User Guide

Corel Painter 93
To show or hide annotations:
1 Choose Canvas menu >
Annotations > Show
Annotations.
The annotations appear.
2 Choose Canvas menu >
Annotations > Hide Annotations
to hide the annotations.
To change color names after
annotating an image:
1 Choose the annotation you want to
rename.
2 Press Delete (Mac OS) or
Backspace (Windows).
3 On the Color Sets palette, double-
click the color swatch of the color
you want to rename.
4 Type a new name in the Set Color
Name dialog box.
5 Choose Canvas menu >
Annotations > Annotate.
6 Re-create the deleted annotation.
7 Repeat the procedure for each
annotation you want to rename.
Using Gradients
A gradient is a gradual transformation
from one color into another.
Sometimes they are called blends or
fountains. Corel Painter provides
several different types of gradients:
linear, radial, circular, and spiral.
Examples of gradient types, from top to
bottom: linear, radial, circular, and spiral.
You can use gradients to:
• Fill an image selection, layer, or
channel. For more information,
see “Using Selections” on
page 203, “Using Layers and Layer
Masks” on page 229, and “Using
Alpha Channels” on page219.
• Control a Pop-Art Fill effect.
(Other effects work best when you
use a filled mask.) For more
information, see “Pop Art Fill” on
page 311.
• Express the gradient in an existing
image by mapping gradient colors
to image luminance. For more
information, see “Creating Texture
Using Image Luminance” on
page 280.
• Brush with a gradient with one of
the computed brushes (using one
of these dab types: line airbrush,
projected, or rendered). For more
information, see “Dab Types” on
page 148.
Although Corel Painter comes with
libraries full of gradients, you’ll
invariably want to create some of your