User Guide

Using Layers and Layer Masks256
• On the Layers palette, click the
Create Layer Mask button .
•Choose Layers menu > Create
Layer Mask.
The layer mask icon displays
next to the layer name on the
Layers palette.
To create a layer mask based on
transparency:
1 Select a layer.
2 Choose Layers menu > Create
Layer Mask from Transparency.
The layer mask icon displays
next to the layer name on the
Layers palette.
Notes
•
You can create layer masks based on
transparency for pixel-based layers only.
Other layers must first be converted to
default layers.
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Earlier versions of Corel Painter used
layer visibility masks. If you have a file
with a modified visibility mask that was
created with an earlier version of Corel
Painter, use this procedure to load the
visibility mask to a layer mask.
To copy a channel to a layer mask:
1 Align the layer with the portion of
the channel you want.
2 Select the layer on the Layers
palette.
3 Click the Create Layer Mask
button.
A blank layer mask is created.
4 On the Channels palette, select the
channel you want to copy.
5 Click the palette menu arrow, and
choose Duplicate.
6 In the Duplicate Channel dialog
box, choose the layer mask from
the Destination pop-up menu.
Corel Painter copies to the layer
mask the portion of the channel
that coincides with the layer
content.
Selecting and Viewing Layer
Masks
Before you work with a layer mask,
you must select it. You can also view a
layer mask as a grayscale image.
Selecting a layer mask and viewing it
are distinct operations—you can select
a layer mask without viewing it.
To select a layer mask:
1 On the Layers palette, choose a
layer that has a layer mask.
The layer mask is displayed on the
Channels palette.
2 Do one of the following:
• On the Channels palette, click
the layer mask.
• On the Layers palette, click the
layer mask icon next to the
layer name.
To view a layer mask:
1 Select a layer with a layer mask.
2 On the Channels palette, click the
layer mask.
In this mode, the RGB image is
hidden.
To hide a layer mask:
• Click the eye icon next to the layer
mask item to close the eye.
Managing Layer Masks
You can copy a layer mask to an alpha
channel.