Serif PhotoPlus X3 ECD518624M User Manual
Product codes
ECD518624M
Painting and Drawing
69
1. On the Color tab, click either the foreground or the background
swatch.
2. Use the slider(s) or enter numeric values in the boxes to define a
specific color. The selected swatch updates instantly.
To swap foreground and background colors, click the
double
arrow button next to the swatches. To reset the colors to black and
white, click the black and white mini-swatch at the bottom left of
the swatch.
Clicking an active swatch will also let you apply a chosen color from
the Adjust Color dialog's color wheel, and will let you define and
store that color in a set of custom colors.
The Color tab makes it possible to set the working color model: RGB (Red,
Green, Blue); CMYK (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black); HSL sliders (Hue,
Saturation, Lightness); HSL Color Wheel; HSL Color Box; or Grayscale. models
To set the mode:
Green, Blue); CMYK (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black); HSL sliders (Hue,
Saturation, Lightness); HSL Color Wheel; HSL Color Box; or Grayscale. models
To set the mode:
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Choose an option from the
drop-down list.
Storing colors
If you want to save colors
that you want to work with
that you want to work with
frequently, you can store
them in the Swatches tab as
thumbnails (this avoids
thumbnails (this avoids
continually defining colors in
the Color tab). The Swatches
tab hosts galleries of
the Color tab). The Swatches
tab hosts galleries of
categorized color
thumbnails.
thumbnails.
You can store your own frequently used colors to the Default category (or any
currently selected category, e.g. Colour_Gall_53) by using the Color tab or Color
Pickup Tool; you can also create categories yourself into which you can add your
own thumbnails.
own thumbnails.