Opening 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 easily switch between multiple open documents by using keyboard shortcuts.

Supported file formats

Corel Painter lets you open the following file formats:

RIFF (RIF) — native Corel Painter format
TIFF (TIF)
PNG
CMYK TIF (TIF) — Because Corel Painter works with RGB colors, the CMYK TIF files that you open or import in the application are converted to an RGB color profile.
Adobe Photoshop formats (PSD) — Corel Painter preserves layers, layer masks, alpha channels, and composite methods. Layer effects and adjustment layers are not supported and should be merged or flattened in Adobe Photoshop.
Windows Bitmap (BMP)
PC Paintbrush (PCX)
TARGA (TGA)
GIF — Corel Painter does not convert GIF animations to frame stacks.
JPEG (JPG)

Windows only

Frame stacks (FRM) — Corel Painter animation files
QuickTime (MOV), Video for Windows (AVI), and numbered files. For more information, see Opening a Corel Painter movie or Importing and exporting numbered files.

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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

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1 Choose File Open.
Corel Painter displays the folder of the last file you opened.
2 In the Open dialog box, locate the file that you want to open.
For each image, Corel Painter lists the dimensions (in pixels), file size, and file format. Files saved in Corel Painter include thumbnails for browsing.
3 Click Open.

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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 switch between open documents

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Perform a task from the following table.

 

To
Do the following
Switch to the Next document
Press Control + Tab (macOS) or Ctrl + Tab (Windows.)
Switch to the Previous document
Press Control + Shift + Tab (macOS) or Ctrl + Shift + Tab (Windows.)

To browse for a document (macOS)

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1 Choose File Open.
2 Click Browse.
The Browse dialog box shows thumbnails for all the RIFF files in a folder.
3 Double-click the filename, or select a file, and click Open.

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