User Guide
Table Of Contents
- Featured artists
- Table of contents
- Welcome to Corel Painter IX
- The Basics
- Working with Documents
- Creating and Opening Documents
- Creating and Opening Templates
- Placing Files
- Understanding Resolution
- Zooming
- Repositioning Documents
- Rotating Documents
- Cropping Images
- Using Full Screen Mode
- Image Size Information
- Resizing the Canvas
- Rotating and Flipping the Canvas
- Saving Files
- Closing Documents and Quitting the Application
- Setting Preferences
- Working with Documents
- Layers
- Getting Started with Layers
- Managing Layers
- Editing Layers
- Painting on Layers
- Brush Methods and Painting on Layers
- Preserving Layer Transparency
- Working with Floating Objects
- Adding Drop Shadows
- Creating Patterns on Layers
- Working with Reference Layers
- Setting Layer Opacity
- Blending Layers by Using Composite Methods
- Adding Notes to a Layer
- Storing Images with the Image Portfolio
- Organizing Layers with Image Portfolio Libraries
- Color
- Getting Started with Color
- Working with the Mixer Palette
- Working with Color Sets
- Setting Color Variability
- Viewing Color Information
- Setting Color Expression
- Working with Gradients
- Textures, Patterns, and Weaves
- Using Paper Texture
- Using Patterns
- Using Weaves
- Painting
- Exploring Brushes
- Marking the Canvas
- Exploring Painting
- Working with Fill
- Watercolor
- Liquid Ink
- Impasto
- Image Hose
- Customizing Brushes
- Getting Started with the Brush Creator
- Managing Settings and Controls
- General Controls
- Size Controls
- Spacing Controls
- Angle Controls
- Bristle Controls
- Well Controls
- Rake Controls
- Random Controls
- Mouse Controls
- Cloning Controls
- Impasto Controls
- Image Hose Controls
- Airbrush Controls
- Water Controls
- Liquid Ink Controls
- Digital Watercolor Controls
- Artists’ Oil Controls
- Color Variability Controls
- Color Expression Controls
- Expression Settings
- Managing Custom Brushes
- Cloning and Tracing
- Image Effects
- Working with Surface Texture
- Setting Appearance of Depth Properties
- Using Paper to Create Texture
- Using 3D Brush Strokes to Create Texture
- Creating 3D Oils
- Using Image Luminance to Create Texture
- Using Clone Source Luminance to Create Texture
- Creating Embossing Effects
- Using Channels and Layer Masks to Create Texture
- Working with Reflection Maps
- Applying Lighting to a Texture
- Working with Surface Texture
- Mosaics
- Getting Started with Mosaics
- Placing and Customizing Tiles
- Using Shapes
- Animation and Video
- Creating Animations and Video
- Getting Started with Movies
- Modifying a Movie
- Rotoscoping
- Saving and Exporting Movies
- Printing
- Index
The Basics 21
Zooming
By default, Corel Painter opens a document at 100% magnification, but you can
change the level of magnification by zooming. You can zoom in and out using the
Magnifier tool, reset magnification, or zoom to fit the screen. You can even zoom in
and out while working with other tools.
To zoom in
1 Do one of the following:
• In the toolbox, click the Magnifier tool .
• Hold down Command + Spacebar (Mac OS) or Ctrl + Spacebar (Windows).
The Magnifier cursor shows a plus sign (+), indicating that you are increasing
magnification (zooming in).
2 Click or drag in the document window.
When you drag, Corel Painter chooses the magnification level that most closely
conforms to the selected area and centers the screen view on that area.
The document’s magnification level appears in the document window’s title bar.
To zoom out
1 Do one of the following:
• In the toolbox, click the Magnifier tool and hold down Option (Mac OS) or Alt
(Windows).
• Hold down Option + Command + Spacebar (Mac OS) or Alt + Ctrl +
Spacebar (Windows).
The Magnifier cursor shows a minus sign (-), indicating that you are decreasing
magnification (zooming out).
2 Click in the document window.
Each click reduces the magnification to the next level, as defined in the Zoom Level
at the bottom of the image window.
You can also zoom in or out by moving the Scale slider, typing a value in the
Scale box at the bottom of the image window, or choosing an option from the
Zoom Level pop-up menu on the property bar.