Welcome to AfterShot Pro 3 Help
Quick Start
Step one: Open your photos
To navigate to your photos
Step two: Selecting and editing photos
To preview and select photos
To edit a photo
To show your edits on a new version
Step three: Exporting photos for sharing and print
To output to a full-sized JPEG
To print to a standard print size
Moving on
Welcome
What is Corel AfterShot Pro?
How is Corel AfterShot Pro different from other image-editing software?
What is photo workflow?
What’s new in Corel AfterShot Pro 3?
New! Comprehensive Watermarking
Enhanced! Highlight Recovery
New! Blemish Remover
New! Image Preset Library
New! Lens Corrections
Enhanced! See what’s new with Plugins
New! Camera profiles
Get involved!
Workspace tour
1. Menu bar
2. Top toolbar
3. Preview panel
4. Tools panel
5. Status bar
6. Thumb Zoom toolbar
7. Thumbnail panel
8. AfterShot Pro toolbar
9. Browse panel
Understanding non-destructive editing
XMP files
Shared XMP data
XMP data exclusive to Corel AfterShot Pro
How metadata is processed when you import files
Understanding the Library
The Corel AfterShot Pro Library and catalogs
Asset management is optional
Understanding the export process
File Output batches
Copy Output batches
System requirements
Windows
Macintosh
Linux
Supported cameras and file formats
About image size
Cropping and resizing
When DPI or Print Size matters
Learning how to use Corel AfterShot Pro
Using the Help system
To use the Help system
Corel AfterShot Pro User Guide PDF
Learning with video tutorials
Using Web-based resources
Library and catalogs
About the Library
About catalogs
Catalog versus XMP
Multiple catalogs
Importing images
To import a folder
Managing your Library
Moving and copying versions
To move or copy versions
Renaming versions
To rename one or more versions
Deleting versions
To delete a master file or version
Managing catalogs
To create a new catalog
To open an existing catalog
To close a catalog
Portable catalogs
To create a moveable path
File system mode
Image settings in File System mode
Editing photos
About non-destructive editing
About adjustment tools
Why are some tools and controls not available?
To resize the Tools panel
To pin a section of a panel
To hide the Tools panel
To adjust a setting
To reset a slider to its original setting
To hide or show the results of a setting
Standard tools
Histogram
Basic Adjustments
AutoLevel
Perfectly Clear
White Balance
To set white balance with the Click White tool
Straighten
Exposure
Highlights
Fill Light
Blacks
Saturation
Vibrance
Hue
Contrast
Sharpening
RAW Noise
Keywords
Presets
Color tools
Curves
Color Correction
To pick a color as the starting point for a color correction
Color Balance
White Balance
To set white balance with the Click White tool
Color Management
Tone tools
Exposure
Detail tools
Sharpening
RAW Noise
Perfectly Clear Noise Removal
Lens Correction
Mirror and Invert
Metadata tools
Metadata
Keywords
Keyword Sets
Plugins
To install a plugin from the Plugin Manager
To manually install a plugin (outside the Plugin Manager)
Corel AfterShot Pro Black & White Plugin
Selective editing
Layers
Regions
Adjusting regions
To create an adjustment layer
To set layer opacity
To rename a layer
To duplicate a layer
To hide or show a layer or region
To delete a layer or region
To create a region
To invert a layer
To adjust a layer
Editing regions
To add a point to a polygon or curved region
To delete a point from a polygon or curved region
To move a point on a polygon or curved region
To move a region
To resize a region
Blending layers
To use a Subtractive layer when blending layers
Retouching with Heal, Clone, or Blemish Remover
Switch between Heal, Clone, and Blemish
To remove a spot with Heal
To cover or copy image areas by cloning
To remove an unwanted area with the Blemish Remover
Removing red eye
To remove red eye
Cropping
To crop a photo
Straightening
To straighten a photo
Working with Presets
Applying and managing presets
Managing presets
To apply a preset
To create a preset
To access the Manage mode for presets
To add or remove a preset to the My Favorites list
To create folders for presets
To move presets
To rename presets or preset folders
To delete presets or preset folders
To view the settings for a preset
Copying and pasting settings
To copy all settings
To copy selective settings
To paste settings
Undoing changes
To undo an action
To undo multiple actions
About default settings
To change the default settings
To view or remove custom defaults
To apply default settings
To apply initial settings
Using the History palette
To open the History palette
To review edits with the History palette
Editing photos in an external image editor
To assign an external editor to a toolbar button
To open a photo in the external image editor
Corel AfterShot HDR
Working with Corel AfterShot HDR
To open Corel AfterShot HDR
Organizing images
Versions
Creating versions
To create a version
What happens when a version is deleted?
Stacks
Using stacks
Sorting stacks
Editing images in a closed stack
To create a stack
To add versions to a stack
To remove versions from a stack
To merge two or more stacks
Thumbnail indicators
Sorting
Custom sort order
To apply a custom sort order to your images
Filtering
To filter images
Labels
To assign a color label
Ratings
To assign star ratings
Flags
To flag images
Keywords
Effective use of keywords
Keyword hierarchies
Hierarchy example
Keyword Sets
Working with keywords and keyword sets
To assign a keyword by typing it in the Keywords section
To assign a keyword by choosing it from a keyword set
To create a keyword set
To remove a keyword from an image
To delete a keyword or keyword set from the Keyword Manager
To assign a shortcut to a keyword or keyword set
Metadata
Types of metadata
Storing and sharing metadata
Working with metadata
Viewing metadata
Editing metadata
Managing metadata sets
To add a new metadata set
To remove a metadata set
To rename a metadata set
To add metadata to a metadata set
Finding photos by using metadata
Searching for images
Browsing for images
Link to catalogs
Refine
Metadata in images that you output
Corel AfterShot Pro metadata in other applications
Disabling metadata output
Adding metadata in other applications
Watermarks
Watermark settings
Adding titles and captions
Basic settings
Transformation settings
Text settings
To add a watermark to an image
Saving watermarks as presets
To save a watermark as a preset
Exporting images
About exporting
Output types
Exporting without a batch preset
To output by using Export
Exporting with a batch preset
What can I do with Download?
To output by using a batch
Using batches with folders
To output a folder of images by using a batch
Pausing, resuming, and stopping batches
To pause and resume batch processing
To stop a batch
Managing batches
To create a batch
To duplicate a batch
To delete a batch
To rename a batch
To assign a shortcut key to a batch
Understanding export settings
Batch Name
Export To
Image Type and Size settings
Output Name and Location settings
Additional Image Settings
Metadata settings
Post Processing settings
Web Galleries
Gallery types
Keyboard navigation
Metadata Information
Advanced Gallery Editing
Copying images
Adjusting the workspace
Showing and hiding panels
Viewing options
Multi-Image View
To toggle Multi-Image View
Resizing panels
To resize a panel
MagnifierMetadata viewer
To zoom into an area by using the Magnifier
To adjust the size and zoom level of the Magnifier
MagnifierMetadata viewer
To open the Metadata pop-up window
Slideshows
About slideshows
To open the Slideshow window
Slideshow settings
Playback
Layout
Title
EXIF
Playing a slideshow
To preview a slideshow in the Slideshow window
To play a full screen slideshow
Printing
Printing with Corel AfterShot Pro
To print selected images
Printing a folder of images
To send a folder of images to a printing batch
Print settings
Common Print Settings
Controlling print jobs and page breaks
Continuous Printing On
Continuous Printing Off
Managing print batches
To create a new print batch
To duplicate a print batch
To delete a print batch
To rename a print batch
To assign a shortcut key to a batch
Print layouts
Contact Sheet
Fixed Size
N-Up
Custom Layouts
Application preferences
Accessing preferences
To access application preferences
General preferences
Display preferences
Color Management preferences
Import and Cache preferences
Renaming preferences
To edit existing renaming formats
Sequence preferences
Keyboard preferences
To set or change a shortcut
Soft Proofing preferences
Copy Sets preferences
Defaults preferences
Crop preferences
External Editor preferences
To change the external editor settings
Performance preferences
Hardware Acceleration preferences
Testing OpenCL performance on your system
Additional information
Renaming formats
Basic Naming Formats
Job Name and Numbering Sequences
Rename Case Conversion
Persistent Sequence Numbering
Renaming variables
Reference tables of renaming variables
Sequence
Original File Items
Metadata Items
Date & Time Items
EXIF Data Items
IPTC Data Items
IPTC Creator Items
Metadata tags
File locations
Windows
Mac
Linux
Command line options
Custom print layouts
About color management
Input profiles
Monitor profiles
Printer profiles
Soft proofing
Terminology
General Digital Photographic Terminology
Updating and extending the application
Finding and installing downloadable content
To open the Get More page
To install content from the Get More page
Providing feedback for downloadable content
To provide feedback for downloadable content
Restoring purchases
To restore purchases
Legal notice
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