Operation Manual

580 | CorelDRAW X8 User Guide
To Do the following
Change the color mode Choose a color mode from the Color mode list box.
Reduce the number of colors in a traced result (Outline Trace) Type a value in the Number of colors box, and click outside the
box.
Select a color Do one of the following:
•Click a color on the color palette. The selected color swatch
button appears pressed.
•
Click the Eyedropper tool , and click a color in the preview
window. A marquee appears around the selected color. To select
an additional color, hold down Shift, and click a color in the
preview window. To deselect a color, hold down Ctrl, and click a
color.
Select a range of adjacent colors Hold down Shift, and click the first and last color swatch in the
range you are selecting on the color palette.
Select multiple nonadjacent colors Hold down Ctrl, and click the nonadjacent color swatches on the
color palette.
Edit a color Select the color you want to edit, click Edit, and modify settings in
the Select color dialog box.
Merge colors (Outline Trace) Select the colors that you want to merge, and click Merge.
If you want to specify how to merge the colors, click Options to
access the Options dialog box, and enable an option in the Merge
colors area.
Delete a color from a traced result (Outline Trace)
Select a color, and click the Delete color button .
The deleted color is replaced by the next color on the color palette.
Use a custom color palette
Click the Open color palette button , find the folder where
the palette is stored, and click a filename.
Color palettes have a .cpl filename extension.
Each color of the traced graphic is mapped to a similar color on the
custom palette.
Create a custom color palette from the edited color palette of a
traced result
Click the Save color palette button . In the Save palette as
dialog box, type a name in the File name box.
The number of colors cannot be reduced, and colors cannot be merged, when you use the Centerline Trace method.