User Guide

The Workspace18
The Papers, Gradients,
Patterns, and Weaves
Palettes
•The Papers palette lets you choose
and edit paper textures for your
document. You can preview paper
textures as thumbnails or in a list,
and see a thumbnail preview of the
selected paper. For more
information, see “Using Paper
Texture” on page 61 and
“Choosing Paper Textures” on
page 63.
•The Gradients palette lets you
choose and edit gradients that can
be applied to Corel Painter
documents. You can preview
gradients as thumbnails or in a list,
and see a thumbnail preview of the
selected gradient. For more
information, see “Using
Gradients” on page 93.
•The Patterns palette lets you
choose and edit patterns. You can
preview patterns as thumbnails or
in a list, and see a thumbnail
preview of the selected pattern. For
more information, refer to “Using
Patterns” on page 66.
•The Weaves palette lets you choose
and edit weaves. You can preview
weaves as thumbnails or in a list,
and see a thumbnail preview of the
selected weave. For more
information, see “Using Weaves”
on page 72.
The Layers and Channels
Palettes
•The Layers palette contains
thumbnail previews of all the
layers in a Corel Painter
document. You can use the buttons
on the Layers palette to arrange
layers, use plug-ins, add new layers
(including Water Color and
Liquid Ink layers), create layer
masks, and delete layers. You can
also set the composite method and
depth, adjust the opacity, and lock
and unlock layers. For more
information, see “Using Layers
and Layer Masks” on page 229.
•The Channels palette contains
thumbnail previews of all the
channels in a Corel Painter
document, including RGB
composite channels, layer masks,
and Alpha channels. The buttons
on the palette can be used to load,
save, and invert existing channels,
and to create new channels. For
more information, see “Using
Alpha Channels” on page219.
The Text and Scripts Palettes
•The Text palette lets you perform
all tasks relating to text in a Corel
Painter document, such as
choosing fonts, adjusting opacity,
and applying drop shadows. For
more information, refer to
“Working with Text” on page 385.
•The Scripts palette gives you
access to all commands and
settings relating to scripts. For
example, you can open, close, play,
and record scripts from the Scripts
palette. For more information, see
“Scripting” on page 415.