Corel Painter Help | Creating selections from layers

To	Do the following
Select the content of a layer	Choose Select Select Layer Content. You can also select the content of a layer from the Layers panel, by holding down Command (Mac) or Ctrl (Windows), and clicking the title of the layer that you want to select.
Select the content of a group of layers	Choose Select Select Group Content. You can also select the content of a layer group from the Layers panel, by clicking the group, and then holding down Command (Mac) or Ctrl (Windows), and clicking the title of the layer group that you want to select.
Add the transparency mask of the layer or layer group to the previous selection	In the Layers panel, hold down Shift + Command (Mac) or Shift + Ctrl (Windows), and click the titles of the layers that you want to add.
Subtract the transparency mask of the layer or layer group from the previous selection	In the Layers panel, hold down Option + Command (Mac) or Alt + Ctrl (Windows), and click the title of the layer that you want to subtract.
Intersect the transparency mask of a layer or layer group with the previous selection	In the Layers panel, hold down Shift + Option + Command (Mac) or Shift +Alt + Ctrl (Windows), and click the title of the layer that you want to intersect.
Create a selection from a Dynamic, Shape, or Text layer	In the Layers panel, click the Layer options button , and choose Convert To Default Layer. Choose Select Load Selection. In the Load Selection dialog box, choose the transparency of the selected layer from the Load From list box, and enable the Replace Selection option.

Choose Select

Select Layer Content.

You can also select the content of a layer from the Layers panel, by holding down Command (Mac) or Ctrl (Windows), and clicking the title of the layer that you want to select.

Select the content of a group of layers

Choose Select

Select Group Content.

You can also select the content of a layer group from the Layers panel, by clicking the group, and then holding down Command (Mac) or Ctrl (Windows), and clicking the title of the layer group that you want to select.

Add the transparency mask of the layer or layer group to the previous selection

In the Layers panel, hold down Shift + Command (Mac) or Shift + Ctrl (Windows), and click the titles of the layers that you want to add.

Subtract the transparency mask of the layer or layer group from the previous selection

In the Layers panel, hold down Option + Command (Mac) or Alt + Ctrl (Windows), and click the title of the layer that you want to subtract.

Intersect the transparency mask of a layer or layer group with the previous selection

In the Layers panel, hold down Shift + Option + Command (Mac) or Shift +Alt + Ctrl (Windows), and click the title of the layer that you want to intersect.

Create a selection from a Dynamic, Shape, or Text layer

In the Layers panel, click the Layer options button

, and choose Convert To Default Layer. Choose Select

Load Selection. In the Load Selection dialog box, choose the transparency of the selected layer from the Load From list box, and enable the Replace Selection option.

You can also create a selection from a layer by choosing Load Selection from the Select menu. In the Load Selection dialog box, choose the transparency of the selected layer from the Load From list box, and enable the Replace Selection option.