Editing bitmaps with Corel PHOTO-PAINT

You can access Corel PHOTO-PAINT, a complete image-editing program, from within CorelDRAW. When you finish editing a bitmap, you can quickly resume your work with CorelDRAW.

To send a bitmap to Corel PHOTO-PAINT, you can click the Edit bitmap button on the property bar, or you can use the Edit bitmap command from the Bitmaps menu. You can also enable an option that lets you access Corel PHOTO-PAINT by double-clicking a bitmap.

You can copy selected objects from Corel PHOTO-PAINT and then paste them into your drawing. The selected objects are pasted as a group of bitmaps.

For more information about editing images with Corel PHOTO-PAINT, click Help CorelDRAW onestep Editing bitmaps with Corel PHOTO PAINT Help topics from the Corel PHOTO-PAINT menu bar.


To edit a bitmap with Corel PHOTO-PAINT

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Using the Pick tool CorelDRAW pgx pick tool Editing bitmaps with Corel PHOTO PAINT, select the bitmap that you want to edit.
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On the property bar, click Edit bitmap to start Corel PHOTO-PAINT.
The selected bitmap is displayed in the image window of Corel PHOTO-PAINT.
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Edit the bitmap.
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On the standard toolbar, click Finish editing to quit Corel PHOTO-PAINT.
The edited bitmap appears on the drawing page of CorelDRAW.

CorelDRAW tip Editing bitmaps with Corel PHOTO PAINT

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You can also use this procedure to edit groups of bitmaps. Corel PHOTO-PAINT opens the group of bitmaps as separate objects. If the bitmaps in the group have different color modes, you are prompted to change the color mode of all bitmaps in the group to the color mode of the bottommost bitmap.
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You can also open Corel PHOTO-PAINT by clicking Bitmaps CorelDRAW onestep Editing bitmaps with Corel PHOTO PAINT Edit bitmaps.

To access Corel PHOTO-PAINT by double-clicking a bitmap

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Click Tools CorelDRAW onestep Editing bitmaps with Corel PHOTO PAINT Options.
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In the Workspace list of categories, click Edit.
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On the Edit page, enable the Double-click to edit bitmaps check box.
Enabling this check box lets you access Corel PHOTO-PAINT by double-clicking the bitmap in CorelDRAW.

Editing bitmaps with Corel PHOTO-PAINT