Some features described in the Help are available only in Corel Painter 2018, and are not included in Painter Essentials 6. For more information about Corel Painter 2018, visit http://www.painterartist.com/. To get started with Painter Essentials 6, see the Painter Essentials 6 Quick Start Guide.

Importing and exporting layers

You can save your Corel Painter document in the RIFF format with "live" layers — the layers continue to function when you reopen the file. RIFF is the only format that preserves layers in their original state.

If you export a Corel Painter document in PSD (Photoshop) format, all layers convert to standard Photoshop transparent layers. Photoshop does not preserve groups; each layer in a group becomes its own Photoshop layer. For more information, see Grouping layers.

The following table describes how Corel Painter layer composite methods are converted to blend modes in Photoshop:

 

 

For more information, see Blending layers by using composite methods.

If you save a file to a file format other than RIFF or PSD, the layers drop (or merge) into a single background image.


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