User Guide

Corel Painter 87
3 If you choose Customize, move the
Width and Height sliders in the
Customize dialog box, or type
values in the Width and Height
boxes.
To turn the grid on or off:
• On the Color Sets palette, click the
palette menu arrow, and choose
Show Grid to toggle the display of
the grid on and off.
Turning the grid off eliminates
lines between colors. You can see
more colors, but the separations
between colors are not as distinct
as when the grid is on.
To turn color names on or off:
• Click the palette menu arrow, and
choose Display Name to toggle the
display of color names on or off.
Creating Color Sets
You can create your own color sets to
control the colors in particular projects
or to create groups of favorite painting
colors. Creating clearly named color
sets can be very useful. For example,
you could call a color set Shades of
Purple, Hero Image, My Crayons, or
Rollover Buttons—all offering you
easy access to recognizable color sets.
You can create color sets from:
• the Color pickers on the Colors
palette
•an image
• a selection on an image
•a layer
• the Mixer palette
Before you create a new color set, you
may be prompted to save the current
color set. For more information, see
“To save a color set” on page 86.
To create a new color set using
the Color pickers
1 On the Color Sets palette, click the
palette menu arrow, and choose
New Empty Color Set.
2 On the Colors palettes, choose a
color from the standard or small
Color picker.
3 On the Color Sets palette, click the
Add Color to Color Set button .
Notes:
•
For information about adding colors
to a color set, see “Editing Color Sets” on
page 88.
•
For more information about selecting
colors, refer to “Using the Color Pickers”
on page 78.
To create a color set from an
image, selection, layer, or the
Mixer palette
• On the Color Sets palette, click the
palette menu arrow or the Library
Access button , and choose one
of the following:
• New Color Set from Image —
This option is available only if
you have an image open. A
color set appears, containing all
the colors in the image.
• New Color Set from Layer —
This option is available only if
an active layer is selected in
your image. A color set appears,
containing all the colors in the
active layer.
• New Color Set from Selection
— This option is active only if
you have an active selection on