User Guide

Basics54
4 Choose the command you want,
either from a main menu or a
palette menu.
New Function shows the
command you’ve chosen.
5 Click Set to assign this command
to the selected key.
6 Repeat steps two through six for
each key you want to set.
7 When you’re finished, click OK.
Tip
•
Click Summary for a list of the
function keys that have been assigned.
Undo Preferences
Multiple Undo allows you to undo
and redo up to 32 levels of changes.
Corel Painter sets 32 levels as the
default.
Undo levels apply across open
documents. With five levels set, if you
have two documents open and you
have “undone” three operations on
the first document, you can undo only
two operations on the second
document.
Multiple Undo can use a significant
amount of disk space. If you perform
multiple operations on the entire
image, the whole image must be saved
for each undo step.
To set undo levels
1 Do one of the following:
• (Mac OS) Choose Corel
Painter 8 menu > Preferences
> Undo.
• (Windows) Choose Edit menu
> Preferences > Undo.
2 Enter a number between 1 and 32
in the box.
Shape Preferences
You can set the default fill and stroke
in the Shape Preferences dialog box.
These settings apply to new shapes
you create.
If you enable Big Handles, the Bézier
curve control handles will appear
larger. You may find it easier to work
with them in the larger size.
You can also specify colors for the
wing color, point color, and outline
color.
To change shape preferences:
1 Do one of the following:
• (Mac OS) Choose Corel
Painter 8 menu > Preferences
> Shapes.
•(Windows) Choose Edit menu
> Preferences > Shapes.
2 Select your preferences from the
following options:
• Drawing Options
—
Controls
how Corel Painter displays
shapes as you create them (On
Draw) and when a shape path
is closed (On Close). The
default setting is Stroke On
Draw and Fill On Close.
• Big Handles
—
Controls the
size of the anchor points and
direction wing handles. This
can make them easier to grab
and drag. If you want big
points, enable this option.