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4 Paint on the layer in the document window.
The Preserve Transparency button in the Layers panel affects what areas of a layer you can paint on.
For more information, see “Preserving layer transparency” on page 541.
To pick up color from underlying layers
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In the Layers panel, click the Pick Up Underlying Color button .
Preserving layer transparency
Areas of a layer that don’t contain images are transparent. In Corel Painter, you can preserve these
transparent areas of a layer. When you preserve layer transparency, it affects which areas of a layer you can
create images on. It also affects the results of erasing or deleting images on a layer.
By default, the Preserve Transparency setting is disabled, which lets you paint anywhere on the layer. When
the setting is enabled, the transparent areas are preserved, and you are confined to painting on areas of the
layer that already contain images.
The results of painting on a layer with Preserve
Transparency disabled (left) and enabled (right).
If you want to paint on a shape, you must first commit the shape to a pixel-based layer. For more
information, see “Converting shapes to image layers” on page 800.
A good way to think about preserving transparency is in terms of a layer mask. As described in “Creating
and deleting layer masks” on page 552, a layer mask defines the visible areas of a layer.
Preserving transparency provides a powerful selective editing capability to create interesting effects by
altering the strokes you’ve already applied. For example, you can enable the setting to fill a set of hand-
drawn letters with a pattern, a color gradient, or other brushstrokes.
Preserving transparency also affects the results of cutting or erasing on a layer.
• When Preserve Transparency is disabled, erasing or deleting images restores transparency to the area
and reveals the underlying image.
• When Preserve Transparency is enabled, erasing or deleting images reveals the document’s paper color.
In effect, erasing or deleting with Preserve Transparency enabled is the same as painting or filling with
the document’s paper color.
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