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Using the Toolbox
In the toolbox, there are tools to make marks, draw shapes, fill shapes with color, view and navigate, and make selections. There are also six selectors that let you choose papers, gradients, patterns, weaves, looks, and nozzles.
Some tools of similar function share a space in the toolbox. The button for only one of these tools is displayed at a time. Any tool that has a triangle in the bottom-right corner has one or more tools underneath it in a flyout menu.
The toolbox is open by default; however, it can be closed. You can move the toolbox around the document window, and you can dock the toolbox to the document window or to other palettes.
The current tool can be modified by options on the property bar, which change as you change tools. For more information, see "Using the Property Bar".
To access tools grouped in flyout menus
- In the toolbox, hold down the tool icon whose flyout menu you want to open.
- Choose the tool you want to use.
Some tools share a space in the toolbox. Hold down the tool button that's displayed to open the flyout menu.
To close the toolbox
To move the toolbox
- Place the cursor over the title bar of the toolbox.
- Drag the toolbox to a new location in the document window.
To dock the toolbox
- Place the cursor over the title bar of the toolbox.
- Drag the toolbox to the edge of the document window or a palette.
- When the toolbox lines up with the edge of the document window or palette, release the mouse button.
Navigation and Utility Tools
The Magnifier Tool
You can use the Magnifier tool to magnify areas of an image when you are performing detailed work, or to reduce areas to get an overall view of an image. For more information, see "Zooming".
The Grabber Tool
The Grabber tool gives you a quick way to scroll an image. For more information, see "Repositioning Documents".
The Rotate Page Tool
The Rotate Page tool lets you rotate an image window to accommodate the way you draw naturally. Refer to "Rotating Documents" for more information.
The Perspective Grid Adjuster Tool
The Perspective Grid Adjuster tool lets you select and move the location of the perspective grid lines, the vanishing point, the horizon line, the ground line, and the picture plane. See "Using the Perspective Grid" for more information.
The Crop Tool
The Crop tool lets you remove unwanted edges from the image. For more information, see "Cropping Images".
Tools that Apply Color
The Brush Tool
You use the Brush tool to make marks on the Canvas or a layer. The Brush tool represents a category of marking tools. Within the Brush category are pencils, pens, chalk, an airbrush, oil paints, water colors and more.
When the Brush tool is selected, you can choose specific brushes from the Brush selector bar. For more information about selecting brushes and tools, refer to "Selecting a Brush".
You can set opacity, grain, and drawing style (freehand strokes or straight line strokes) on the property bar.
The Paint Bucket Tool
The Paint Bucket tool lets you fill an area. The property bar shows choices for what area to fill and what to fill it with. The Color Tolerance and Color Feather values let you control the extent of fill and opacity in neighboring areas. You can also choose to anti-alias a fill.
Double-click the Paint Bucket tool to specify what color in the image to lock out of your fill. For more information on the Paint Bucket tool, refer to "Filling Techniques".
The Dropper Tool
The Dropper tool lets you pick up a color from an existing image. The property bar shows you values for the color. When you select a color with the Dropper tool, that color becomes the current color on the Colors palette. For more information, see "Sampling Colors from Imagery".
The Selection Tools
The Rectangular Selection Tool
You use the Rectangular Selection tool to create rectangular selections. Refer to "Using Selection Tools" for more information.
The Oval Selection Tool
You use the Oval Selection tool to create oval selections. Refer to "Using Selection Tools" for more information.
The Lasso Tool
The Lasso tool lets you draw a freehand selection. Refer to "Using Selection Tools" for more information.
The Magic Wand Tool
The Magic Wand tool lets you click or drag in the image to select an area of similar color. Refer to "Using the Magic Wand" for more information.
The Adjuster Tools
The Layer Adjuster Tool
The Layer Adjuster tool is used to select, move and manipulate layers. Refer to "Using Layers and Layer Masks" for more information.
The Selection Adjuster Tool
The Selection Adjuster tool lets you select, move, and manipulate selections created with the Rectangular, Oval, and Lasso selection tools and those converted from Shapes.
The Shape Tools
Corel Painter creates all shapes by using Bézier curves. Every shape you create automatically becomes a separate layer in the document. Shapes are listed on the Layers palette.
The Shape Selection Tool
The Shape Selection tool is for editing Bézier curves (shape paths). You use the Shape Selection tool to select and move anchor points and to adjust their control handles. Refer to "Working with Shapes" for more information.
The Text Tool
The Text tool creates text shapes. Use the Text palette to set the font, point size, and tracking. For more information, see "Working with Text".
The Shape Design Tools
You use the Pen tool and the Quick Curve tool to draw shapes.
The Pen Tool
The Pen tool lets you create straight lines and curves in shape objects. For more information, see "Using Shapes".
The Quick Curve Tool
The Quick Curve tool lets you create shape paths by drawing freehand curves. For more information, see "Using Shapes".
The Shape Objects Tools
The Shapes Objects tools create rectangular or oval shapes. When you create a shape, the details are displayed on the property bar.
For more information, see "Creating Shapes".
The Rectangular Shape Tool
You use the Rectangular Shape tool to create rectangular shape objects.
The Oval Shape Tool
You use the Oval Shape tool to create oval shape objects.
The Shape Edit Tools
The Shape Edit tools allow you to manipulate existing shapes. For more information, see "Editing Shapes".
The Scissors Tool
You use the Scissors tool to cut an open or closed segment. If the segment is closed, once you click on a line or point to cut the shape path, the shape path becomes open.
The Add Point Tool
You use the Add Point tool to create a new anchor point on a shape path.
The Remove Point Tool
You use the Remove Point tool to remove an anchor point from a shape path.
The Convert Point Tool
The Convert Point tool is used to convert between smooth and corner anchor points.
The Color Selection Box
The Color Selection box lets you choose primary and secondary colors. The front rectangle displays the primary color, and the back rectangle displays the secondary color. For more information, refer to "Understanding Primary and Secondary Colors".
To change the primary or secondary color
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