  corel photo-paint is a raster graphics editor developed and marketed by corel since 1992. corel currently markets the software for windows operating systems, previously having marketed versions for linux (version 9, requiring wine) and mac os (through version 11). its primary market competitor is adobe photoshop. in 2006, corel released version 13 as photo-paint x3, employing this naming convention for subsequent releases as well as for coreldraw, included with photo-paint in coreldraw graphics suite. the current version is photo-paint x7. corel has marketed a limited edition of photo-paint called corel photo-paint select with hp scanning hardware, e.g., the hp scanjet 5p scanners. == features == photo-paint's native format is .cpt (corel photo-paint image), which stores image data as well as information within an image, including objects (layers in some raster editors), colour profiles, text, transparency, effect filters. the program can open and convert vector formats from coreldraw and adobe illustrator and can open other formats, including png, jpg and gif files &mdash; as well as competing photo editor formats from photoshop, gimp and paint shop pro. the program also supports plug-in functionality including those developed for adobe photoshophttp://www.namesuppressed.com/support/plugins-photopaint.shtml and paint shop pro. other extensions such as brushes are also compatible with photo-paint. as other raster graphics editors, corel photo-paint allows an image to be edited in multiple layers, called objects here. a gradient line going from opaque to transparent, for instance, can be used to have a darker foreground color fade into a lighter background color. the ui is highly customizable, and the user can freely move dialogs or adjust button sizes and such. effects can be applied to a picture including smart blur -- a type of gaussian blur effect which however retains sha
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