Corel Photo-Paint - Tool Information


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Corel Photo-Paint

Latest Version:
11

Developer:
Corel Corp.

Category:
Graphics > 2D

Platform:
Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP, or MacOS 10.1

License:
Commercial, List Price $249

Rating:
Not rated yet

Date added:
May 3rd, 2001

Last updated:
Aug 26th, 2002

Suggested by:
Pablo D. Carrau (5)

Review:
Corel Photo-Paint is a feature-rich and easy-to-use image-editing software. Photo-Paint has long had a streamlined interface composed of one horizontal and one vertical toolbar, which was recently adopted by its number one rival Photoshop. Photo-Paint uses a different terminology as compared to Photoshop though: layers are called objects, filters are called effects, and finally adjustment layers are called lenses. The program is compatible with 3rd party Adobe Photoshop plug-ins, but its' built-in effects are not as robust as Photoshop's filters, and effect previews are slow. The range of pressure-sensitive natural media tools offered seem to be impressive at first glance however they are far from being useful, use Corel Painter instead. On the other hand Photo-Paint excels in text-handling: text remain editable even after transformations, and best of all you can attach text to paths.

User reviews:

Fred (158) - May 14th, 2001
A lot of cool features that you won't find in Adobe Photoshop. Excellent archive of clip art that can be used for your artwork, and edit/ use effects on.

The interface is quite bloated, and could cause a newbie to not bother using. Needs a bit more "user friendly" touch to it.

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