Moving
Clipping Paths Between
Photoshop® and Corel® PHOTO-PAINT® 8
Adobe® Photoshop and Corel PHOTO-PAINT 8 are two
image editors with the capacity for incorporating vector
paths. You may want to use both applications on a single
image (Corel PHOTO-PAINT 8 creates an excellent path
from a selection mask [alpha channel] with a single
click).
Exporting an image and its clipping path from Corel
PHOTO-PAINT 8 to Photoshop involves first saving the
path in Corel PHOTO-PAINT 8, then exporting the image
as an EPS file (the EPS format is the only format where
the clipping path can be exported). Adobe Illustrator®
is used as a "go-between" application which
will read the EPS file and allow the clipping path to
be copied and pasted into Photoshop via memory. The
following chart illustrates the method:
Moving an image with its clipping path from Photoshop
to Corel PHOTO-PAINT 8 requires no special steps. Corel
PHOTO-PAINT 8 will open a native Photoshop .PSD file
directly and any embedded paths are accessible from
within Corel PHOTO-PAINT 8.
Below are the step-by-step tutorials which outline exactly
how this is done:
Moving a clipping path from
Corel PHOTO-PAINT 8 to Photoshop:
Moving a clipping path from Photoshop to Corel PHOTO-PAINT
8:
1. Within Corel PHOTO-PAINT, click File >
Open. Load the Photoshop .PSD file with the embedded
clipping path.
2. Click the pull down next to the "WorkPath"
on the tool bar or double-click the Path Node Edit Tool
to bring up the Tool Settings and Click the pull down
next to the "WorkPath" on it. You will see
the path name of the embedded path. Click it.
3. The path will load and it is available for editing.
