Background Removal in CorelDraw/Corel Photo Paint

This video was done in Corel X6 but will work for older versions also.
This video shows how to remove a background from a photo. We also use a drop shadow and power clip to finish our project.

[@Itsrichayo]

Corel is and has always been my preferred choice for more than 13 years. Thanks for sharing this.

[@nellywilliam3708]

Omg! You’re a life saver. I’ve literally been struggling with magic wand tool and I’ve just not been getting it right. Your video literally helped me. Thank you so much! 🤗

[@Coreldrawhelp]

You're so welcome!

[@doncocker6843]

Wonderful tutorial. No music, excellent commentary, succinct and with meaningful short major steps recap. Still fully relevant today using CGS 2019. 👍👌😊

[@jairojimenes1825]

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[@CGRREDACTED]

Thank you for the wonderful tutorial where you actually spoke and explain what you were doing I learned a lot and I'm achieved success on my own project so thank you.

[@JB-xi5ek]

Brilliant. Thankfully, I still have this version so can watch and edit as per your helpful instructions.

[@Coreldrawhelp]

Great to hear!

[@wdc916]

Very informative and a straight forward, easy to understand tutorial, thank you

[@byrondaman2001]

First excellent tutorial I've seen with CorelDraw!!!

[@johnparken2607]

Thanks!! EXCELLENT tutorial. Your narration is very helpful and the whole thing is clear and concise. Thanks again.

[@jiggamark]

The Background Removal tutorial i ever had. Thanks bro

[@zulemaacevedo3462]

Thanks for the tips! I start to learned 19 years ago by my self and your tutorial its perfect.

[@trendcoreldraw5208]

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[@medheprintingpress4375]

no one teaching in class this great and helpful technique

[@raymondmaurer1838]

Awesome! And to think I've been struggling with the transparency tools low these many years.

[@bahmannosratollah7017]

Thank you so much for your hard work, and great explanation.

[@mindyrealestateagent]

Thank you for this video. I've watched it several times! My version is a bit different but I get the idea with your video! Thank you thank you

[@trendcoreldraw5208]

nice

[@denizbaronchelli216]

i watched stopped and took some notes..it was very helpfull thanks really.

[@alk9310]

You are a Fucking genius... I've watched loads of these videos now and I am crying with laughter each time. Keep doing what you're doing I haven't laughed this much since I was in high school. Just totally hilarious keep them coming

[@ahmed3lom]

u see that little cog option button on the bottom near the fullscreen button? if u click on that u can chose to slow it down or speed it up. i

[@one1-thunderbolt839]

Great video, very clearly explains the process. Thank you.

[@elishabellon6279]

im following the instruction but when it comes on 10:24, I cannot find the power clip by using right click just only edit bitmap etc. almost done but somethings missing,the power clip.. Im using coreldraw x3.

[@Beautifulplaces954]

hi friend. i have a problem. i am using corel draw 11 and there i did not see the two option in the corel photo paint . 1 is add detail tool and 2 one remove detail tools. where i see it. plz help me

[@gillespaget2484]

Efficient explanation, i didn't use cutout lab before..... great tool !

[@ginaasayas6278]

Wow! it's Amazing I did it well ! Perfect work !

[@watsonnavarro3116]

Thank you! Great video

[@terackie]

I've got corel draw essentials 4 but I don't have the "cut out lab" in corel photo paint, is my programme to old?

[@bernhardschmuck]

Thanks to you, learn much more about Corel Draw x7.

[@nuhumaku2132]

Simple and straight forward nice one

[@77missconduct]

Thank you! I really needed some fine tuning on something, this was what I needed.

[@barwapeter]

Thanks a million. Came in very very handy.

[@gloriabruce7729]

hi sir please I completed what you were doing but after getting the image and the oval circle around it when I try to fill the background it will fill all the image what should I do please

[@NormBa]

Yes I do this. But it can be labor intensive. I wonder if there's an intelligent s/w just for this specific application which has the smarts to differentiate object from background. That would be really nice.

[@abdellah9143]

Thanks a lot for the video. It helped me very much.

[@apxpandy4965]

Great video - very helpful! Thanks!

[@ramonabaird3375]

Excellent! Thank you! Exactly what I wanted to know.

[@adrianoidano926]

i have corel draw photo paint x5 and cant find the power clip function in it..how come?

[@christopherdunbar394]

Looks well good

[@ehimareohue5768]

Awesome and simple explanations. Thanks a lot.

[@mikeraymond5474]

How can I save the picture without the background for use later in different projects. When I try and save it always adds a white background to it.

[@Coreldrawhelp]

Just save the CorelDraw file and reload it and place any background you want behind the cut image. Save the .cdr file.

[@SimPilot-dl8zy]

Thank you for this. you really helped. One question though, How do I scale this to a letter size?

[@desiredriving]

Amazing guide!Thanks for the help!

[@block9390]

great vid thanks bud, your a good teacher

[@patrishaannnicolemiralpes869]

This helped a lot thank you

[@kpoteetwrmom]

great instructional video....easy to follow

[@blijkegaal-kool9925]

i have corel draw essentials x 6 , its not the same?

[@tonyalford3741]

It keeps telling me that the object that I selected is invalid.

[@abdurehmansaad4068]

An Excellent tutorial indeed!

[@maxmalik92]

Thanks for the Video Sure made my job so much easier

[@wwowilliam3650]

awesome!!!! I have been trying to find help with corel and this is the first time someone has posted a video for a novice (I am way behind a novice lol) Like me if there is anyway I could learn more or if there are more videos for corel please let me know and again thank you

[@mihalyhelmeczi64]

Thx this video ! Its very helpful, and its works on Corel Draw 12 also.

[@ameypadhye9041]

how ro do it in corel draw x3......power clip inside option is not available in x3🤔😟

[@wenwen6232]

I have a problem with the picture, the "edit bitmap" button is grey and i cant click it. What can I do?

[@Coreldrawhelp]

The first thing to check is that the "Bitmap" is selected. then the button should be active. Also make sure the object selected is a "Bitmap" not a Document Object.

[@jmdelossantos9119]

Thank God for your video 🙏😄

[@apxpandy4965]

Good presentation, useful, too! Thanks!

[@whitneydrums]

I have been using photo paint 9 to edit photos. I cut out the background a lot and it's very tedious on that program. I saw this video and then purchased Paint shop pro X6. It does not seem to have cutout lab. Do you know what's up with that?

[@Coreldrawhelp]

whitneydrums This tutorial is on Corel Photo Paint, I have no idea what is available with Paint Shop Pro.

[@flashfight8480]

hello everybody. i use corel draw x5, i change the background, but couldn't save it, I cant't see the save button, anybody can heilp me with it.? please.

[@robertogono7561]

i have tried it out but my power click does not work out please help me out

[@SandpiperN121PP]

Great tutorial... but unfortunately my version of Corel doesn't have the add / remove detail option... so I cannot fix the cutout after I do it.

[@brig1327]

Thanks for the tutorial!

[@ryanmiller4637]

Great Job! Thanks so much!!!

[@ibidesign]

Terrific tutorial: thank you!

[@nammymoegan]

I got coreldraw x4, after i click effect>power click>Power click inside Container. It just show me this sentence :"the object you selected is invalid." How can I do? Thank you for helping

[@Coreldrawhelp]

The object you select can not be part of a any kind of group. This could be the problem.

[@jimknaub2093]

Really helped me ! Thank you very much.

[@kimhuffman4730]

I just purchased an Epilog Laser and am needing help converting photos to bitmap so that I can get a great image to etch. Thank you.

[@dendrologia]

I'd rather use powertrace, use specify to remove all background colors, than create a boundary around the vectorized object and use The resulting outline to intersect with The original bitmap

[@rotech4105]

thank you very much for this tutorial

[@user-tm4my4jb6d]

BLESS YOU.

[@JONSEREDdotWS]

trying the power clip on oval says object is invalid. How do i make it valid 7x is the version .Thanks

[@NataliaZagoriy]

I have the same issue...

[@jamiconroy7841]

Thanks so much, huge help!!

[@jessiegibson9023]

Good video thanks

[@davinjones3486]

When I do this coral photo paint comes up with a problem and wants to close after I have cut it out previewed then click on done

[@Coreldrawhelp]

You may need to reinstall Corel Paint.

[@davinjones3486]

No that didn't work it is still doing it

[@Coreldrawhelp]

You may need to contact Corel and see if they have a solution.

[@francizarmymenseries5296]

i cannot find power click..im using corel x5

[@SahFam]

i want to know how to cut images in circle in corel draw

[@medheprintingpress4375]

thanks again for everything sir your doing well

[@kalanikumarasinghe7669]

Thanks! that helped a lot

[@todortalevski1]

Well done!

[@LBurger71]

When you chose your photo it was a jpeg. When you dragged and dropped it to your new corel draw document, it changed to a bitmap. Did you have to tell it to do that or did it do it automatically? Thank you in advance.

[@Coreldrawhelp]

Lisa Fidler Walter A jpeg is a type of bitmap so that was done automatically.

[@LBurger71]

***** I don't think I ever knew that. Thank you.

[@ferzan1117]

***** ı have like problem. what can ı do ? please help : ( my problems pics )

[@Coreldrawhelp]

Ferzan Dokumaci Your photos show your "Edit bitmap" buttons are not highlighted. The most obvious cause would be that you do not have your "Bitmap" selected or what is selected is not a bitmap. When you select the object make sure your status bar says it is a bitmap. If it say something like "Document object" or something else it is not a bitmap. Hope this helps.

[@ferzan1117]

***** Thanks That Help Me

[@sidrazamir9954]

Hello, add detail tool and remove tool is not showing in my coral draw please tell me how to show it?

[@Coreldrawhelp]

Press the "Preview" then they should appear.

[@sidrazamir9954]

Also not showed after preview.

[@sidrazamir9954]

There is all options showing except those 2.

[@fernandohercules5993]

It really works Im shocked

[@CTX125]

That was sweet! Great Video!

[@realityred]

Thank you so much!

[@moonmoon-eb9ij]

Awesome

[@bilalremzi196]

thank you

[@darshanadenuwan2690]

Thank a lot!

[@Coreldrawhelp]

You're welcome!

[@dongpuno00]

thank you, i learn in your video

[@ogunbaseridwan3097]

Nice tutorials

[@brandonchong6093]

Wow! Thanks A Lot!!!

[@socalgal007]

So helpful !

[@buzzda1]

Thank you man!!!

[@janetmejiaabenoja5291]

thanks....very helpful😘

[@michellemccartan2761]

Thanks for the video, very helpful! This is almost exactly what I'm trying to do, but my image has several straight lines. How do you draw straight lines using the highlighter tool? The usual control key doesn't seem to work in the cutout lab, and my freehand straight lines are really bad (unless I'm doing it wrong which is totally possible!). I'm using Corel Draw x8.

[@Coreldrawhelp]

As far as I know there is not a way to force a line to be "Straight". But it should not matter that much. As long as the highlight covers the line, the exact "Straightness" should be determined by the artwork not the highlighter.

[@michellemccartan2761]

Thank you for answering, I guess I can make the highlight tool wider & then clean it up afterwards.

[@sandralynn8173]

Great tutorial

[@annkagaruwanjiku7920]

God bless you

[@arlangarci]

how to shape the background like making it a heart shape?

[@Coreldrawhelp]

You can make the Oval any shape like and it will give you the same effect. So I your case draw a Heart and Power Clip the Photo into the hear.

[@virenparmar7331]

NICE Video Sir

[@Coreldrawhelp]

+Viren Parmar Thanks!

[@tonyalford3741]

When I click on the oval, is says that didn't click on an object. Like it isn't detecting the oval.

[@tonyalford3741]

Well, somehow it worked finally. Thank you for your videos, you explain everything very well.

[@tonyalford3741]

How do I close bitmap editor? I can't close CorelDraw, until it is closed.

[@dancobb118]

To close the bitmap editor, find CorelPaint on your task bar and close it.

[@tonyalford3741]

Sometimes CorelPaint doesn't show in the task bar, so I can't close it, until I restart the pc.

[@dancobb118]

File Close? or Click the "X"? do those work?

[@parttime9895]

This really helped me... Thanks ;D

[@user-vo7co2cm2w]

Don't believe but it really worked

[@castellolouis]

thanks alot very very useful

[@tigerking4858]

Excellent.

[@leolee5012]

thx for soft mate

[@gregorioganesh4551]

would be nice if he said what version of coreldraw this is

[@Coreldrawhelp]

Corel X6 but works in older versions Thanks for the help!