User Guide

Corel Painter 83
The Palette Knife Tool
The Palette Knife mixes colors already
on the Mixer Pad. It does not add new
colors to the Mixer Pad.
The Eyedropper Tool
The Eyedropper tool samples color on
the Mixer Pad for use on the canvas.
The sampled color becomes the
primary color on the Colors palette.
The Zoom Tool
The Zoom tool lets you zoom in and
out of areas on the Mixer Pad.
The Pan Tool
The Pan tool lets you scroll through
the Mixer Pad.
The Clear and Reset Canvas Tool
The Clear and Reset Canvas tool
erases the contents of the Mixer Pad
and resets the zoom level to 100%.
The Brush Size Slider
The Brush Size slider lets you
increase or decrease the size of the
Brush tool and the Palette Knife tool.
If you adjust the Brush Size slider, the
new value is retained when you
reopen the application.
The Mixer Palette Colors
Color wells at the top of the Mixer
palette store commonly used colors
you can use on the Mixer Pad. A series
of colors appears by default; however,
these colors can be changed to suit the
individual preferences of the artist.
Mixer colors can be saved, loaded, and
reset to the default.
To change Mixer palette colors
1 Choose Window menu > Show
Mixer to display the Mixer palette.
If the Mixer palette is not
expanded, click the palette arrow.
2 Choose Window menu > Show
Colors to display the Colors
palette.
3 On the Colors palette, choose a
color from the standard or small
Color Picker.
4 On the Mixer Color palette, choose
the color well you want to change
on the Mixer Color selector.
5 In the color well, press Command
+ click (Mac OS) or Ctrl + click
(Windows).
The new color appears in the color
well.
To save Mixer palette colors
1 Choose Window menu > Show
Mixer to display the Mixer palette.
2 Click the palette menu arrow, and
choose Save Mixer Colors.
3 In the Save Mixer Colors dialog
box, type a name for the mixer
colors and choose where you want
to save the Mixer swatches (MSW)
file.
4 Click Save.