> the painting tools and the commands that are used to add effects can be applied only on raster layers. If you try to use a raster tool while a vector layer is selected, Corel® PaintShop Pro prompts you to convert the vector layer into a raster layer.

In https://support.corel.com/hc/en-us/articles/215916768-Unders...

Where GP said:

> you could also create vector layers, where you could draw shapes and paths which would remain editable and would be rasterised on the fly.

That has always been the case from the beginning of vector layers. If anything was crippled, this isn't it.