Corel Painter Help | Setting channel attributes

Setting channel attributes

You can change the appearance of channels by modifying their display attributes, which helps to distinguish one channel from another. These attributes do not affect the function of the channel; they affect only how the channel displays in the document window.

Corel Painter names new channels incrementally: Alpha 1, Alpha 2, and so on. Renaming a channel makes it easier to find a specific channel, especially if you have several in the document.

To set channel attributes

1 In the Channels panel, choose a channel from the list.

2 Click the Channel options button

, and choose Channel Attributes.

3 In the Channel Attributes dialog box, move the Opacity slider to set the channel display strength.

4 Click the Color chip, and choose a display color in the Color dialog box.

If you want to see the color overlay in grayscale, choose black.

A channel is easiest to use as an overlay when its color contrasts strongly with the predominant hue of the RGB image. You might want to use a different color for each channel.

5 Click OK.

6 Enable one of the following options to specify where the color overlay displays:

• Masked Areas

• Selected Areas

If you want to rename the channel, type a name in the Name box.

If you want the channel displayed at its full intensity, move the Opacity slider to 100%. Choose a lower value to display the channel more transparently so you can follow the underlying RGB image as you edit the channel.