User Guide
Corel Painter 351
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Getting Started with 
Mosaics
The Mosaic feature differs from the 
other Natural-Media tools in Corel 
Painter. When you’re working with 
the mosaics medium, you’re actually 
working in a different mode. This 
means that you must have the Make 
Mosaic dialog box open and you can’t 
access any other tools or features—
except for the Colors palette. 
To create a mosaic:
1 Open a new document or clone an 
existing document.
2 Choose Canvas menu > Make 
Mosaic.
The Make Mosaic dialog box 
provides all the controls for 
working in this medium. When 
painting with mosaic tiles, you’ll 
work with one of four tools: Apply 
Tiles, Remove Tiles, Change Tile 
Color, or Select Tiles.
Use the Make Mosaic dialog box to change 
your artwork into tiles.
Saving to a RIFF File
If you save a mosaic in the RIFF 
format, you can open the file later, 
choose the Make Mosaic command, 
and continue working. 
RIFF is the only file format that will 
save the resolution-independent 
mosaic tile objects. Saving in any 
other format prohibits you from 
resuming the mosaic process. All file 
formats will save the rendered image 
of the mosaic tiles on the canvas.










