After successfully adding the required nodes then dragging them to the desired shape, I now cannot locate the procedure(s) to save the finalized product into a file with .jpg format so as to use within another application/program.  Corel Paint's  "Help Manual"  instructs that I open Dockers' fly-out button then click upon Export Path.  This completed, however, only four file formats are available for saving the item:  CMX, AI, DWG, and CMX 5.0.    Apparently I am overlooking one or more steps as I attempt to create a JPEG as the finished product.   What am I failing to do?

I must add this disclaimer since Help Forums frequently elicit anger when previous postings, tutorials, and/or product manual answers have been overlooked ------- I've invested considerable time investigating this issue and sincerely cannot locate the answer.

Your help indeed is appreciated.

 

 

Simply "save as" (preferred) and specify JPEG. However you talk of nodes--so let's make sure we're talking about the same things here. JPEGs do not support transparency (except in a format violation unique to Adobe and not available in any other application).

So were these nodes on a Photopaint path? Or were you talking about nodes on a tone curve? And if it is a path, what is the purpose of the path? If it is to do with transparency you are probably best off with making it mask (path to mask), then saving as a PNG or TIF, both of which do support transparency, and, by the way, are lossless.

viaeanguli wrote:

After successfully adding the required nodes then dragging them to the desired shape, I now cannot locate the procedure(s) to save the finalized product into a file with .jpg format so as to use within another application/program.  Corel Paint's  "Help Manual"  instructs that I open Dockers' fly-out button then click upon Export Path.  This completed, however, only four file formats are available for saving the item:  CMX, AI, DWG, and CMX 5.0.    Apparently I am overlooking one or more steps as I attempt to create a JPEG as the finished product.   What am I failing to do?

I must add this disclaimer since Help Forums frequently elicit anger when previous postings, tutorials, and/or product manual answers have been overlooked ------- I've invested considerable time investigating this issue and sincerely cannot locate the answer.

Your help indeed is appreciated.

 

 

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 Paul,

Good idea determining if we are speaking about the same thing.  Perhaps PhotoPaint does not  do what I'm attempting to do so maybe it would be most efficient to trace my exact steps for your analysis.

Using Photo Paint X 4 (included within the CorelDRAW X  4 Suite) I (a) opened a JPEG file of a surf board-like image but with one end chopped off. My goal is to extend the chopped off end to angle it similar to a surf board,  (b)  following the "Help" instructions I opened "Path Tool" within the Tool Bar, (c) clicked on the "Shape" icon as instructed,  (d) added nodes on the blunt end of the object in order to drag it down to a surf board-like end, (e) clicked on the "Add Nodes" icon as instructed,  (f) re-clicked on the "Shape" icon as instructed, (g) dragged each node with attached segment line as instructed until the blunt end of the image formed the perfect surf board-line end I desired.

To save this completed image I (a) opened the "File" and selected "Save As . . . ." [note: this was prior to asking my Forum question and receiving your answer], (b) chose the .jpg format.   All seemed well but when I opened the saved .jpg file the original image was present without any of the changes I had competed as described above.   Returning to the "Help" files I noted within the "Managing Paths" segment that once an image has been changed as desired then I should export a path by clicking the flyout button in the Path Docker, click Export, choose a file name as well as select the format to use from the "Save as type" list box.  At this point I noted, as described in my intial posting, that only four formats are available for selection:  CMX, AI, CMS 5.0, and DWG.  JPEG is not available for selection.

All worked so well in adding and shaping the nodes as I've described in my second paragraph above --- but there was no way to save my creation in JPEG.

Thank you for your interest and help. 

  

Ahhh- I see you are at odds with what the "path" tool is. The path tool creates a path with bezier style elements, but until you do something with the path it is just a guide/base for something you will do later. The only format that can save a path for future use is CPT. JPEGs cannot save anything except the image itself--no masks, paths, objects are possible.

So if I am interpreting you correctly here is what needs to be done.

1 Assuming the "chopped off" is at the boundary of the "canvas," first you need to expand the "canvas." This can be done with the "crop" tool in expand mode. (I keep the icon for that on the crop properties bar--customized.) If not customized, find the "expand" option under the image menu > crop. You will need to have someplace to put the new snout of the board. BTW before expanding, set the "paper colour" to whatever you want--that will be the "background" colour of the expanded area.

2 Now you can create a path as you have done (or just start painting the snout.). Assuming you have created the path it is still just an imaginary item until you do something with it.

3 Many options depending on what you are doing, such as
--convert path to mask. Paint with a brush tool within the mask. Or fill with the fill tool. In each case the mask will form a sharp boundary to what can be painted or will fill.
--OR if all you want is a line along the path, select a colour for paint AND a brush, size the brush correctly, and then, under object menu, "edit path"--"brushstroke from path." (BTW the "object" menu is a strange place for that--it has absolutely nothing to do with objects, but that is where the great "they" have put it.)

In either case you will have something real, not just a path, which is imaginary.

viaeanguli wrote:

 Paul,

Good idea determining if we are speaking about the same thing.  Perhaps PhotoPaint does not  do what I'm attempting to do so maybe it would be most efficient to trace my exact steps for your analysis.

Using Photo Paint X 4 (included within the CorelDRAW X  4 Suite) I (a) opened a JPEG file of a surf board-like image but with one end chopped off. My goal is to extend the chopped off end to angle it similar to a surf board,  (b)  following the "Help" instructions I opened "Path Tool" within the Tool Bar, (c) clicked on the "Shape" icon as instructed,  (d) added nodes on the blunt end of the object in order to drag it down to a surf board-like end, (e) clicked on the "Add Nodes" icon as instructed,  (f) re-clicked on the "Shape" icon as instructed, (g) dragged each node with attached segment line as instructed until the blunt end of the image formed the perfect surf board-line end I desired.

To save this completed image I (a) opened the "File" and selected "Save As . . . ." [note: this was prior to asking my Forum question and receiving your answer], (b) chose the .jpg format.   All seemed well but when I opened the saved .jpg file the original image was present without any of the changes I had competed as described above.   Returning to the "Help" files I noted within the "Managing Paths" segment that once an image has been changed as desired then I should export a path by clicking the flyout button in the Path Docker, click Export, choose a file name as well as select the format to use from the "Save as type" list box.  At this point I noted, as described in my intial posting, that only four formats are available for selection:  CMX, AI, CMS 5.0, and DWG.  JPEG is not available for selection.

All worked so well in adding and shaping the nodes as I've described in my second paragraph above --- but there was no way to save my creation in JPEG.

Thank you for your interest and help. 

  

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You are so correct, Paul, when interpreting my goal.  This project has now been completed exactly as I want it.  And a hearty "Thank You" to you!

Finally, some long-term advise if you would.  Somehow I must get a handle on this excellent product produced by Corel.  The problem is not their software but rather my inexperience.  Consequently, to your knowledge do the "official" Corel Paint and Graphic books currently on the market explain the various uses of this sofware in the simplified step by step manner in which you have just answered my question?  Undoubtedly you noted my "disclaimer" in the intial posting since I abhor asking questions that stem from ignorance even though I have made several genuine attempt to locate the solution for myself.  The books to which I refer are quite expensive, but, as I've stated, I must somehow master basic skills without turning to this form except for major issues.   Have you found any particular book to be especially helpful?

So as not to clog the forum with this particular issue I'll use this final posting to state my appreciation.  

Via,

You mention various PHOTO-PAINT books and that they are expensive. I want to
make sure we are talking about the same thing here.

The only book I know about on PHOTO-PAINT X3 is Nathan Segal's "Insider's
Guide" and it is under $30. I don't know your definition of expensive, but I
definitely would think that a very fair price. Nathan is still working on
updating the book for X4 and I do not know the price that will be set on the
book. We do sell it on our site at http://www.unleash.com if you are
interested.

I will also have a limited PHOTO-PAINT X4 book on the Premium Bonus Content
Edition of my CorelDRAW X4 Unleashed book. It is still a couple of weeks
from completion and the entire package is $74.95. Again for what you get, it
is far from expensive. You can find those details at the same URL above.
While you're there, you might also look into some of the classes we offer.
Are the dollar amounts higher? Absolutely. But you do get what you pay for
and we deliver the best live training available.