User Guide

The Basics 15
The Basics
The Corel Painter application provides a digital workspace in which you can create
new images, or alter existing images, using the Corel Painter Natural-Media tools and
effects. Your working image is known as a document and is displayed in a document
window. This document window includes navigation and productivity features to help
you work efficiently.
As you create an image, you can save your document in a number of different file
formats: RIFF (Corel Painter native format), JPEG, TIFF, and Adobe Photoshop
(PSD), to name a few. Corel Painter also lets you open or import images in many file
formats.
Every artist works in a unique way, and every computer system has its own
configuration of memory, disks, printers, and accessories. Corel Painter preferences let
you customize the program for your own work style and for optimum performance on
your particular system. You can also customize the features of your tablet and pens in
Corel Painter.
Working with Documents
The first step in creating an image in Corel Painter is opening a document. You can
open a blank canvas by creating a new document, work with an existing image by
opening a file already created, or acquire an image from a scanner or digital camera.
Once you have created your image, you can place it directly into a document.
Creating and Opening Documents
The File menu > New command creates a blank, untitled document based on the
specifications you set in the New dialog box. Canvas Size shows the RAM requirement
for creating the document at the specified width, height, and resolution. This number