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Contents
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?
- Workspace tour
- Understanding non-destructive editing
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Stacks
- Thumbnail indicators
  - 3
- 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
- Working with keywords and keyword sets
Metadata
- Types of metadata
- Storing and sharing metadata
- Working with metadata
- Viewing metadata
- Editing metadata
- Managing metadata sets
- Finding photos by using metadata
- Metadata in images that you output
  - Corel AfterShot Pro metadata in other applications
  - Disabling metadata output
- Adding metadata in other applications
Watermarks
- Watermark settings
- 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
- Understanding export settings
- Web Galleries
- 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
- Magnifier
  - To zoom into an area by using the Magnifier
  - To adjust the size and zoom level of the Magnifier
- Metadata viewer
  - To open the Metadata pop-up window
Slideshows
- About slideshows
  - To open the Slideshow window
- Slideshow settings
- 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
- Print 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
- Metadata tags
- File locations
- Command line options
- Custom print layouts
- About color management
- 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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