Every new release this is my first question, did they finally add proper vector capabilities to photopaint? Photopaint is a great piece of software, superior to photoshop in many respect, however, it feels like they've lost their progressive edge. I would love to see Draw's vector tool in photopaint.
One other feature i would like to see in the suite is better integration with Painter, I know that this isn't part of the graphics suite but i feel Painter should be able to open cpt files and cdr files without losing the integrity of the vectors and layers.
Thank you
This is one of the most hidden capabilities in Photo Paint. It has vector layers since long ago, but users and probably engineers don't know about it.
The Text layer is a vector layer.
Copy any vector in Draw.
Activate the text tool in PhotoPaint and paste. Enlarge this layer as you please and you will see that it is resolution independent, because it is kept as vectors.
Hello Michael,
That is an amazing tip, you're right i didn't know about that particular feature and it works great. However, i would still like to see Draw's vector drawing and manipulation tools in Paint. Paint is an awesome tool but it needs to be updated in order to compete with Photoshop more effectively.
Thank you again, i really appreciate that tip.
Paul
Michael,
I have another question elaborating on your post. I can now scale any vector object i've copied from Draw and pasted into Paint, however i am not able to manipulate the lines, nodes, fill or outline of this object. Is this simply a current limitation in Paint or am I overlooking something? Thank you for your help.
How far away are we until they completely combine the two programs in 1, its so close! Cdraw already has superior bitmap capabities over EVERY vector based draw program (namely AI :-P) and the ability to pop back and forth is very handy, and been there for quite a while. i can so forsee within the next couple years the full bitmap editing capabilities merging into draw, painting, cloning masking etc.... *****drools**** that would be so cool. I hope they can do it before adobe, would be a huge boon for corel, and proof they rule ;-)