User Guide

Corel Painter 17
Showing and Hiding Palettes
You can show or hide a palette by
choosing its name from the Window
menu, from a selector, or by using the
key combination shown on the
Window menu.
To show or hide a palette:
• Do one of the following:
•Choose Window menu, and
choose the palette you want to
show or hide.
• Choose a selector from the
toolbox, click the selector menu
arrow, and choose Launch Pal-
ette.
• Use the keyboard shortcut for
the palette you want to show or
hide:
Press Command (Mac OS) or Ctrl
(Windows) +
1 = Colors
2 = Mixer
3 = Color Sets
4 = Layers
5 = Channels
6 = Text
7 = Info
8 = Gradients
9 = Patterns
Tip
•
You can also hide a palette by clicking
the close box on the palette title bar.
To show or hide all palettes:
• Choose Window menu > Show/
Hide Palettes.
Exploring the Palettes
As you work with Corel Painter, you’ll
use the following groups of palettes.
The Color Palettes
•The Colors palette lets you choose
primary and secondary colors for
painting in Corel Painter
documents. You can also use the
Clone Color option on the Colors
palette. For more information, see
“Working with Color” on page 77.
•The Mixer palette lets you mix and
blend colors as you would on an
artist’s palette. It contains its own
set of tools. For more information,
see “The Mixer Palette” on
page 82.
•The Color Sets palette displays the
colors in the current color set. You
use color sets to organize groups of
colors. Some color sets are
organized by both name and color
relationship. For more
information, refer to “Using Color
Sets” on page 85.
•The Color Info palette contains
color information for the selected
color, in HSV or RGB values. You
can also use the Clone Color
option with this palette. For more
information, see “Color
Information” on page 89.
•The Color Variability palette
contains sliders to adjust color
variability values. For more
information, see “Color
Variability” on page 89.
•The Color Expression palette lets
you determine how colors are
expressed in Corel Painter
documents. For more information,
refer to “Color Expression” on
page 91.