

The Auto Selection tool allows you to draw a rectangle around an object and it automatically does a good job finding edges to make the selection.Ĭreating interesting compositions can be difficult even for professionals, but the new golden ratio, golden spiral and other composition guides in the enhanced crop tool take a lot of the mystery out of this. You can perform selections, add adjustment layers, clone and do content-aware removal of objects.
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The Edit mode includes a full set of the tools in Photoshop that most photographers utilize. And you do all this without leaving the Complete workspace-a real time-saver. You can also create Smart Collections of images that meet your defined criteria. You can import images from a camera, card reader or scanner, tag photos with keywords, people and places, and apply ratings. The Manage mode functions much like Adobe Bridge. I liked the ability to move from editing to file management quickly. I chose to work in the Complete workspace almost exclusively. When you open the Essentials or Complete workspaces, a pop-up screen opens to familiarize you with the workspace. You can dock, hide or auto-hide many of the palettes for a cleaner, simpler workspace. By default, the two workspaces are shown in different shades of gray, but you can easily adjust these values as well as just about everything else in the interface.īoth workspaces include a Learning Center in the Palettes drop-down menu with explanations on the use of the tool you have selected. You can switch between the Essentials and Complete workspaces at any time by selecting the large “home” icon at the top of each workspace or by going to File and then Workspaces. There is still an Adjust drop-down menu and the Enhance Photo drop-down menu duplicates a few of its controls.Ī full complement of pro-level tools, as well as the Manage file management mode, are part of the Complete workspace.


Many of the Complete tools and palettes are available in the Essentials workspace, but hidden by default.Ĭorel has chosen to hide the Adjust tab found in previous versions in order to simplify the workspaces, though you can still bring it back using the Preferences menu. A Quick Customize button at the bottom of the tools panel allows you to add or remove tools for your particular workflow. The Essentials workspace presents a simplified set of the most common editing tools. The first time you choose either the Essentials or Complete workspaces, a wizard opens in an inset screen and introduces the workspace. The enhancements Corel made to the user interface will benefit both new and existing users. The Manage mode of the Complete workspace is a file management system as well as a file browser.
