Quick links to procedures on this page:

Opening and placing files

You can open files that were created in Corel Painter or in other applications. For example, you can open a file from another graphics application and use Corel Painter to add brushstrokes, tints, or paper textures.

You can also place a file in an existing Corel Painter document. The placed image becomes a new reference layer in the document — you can transform (resize, rotate, or slant) it on-screen by dragging its handles. A placed file maintains its link to the source file until you commit it to the standard layer format.

scaling pages

You can scale a file before placing it in a document.

For more information, see Working with reference layers.

Supported file formats

Corel Painter lets you open the following file formats:

Windows only

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Corel Painter does not support LZW compressed TIFF file format. Only uncompressed TIFF files can be opened in Corel Painter.

To open a document Back to Top

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The File menu also offers you a shortcut to previously opened documents. You can find your file in the recently opened files list by choosing File Recent, and clicking the filename to open the file.

To browse for a document (macOS) Back to Top
To place a file Back to Top

 

In the Scaling area, type a value in both the Horizontal and Vertical boxes.
In the Scaling area, enable the Constrain Aspect Ratio check box.
Enable the Retain Alpha check box. The image mask becomes a layer mask.

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If the placed image contains a mask and you do not enable the Retain Alpha check box when placing, the image mask is discarded.


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