For example, you can choose between frame-based HTML or cascading style sheets and GIF or JPEG picture formats. But this version of Draw does little to compete with Macromedia Freehand's approach to Web publishing, which includes the widely accepted Shockwave format and Flash animations. The same customizable interface and Docker panels found in CorelDraw 8 are put to work in Corel Photo-Paint 8. A number of new painting tools make this version even stronger. The Image Sprayer tool lets you paint with a series of pictures, giving you control over size, randomness, and dab interval.
Orbits transform a brush nib into a series of points that form a pattern.
Unlike a static picture, however, an orbit changes dynamically as you paint. So you can create a curly telephone cord or muscle sinew with one stroke. Like CorelDraw, Photo-Paint can apply special effects to a specific area of a picture via a lens. Lenses are treated as separate objects that can be moved, resized, and reshaped. The interactive drop shadow can apply both flat and perspective shadows.