User Guide

Corel Painter 235
For more information about
composite methods, refer to “Blending
Layers Using Composite Methods” on
page 248.
If you save a file to a file format other
than RIFF or PSD, the layers drop (or
merge) into a single background
image.
Deleting Layers
To delete a layer:
1 On the Layers palette, select the
layer.
2 Do one of the following:
• Click the palette menu arrow,
and choose Delete Layer.
• Click the Delete button at
the bottom of the Layers pal-
ette.
Notes
•
You can also delete shapes by pressing
Delete (Mac OS) or Backspace
(Windows).
•
You cannot delete the canvas.
Managing Layers
Selecting Layers
Selecting a layer lets you make
changes to it. If no layers are selected,
any changes you make apply to the
canvas.
The Auto Select Layer option changes
your ability to select and move layers
with the Layer Adjuster tool.
By default, the Auto Select Layer
option is disabled. This means that
the layer selection is “locked in”—the
Layer Adjuster tool affects only the
selected layer or layers. In other words,
you cannot select a layer by clicking it
in the document window; you must
select a layer by clicking it on the
Layers palette.
When the Auto Select Layer option is
enabled, you can select layers
automatically with the Layer Adjuster
tool by clicking an area of layer
content in the document window.
To select a layer:
• Do one of the following:
• Click a layer on the Layers pal-
ette.
• Choose the Layer Adjuster tool
from the toolbox. With the
Auto Select Layer check box on
the property bar enabled, click
anywhere in a layer’s content.
Tips
•
You can also press the F key to activate
the Layer Adjuster tool.
•
If you are working with a shape, you
can switch to the Shape Selection tool by
double-clicking a shape with the Layer
Adjuster tool.
To select multiple layers:
• Do one of the following:
Hard Light Hard Light
Darken Darken
Lighten Lighten
Difference Difference
Hue Hue
Saturation Saturation
Color Color
Luminosity Luminosity
Corel Painter
Composite
Method
Photoshop
Blend Mode