User manual COREL PAINT SHOP PRO X

[. . . ] Corel® Paint Shop Pro® X User Guide The contents of this user guide and the associated Corel Paint Shop Pro software are the property of Corel Corporation and its respective licensors, and are protected by copyright. For more complete copyright information about Corel Paint Shop Pro, please refer to the About Corel Paint Shop Pro section in the Help menu of the software. Corel, the Corel logo, Corel Support Services, CorelDRAW Natural-Media, Photo , Album, Paint Shop, Paint Shop Pro, Painter, Picture Tubes, and WordPerfect are trademarks or registered trademarks of Corel Corporation and/or its subsidiaries in Canada, the U. S. InstallShield is a registered trademark of InstallShield Software Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. [. . . ] Scratches from a textured background may be more effectively removed with the Clone Brush tool. For information about the Clone Brush tool, see "Removing flaws and objects" on page 51. You can repair individual scratches by using the Scratch Remover tool. 50 Corel Paint Shop Pro X User Guide To remove scratches 1 Click the background layer on the Layers palette. 3 On the Tool Options palette, choose one of the following options to define the shape of the Scratch Remover tool: · square edge -- corrects scratches that are perpendicular to object edges, in an open area, or of uniform color · beveled edge -- corrects scratches that are at an angle to object edges 4 Center the pointer just outside one end of the scratch, and drag to set a selection box over the scratch. The edges of the selection box should surround the area without touching the scratch. Try to leave a width of 3 or 4 pixels on either side of the scratch. You can also Move the starting point of the bounding box by 1 pixel Increase or decrease the width of the bounding box by 1 pixel Continue to hold down the mouse button, and press the Arrow keys. Continue to hold down the mouse button, and press Page up or Page down. To avoid removing important details from areas surrounding the scratch, you can limit the correction by creating a selection. For information about creating selections, see "Creating selections" on page 57. If you are not satisfied with the result, click the Undo button reselect the scratch and try varying the width of the tool. , and then If the scratch background is highly textured or contains many color variations, the result may not be as satisfying. For scratches that extend over several different backgrounds, you can try removing the scratch one section at a time, or you can use the Clone Brush tool. For information about using the Clone Brush tool, see the next section. Removing flaws and objects You can remove flaws and objects in your images by using the Clone Brush tool or the Object Remover tool. The Clone Brush tool lets you remove flaws and objects by painting over them with another part of the image. The paint source can be a part of Retouching and restoring images 51 the same layer, another layer in the image, a merged image, or a layer from another image. The Clone Brush tool was used to remove the garbage bag from the photo on the left. The Object Remover tool lets you remove objects when the surrounding area is fairly uniform in color and texture. This tool is similar to the Clone Brush tool in that you use it to identify an area you want to remove and then choose an area with a background that you want to use. To clone a part of an image 1 On the Tools toolbar, choose the Clone Brush tool . 2 On the Tool Options palette, choose the brush tip, size, opacity, and other options. If you want to clone data from all layers merged together, mark the Use all layers check box. Unmark the check box if you want to clone data from the current layer only. 3 On the source image, right-click the center point of the source area. If you have more than one layer, click the name of the layer on the Layers palette before you define the source area. If your image contains a selection, make sure that you right-click within the selection to set your clone source. If you are using a pen tablet, you can achieve the same result by holding down Shift. 52 Corel Paint Shop Pro X User Guide You can also hold down Shift and click the image to set the source point. [. . . ] Cells are grayed in the template thumbnail for templates with missing images. If you want to fill the template with copies of the same image, drag the thumbnail into any cell, and click the Fill template with image button . 7 Click File Print. For more information about saving templates with links to images, see "Setting file locations" in the Help. You can remove an image from a template by selecting the image and pressing Delete. [. . . ]