User Guide

Basics34
height, and resolution. This
number does not reflect the file
size for the saved document. A
saved Corel Painter file is usually
25% to 50% of the size of the
working document, depending on
the number of colors it contains.
• Width and Height determine the
dimensions of the Canvas. You can
change the unit of measurement
using the menu. Choose from
pixels (the default), inches,
centimeters, points, picas, and
columns (2" wide).
• Resolution is the number of pixels
per inch (ppi) or centimeter that
make up an image. In the New
dialog, setting the document’s
pixels per inch is the same as
setting its dpi. Refer to
“Understanding Resolution” on
page 36 for detailed information
about document, screen, and print
resolutions.
• Paper Color lets you select a
background paper color—or
Canvas color—when you create a
new document. The default is
white.
• Picture Type lets you set up a
document to contain a single
image frame or multiple frames for
a movie. The default is single
frame.
To create a new document:
1 Choose File menu > New.
2 In the New dialog box, enter
values for the width, height, and
resolution of the document.
Change the unit of measurement
by choosing an option from the
menu.
3 Click in the Paper Color box to set
the document’s background to a
color other than white.
Choose a color from the system
color picker that appears.
4 Choose a picture type.
5 Click OK.
A new document appears in the
workspace.
Opening Existing Documents
You can open documents from other
graphics applications and use Corel
Painter to add brush strokes, tints, or
paper textures. Or, you can clone a
document to re-create it in a different
medium.
Corel Painter lets you open the
following file formats:
• RIFF—Corel Painter native
format (RIF)
• TIFF (TIF)
• CMYK TIF (TIF)
• Photoshop formats (PSD)—Corel
Painter preserves layers and alpha
channels. Layer effects and
adjustment layers are not
supported and should be merged
or flattened in Adobe Photoshop.
•Windows Bitmap (BMP)
•PC Paintbrush (PCX)
•TARGA® (TGA)
• GIF—Corel Painter does not
convert GIF animations to frame
stacks.
• JPEG (JPG)