Working with the Mixer palette
You can use the Mixer palette to blend colors and create paint swatches similar to those you would create by using a traditional artist’s palette. Once you have created a color, you can use the Art Media brushes to apply it to the canvas.
If you blend colors too much, you can undo the 20 most recent Mixer Tube tool or Mixer Knife tool actions. You can also redo color mixing actions.
By default, the Mixer pages you create are 500 × 500 pixels. However, you can also create larger, custom mixer pages. You can also save the Mixer area as a Mixer page, which you can reload and use in another Corel PaintShop Pro session.
To mix colors |
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Edit workspace
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On the Materials palette, set the Foreground and Stroke Property
box to Color, and choose a color from the Frame, Rainbow, or
Swatch tab.
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When any Art Media tool is active, the mode buttons below the Foreground and Stroke Property and Background and Fill Property boxes are inactive. |
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On the Mixer palette, select the Mixer Tube tool ![]() |
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In the Mixer area, drag to apply paint strokes.
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If you want to change the width of the stroke, change the setting in the Size box. |
You can choose another color by repeating step 1. |
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Choose the Mixer Knife tool ![]() |
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You can toggle between the Mixer Knife tool and the Mixer
Tube tool by using the right-mouse button. For example, you
can apply paint by holding down the left mouse button and
dragging; and you can mix the paint by holding down the right
mouse button and dragging.
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To undo and redo color mixing |
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Edit workspace
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On the Mixer palette, click one of the following buttons:
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Unmix ![]() |
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Remix ![]() |
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You cannot undo or redo Mixer Tube and Mixer Knife tool
actions by choosing Edit ![]() ![]() |
To use Mixer palette colors |
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Edit workspace
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On the Mixer palette, choose the Mixer Dropper tool ![]() |
Dragging around the Mixer area on the Materials palette updates the Foreground and Stroke property box with the current sampling position. |
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On the Tools toolbar, choose an Art Media tool.
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Begin painting.
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The strokes will be applied on an Art Media layer. If this layer type is not the active layer, one is created automatically once you begin using the Art Media tool. |
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To choose another color, use the Mixer Dropper tool to choose the
desired color from the Mixer area.
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The size of the Dropper tool is determined by the Size setting
on the Tool Options palette.
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By default, the Oil Brush tool and the Palette Knife tool create
wet paint strokes, and the other tools create dry paint strokes.
You can dry the Art Media layer, or make it wet again by
choosing Layers ![]() ![]() |
To create a custom Mixer page |
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Edit workspace
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Choose File ![]() |
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In the Image Dimensions group box, type values to set the
dimensions for the Mixer page.
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The width and height must be at least 500 pixels. |
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In the Image Characteristics group box, click the Art Media
Background option.
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Click the texture swatch in the Select canvas texture area, and
choose a texture from the menu.
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The texture acts like an invisible surface on which Art Media pigments are applied. |
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Click OK.
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At this point you can apply Art Media pigment to the image. |
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On the Standard toolbar, click the Save button ![]() |
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Navigate to X: Program Files(x86)\Corel\Corel PaintShop Pro
X4\Corel_16, where “X” indicates the drive on which
Corel PaintShop Pro is installed.
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Save the new image in the .pspimage file format.
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You can also
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Save the Mixer area as a page
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On the Mixer palette, choose Save Page or Save Page As, and type a name for the page.
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You can also access Mixer pages your user folder,
...Documents\Corel PaintShop Pro\14.0\Mixer Pages
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You can fill the Mixer page with a color by marking the Enable
fill color check box in the New Image dialog box, clicking the
Color box, and choosing a fill color. Be aware, however, that
you cannot sample this color, nor will the Art Media tools affect
the color.
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To load Mixer area pages |
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Edit workspace
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Click the Load Mixer Page button ![]() |
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Click the Mixer page you want, or navigate to the folder where the
Mixer page is stored.
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By default, Mixer pages are saved in ...Documents\Corel PaintShop Pro\14.0\Mixer Pages. |
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You can also load a mixer page by clicking the Mixer Menu icon
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