Corel Photo-Paint 9-10 script converter
In Corel PHOTO-PAINT 10 all bitmap effects such as Add Noise, Gaussian Blur and others are completely changed. Instead of old command for Gaussian Blur in Photo-Paint 9 a new command is used in Photo-Paint 10:
PP9:
.EffectGaussianBlur 5
PP10:
.BitmapEffect "Gaussian Blur", "GaussianBlurEffect
GaussianBlurRadius=500,GaussianBlurResampled=0"
And similar changes are for every bitmap command. Obviously none of Photo-Paint 9 scripts now works with Paint 10 because of this. Fortunately now you can download and use this utility and convert all your scripts. This program is quite smart and does a lot of work to optimize your scripts. I'm sure you will find it quite ingenious when you see the results...
There is a bad news, though. Because all Photo-Paint 10's effects now use single "BitmapEffect" command in scripts, a lot of code was rewritten inside the application and as a result many bugs were introduced. Some effects always show dialog boxes despite all the parameters you try to specify in script. Some commands are not implemented correctly at all, so you might need to find alternative ways of doing things (use another effects instead of those broken). The script converter will warn you if any of the "problematic" commands were used in your script. Hopefully those bugs will be fixed soon.
Here is how the script converter works. You specify several files to convert and it changes old command syntax into the new one used by Photo-Paint 10. The converted scripts are saved back into the same files, but the original scripts are saved into .bak files.
Download Photo-Paint 9-10 script converter:
- PP9-10Cnv.zip (48K)
Installation
Photo-Paint 9-10 script converter is a Visual Basic 6 application. It doesn't require any special installation procedures. Just copy the two files included in the archive into any empty folder and run the EXE. But please note that the program requires Visual Basic run-time libraries. Chances are that you already have them on your computer. But if you don't, you will see error messages when you start the program. Should this happen, please download and install the run-time files here: VBRun60sp4.exe (1 MB).
The program also uses RichText box ActiveX control. You need to have it installed on your system or the converter will not work. To check if you have it installed, click here. If you don't have it, you can download it from Microsoft's site: http://activex.microsoft.com/controls/vb6/richtx32.cab.
You may also download a setup package that includes the program and all required components:
- PP9-10CnvSetup.zip (1.6 MB)
Registration
Photo-Paint 9-10 script converter is a shareware product. It is fully functional in the downloadable version however you are allowed to convert only 10 script files. You need to register the script to continue using it. The registration fee is US$15.00.
The registration will help me continue working on those great tools that you can find on my web site. As you might guess, it takes quite a lot of time to create something like this program.
Register the script:
- Register the Photo-Paint 9-10 script converter through RegNow using a secure server.
- Click here for alternative payment method.
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