switching main to additional color with keystroke

[hone]

Hi Hone, welcome to TalkGraphics.

If you are talking about the color nodes for a fill, use the Tab Key to move between them.

I'm referring to the two colors at the bottom of the tool bar... the main and additional color... used for gradations, etc. I draw with white and black on a Cintiq and would like to be able to switch the pencil point from black to white with a click of the stylus button. Possible in Photoshop, but I can't seem to figure it out in Painter. Is there a way... a keystroke or keystroke combination that switches the two colors?

[handrawn]

Hi

go to edit >preferences > customise keys

in the dropdown box for 'shortcuts' select 'other'

click on 'swap colors' in the 'application commands list'

enter the keystroke you want to use - there will be a message at the bottom if this is already in use

[in my painter IX there appears to be a bug whereby the default keystroke for swap colors is set to shift+s but this does not work because it is also used for save - however changing it to an unused keystroke [eg shift+k] does work]

[hone]

Thanks so much! Shift S does work in the trial version I'm trying out. Beautiful...!!!

I tried Cntrl and Alt with all the keys... Should of continued with the shift key... but it is good to know about the function assignment menu...

[handrawn]

glad you got it working

EDIT: - looking at it again I don't think its a bug I think I have reassigned in the past and forgotten about it, as the defaults for 'save' and 'save as' are of course ctrl+s and cntrl+shift+s