Paint Shop Pro X User Guide - FTP - Corel Corporation

used to apply pigment to the canvas. For text and vector shapes, the foregroundcolor is the stroke (or outline) of the text or shape, and the background color is thefill of the text or shape. For more information about changing the color of text andvector objects, see “To modify vector object properties” in the Help.• Foreground and Background Color boxes — displays the current foregroundand background color and lets you set colors regardless of current material• Style button — shows which style is currently selected: color , gradient ,or pattern . To change between the most recently selected color, gradient, andpattern, you can click the Style button and select a new style from the drop-list.Note that these options are disabled for the Art Media tools, which use only solidcolors.• Texture button — turns the current texture on or off• Set to Black and White button — sets the foreground to black and thebackground to white. This is helpful when you use the Edit Selection command.• Transparent button — specifies whether the foreground or backgroundmaterial is transparent (in other words, has no style or texture). You use atransparent material primarily with vector objects and text. A transparentforeground has no outline (only the objects or letters are filled), and a transparentbackground has no fill (only the objects or letters are outlined). This button isunavailable for tools that require a foreground or background material.• All tools check box — specifies whether the selected foreground and backgroundmaterials apply to all tools. If the check box is unmarked, the selected materialsapply only to the active tool.To display or hide the Materials palette• Choose View Palettes Materials.You can also close the palette by clicking the Close buttontitle bar.in the palette’sTo swap the foreground and background colors or materials• From the Materials palette, click the Swap Colors button or click the SwapMaterials button .Working with colors and materials 75