User Guide

Corel Painter 145
The Magnifier tool lets you zoom in
on areas of the Scratch Pad.
The Grabber tool lets you scroll
around the Scratch Pad.
Color Picker
The toolbox contains a primary and a
secondary color rectangle. Click either
rectangle to open the Color Picker
dialog box and choose a new color.
Libraries
Four libraries are available in the
toolbox: papers, gradients, patterns,
and nozzles.
The Preview Grid and
Window
The preview grid is located on the left
side of the main window on the
Randomizer and Transposer pages. It
contains a Brush selector bar, and it
displays several variations of brush
strokes for the selected brush. You can
use these brush strokes as variants to
be randomized or transposed. The
preview window displays the variant
you select.
By increasing the size of the main
window, you also make more brush
strokes available in the preview grid.
The preview grid.
To resize the preview grid
• Drag the resize handle at the
bottom-right corner of the main
window.
Using the Scratch Pad
When creating new brushes, you can
test the brush strokes on the Scratch
Pad. You can zoom in to and out of
specific areas of the Scratch Pad,
adjust the brush size, make selections,
and clear the Scratch Pad.
To zoom in to the Scratch Pad
1 Do one of the following:
• Choose the Magnifier tool
in the toolbox.
• Hold down Command +
Spacebar (Mac OS) or Ctrl +
Spacebar (Windows).
The Magnifier cursor shows a plus
sign (+), indicating you are
increasing magnification
(zooming in).
2 Click or drag in the Scratch Pad.
To zoom out of the Scratch Pad
1 Do one of the following:
• Choose the Magnifier tool, and
hold down Option + Com-
mand (Mac OS) or Alt + Ctrl
(Windows).
• Hold down Option +Com-
mand +Spacebar (Mac OS) or
Alt + Ctrl + Spacebar (Win-
dows).
The Magnifier cursor shows a
minus sign (-), indicating you are
decreasing magnification
(zooming out).
2 Click in the Scratch Pad.