# 3856- Corel PHOTO-PAINT 8 ™ for Power Macintosh FAQs General Q. What Mac® OS extensions are required to use features in Corel PHOTO-PAINT™ 8? A. Apple® Guide, AppleScript®, Kodak® CMS, Quicktime™ 3.0 and ColorSync™ are extensions that provide functionality to Corel PHOTO-PAINT 8 for Power Macintosh. Q. Why does Corel PHOTO-PAINT 8 seem to perform slowly? A. Using more plug-ins will require more memory be made available to Corel PHOTO-PAINT 8. Use the Finder to select the Corel PHOTO-PAINT 8 application icon and click File, Get Info. Increase the Preferred Size setting for memory. Q. How can I avoid getting a message "Selection is empty!" after copying a new object that has been created? A. Choose Window, Palettes, Objects or COMMAND + F7. Select Background. Choose, Edit, Copy. For additional information open the Read Me files located on Disk#1 of CorelDRAW™ 8 for Power Macintosh. Colors Q. How do I find the RGB and CMYK color values of an image? A. Choose Window, Palettes, Info or COMMAND + F1. Use the Eyedropper Tool to position the eyedropper to a particular color in the image. Q. Why do the on-screen colors look dull? A. To correct this, choose, Edit, Preferences. Double-click Global and Color Management. Disable Calibrate colors for display. Q. I can't convert my image to a Duotone Color? A. First choose Image, Convert To Grayscale (8-bit). Then choose Image, Convert To, Duotone (8- bit). Select either Monotone, Duotone, Tritone, or Quadtone. Then double-click the color selection to bring up the pantone Select Color dialog box. Display and Menus Q. Why do my menus and toolbar settings look different than the Windows® version of Corel PHOTO-PAINT 8? A. These are the Macintosh default settings for CorelDRAW 8. To change this, choose, Edit, Preferences. Select PHOTO-PAINT(TM) 8 Windows and click Set as current. Then click OK. Q. My toolbars or menus have disappeared. Why? A. There may be a corruption in a preference setting. Quit the program. Open Corel PHOTO- PAINT 8 and then hold the SHIFT key just after double-clicking on the applications icon. When prompted for "Are you sure you want to overwrite the current workspace settings with the factory default?", choose Yes. This will reset the preferences file. Q. Where do I adjust my pen settings for my pen tablet? A. Choose Window, Palettes, Pen Settings or COMMAND + F11. You must ensure that the Pen tablet extension is turned on. Q. When I choose Effects, some options are not available to me. A. Not all effects are available with all types of images. Choose Image, Convert To, RGB Color (24-bit). File I/O Q. How do I create a QuickTime™ VR file? A. Choose File, New. Select a Color mode of 24-Bit RGB Color and enable Create a movie, with just one frame. Add your elements or stitch together images (Choose Image, Stitch). Then choose, File, Save As, and select QuickTime VR for the Format. This file can be viewed using QuickTime. Q, How do I create a QuickTime™ Movie file? A. Choose File, New. Choose a Color mode of 24-Bit RGB Color and enable Create a movie. Adjust the Number of frames desired and click OK. Add elements to each page. Then choose, File, Save As, and select QuickTime Movie for Format. Q. How do I create a GIF Animation? A. Choose File, New. Select a Color mode of 8-Bit Paletted and enable Create a movie. Adjust the Number of frames desired and click OK. Add elements to each page. Then choose, File, Save As, and select GIF Animation for Format. Q. Why are my paths created in Adobe® Photoshop® lost when the file is opened in Corel PHOTO-PAINT 8? A. Paths in Adobe Photoshop PSD files are currently not supported in Corel PHOTO-PAINT 8 for Power Macintosh. To create a clipping path in Corel PHOTO-PAINT, use the Path Node Edit tool found in the Toolbox. Q. Why do 8-bit paletted PICT files created in Adobe Photoshop open up as 24-bit RGB image in Corel PHOTO-PAINT 8? A. The PICT file format is currently not supported. Save the file as a 8-bit TIFF in Adobe Photoshop instead of the PICT file format. Plug-ins Q. How do I install and use third-party plug-ins? A. Copy the plug-in files into the Corel Graphics 8 Plug-ins folder. Ensure to restart Corel PHOTO-PAINT 8. Some plug-ins were not designed for use in 256 color or lower display modes. Open Monitors & Sound in Control Panels to change the Color Depth. To access the plug-ins in PHOTO-PAINT, choose Effects and the name of the plug-in. Some plug-ins require the image to be in 24-bit RGB color. Choose Image, Convert To, RGB Color (24-bit) to change the image color depth. Scanning Q. How do I install and use scanners? A. Drag the scanner's TWAIN plug-in to the Plug-ins folder found in the Corel Graphics 8 folder. Q. Why can't I scan in PHOTO-PAINT? A. Choose File, Import, and then Twain Acquire. Epson, HP, and scanners without its own TWAIN plug-in file are currently unsupported in Corel PHOTO-PAINT 8 for the Power Macintosh. Use the scanning software that came with the scanner to scan and save the image to a file. Open the image by choosing File, Open in Corel PHOTO-PAINT 8. If the scanner is not correctly attached, the import option will not be accessible. Scripting Q. Are Scripts created in the Windows® version of Corel PHOTO-PAINT be used on the Mac version? A. No, the Macintosh® version uses AppleScript while the Windows version uses CorelSCRIPT™. Q. Where can I find the Scripting Commands available for Corel PHOTO-PAINT 8 for Power Macintosh? A. Drag the Corel PHOTO-PAINT 8 application's icon onto the AppleScript Script Editor. This will open up the Corel PHOTO-PAINT 8 Dictionary. The Script Editor is usually found in the Apple Extras Folder. Q. Where is the Script Recorder ? A. The script recorder can be located by choosing, Window, Palettes, Recorder or COMMAND + F3.