User Guide

62 Corel Painter User Guide
You can create a nested group by dragging a closed group to the open
destination group.
To ungroup layers
1 On the Layers palette, select the group.
If the group is open, click the palette arrow to close it.
2 Do one of the following:
• Click the Layer Commands button , and choose Ungroup.
• Click the palette menu arrow, and choose Ungroup.
To collapse a group
1 On the Layers palette, select the group.
2 Do one of the following:
• Click the Layer Commands button , and choose Collapse.
• Click the palette menu arrow, and choose Collapse.
If the group contains shapes, Liquid Ink layers, or dynamic layers, the Commit
dialog box is displayed. Click Commit All to convert the items to pixel-based layers
before collapsing the entire group.
If you want to collapse a group containing a Watercolor layer, you must first
convert the Watercolor layer to a default layer and change its composite
method to Default. For more information about composite methods, refer to
“Blending Layers by Using Composite Methods” on page 71.
Merging Layers with the Canvas
Dropping a layer or group merges its contents with the canvas. Once you drop a layer,
you can no longer access the layer’s content separately from the canvas. You can drop
specific layers or you can drop all layers at once.
To Do the following
Add a layer to a group Drag a layer to the group.
Remove a layer from a group Drag the layer out of the group.