Corel CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X3 CDGSX3GERPC User Manual

Reviewer’s Guide [ 17 ]

Spot color channels: Corel PHOTO-PAINT X3 now lets users create 

and modify images that contain spot colors. This is particularly useful for two-
color images, multi-channel spot color images, and images for printing that 
require a gloss layer over areas of the image.

1 Start Corel PHOTO-PAINT X3, and open an image.

2 Click Image 

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 Cutout Lab.

3 In the Cutout Lab dialog box, click the Highlighter  

tool.

4 In the preview window, draw a line along the edges of the image area 

that you want to cut out.

5 Click the Inside Fill 

 tool, and click inside the area you want to cut 

out.

6 Click Preview.

7 If necessary, use the Add Detail  

and 

Remove Detail 

 tools to 

refine your cutout object.

8 From the Cutout Results area, choose any of the following options:

• Cutout — creates a cutout object and discards the original
• Cutout and original — creates a cutout object and preserves the 
original
• Cutout as clip mask — creates a clip mask attached to original

9 When you are satisfied with the result, click OK.

1 In Corel PHOTO-PAINT X3, click Window 

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 Dockers 

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 Channels.

2 On the Channels docker, click the Flyout arrow 

 , and choose New 

Spot Color Channel from the menu. 

3 In the New Spot Color Channel dialog box, select a color from the 

Color list box.

4 In the Ink Properties area, choose one of the following options from 

the list box:
• Solid
• Transparent

5 Click OK.

The new channel appears in the image and is listed in the Channels 
docker.

6 Paint on the new channel with the Paint  

tool.