Settings for new paint objects
You can specify the image mode, resolution, and background type
before you create paint objects with painting tools.
To change settings for new paint objects: Press the Paint
Object Creator tool icon and a menu appears. Choose a mode, resolu-
tion, or background type in the pop-up menu. To change another set-
ting, repeat the procedure. Check marks in the menu indicate the
current mode, resolution, and background type.
Background
You can choose Opaque Background or Transparent
Background in the Paint Object Creator tools pop-up menu. Opaque
Background creates an image made of white pixels. Transparent
Background creates an image made of clear pixels. This type of
image is transparent, so you can see other objects through it.
You can use a transparent image like a clear overlay. For example,
you can place a transparent paint object in front of a vector graphic,
and then paint in the image to give the appearance of paint strokes on
the graphic.
Image mode
You can choose an image mode in the Paint Object
Creator tools pop-up menu. The image mode controls the number of
colors that can be stored in an image. See Image modes for Canvas
paint objects on page 31.621.
Resolution
You can choose several common resolution settings in
the Paint Object Creator tools menu. To set any other resolution,
choose Custom. In the dialog box, type a resolution from 1 to 2,540
pixels per inch, and then click OK.
Drag any painting tool (except
Crop) to create a new paint
object
A paint object in
edit mode,
indicated by crop
marks at each
corner.
Black & White
Grayscale
3 RGB Color
CMYK Color
Lab Color
3 72 PPI
150 PPI
300 PPI
Custom...
Opaque Background
Current settings are checked in
the Paint Object Creator tool
menu