You can open or save files in the Photoshop CS3 format, ensuring a smooth image-editing workflow. With the new lens effects, you can convert individual colors to black and white, mix color channels for creative effect, map gradient colors, or apply a photographic filter to your image. Interactive controls let you correct image orientation and preview the results. Images that were scanned or photographed at an angle can be straightened quickly and easily. You can easily perform precise tonal corrections by selecting, adding, or deleting nodes along the tone curve. Interactive settings and a redesigned user interface let you adjust image tone with greater flexibility and control. You can preview image adjustments and compare results when you adjust image tone in the Image Adjustment Lab and the Tone Curve dialog box, or when you process raw camera files. More features and effects now provide real-time histogram feedback, so you can edit images more efficiently. Interactive controls let you preview changes quickly. When importing raw files from your digital camera, you can view information about file properties and camera settings, adjust image color and tone, and improve image quality. In addition, a more efficient workflow, redesigned user interface, and enhanced file compatibility can help you complete your graphic design tasks more quickly.
Image editing is enhanced by more flexible tone-curve corrections, a quick image-straightening feature, new lens effects, added histogram feedback, and the ability to open and edit raw camera files. To highlight what was new in earlier versions of Corel PHOTO-PAINT