<s>
Corel	B-Application
Photo-Paint	I-Application
is	O
a	O
raster	B-Application
graphics	I-Application
editor	I-Application
developed	O
and	O
marketed	O
by	O
Corel	O
since	O
1992	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Corel	O
markets	O
the	O
software	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
and	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
operating	O
systems	O
,	O
previously	O
having	O
marketed	O
versions	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
(	O
Version	O
9	O
,	O
requiring	O
Wine	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
primary	O
market	O
competitor	O
is	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Photoshop	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2006	O
,	O
Corel	O
released	O
version	O
13	O
as	O
Photo-Paint	B-Application
X3	O
,	O
employing	O
this	O
naming	O
convention	O
for	O
subsequent	O
releases	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
for	O
CorelDraw	B-Application
,	O
included	O
with	O
Photo-Paint	B-Application
in	O
CorelDraw	B-Application
Graphics	O
Suite	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
current	O
version	O
is	O
Photo-Paint	B-Application
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Corel	O
has	O
marketed	O
a	O
limited	O
edition	O
of	O
Photo-Paint	B-Application
called	O
Corel	B-Application
Photo-Paint	I-Application
SELECT	O
with	O
HP	O
scanning	O
hardware	O
,	O
e.g.	O
,	O
the	O
HP	O
ScanJet	O
5p	O
scanners	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Photo-Paint	B-Application
'	O
s	O
native	O
format	O
is	O
.CPT	B-Application
(	O
Corel	B-Application
Photo-Paint	I-Application
Image	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
stores	O
image	O
data	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
information	O
within	O
an	O
image	O
,	O
including	O
objects	O
(	O
layers	B-Algorithm
in	O
some	O
raster	B-Application
editors	I-Application
)	O
,	O
colour	O
profiles	O
,	O
text	O
,	O
transparency	O
,	O
effect	O
filters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
program	O
can	O
open	O
and	O
convert	O
vector	O
formats	O
from	O
CorelDraw	B-Application
and	O
Adobe	B-Language
Illustrator	I-Language
and	O
can	O
open	O
other	O
formats	O
,	O
including	O
PNG	O
,	O
JPG	O
and	O
GIF	O
files	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
competing	O
photo	O
editor	O
formats	O
from	O
Photoshop	B-Operating_System
,	O
GIMP	B-Application
and	O
Paint	B-Application
Shop	I-Application
Pro	I-Application
(	O
the	O
latter	O
also	O
a	O
Corel	O
product	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
program	O
also	O
supports	O
plug-in	B-Application
functionality	O
including	O
those	O
developed	O
for	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Photoshop	I-Operating_System
and	O
Paint	B-Application
Shop	I-Application
Pro	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
extensions	O
such	O
as	O
brushes	O
are	O
also	O
compatible	O
with	O
Photo-Paint	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Corel	B-Application
Photo-Paint	I-Application
X6	O
–	O
X7	O
supports	O
OpenType	O
font	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
X7	O
Update	O
4	O
the	O
Font	O
List	O
new	O
additional	O
features	O
in	O
X7	O
Update	O
4	O
allows	O
for	O
filtering	O
type	O
fonts	O
by	O
weight	O
,	O
width	O
,	O
supported	O
scripts	B-Language
,	O
font	O
Technology	O
,	O
Character	O
Range	O
,	O
Style	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
other	O
raster	B-Application
graphics	I-Application
editors	I-Application
,	O
Corel	B-Application
Photo-Paint	I-Application
allows	O
an	O
image	O
to	O
be	O
edited	O
in	O
multiple	O
layers	B-Algorithm
,	O
called	O
objects	O
here	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Depending	O
on	O
personal	O
preferences	O
and	O
work	O
style	O
,	O
users	O
may	O
prefer	O
Corel	B-Application
Photo-Paint	I-Application
over	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Photoshop	I-Operating_System
or	O
the	O
other	O
way	O
round	O
,	O
though	O
in	O
terms	O
of	O
market	O
share	O
,	O
Photoshop	B-Operating_System
is	O
clearly	O
more	O
represented	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
component	O
of	O
the	O
CorelDraw	B-Application
Graphics	O
Suite	O
,	O
Photo-Paint	B-Application
can	O
exchange	O
data	O
with	O
other	O
programs	O
in	O
the	O
suite	O
,	O
including	O
Corel	O
Connect	O
(	O
Version	O
X5	O
-	O
X7	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
enables	O
users	O
to	O
share	O
files	O
between	O
different	O
computer	O
software	O
and	O
drives	O
on	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CorelDraw	B-Application
and	O
Photo-Paint	B-Application
are	O
also	O
copy-paste	B-General_Concept
compatible	O
,	O
with	O
format	O
and	O
effects	O
retention	O
and	O
without	O
file	O
conversion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Just	O
like	O
in	O
CorelDraw	B-Application
,	O
Photo	O
Paint	O
tasks	O
can	O
be	O
automatized	O
by	O
scripts	B-Language
and	O
macros	O
,	O
using	O
both	O
COREL	O
Script	O
and	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
VBA	B-Language
(	O
Visual	B-Language
Basic	I-Language
for	I-Language
Applications	I-Language
)	O
and	O
VSTA	O
(	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
Tools	I-Application
for	I-Application
Applications	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Corel	O
calls	O
the	O
smaller	O
macros	O
created	O
with	O
COREL	O
Script	O
"	O
Scripts	B-Language
"	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
scripts	B-Language
created	O
with	O
the	O
Microsoft	O
tools	O
"	O
macros	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
