User Guide

Corel Painter 41
features—except the buttons on the
document window—work when
using full screen mode.
To toggle the full screen mode on
and off:
• Press Command + M (Mac OS)
or Ctrl + M (Windows), or choose
Window menu > Screen Mode
Toggle.
Tip
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You can position the image window
anywhere on the screen by holding down
the Spacebar and dragging with your
mouse or stylus.
Image Size Information
You can use the Info palette to check
image size. For more information, see
“The Info Palette” on page 19.
Resizing the Canvas
If you want the same image at a
different scale, you can resize the
canvas. You can also change the size of
the drawing area, and you can crop
the canvas.
To resize the canvas:
1 Choose Canvas menu > Resize.
Corel Painter displays the Resize
dialog box, which shows the
current and new size by width,
height, and resolution.
2 Enter a new value for width,
height or resolution.
For more information on these
values, refer to “Creating New
Documents” on page 33.
3 The Constrain File Size option lets
you choose how to deal with
dimensions relative to resolution.
When Constrain File Size is
enabled, you can change the
height and width of the image
together. The resolution will
change accordingly.
When Constrain File Size is
disabled, you can change the
height and width independently of
the resolution, and vice versa.
If you choose Pixels or Percent as
the unit and enter a value, Corel
Painter automatically disables the
Constrain option.
4 Click OK.
To resize the drawing area:
1 Choose Canvas menu > Canvas
Size.
2 In the Canvas Size dialog box,
specify the number of pixels you
want to add to any side of the
canvas.
Enter negative values to reduce the
canvas size.
To crop the canvas:
1 Display the image at a scale where
you can see all of it.
2 In the toolbox, choose the Crop
tool .
3 Drag in the image to describe the
rectangular area you want to keep.
4 Adjust the rectangle by dragging a
corner or any of its edges.
The property bar shows the size
and location of the cropping
rectangle.
To constrain the cropping
rectangle to a certain aspect ratio,
enter values for the width and
height aspect, and enable the Ratio
option on the property bar.