object in PhotoPaint and click on the fill, but it seems that the "object" is the outline drawing plus the background, so the fill ends up being the whole "object" including the background. I can Lasso the outline drawing and move it around on the background, but can't figure out how to do much else.

Thanks for your help!

Mark

Print Layout

Tony — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 19:53:05 GMT

Is there a Print Layout in X5 similar to that in Paint Shop Pro? Thanks in advance.

PhotoPaint X5 and Windows 7 locks jpg files

ClivePot — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 17:11:16 GMT

I have Corel PhotoPaint X5 running on Windows 7 x64. Every time I save a jpg or jpeg file, the file cannot be shared and appears with a padlock on the bottom left hand corner. To be able to share it, I have to go to the properties of every individual photo and add "Everyone" to the permissions in the Security Tab. Other files save OK. Its only jpg/jpeg files that get locked. Anyone have any ideas how to solve this annoying problem?

I lost my 'preview' cursor

Wizzing — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 18:53:35 GMT

Hi There,

Somehow my Corel Draw PhotoPaint X5 mouse cursor recently changed when using tools.

For example when I use tools for painting I don't see which pixels are going to be affected when I stroke. Normally I see wich area (surrounding the cursor) is going to be painted, now I have to guess. I do see the mousecursor, or tool cursor. I don't now which setting is changed and how to get this handy basic functionality back.