User Guide

Color84
To load Mixer palette colors
1 Choose Window menu > Show
Mixer to display the Mixer palette.
2 Click the palette menu arrow, and
choose Load Mixer Colors.
3 In the Load Mixer dialog box,
choose the Mixer swatches (MSW)
file you want to load.
4 Click Open.
To reset the Mixer palette colors
1 Choose Window menu > Show
Mixer to display the Mixer palette.
2 Click the palette menu arrow, and
choose Reset Mixer Colors.
Mixing Colors
Using the Mixer Pad, the color wells,
and the Brush and Palette Knife tools,
you can create new colors for use in
your images.
When you have finished mixing and
sampling colors, you can clear the
Mixer Pad, or save it as a Mixer Pad
(MXS) file that you can open and use
later.
To mix colors
1 Choose Window menu > Show
Mixer to display the Mixer palette.
2 Click the Brush tool .
3 Choose a color from the color well,
and paint on the Mixer Pad.
4 Choose a second color from the
color well, and paint on the Mixer
Pad.
5 Do one of the following:
• Use the Brush tool to add to
and blend the colors.
• Use the Palette Knife tool to
blend the colors.
To sample a color from the Mixer
Pad
1 Choose Window menu > Show
Mixer to display the Mixer palette.
2 Click the Eyedropper tool .
3 On the Mixer Pad, click the color
you want to sample.
The sampled color becomes the
primary color in the image.
To clear the Mixer Pad
1 Choose Window menu > Show
Mixer to display the Mixer palette.
2 Do one of the following:
• Click the palette menu arrow,
and choose Clear Mixer Pad.
• On the Mixer palette, click the
Clear and Reset Canvas
button .
To save a Mixer Pad
1 Choose Window menu > Show
Mixer to display the Mixer palette.
2 Click the palette menu arrow, and
choose Save Mixer Pad.
3 In the Save Mixer Pad dialog box,
type a name for the mixer colors
and choose where you want to save
the Mixer Pads (MXS) file.
4 Click Save.
To load a Mixer Pad
1 Choose Window menu > Show
Mixer to display the Mixer palette.
2 Click the palette menu arrow, and
choose Open Mixer Pad.