User Guide
Basics38
• Choose the Magnifier tool
in the toolbox.
• Hold down Command + Spa-
cebar (Mac OS) or Ctrl + Spa-
cebar (Windows).
The Magnifier cursor shows a plus
sign (+) — indicating you are
increasing magnification
(zooming in).
2 Click or drag in the document
window.
• Clicking magnifies the image
to the next level, as defined in
the Zoom Level menu on the
property bar.
• When you drag, Corel Painter
chooses the magnification level
that most closely conforms to
the selected area and centers
the screen view on that area.
The percentage the document is
magnified appears in the
document window’s title bar.
To zoom out:
1 Do one of the following:
• Choose the Magnifier tool and
hold down Option (Mac OS)
or Alt + Ctrl (Windows).
•Hold down Option +Com-
mand +Spacebar (Mac OS) or
Alt + Ctrl + Spacebar (Win-
dows).
The Magnifier cursor shows a
minus sign (-) — indicating you
are decreasing magnification
(zooming out).
2 Click in the document window.
Each click reduces the
magnification to the next level, as
defined in the Zoom Level menu
on the property bar.
Tip
•
You can also zoom in or out by
moving the Scale slider, typing a value in
the bottom left corner of the image
window, or choosing an option from the
Zoom Level pop-up menu on the property
bar.
To zoom using the Magnifier tool
1 In the toolbox, click the Magnifier
tool.
2 Choose a zoom level from the
Zoom Level pop-up menu on the
property bar.
To reset magnification to 100%:
• Double-click the Magnifier tool.
To zoom to fit the screen:
Do one of the following:
• Choose Window menu > Zoom
to Fit Screen.
• Double-click the Grabber tool in
the toolbox .
Corel Painter generates a view of
the entire document to fit the size
of your screen.
To access the Magnifier tool while
any other tool is selected:
• Press Command + Spacebar (Mac
OS) or Ctrl + Spacebar
(Windows) and click to zoom in;
press Command + Option +
Spacebar (Mac OS) or Ctrl + Alt
+ Spacebar (Windows) and click
to zoom out.










