User Guide

The Basics 17
• Resolution is the number of pixels per inch (ppi) or pixels per centimeter that
make up an image. In the New dialog box, setting the document’s pixels per
inch is the same as setting its dots per inch (dpi). Refer to “Understanding
Resolution” on page 19 for detailed information about document, screen, and
print resolutions.
3 Click the Paper Color chip to set the document’s background to a color other than
white.
Choose a color from the Color dialog box that appears.
4 Choose a Picture Type.
Picture Type lets you set up a document to contain a single frame for an image (the
default) or multiple frames for a movie.
5 Click OK.
A new document appears in the workspace.
To open an existing document
1 Choose File menu > Open.
Corel Painter remembers the location of the last file you opened.
2 In the Open (Mac OS) or Select Image (Windows) dialog box, use the controls to
locate the file you want to open.
Corel Painter lists every image’s dimensions (in pixels), file size, and file format. In
addition, files saved in Corel Painter include thumbnails for browsing purposes.
3 Click Open.
The File menu also offers you a shortcut to previously opened documents.
Before choosing Open in the File menu, see if the file you want is in the
recently opened files list at the bottom of the File menu.
To browse for a document (Mac OS)
1 Choose File menu > Open.
2 Click Browse.
The Browse dialog box shows thumbnails for all the RIFF files in a folder.
3 Double-click the file name, or select a file and click Open.