Corel Painter Help | Exploring the Document window

Some features described in the Help are available only in Corel Painter 2020, and are not included in Painter Essentials 7. For more information about Corel Painter 2020, visit http://www.painterartist.com/. To get started with Painter Essentials 7, see the Painter Essentials 7 Quick Start Guide.

Exploring the Document window

The document window is the area outside the canvas that is bordered by scroll bars and application controls.

Circled numbers correspond to the numbers in the following table, which describes the main components of the application window.

Part	Description
1. Menu bar	Lets you access tools and features using pull-down menu options
2. Brush Selector bar	Lets you open the Brush library panel to choose a brush category and variant. It also allows you to open and manage brush libraries.
3. Property bar	Displays commands that relate to the active tool or object. For example, when the Fill tool is active, the fill property bar displays commands for filling selected areas. Controls on the property bar are organized logically for ease of use. Group labels help you find, understand, and use commands quickly and efficiently.
4. Advanced Brush Controls	An advanced brush controls panel that generates a grouping of brush control panels relevant to the currently selected brush and provides access to the Brush Accelerator utility that gives insight into how Painter will perform on your system
5. Palette drawer	You can turn a palette into a palette drawer, so you can quickly collapse it to save screen space.
6. Color panel	Lets you select a color and view information about the selected color
7. Color harmonies	Let you use harmony rules to create color harmonies
8. Layers panel	Lets you manage the hierarchy of layers and includes controls for creating, selecting, hiding, locking, deleting, naming, and grouping layers
9. Toolbox	Lets you access tools for creating, filling, and modifying an image
10. Canvas	The canvas is the rectangular work area inside the document window whose size determines the size of the image you create. The canvas acts as the image background and, unlike a layer, it is always locked.

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