By Steve Bain The Cutout Lab introduced in Corel PHOTO-PAINT® X3 enables you to extract or copy photo elements from any digital image with precision and relative ease. Much more than just a quick selection tool, the Cutout Lab accurately detects almost any shape and preserves the fine details of an image...
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on Sat, Jul 18 2009
Filed under: Technique, photo-paint, masking, Advanced, Special Effects, Basic, Recent feature, Version X3, New feature, Cut Out Lab, Close-cropping
By Steve Bain
If you’ve ever found the task of fixing digital photos a slow and frustrating exercise, this tutorial will interest you. The tools and options available in PHOTO-PAINT’s Image Adjustment Lab make it easy to correct common digital photo problems. Let’s explore how to use...
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on Thu, Apr 30 2009
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Whether you use the majority of your digital photos for personal scrapbooking or albums or whether you're a professional layout artist, you can add interest and creative flair to your digital images by applying frames. You can do this quickly and easily in Corel PHOTO-PAINT by using a simple filter...
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on Thu, Apr 16 2009
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Looking to add a little magic to your digital images? For some time now, PHOTO-PAINT has provided many different ways to apply creative effects to digital photos. If you haven't yet explored what this powerful pixel-altering tool can do, keep reading - you're in for a treat.
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on Thu, Mar 12 2009
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By Steve Bain Few things can make a professional design or layout look more amateurish than blurry pictures. But, intentionally blurring certain areas of a picture can help focus attention on other picture elements. Here's a technique you can use to create or exaggerate depth-of-field effects in...
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on Mon, Jan 26 2009
Filed under: Technique, photo-paint, Special Effects, Basic, Beginner, Quick Tip, Touch-up Brush, Retouching, Image Retouching, Depth effect, Depth of field, Gaussian blur