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Copyright 2014 Corel Corporation. All rights reserved. Corel® Painter® 2015 User Guide The contents of this user guide and the associated Corel Painter software are the property of Corel Corporation and its respective licensors, and are protected by copyright.
Contents | 1 Contents Welcome to Corel Painter..................................................................................................................... 1 Using the documentation..............................................................
2 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Displaying the property bar................................................................................................................ 39 Exploring the Navigator panel.............................................
Contents | 3 Cropping images................................................................................................................................ 85 Resizing images and the canvas.............................................................
4 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Window menu commands............................................................................................................... 111 Screen navigation................................................................
Contents | 5 Erasing image areas......................................................................................................................... 141 Aligning brushstrokes to paths and shapes....................................................
6 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Setting cloning preferences.............................................................................................................. 172 Working with multiple clone sources........................................
Contents | 7 Showing or hiding Color panel components.....................................................................................221 Using the temporal colors palette............................................................................
8 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Applying a color as a fill.................................................................................................................. 242 Limiting and preventing leakage.........................................
Contents | 9 Posterizing an image........................................................................................................................ 278 Applying video legal colors..................................................................
10 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Importing and exporting brush libraries, categories, and variants..................................................... 317 Saving a brush look..........................................................................
Contents | 11 Hard Media controls.........................................................................................................................373 Bristle controls.............................................................................
12 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Watercolor.........................................................................................................................................423 Working with the Watercolor layer................................
Contents | 13 Previewing Hard Media dabs............................................................................................................ 463 Markers...........................................................................................
14 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Using Liquid Ink controls.................................................................................................................. 498 Impasto.................................................................
Contents | 15 Painting on layers............................................................................................................................. 539 Preserving layer transparency............................................................
16 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Editing channels............................................................................................................................... 571 Selections and transformations......................................
Contents | 17 Common options for effects............................................................................................................. 609 Fading effects...................................................................................
18 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Applying the Maze effect................................................................................................................. 639 Placing elements..........................................................
Contents | 19 Applying the Sketch effect............................................................................................................... 676 Dynamic Plug-ins...............................................................................
20 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Gradients........................................................................................................................................... 723 Applying gradients.............................................
Contents | 21 Defining warp and weft color expressions........................................................................................ 765 Designing the tie-up....................................................................................
22 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Adding text....................................................................................................................................... 811 Adding text to images............................................
Contents | 23 Repeating frames............................................................................................................................. 831 Inserting movies...........................................................................
24 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Saving files in EPS format for printing.............................................................................................. 858 General notes on printing.....................................................
Contents | 25 Creating web buttons.......................................................................................................................889 Index.........................................................................................
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Welcome to Corel P ainter | 1 W elcome to Corel P ainter Corel® Painter® 2015 is the ultimate digital art studio. Its inventive drawing tools, realistic brushes, cloning capabilities, and customizable features let you expand your creative output in exciting new ways.
2 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide The Help is also provided as a PDF file, which is available online . In addition, you can refer to the Corel Painter 2015 Getting Started Guide, which provides general overviews about Corel P ainter features and presents the most commonly used procedures.
Welcome to Corel P ainter | 3 Convention Description Example Panel tab The panel tab appears at the top of a panel. Y ou can click a panel tab to expand that panel. Panel options menu Clicking the panel options menu button displays a pop-up menu with additional commands.
4 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide T o use the Help 1 Choose Help Corel P ainter 2015 Help (Mac OS) or Help topics (W indows). 2 Perform a task from the following table. T o Do the following Browse through Help topics Click the Contents tab, and click a topic in the left pane.
Welcome to Corel P ainter | 5 • T o increase the zoom level, press Ctrl and + (W indows), or Command and + (Mac). • T o decrease the zoom level, press Ctrl and - or Command and - (Mac).
6 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Corel Cinco for P ainter Corel® Cinco™ for Painter® is a companion app that lets you control P ainter remotely from your iPad by opening and using any custom palettes that you created in Corel Painter . Y ou can download Corel Cinco for Painter from the Apple App Store.
Welcome to Corel P ainter | 7 2 Enable the Allow companion application to connect to Painter check box. 3 T ype a name in the Service Name box to give your copy of Corel Painter a unique name. We recommended that you do not enable the Allow companion applications to connect to Painter check box before the companion application is available.
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What’s new in Corel Painter 2015 | 9 What’s new in Corel P ainter 2015 Corel Painter takes you far beyond what’s possible in a traditional art environment.
10 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide factors, such as pressure, bearing, tilt or velocity . Or you can let them run free, with beautiful, unpredictable results. Y ou can quickly get to work with Particle brushes by choosing the New Brushes user interface arrangement, which displays all palettes and controls related to the Particle brushes.
What’s new in Corel Painter 2015 | 11 Angle Jitter applied to a brushstroke without Jitter Smoothing (top) and with Jitter Smoothing (bottom). Opacity Jitter applied to a brushstroke without Jitter .
12 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Enhanced brush tracking Because each artist uses a different strength or pressure level in a stroke, the enhanced Brush T racking utility helps calculate the appropriate settings for pressure and velocity .
What’s new in Corel Painter 2015 | 13 Fresh new content Y ou can add an extra special touch to your artwork with new , freshly inspirational papers, nozzles, images, patterns, weaves, gradients and more.
14 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide What was new in Corel Painter X3? If you are migrating to Corel Painter 2015 from Update 2 of Corel P ainter 12, you may not be aware of the features and enhancements that were added in Corel Painter X3. These features and enhancements are also available in Corel Painter 2015.
What’s new in Corel Painter 2015 | 15 Inspirational Mixer Pads Lets you choose colors from a collection of original mixer pads that were created for you by expert Corel Painter artists. For more information, see “Displaying and resizing the Mixer panel” on page 228.
16 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Smart Brush Settings with added media panel (Advanced Brush Controls) Provides you with a more intuitive way of modifying the advanced brush controls of a selected brush. For more information, see “Displaying advanced brush controls dynamically” on page 310.
What’s new in Corel Painter 2015 | 17 For more information, see “Using onion skinning” on page 829. Performance Memory Extender Lets you take advantage of more of your Mac systems’s available RAM by letting you control how much RAM you want to designate to Painter .
18 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Corel Painter 12 brush control panels Corel Painter X3 brush control panels General panel General panel (Modified) Stroke Attributes panel (New) Opacity panel (New) .
What’s new in Corel Painter 2015 | 19 Corel Painter 12 brush control panels Corel Painter X3 brush control panels Spacing panel Spacing panel (Modified) Smoothing panel (New) What was new in Corel P.
20 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide For more information, “Creating and deleting brush categories” on page 315. Saving brush variants Allows you to quickly save the custom brush variants that you create. For more information, “Saving and deleting brush variants” on page 313.
What’s new in Corel Painter 2015 | 21 Corel P ainter 12 Update 2 Features Flow Maps Introduces an additional textured surface for working with Real Watercolor and Real W et Oil brushes that help you direct the flow of paint. For more information, see “ Applying and adjusting flow maps” on page 449.
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Workspace tour | 23 W orkspace tour The Corel Painter workspace has been designed to give you easy access to tools, effects, commands, and features. The workspace is organized by using a series of menus, selectors, panels, and interactive palettes.
24 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Corel P ainter terms Before you get started with Corel Painter , you should be familiar with the following terms. T erm Description Canvas The canvas is the rectangular work area inside the document window . In addition, the canvas serves as the background layer of the image.
Workspace tour | 25 T erm Description Rendered dab type The rendered dab type produces continuous, smooth-edged strokes. For example, Camel Hair and Airbrush use the rendered dab type. Dab-based dab type The dab-based dab types produce brushstrokes that are made up of tiny dabs of color that are closely spaced together so they appear smooth.
26 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide T erm Description cloning, but, unlike cloning, it does not create a separate document that stores clone sources. Composite method A composite method, which is similar to blend modes in Adobe Photoshop, lets you change how a layer blends with an underlying image.
Workspace tour | 27 Circled numbers correspond to the numbers in the following table, which describes the main components of the application window . (Artwork by Android Jones) Part Description 1.
28 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Part Description 2. Brush Selector bar Lets you open the Brush library panel to choose a brush category and variant. It also allows you to open and manage brush libraries. 3. Property bar Displays commands that relate to the active tool or object.
Workspace tour | 29 Part Description 10. Layers panel Lets you manage the hierarchy of layers and includes controls for creating, selecting, hiding, locking, deleting, naming, and grouping layers 11. A custom brush button This custom brush button shows the brush as a stroke instead of a brush category , helping you recognize the brush variant.
30 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Workspace layout Description Simple Displays minimal user interface that includes the toolbox, the menu bar , and a command bar that contains shortcuts to commonly used commands. This layout is ideal for small screens.
Workspace tour | 31 • Reposition the display panel of your dual- or multi-mode device (for example, from Notebook mode to T ablet mode). • Choose Window Arrange P alettes Quick Switch T oggle Layout . Y ou can switch between factory workspace layouts or custom workspace layouts that you created.
32 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide T ool Description or clone. The property bar shows options for the areas that you can fill and the media that you can use. For more information, see “W orking with color fills” on page 241. The Eraser tool lets you remove unwanted areas from an image.
Workspace tour | 33 T ool Description information, see “Creating path-based selections” on page 580. The Magic Wand tool lets you select an area of similar color by clicking or dragging in an image. For more information, see “Creating pixel-based selections” on page 583.
34 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide T ool Description The T ext tool creates text shapes. Use the T ext panel to set the font, point size, and tracking. For more information, see “ Adding text” on page 811. The Shape Selection tool is for editing Bézier curves.
Workspace tour | 35 T ool Description information, see “Painting in the clone” on page 176. The Rubber Stamp tool gives you quick access to the Straight Cloner brush variant, and lets you to sample areas within an image or between images. For more information, see “P erforming offset sampling” on page 179.
36 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide T ool Description composition method. For more information, see “Using the Divine Proportion tool” on page 208. The Layout Grid tool lets you divide your canvas so that you can plan your composition.
Workspace tour | 37 T ool Description the main color , and the back swatch displays the additional color . For more information, see “Choosing colors from the Color panel” on page 218.
38 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide T o open or close the toolbox • Choose Window T oolbox . Y ou can also close the toolbox by clicking the close button on the toolbox header bar . T o access tools grouped in flyouts 1 In the toolbox, click and hold the tool icon whose flyout you want to open.
Workspace tour | 39 T o open or close the Media Selector bar • Choose Window Media Selector . Y ou can also close the Media Selector bar by clicking the close button on the header bar . T o move the Media Selector bar • Drag the Media Selector bar header to a new location in the application window .
40 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide T o move or dock the property bar • Perform a task from the following table. T o Do the following Move the property bar Drag the property bar’s header bar to a new location. Dock the property bar Drag the header area of the property bar , and place it under the menu bar .
Workspace tour | 41 The Navigator’s canvas preview allows you to view the entire image even when you’re zoomed in. The Navigator lets you enable various tools such as the drawing modes, Impasto information, tracing paper , grids, and color management.
42 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Y ou can access the Brush library panel by clicking the Brush Selector on the Brush Selector bar . In the Brush library panel, brushes are organized into categories, which contain brush variants. Brush categories are groups of similar brushes and media.
Workspace tour | 43 T o Do the following Move the Brush Selector bar Drag the Brush Selector header bar to a new location in the application window . Dock the Brush Selector bar Drag the Brush Selector header bar to the edge of the application window or a panel.
44 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide most often or to maximize screen space. For example, you can display all color -specific panels in one color palette, or display panels individually . This palette includes three color -related panels: Color , Mixer , and Color Set Libraries.
Workspace tour | 45 Panel Description Advanced Brush Controls panel Generates a grouping of brush control panels that are relevant to the currently selected brush. For more information, see “Displaying advanced brush controls dynamically” on page 310.
46 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Panel Description Image Portfolio and Selection Portfolio Contain all images or selections in the current library . Y ou can view the items as thumbnails or in a list as well as preview the current item.
Workspace tour | 47 Panel Description Reference Image panel Lets you display an inspirational image in the document window while maintaining focus on the canvas. For more information, see “Displaying reference images” on page 133. Layers and Channels panels Layers Lets you preview and arrange all layers in a Corel Painter document.
48 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Panel Description more information, see “ Auto-painting photos” on page 162. Restoration Lets you fine-tune a painting by providing brushes that help you restore detail. This panel is used in the third step of the photo-painting process.
Workspace tour | 49 Rearranging panels and palettes Y ou can rearrange the display of panels to better match your workflow . For example, you can group task- related panels together in one palette. At any time, you can further customize these palettes by adding or removing a panel, repositioning a panel, or moving a panel to another palette.
50 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide T o group panels into palettes • Perform a task from the following table. T o Do the following Group panels into a palette Drag a panel by its tab to another open panel to create a group. Add a panel to a palette Drag the panel tab to the palette.
Workspace tour | 51 T o expand or collapse a panel • Double-click the panel tab. T o resize a panel or palette • Perform a task from the following table. T o Do the following Resize a panel or palette proportionally Point to the lower -right corner of the panel or palette.
52 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide T o Do the following Dock a panel Drag the panel tab to the vertical edge of the application window . The panel snaps into place when it lines up with the edge. Undock a panel Drag the panel tab away from the application window .
Workspace tour | 53 Creating and modifying custom palettes Corel Painter lets you create custom palettes that contain only the features that you want so you can quickly access them. For example, you can place items from the Brush library panel or any of the Media library panels in a custom palette.
54 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide T o open or close a custom palette • Perform a task from the following table. T o Do the following Open a custom palette Choose Window Custom P alette [Custom Panel Name]. Close a custom palette On the custom panel header bar , click the Close button.
Workspace tour | 55 2 Perform a task from the following table. T o Do the following Use a custom icon Choose Set Custom Icon , and locate the image you want. Display a text label for each item Choose T ext View . Display an icon for each item Choose Icon View or Wide Icon View .
56 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide 5 Choose the drive and folder where you want to save the file. It’s a good idea to store all saved palettes in the same folder . T o import a custom palette 1 Choose Window Custom P alette Organizer . 2 In the Custom Palette Organizer , choose a palette from the Custom Palette list.
Workspace tour | 57 The Paper Libraries panel lets you choose, organize, and apply paper textures. Creating, importing, exporting, and deleting workspaces Corel Painter lets you completely customize your workspace to suit your workflow needs. Y ou can customize Brush libraries, Paper libraries , and Portfolios and save these changes to use later .
58 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide 2 Choose the workspace file that you want to import. 3 Click Open . T o export a workspace 1 Choose Window Workspace Export Workspace . 2 Choose the workspace that you want to export. 3 Click Save . T o revert to the default workspace • Choose Window Workspace Default .
Workspace tour | 59 • Color Management presets • Perspective Guides, Layout, and Divine Proportion presets Before restoring the Corel Painter default workspace, we recommend that you export any libraries that you want to preserve. For example, if you created custom brushes, you can export the brush library .
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A short tour of Corel Painter for users of Adobe Photoshop | 61 A short tour of Corel P ainter for users of Adobe Photoshop by Cher Threinen-Pendarvis Corel Painter is known for its responsive, realistic brushes, multitude of rich textures, and fabulous special effects, which cannot be found in any other program.
62 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Brush Selector bar On the far left of the property bar is the Brush Selector bar , which lets you open the Brush library panel. The Brush library panel contains the amazing brush categories and brush variants of Corel Painter , such as the Real Watercolor Brushes category and its variants.
A short tour of Corel Painter for users of Adobe Photoshop | 63 Color panel In Corel Painter , you can resize the Color panel by dragging the handle in the lower -right corner of the panel to resize it. Resizing the Color panel lets you select colors more accurately .
64 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Layers panel Photoshop Layer Styles If you are using native Photoshop layer styles, such as the Drop Shadow layer style, make sure that you preserve the original Photoshop file in your archive before you convert the layer style information.
A short tour of Corel Painter for users of Adobe Photoshop | 65 tablet and has used these electronic tools since they were first released. Her artwork has been exhibited worldwide, her articles and art have been published in many books and periodicals, and she is a member of the San Diego Museum of Art Artist Guild.
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Creating, navigating, and manipulating documents | 67 Creating, navigating, and manipulating documents The Corel Painter application provides a digital workspace in which you can create new images, or alter existing images, by using the Natural-Media tools and effects.
68 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide • “Choosing a file format” (page 89) • “Emailing documents” (page 91) • “Closing documents and quitting the application” (page 92) • “Using two.
Creating, navigating, and manipulating documents | 69 Pixels-per -inch (ppi) is equivalent to dots per inch (dpi). T o create a new document 1 Choose File New .
70 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide 2 Choose the settings that you want to save as a canvas preset. 3 Click the Add button . 4 In the Add Preset dialog box, type a name in the Preset Name text box. A custom canvas preset is not a template. Unlike a template, it does not allow you to store any content.
Creating, navigating, and manipulating documents | 71 Pixels-per -inch (ppi) is equivalent to dots per inch (dpi). Resolution and print quality The resolution of output devices (printers) is measured in dots per inch, and in the case of halftones, lines per inch (lpi).
72 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide For more information, see “W orking with reference layers” on page 559. Supported file formats Corel Painter lets you open the following file formats: • RIFF (.
Creating, navigating, and manipulating documents | 73 T o browse for a document (Mac OS) 1 Choose File Open . 2 Click Browse . The Browse dialog box shows thumbnails for all the RIFF files in a folder . 3 Double-click the filename, or select a file, and click Open .
74 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Creating and opening templates If you regularly work with documents that contain similar dimensions, formatting, and resolution, you can create document templates so that you don’t have to start each document from scratch.
Creating, navigating, and manipulating documents | 75 Full-Screen mode lets you hide your computer’s desktop and view the document window without scroll bars. When Full-Screen mode is enabled, the document window is centered over a solid background.
76 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide The Navigator’s canvas preview allows you to view the entire image even when you’re zoomed in. The Navigator also lets you view the X and Y coordinates and cursor position to help you navigate the image.
Creating, navigating, and manipulating documents | 77 T o Do the following Rotate the image in the document window Open the Rotate Canvas list box, and adjust the rotation slider . From the Navigator panel, you can also enable various tools by clicking the Open Navigator Settings button , and choosing an option.
78 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide The Magnifier tool lets you zoom in and out by clicking in the document window . T o zoom in 1 In the toolbox, click the Magnifier tool . The Magnifier cursor shows a plus sign (+), which indicates that you are increasing the magnification (zooming in).
Creating, navigating, and manipulating documents | 79 2 Click in the document window . Each click reduces the magnification to the next level, as defined in the Scale box at the bottom of the image window . Y ou can also zoom out using the following keyboard shortcuts: • (Mac OS) Hold down Command , and press – (minus sign).
80 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Y ou can also specify zooming preferences by clicking Edit Preferences Performance , and enabling options in the View Options area. Rotating images and the canvas Y ou can rotate an image on the screen to accommodate the way you draw naturally .
Creating, navigating, and manipulating documents | 81 Y ou can also Constrain rotation to 90° increments Hold down Shift while rotating. Rotate an image by specifying a rotation angle T ype a rotation angle in the Rotation Angle box on the property bar or in the Navigator panel.
82 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Y ou can also Rotate the Canvas layer 90 degrees counterclockwise Choose Canvas Rotate Canvas 90 CCW . Rotate the Canvas layer by a user -defined amount Choose Canvas Rotate Canvas Arbitrary , and type a value in the Angle box.
Creating, navigating, and manipulating documents | 83 Image flipped horizontally . Image flipped vertically . T o flip the canvas and layers together 1 Choose Canvas Rotate Canvas .
84 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide T o flip Do the following The canvas Click the Canvas in the Layers panel. A layer Click one or multiple layers in the Layers panel. A selection Click a selection tool from the toolbox, and drag in the document window to select an area.
Creating, navigating, and manipulating documents | 85 2 In the Navigator panel, click a different area of the preview area. If the Navigator frame is displayed, you can drag the frame to a different area of the canvas preview . Cropping images Y ou can remove unwanted edges from the image with the Crop tool .
86 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Resizing images and the canvas Y ou can change the physical dimensions of an image by resizing the canvas and the image together , or by resizing the canvas area only . It is important to understand the distinction between the two resizing techniques.
Creating, navigating, and manipulating documents | 87 The canvas area is resized in order to apply an empty border around the edge of an image. It is also important to note that the size of the onscreen image is affected by the pixel height and width of the image, the zoom level, and the monitor settings.
88 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide T o resize the canvas area 1 Choose Canvas Canvas Size . 2 In the Canvas Size dialog box, specify the number of pixels you want to add to any side of the canvas. T o reduce, or trim, the canvas size, specify negative values.
Creating, navigating, and manipulating documents | 89 • (Mac OS) Choose Corel Painter 2015 menu Preferences . • (Windows) Choose Edit Preferences . 2 In the Preferences list of categories, click General . 3 Enable the Create backup on Save check box.
90 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide • The Progressive JPEG check box creates a progressive JPEG file. The progressive format is useful for files designed for the Web. As the name implies, the progressive format displays an image in stages — as a series of scans — while the file downloads.
Creating, navigating, and manipulating documents | 91 T ransparency is displayed in the Preview window by a rectangular lattice. Y ou can toggle between the Preview window and your Save As GIF options to the results you want. Enable the Interlaced check box if your image will be displayed on a Web page.
92 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide T o email a document 1 Choose File Email Image . 2 T ype the image name in the Image Name text box. 3 In the Select Image Format area, enable one of the followin.
Creating, navigating, and manipulating documents | 93 Using two monitors The Corel Painter user interface can be displayed across two or more monitors. Y ou can drag any of the Corel Painter panels, palettes, the property bar , and the toolbox to any monitor; however , each panel or palette must be displayed entirely on one monitor at a time.
94 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Corel Painter multi-touch This option, available both on Mac OS and Windows, provides enhanced support for Wacom Intuos 5 tablets and other Wacom-compatible devices. Y ou can simultaneously pan, rotate, and zoom the canvas.
Creating, navigating, and manipulating documents | 95 Changing the finger positions from the center of the image (1) allows you to move the reference point (2). Windows multi-touch With this option, your gestures on the tablet or device behave the same way in Corel Painter as in other applications.
96 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide W acom Intuos support Corel Painter supports the use of W acom® Intuos® tablet, pen, and airbrush technology . Painting with an Intuos tablet and pen The Intuos tablet provides increased pressure sensitivity to help you create smooth curves, gradual transitions, and precise brushstrokes.
Creating, navigating, and manipulating documents | 97 Using multiple Intuos pens All Intuos pens — both standard and airbrush — feature T ool ID, which lets you configure and work with multiple pens during a Corel Painter session. F or example, let’s assume you have two Intuos pens: P en 1 and Pen 2.
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Keyboard shortcuts | 99 K eyboard shortcuts Many features in Corel Painter have keyboard shortcuts which allow you to access a variety of tools quickly and easily using the keyboard, rather than selecting them from a menu or panel. The four modifier keys on a Mac-compatible keyboard are Command, Option, Shift, and the Spacebar .
100 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide The four modifier keys on the Windows keyboard are Ctrl, Alt, Shift, and the Spacebar . The keyboard shortcuts rely on four modifier keys on Mac-compatible and Windows keyboards: Command, Option, Shift, and the Spacebar on the Mac OS; and Ctrl, Alt, Shift, and the Spacebar on Windows.
Keyboard shortcuts | 101 • “Shape tools” (page 118) • “ Animation” (page 120) • “Lighting” (page 120) • “Layer selection tools” (page 121) • “Mosaics” (page 121) • “Other commands” (page 121) Customizing keys Corel Painter lets you assign commands to keys on your keyboard.
102 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide T o Do the following Assign the shortcut to the selected command while deleting the shortcut key from the conflicting command Click Accept . Assign the shortcut to the new command and then assign another keyboard shortcut to the conflicting command Click Accept and Go T o Conflict .
Keyboard shortcuts | 103 T o Do the following Save the active key set Click Save . In the Save Key Set dialog box, type a name for the key set in the Save As box, and click Save . Create an HTML summary of the active key set Click Export to HTML . In the Save Summary dialog box, type a name in the Save As box, and click Save .
104 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide T o Do the following Delete the active key set Click the Delete button . Key set files created on the Mac OS cannot be imported into Corel P ainter on Windows. Likewise, key set files created on Windows cannot be imported into Corel Painter on the Mac OS.
Keyboard shortcuts | 105 T ool name Shortcut key Dropper D Dodge ‘ Burn = Selection tools Rectangular selection R Oval selection O Lasso L Polygonal selection Shift + L Magic wand W .
106 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide T ool name Shortcut key T ext T Shape object tools Rectangular shape I Oval shape J Shape edit tools Scissors Z Add point A Convert point Y .
Keyboard shortcuts | 107 P anel commands Command Mac OS Windows Brush controls panel (General or All) Command + B Ctrl + B Colors Command + 1 Ctrl + 1 Mixer Command + 2 Ctrl + 2 Color sets Command.
108 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Command Mac OS Windows Quit Command + Q Ctrl + Q File menu commands Command Mac OS Windows New Command + N Ctrl + N Open Command + O Ctrl + O Close Command + W .
Keyboard shortcuts | 109 Command Mac OS Windows Fade Command + Shift + F Ctrl + Shift + F Cut Command + X Ctrl + X Copy Command + C Ctrl + C Copy merged Shift + Command + C Shift + Ctrl + C Paste Shif.
110 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Command Mac OS Windows Color management settings Option + Command + K Alt + Ctrl + K Layers menu commands Command Mac OS Windows New layer Command + Shift + N C.
Keyboard shortcuts | 111 Shapes menu commands Command Mac OS Windows Join endpoints Shift + J Shift + J Duplicate Command + ] Ctrl + ] Set shape attributes Command + [ Ctrl + [ Effects menu comman.
112 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Command Mac OS Windows Zoom in Command + Plus sign Ctrl + Plus sign Zoom out Command + Minus sign Ctrl + Minus sign Zoom to fit Command + 0 Ctrl + 0 Screen toggle m.
Keyboard shortcuts | 113 Command Mac OS Windows Scroll contents of panel Option + click + drag Alt + click + drag Expand/Collapse all panels Shift + click on Open / Close triangle Shift + click on Ope.
114 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Command Mac OS Windows New from Command + Shift + M Ctrl + Shift + M Clear Command + Shift + U Ctrl + Shift + U Gradients panel Edit gradient Command + Shif.
Keyboard shortcuts | 115 Command Mac OS Windows Load nozzle Command + L Ctrl + L Cloners Set clone source Option Alt Set clone destination Option + Shift Alt + Shift Re-link clone .
116 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Selection tools Command Mac OS Windows Rectangle, Oval, and Lasso selection tools Constrain to square or circle Hold down Shift after you start to drag.
Keyboard shortcuts | 117 Command Mac OS Windows navigation or Shape tools are selected) Selection adjuster Command (when Selection tools are selected) Ctrl (when Selection tools are selected) Shape se.
118 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Command Mac OS Windows Selection adjuster Reposition Click inside active selection, and drag Click inside active selection, and drag Duplicate Option + drag.
Keyboard shortcuts | 119 Command Mac OS Windows Shape selection tool toggle Command Ctrl Shape design tools Command Mac OS Windows Pen Add to current point Click last point Click last poin.
120 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Command Mac OS Windows Select endpoint of shape End End Select previous point in shape Page up Page up Select next point in shape Page down Page down Move path by o.
Keyboard shortcuts | 121 Layer selection tools Command Mac OS Windows Group Command + G Ctrl + G Ungroup Command + U Ctrl + U Mosaics Command Mac OS Windows Get tile color Option + click tile .
122 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Command Mac OS Windows Swap colors Shift + S Shift + S Nudge 1 pixel Arrow key Arrow key Nudge 4 pixels Shift + Arrow key Shift + Arrow key Memory info Shift + I Sh.
Painting | 123 P ainting The Corel Painter application lets you draw and paint as you might with real artists’ tools and media. In your studio, you use brushes, pens, pencils, chalk, airbrushes, and palette knives to make marks on a canvas or piece of paper .
124 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide • “Reference: T roubleshooting” (page 149) Choosing a painting workflow Corel Painter includes a wide array of tools and features that allow you to create original artwork.
Painting | 125 Workflow 2: Start with a sketch In Corel Painter , you can quickly create a sketch of a photo so you can use it as a guide for applying color . T o maintain the integrity of the sketch, you should apply color to layers, and not directly to the sketch.
126 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Workflow 3: Start with a blank canvas Y ou can also start a project from scratch by choosing a paper texture and a brush, and applying color to the canvas. Y ou can start with a blank canvas (left) and use your imagination, and the Corel Painter tools, to create a work of art.
Painting | 127 Corel Painter to match your stroke strength for all brushes by using the Brush T racking preferences, or for a specific brush, by using the Brush Calibration controls. Brush T racking for all brush variants Brush T racking is particularly useful for artists with a light touch.
128 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Use the scratch pad in the Brush T racking dialog box to customize how Corel Painter responds to your stroke pressure and speed. In addition, Corel Painter includes the following brush tracking presets that you can choose from: Default , Legacy , and Linear .
Painting | 129 Brush Calibration for individual brush variants The Brush Calibration controls are very useful for adjusting individual brush variants. Y ou can modify the pressure of your stroke on the scratch pad to achieve different results.
130 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide T o Do the following Limit brush tracking to the current brush variant Enable the Apply to current brush variant check box. T o choose a brush tracking preset 1 Do one of the following: • (Mac OS) Choose Corel Painter 2015 Preferences Brush T racking .
Painting | 131 6 Click the Set brush calibration settings button . 7 Drag in the scratch pad by using a “normal” stroke. Use the pressure and speed you prefer when drawing or painting. This allows the Brush T racker to calculate the appropriate speed and pressure settings for the brush.
132 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Media For information Patterns “Painting with patterns” on page 711 Cloners “Painting in the clone” on page 176 W orking with the canvas and layers In Corel Painter , you have the option of painting directly on the canvas by applying brushstrokes or by creating a layer and applying brushstrokes on it.
Painting | 133 Displaying reference images In Corel Painter , you can open an inspirational photo or image that you want to reference in a painting by using the Reference Image panel.
134 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide T o move a reference image 1 In the Reference Image panel, click the Grabber tool . 2 Drag the image to a new position in the Reference Image window . T o zoom in and out of a reference image 1 In the Reference Image panel, click the Magnifier tool .
Painting | 135 The Brush ghost (left) gives you information about the size of your brush variant. The Enhanced brush ghost (right) gives you information about the tilt, bearing, and rotation of your pen. T o choose a drawing cursor icon 1 Do one of the following: • (Mac OS) Choose Corel Painter 2015 menu Preferences Interface .
136 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide T o set brush ghost options 1 Do one of the following: • (Mac OS) Choose Corel Painter 2015 Preferences Interface .
Painting | 137 Paint with the face of a flat brush for a wide stroke; use the edge for a narrow stroke. Tilt Some brush variants, such as the Smeary Flat variant in the Oils category , react to stylus tilt (how close to vertical the stylus is held) and bearing (the compass direction in which the stylus is pointing).
138 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide 4 Move the Bearing slider . A setting of zero indicates that if a stylus were in use, it would be pointing left. 5 Move the Rotation slider . A 360° setting simulates a stylus that complete a 360°-barrel rotation.
Painting | 139 T o create a straight line stroke, you click to add the first point and then click or drag to create the stroke. T o draw freehand lines 1 On the Brush property bar , click the Freehand Strokes button . 2 Drag on the canvas. Y ou can use shortcut keys to toggle between the freehand and straight line drawing styles.
140 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Y ou can also paint in a straight line by holding down Shift as you drag on the canvas. Constraining, fading, and undoing strokes Using the freehand stroke drawing style, you can constrain your strokes to a straight line.
Painting | 141 Y ou can also undo a stroke by pressing Command + Z (Mac OS) or Ctrl + Z (W indows). Erasing image areas Y ou can erase any part of your image and control the opacity of erased areas. Y ou can also link the opacity to stylus pressure or specify a fixed opacity value.
142 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Y ou can toggle between Soft Mode and Hard Mode by holding down Option (Mac OS) or Alt (Windows) as you drag in the image window .
Painting | 143 If there are multiple shapes within the tolerance area, the brushstroke is aligned to the shape on the selected layer . T o set the tolerance area for brushstroke alignment 1 Choose one.
144 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Making 360° strokes Because there are no restrictions on bearing (stylus direction) in Corel Painter , you can create full 360° strokes with noncomputed brushes by completing an arc without interruption.
Painting | 145 Previous versions of airbrushes sprayed a thin layer of dots within an area that was always circular , like a circle of light from a flashlight that is perpendicular to a piece of paper .
146 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide A good range for the Spread setting is 30° to 40°. Narrow settings for Spread and Angle can cause problems. Combined with a very tilted stylus, a narrow setting for Spread can cause paint to be deposited away from the cursor .
Painting | 147 T o change the size of airbrush droplets 1 Choose Window Brush Control P anels General . 2 Choose Airbrush from the Dab T ype list box. 3 In the Brush palette, click the Size tab to open the Size panel. 4 In the Size panel, move the Size slider .
148 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide A brushstroke (top) is recorded and played back within a triangular selection. Another way to use a recorded stroke is with Auto Playback , which lets you repeat the recorded stroke at random positions on the page. Y ou can also save recorded strokes for later use.
Painting | 149 T o save a stroke 1 Choose Brushes Save Stroke . 2 In the Save Stroke dialog box, type a name. Corel Painter adds the stroke to the list of saved strokes. T o select a saved stroke • Choose Brushes Strokes , and choose a saved stroke.
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Working with paper texture and grain | 151 W orking with paper texture and grain With traditional art media, the results from using a marking tool depend on the texture of the surface to which it is applied.
152 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide The terms “paper grain” and “paper texture” are used synonymously . Applying paper texture Corel Painter allows you to apply paper texture to the canvas. In general, you can define texture as the roughness or coarseness of a surface, which you can both see and feel.
Working with paper texture and grain | 153 The currently selected paper is saved with the document. This includes custom paper textures that may not be saved in a paper texture library .
154 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide 4 Adjust the Spacing slider . Moving the Spacing slider to the right opens up the space between rows and columns in the selected pattern. It also increases the size of the pattern. 5 Adjust the Angle slider . Moving the Angle slider changes the direction of the texture rows.
Working with paper texture and grain | 155 Opening and managing the P aper T extures library Y ou can organize and manage paper textures from the Paper T extures library panel. The Paper T extures library panel displays the default Papers library , the custom libraries that you create, and any custom libraries that you import.
156 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide T o invert paper grain 1 Choose Window P aper Panels Papers . 2 Click the Paper T extures library button . 3 Click a paper texture swatch from the Paper T extures library panel. 4 In the Papers panel, click the Invert T oggle button .
Working with paper texture and grain | 157 Brushstrokes on paper grains with different scale values. Controlling brightness and contrast of paper grain Brightness can be thought of as controlling the depth of the paper grain. The effect of lowering the paper’s brightness is similar to that of using a more shallow grain.
158 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide If you want a uniform paper grain across an image, create your artwork first, and then apply the grain as a surface texture. If you apply paper texture before you create an image, the texture is erasable, and you cannot erase the paper texture without erasing brushstrokes at the same time.
Auto-painting photos | 159 Auto-painting photos Corel Painter’s auto-painting tools streamline the process of creating a painting that is based on a digital image or scanned photo. Previous experience with digital art is not required to use these tools.
160 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Creating underpaintings An underpainting is a version of the photo in which you adjust the photo’s colors, tones, and sharpness.
Auto-painting photos | 161 5 In the Photo Enhance area, move any of the following sliders: • Brightness — lets you brighten or darken the photo • Contrast — lets you increase or decrease the difference in tone between the dark and light areas of the photo • Hue — lets you shift the color balance of the photo.
162 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide 3 In the Underpainting panel, choose the filename for the source image from the Color Scheme list box. The underpainting is automatically updated with the color scheme from the source image. If you want to fine-tune the underpainting, you can adjust the Photo Enhance settings.
Auto-painting photos | 163 • Pressure — lets you set a value from 0 to 100 to specify the amount of pressure with which brushstrokes are applied. This setting represents the percentage of the preset pressure for the Stroke option. • Length — lets you set a value from 0 to 100 to specify the length of the brushstrokes.
164 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide 3 Click the Play button . Brushstrokes are applied automatically . 4 Click the Stop button when you are satisfied with the results. If you do not click the Stop button, auto-painting stops at the end of the brushstroke cycle.
Auto-painting photos | 165 stroke is added to the Stroke list box. For more information, see “Recording and playing back brushstrokes” on page 147. Restoring detail to paintings After using the Auto-Painting panel to create the painting, you can use the Restoration panel to recover detail from the original photo, if necessary .
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Image cloning and sampling | 167 Image cloning and sampling Corel Painter includes powerful image cloning tools to help you transform an existing image, such as a photograph, into a work of art. Y ou can also use image sampling tools and techniques to sample a portion of an image so you can use it elsewhere.
168 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide This section explains the manual process of cloning an image. The manual process involves choosing the image you want to clone (source image), creating the clone, and then setting up the workspace to start painting in the clone.
Image cloning and sampling | 169 When the clone document opens in the document window , you need to clear the canvas to begin painting in the clone by using the painterly technique of your choice. For more information, see “P ainting in the clone” on page 176.
170 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Use the tracing paper feature to view the source image for outlining (left). When you turn tracing paper off, you can see the outline (right). T o clone an image 1 Open the image that you want to clone. 2 Choose File Clone .
Image cloning and sampling | 171 T o display the Source Image window and crosshair cursor 1 Choose Window Clone Source . 2 In the Clone Source panel, enable the Show Source Image (with crosshair cursor) check box. T o enable tracing paper 1 Choose Window Clone Source .
172 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide • enables tracing paper • selects a cloner brush Y ou can also change the Quick Clone preferences. For more information, see “Setting cloning preferences” on page 172. T o clone an image using Quick Clone 1 Open the image that you want to clone.
Image cloning and sampling | 173 T o Do the following Activate the last Cloner brush variant Enable the Switch T o Cloner Brushes check box. Use the current brush variant to clone the underlying color Enable the Clone Color check box. T o enable the CloneColor check box, you must disable the Switch to Cloner Brushes check box.
174 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide 2 Choose Window Clone Source . 3 In the Clone Source panel, click the Open Source Image button , and choose Open Source . 4 Locate the image that you want to add as a clone source. 5 Click Open . The clone source is added to the Clone Source panel, and it’s also embedded in the document.
Image cloning and sampling | 175 actions flattens all layers and deletes all undo levels from the image. If you want to retain the layers, you can export the source image as a new document and then update the embedded source image to continue cloning.
176 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Y ou can also export a clone source image by pressing Command + Shift + S (Mac) or Ctrl + Shift + S (Windows). T o discard the changes made to the source image 1 W ith the edited clone source image open in the Source Image window , switch to the clone document window .
Image cloning and sampling | 177 Cloning allows you to “filter” source images to create an artistic rendering of the image. Y ou can create new cloner brushes or refine existing cloner brush variants by using the brush controls. For more information, see “ Adjusting brushes with brush controls” on page 325.
178 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide T o For information, see Add three-dimensional effects by applying surface texture “Using 3D brushstrokes to create texture” on page 650 Create a selection or c.
Image cloning and sampling | 179 • Grainy Soft Cover Cloning — works like Soft Cover Cloning , but brushstrokes also interact with paper grain • Drip Cloning — pushes color around as if it were wet, cloning the original with distortions based on your stroke 8 Choose Window Brush Control P anels Cloning .
180 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide T o perform offset sampling, you must set a sampling reference point and then set destination reference points. Sampling reference points specify the area of the document that you want to reuse, or clone. Destination reference points determine the area where you want the sampled image to appear .
Image cloning and sampling | 181 Y ou can also Adjust the randomized jitter of the brushstroke On the property bar , type a value in the Stroke Jitter box, or adjust the slider . Y ou can also enable offset sampling by clicking the Cloner tool in the toolbox.
182 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Y ou can also Control the amount of color that is replenished in a stroke On the property bar , type a percentage in the Resat box, or adjust the slider .
Image cloning and sampling | 183 Multi-point Cloners brush variant Example Rotate , Scale 2P lets you turn the sampled area around its center of rotation and size it to a percentage of its original size. Rotate , Scale 2P uses two reference points. Scale 2P lets you size the sampled area to a percentage of its original size.
184 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Multi-point Cloners brush variant Example Rotate , Mirror 2P lets you turn the sampled area around its center of rotation while creating a horizontal or vertical mirror image of the clone source. Rotate , Mirror 2P uses two reference points.
Image cloning and sampling | 185 Multi-point Cloners brush variant Example Perspective 4P lets you give the sampled area the appearance of depth. Perspective Tiling 4P also lets you tile the sampled area.
186 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide With 4-Point Tiling, the source image is repeated. Tiling is particularly useful when you want to fill an area with the sample source. For more information, see “Filling an area with a sampled image” on page 193.
Image cloning and sampling | 187 T o rotate the sample source 1 Click the Cloner tool in the toolbox. 2 Click the Brush Selector on the Brush Selector bar .
188 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide then set the destination points at the same vertical angle but from top to bottom, the sampled image will be flipped 180 degrees. If you want to mirror the sample, without any rotation, set both the sample and destination points in the same position.
Image cloning and sampling | 189 T o rotate, scale, and shear the sample source 1 Click the Cloner tool in the toolbox. 2 Click the Brush Selector on the Brush Selector bar . 3 In the Brush library panel, click the XRotate , Scale , Shear 3P brush variant.
190 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide 7 Apply brushstrokes to the destination area. Y ou can disable offset sampling by clicking the Clone Color button in the Color panel or by clicking the Brush Selector on the Brush Selector bar , and choosing a non-Cloner brush variant.
Image cloning and sampling | 191 Using selections and transformations when sampling Y ou can use a selection when sampling an image area in two ways: by making brushstrokes in the destination image obey the selection in the sample source image, or by copying the active selection in the sample source region.
192 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide If you want to closely outline the sample source area, choose the Lasso tool . For information about setting up a selection, see “Creating path-based selections” on page 580. 2 Click the Cloner tool in the toolbox.
Image cloning and sampling | 193 Filling an area with a sampled image Y ou can apply a transformed sample by filling, instead of using a brush. Filling allows you to cover a large area evenly , without much effort. Filling is supported only when you use perspective or bilinear sampling, with or without tiling.
194 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide The destination points determine where the transformation occurs. By using transformed clone information, the brick pattern becomes a steep wall.
Working with composition tools, symmetry tools, rulers, and guides | 195 W orking with composition tools, symmetry tools, rulers, and guides The placement of objects in a painting can dramatically affect the overall appearance of the finished work.
196 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Using the Layout Grid The Layout Grid provides an easy way to divide your canvas so that you can plan your composition. For example, you can divide your canvas into thirds vertically and horizontally to use the compositional rule of thirds.
Working with composition tools, symmetry tools, rulers, and guides | 197 In the Layout Grid panel, ensure that the Enable Layout Grid check box is enabled.
198 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide 3 Click Save . The preset appears in the T ype list box. Y ou can also save a preset by clicking the Layout Grid tool in the toolbox and clicking the Add Preset button on the property bar . T o delete a Layout Grid preset 1 In the Layout Grid panel, choose the preset you want to delete from the T ype list box.
Working with composition tools, symmetry tools, rulers, and guides | 199 that contains previously applied brushstrokes, the mirrored brushstrokes blend with the colors that are already on the canvas. In addition, if you’re applying randomized brushstrokes, such as a nozzle, the mirrored brushstrokes are also randomly applied.
200 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide T o Do the following Disable mirror painting mode Click the T oggle Mirror Painting button on the property bar . The Brush tool is the only tool that you can use to create mirror and kaleidoscope paintings. Other tools, such as the Shape tool, are not supported.
Working with composition tools, symmetry tools, rulers, and guides | 201 Using the Kaleidoscope P ainting mode Corel Painter lets you to transform basic brushstrokes into a colorful and symmetrical kaleidoscope image. When you paint a brushstroke in one kaleidoscope segment, multiple reflections of the brushstroke appear in the other segments.
202 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide T o Do the following Disable the Kaleidoscope Painting mode Click the T oggle Kaleidoscope Painting button on the property bar . The Brush tool is the only tool that you can use to create mirror and kaleidoscope paintings.
Working with composition tools, symmetry tools, rulers, and guides | 203 Using P erspective Guides Y ou can display non-printing Perspective Guides to create objects that give the impression that they are receding, or vanishing, from view . Y ou can hide the Perspective Guides when you no longer need them.
204 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide The Perspective-Guided Strokes are constrained to direct them towards the closest vanishing point. Y ou can also modify the appearance of Perspective Guides by repositioning the vanishing point, the horizon line, and the primary lines.
Working with composition tools, symmetry tools, rulers, and guides | 205 T o show or hide Perspective Guides 1 In the toolbox, click the Perspective Guides tool . 2 Click the Enable Perspective Guides button on the property bar . T o enable perspective-guided strokes 1 In the toolbox, click the Perspective Guides tool .
206 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide T o control the display of the primary lines 1 In the toolbox, click the Perspective Guides tool . 2 Perform a task from the following table. T o Do the following Show or hide the primary lines On the toolbar , click the Show/Hide Primary Lines button .
Working with composition tools, symmetry tools, rulers, and guides | 207 T o control the display of the intermediate lines 1 In the toolbox, click the Perspective Guides tool . 2 Perform a task from the following table. T o Do the following Show or hide the intermediate lines On the toolbar , click the Show/Hide Intermediate Lines button .
208 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide If you export your workspace, any Perspective Guides presets that you created are saved with the workspace. T o delete a perspective guide preset 1 In the toolbox, click the Perspective Guides tool .
Working with composition tools, symmetry tools, rulers, and guides | 209 T o show or hide the Divine Proportion guide • Choose Canvas Compositions , and then choose either Show Divine Proportion or Hide Divine Proportion .
210 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide T o Do the following Change the numbers of levels Move the Levels slider to the right to increase the number of levels.
Working with composition tools, symmetry tools, rulers, and guides | 211 T o move the Divine Proportion guide 1 In the toolbox, click the Divine Proportion tool . The cursor changes to a hand icon . 2 Drag the Divine Proportion guide to a new position.
212 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide T o restore the origin • Double-click the box at the intersection of the rulers (upper -left corner of the document window). Using guides Guides are nonprinting lines that appear over the image in the document window .
Working with composition tools, symmetry tools, rulers, and guides | 213 Y ou can also double-click the guide’s marker to display the Guide Options dialog box, and enter a value in the Guide Position box. T o enable the Snap to Ruler Ticks option • Choose Canvas Rulers Snap to Ruler Ticks .
214 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide • Clicking with the T ext tool to create a text entry point • Clicking and dragging with the Paint Bucket tool and Magnifier tool • Dragging shapes and selections. The edges of the content and the selection rectangle for the shapes and selections snap to the guides.
Working with composition tools, symmetry tools, rulers, and guides | 215 4 Click the Grid Color chip to set the color of the gridlines. 5 Click the Background chip to set the grid’s background color . T o print gridlines • Choose Effects Esoterica Grid Paper .
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Color | 217 Color Corel Painter offers many ways to select color and apply it to your image. F or example, you can change the paper color , choose colors for your brushstrokes, or apply a color fill to an entire image or selection. Y ou can select colors in several ways.
218 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide • “Opening images in the Mixer panel” (page 231) • “Changing and saving the Mixer color swatches” (page 232) • “Saving Mixer panel colors to a color.
Color | 219 • Saturation levels increase from left to right. Dragging to the right, or clicking on the right, produces purer colors within the predominant hue. Dragging to the left, or clicking on the left, reduces the color saturation and produces “muddier” or grayer colors.
220 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Drag in the Hue Ring to select a hue. Drag in the Saturation/Value T riangle to pick the saturation. Y ou can also select a hue by clicking anywhere on the Hue Ring (in the Standard Colors view) or on the hue indicator (in the Small Colors view).
Color | 221 T o swap the Main and Additional Colors • Click the Color Swap icon in the lower -left corner of the Color Selector . Y ou can also swap the Main Color with the Additional Color by pressing Shift + S or Shift + X .
222 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide T o show or hide the color information • In the Color panel, click the Color options button , and choose Color Info.
Color | 223 Keys . In the Customize Keys dialog box, choose Other from the Shortcuts list box, and click T oggle T emporal Color P alette from the Application Commands list. Y ou can then type a new shortcut key in the Shortcut column and click OK . If you are using a Wacom tablet, you can also assign a shortcut to the stylus button.
224 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide 2 Click the Dropper tool in the toolbox. 3 Move the cursor to the color that you want to sample, and click. The color swatch is updated to display the color you’ve selected. The Dropper tool picks up visible color only; it cannot be used to select a hidden color .
Color | 225 Y ou can use two colors at once in a brushstroke. T o set up a two-color brushstroke 1 In the Color panel, click the Main Color (front) swatch . 2 Click a color on the Saturation/Value T riangle . 3 Click the Additional Color (back) swatch .
226 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Exploring the Mixer panel and mixing controls The Mixer panel lets you mimic the experience of mixing colors on a traditional artist’s palette. In the Mixer panel, you can access color swatches and various tools that let you mix colors.
Color | 227 Mixer panel tool Description Apply Color tool Acts as a loaded paint source; applies color to the Mixer pad. Color loaded on the Apply Color tool blends with color already in the Mixer pad. Mix Color tool Mixes colors already in the Mixer pad; does not add new colors to the Mixer pad.
228 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide when sampling with the Sample Multiple Colors tool. If you adjust the Change Brush Size slider , the new value is retained when you reopen the application. Displaying and resizing the Mixer panel T o display the Mixer panel, you can use the Window menu, or you can use a keyboard shortcut.
Color | 229 • Restore Skip Allen’s Mixer Pad • Restore Default Mixer T o resize the Mixer panel • With the Mixer panel undocked, drag the resize handle at the lower -right corner of the main window of the panel. T o change the Mixer pad background 1 Choose Window Color P anels Mixer .
230 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide When you have finished mixing and sampling colors, you can clear the mixer pad, or save it as a mixer pad (MXS) file that you can open and use later . For more information, see “Saving the Mixer pad” on page 234.
Color | 231 T o sample multiple colors 1 In the Brush library panel, choose a brush category and variant that supports mixing. 2 Mix the color you want in the Mixer panel. 3 Move the Change Brush Size slider to set the size of the sample area. The size of the sample area is displayed to the right of the slider and is measured in pixels.
232 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide 3 Browse to the folder where the image file is stored. 4 Choose the image, and click Open . Changing and saving the Mixer color swatches Y ou can store commonly used colors in Mixer color swatches at the top of the Mixer panel and then use these colors on the Mixer pad.
Color | 233 2 Click the Mixer options button , and choose Add Swatch to Color Set . The selected color is added to the current color set. T o create a color set from the Mixer Pad 1 In the Mixer panel, click the Mixer options button , and choose New Color Set from Mixer Pad .
234 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Saving the Mixer pad When you have finished mixing and sampling colors, you can save the Mixer pad contents as a Mixer pad (MXS) file that you can open and use later . In addition, you can also save a Mixer pad as a PNG file.
Color | 235 2015Support FilesColor Sets[Color Set Name] , type *.* in the File name box, and press Enter . A list of hidden user files appears. Double-click a color set. T o load a saved version of the Mixer pad 1 Choose Window Color P anels Mixer .
236 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide T o open a color set • In the Color Set Libraries panel, click the Color Set Libraries options button , and choose Color Set Libraries , and choose a color set from the list. T o choose a color from a color set • In the Color Set Libraries panel, click a color .
Color | 237 • Saved — sorts colors in the order in which they were originally entered. • HLS — sorts colors by hue, luminance, and saturation. • LHS — sorts colors by luminance, hue, and saturation. • SHL — sorts colors by saturation, hue, and luminance.
238 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide • New Color Set from Layer — Includes all colors that are found in the active layer in the color set. This option is available only if an active layer is selected in the image. • New Color Set from Selection — Includes all colors in the selected area of the image in the color set.
Color | 239 Y ou can also Add a sampled color to a color set Click the Dropper tool in the toolbox, click a color in the image, then click the Add Color to Color Set button . Add a color from another color set Drag a color swatch from one color set to another .
240 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide T o name or rename a color 1 Right-click a color swatch in the Color Set Libraries panel, and choose Rename Color .
Color | 241 3 Choose Window Brush Control P anels General . 4 Choose Static Bristle from the Dab T ype list box. 5 Choose Multi from the Stroke T ype list box. 6 Choose Window Brush Control P anels Well . 7 In the Well panel, enable the Brush Loading check box.
242 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Fill type For more information see Gradient “ Applying gradients” on page 723 Pattern “ Applying pattern fills” on page 709 Weaves “ Applying weaves” on page 757 Applying a color as a fill Corel Painter gives you different options for applying a color as a fill.
Color | 243 • A layer — Click a layer in the Layers panel. • A channel — Click a channel in the Channels panel. 4 Choose Edit Fill . If you prefer , press Command + F (Mac OS) or Ctrl + F (W indows). 5 In the Fill dialog box, choose Current Color from the Fill with list box.
244 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Y ou can also Anti-aliasing is desirable when the Feather setting is set to zero or extremely low . Y ou can constrain the fill to a rectangular area by dragging with the Paint Bucket tool.
Color | 245 T o close a leak 1 Copy the lines to a selection. 2 Choose Select Save Selection . 3 In the Save Selection dialog box, choose New from the Save to list box. 4 Click OK . A new channel is displayed in the Channels panel. 5 In the Channels panel, display and select the channel.
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Color management | 247 Color management Corel Painter lets you manage colors when you create or open images, or place images in a document. The color management controls help ensure that colors are consistent when you work with images from various sources, such as Adobe Photoshop or a digital camera.
248 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide What is color management? Color management is a process that lets you predict and control color reproduction, regardless of the source or destination of the image. For example, a monitor displays a different set of colors than a printer reproduces, so you may see colors on-screen that cannot be printed.
Color management | 249 Color management lets you do the following: • reproduce colors consistently across your digital imaging workflow , especially when opening documents that were created in other.
250 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide profile does more than affect the display of colors — it produces irreversible changes to the colors in the document. The best practice is to choose a working color space, such as sRGB, when you create an image and to use the same color profile throughout your workflow .
Color management | 251 white areas of an image use the white of the paper to reproduce the color . Therefore, this rendering intent is a good option for printing images. • Absolute Colorimetric — Choose this rendering intent for logos, or other graphics, that require very precise colors.
252 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Y ou can also access the Color Management Settings dialog box from the Navigator panel by clicking the Open Navigator Settings button , clicking Color Management , and choosing Color Management Settings . Embedding color profiles when saving files Y ou can embed an assigned color profile in a file.
Color management | 253 Specifying the default CMYK color profile for converting CMYK images to RGB Because Corel Painter works with RGB colors, all CMYK images that you open or import in the application are converted to an RGB color profile. Y ou can specify the default CMYK profile that Corel Painter uses to convert the CMYK images to RGB.
254 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide T o soft-proof an image 1 Choose Canvas Color Proofing Settings . 2 Choose a profile from the Simulate Device list box. 3 Choose a rendering intent from the Rendering Intent list box. 4 Enable the T urn On Color Proofing Mode check box.
Color management | 255 Y ou can also assign a color profile from the Navigator panel by clicking the Open Navigator Settings button , clicking Color Management , and choosing Assign Profile . Converting color profiles Corel Painter lets you convert the color profile of a document to another color profile.
256 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Y ou can also convert the color profile from the Navigator panel by clicking the Open Navigator Settings button , clicking Color Management , and choosing Convert T o Profile .
Color management | 257 • Relative Colorimetric — is ideal for producing proofs on inkjet printers • Absolute Colorimetric — preserves the white point and can be used to proof images If you want to display a warning message when you open a document that has a mismatched color profile, enable the Profile Mismatch check box.
258 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide 3 Click the Add button next to the Preset list box. 4 T ype a name for the preset in the Preset Name box. Y ou can also access the Color Management Settings dialog box from the Navigator panel by clicking the Open Navigator Settings button , clicking Color Management , and choosing Color Management Settings .
Correcting and adjusting colors | 259 Correcting and adjusting colors Corel Painter includes a variety of effects and tools that let you correct and adjust image colors. F or example, you can use the effects to fix a color -casted or washed-out photo.
260 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Correcting colors using curves Corel Painter lets you correct colors by using curves to adjust the relative amounts of the color components in an image. Y ou can adjust the curves for red, green, blue, or all three color components at once.
Correcting and adjusting colors | 261 Use the Color Correction dialog box to correct colors. Y ou can use a single curve method, or a combination of curve methods, to adjust the image. Y ou can apply color correction to a selection, a layer , or the entire image.
262 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Before (left) and after (right) applying the Brightness/Contrast effect. When using the curve, you can adjust the contrast or brightness of colors while maintaining the tonal transitions in the original image. Y ou can adjust all colors at once, or adjust R, G, and B individually .
Correcting and adjusting colors | 263 An example of increasing the contrast by using the curve. Brightness moves all values on a curve to a brighter tone or darker tone.
264 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Y ou can reset the sliders to the default settings by clicking Reset . Y ou can compare the adjusted image with the original image by enabling and disabling the Preview check box. T o adjust brightness and contrast by using the curve 1 Choose Effects T onal Control Correct Colors .
Correcting and adjusting colors | 265 Curve method of color correction. T o quickly adjust colors, you can use the automatic correction controls. T o correct colors using the curve 1 Choose Effects T onal Control Correct Colors . 2 In the Color Correction dialog box, choose Curve from the Method list box.
266 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Y ou can also Automatically adjust the contrast in an image according to the black point Choose Black Point from the Curve Preset list box. Clear all corrections Click Reset . Drawing freehand curves to adjust colors Y ou can use the Freehand method to adjust colors.
Correcting and adjusting colors | 267 Y ou can clear all corrections so that you can start again by clicking Reset . Y ou can compare the adjusted image with the original image by enabling and disabling the Preview check box.
268 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Y ou can compare the adjusted image with the original image by enabling and disabling the Preview check box. T o adjust 1/4 tone, midtone, and 3/4 tone by dragging color curves 1 Choose Effects T onal Control Correct Colors .
Correcting and adjusting colors | 269 • Paper — uses the selected paper grain to control the color adjustment • Image Luminance — uses the luminance of the image as the model for color adjustment.
270 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide T o adjust colors by using paper luminance 1 Choose Window P aper Panels Papers . 2 Choose a paper swatch from the Papers library panel. 3 T o apply the effect to: • The canvas — Click the Canvas in the Layers panel.
Correcting and adjusting colors | 271 4 Choose Original Luminance from the Using list box. 5 Adjust any of the Adjust Colors controls. For information, see “ Adjust Colors controls” on page 271.
272 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide A replaced color with and without feathering. Y ou can choose from any of the following adjustment methods: • Uniform Color — adjusts all pixels equally • Pap.
Correcting and adjusting colors | 273 • A selection — Click a selection tool from the toolbox, and drag in the document window to select an area. • A layer — Click a layer in the Layers panel. 4 Choose Effects T onal Control Adjust Selected Colors .
274 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Adjust Selected Colors controls The following controls in the Select area let you refine the color selection. Hue controls • Range — controls the number of hues adjusted. Only hues within the specified percentage of hues on the color wheel are adjusted.
Correcting and adjusting colors | 275 Before (left) and after (right) applying the Equalize effect. T o automatically set black and white points 1 Choose Effects T onal Control Correct Colors . 2 In the Color Correction dialog box, choose Curve from the Method list box.
276 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide 3 In the Equalize dialog box, adjust contrast by dragging the black and white markers under the histogram, or type values in the Black box and White box. Any values in the image located to the right of the white marker become white; any values to the left of the black marker become black.
Correcting and adjusting colors | 277 • Color — lets you determine how the colors from the source image blend with the colors in the destination image. At higher settings, more source color is applied. • V ariance (Color) — lets you adjust the range of the source colors.
278 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide P osterizing an image Corel Painter offers two different options for posterizing images. Y ou can use the Posterize effect to reduce the number of color levels contained in an image. Y ou can also posterize an image by specifying a color set.
Correcting and adjusting colors | 279 4 Choose Effects T onal Control Posterize Using Color Set . The image is replaced with the colors in the current color set. Applying video legal colors Y ou can apply an effect that adjusts the colors in an image so they are compatible with video.
280 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide The Dodge tool was used to lighten the girl’s eye. T o darken the tone 1 Choose the Burn tool from the toolbox. If the Burn tool is not displayed in the toolbox, hold down the Dodge tool to open the tool flyout. 2 On the property bar , move the Size slider , or type a value in the Size box.
Libraries | 281 Libraries A library is a storage place for a collection of tools or media. In Corel Painter , default libraries are available for the following resources: brushes, paper , color sets, gradients, looks, nozzles, textures, patterns, selections, scripts, images, weaves, and flow maps.
282 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide T o import a library 1 In a library panel, click the Import [Resource type] Library button . For example, if you want to open a paper textures library from the Paper Libraries panel, click the Import Paper Library button .
Libraries | 283 T o create a library 1 In a library panel, click the New [Resource type] Library button . For example, if you want to open a pattern library from the Pattern Libraries panel, click the New Pattern Library button . 2 In the New Library dialog box, type a name in the Save As box.
284 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide T o modify the display of a library panel 1 Open a library panel. 2 Perform a task from the following table. T o Do the following Resize the library panel Point to the edge of the panel. When the cursor changes to a double-sided arrow , drag the edge of the panel to resize it.
Libraries | 285 Moving, renaming, and deleting library resources Y ou can move a library resource to a new position within a library , or drag it to a different library . Y ou can also rename resources, such as renaming a paper or gradient, to give them more descriptive names.
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Selecting, managing, and creating brushes | 287 Selecting, managing, and creating brushes Corel Painter offers an impressive array of realistic and responsive brushes that you can use to apply media to the canvas. For example, you can choose a brush with realistic bristles that apply oil, watercolor , or acrylic paint.
288 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Understanding brushes Corel Painter offers users a wide range of preset brushes that are designed with the real media in mind, so you can predict how a brush will behave. In an art store, if the brushes in one aisle don’t produce the results you want, you can try a different aisle.
Selecting, managing, and creating brushes | 289 Acrylics Airbrushes Artists Blenders Image Hose Impasto Liquid Ink Markers Oils Palette Knives P astels Pattern P ens Pencils P ens Photo Real Watercolo.
290 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Digital soft flow airbrush Digital hard edge airbrush Digital soft flat airbrush The Wacom airbrush styluses are fully compatible with the variants in the Airbrushes category . For more information, see “ Airbrush controls” on page 378.
Selecting, managing, and creating brushes | 291 Blenders Blenders brushes affect underlying pixels by moving and mixing them. The variants can reproduce the effects of blending paint by applying water or oil. Y ou can also smooth drawing lines and create shading just as you would on a pencil sketch or charcoal drawing.
292 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Basic Crayon Grainy Hard Crayon Waxy Crayon Charcoal & Conte Charcoal brush variants range from pencils to hard or soft charcoal sticks. As with other dry media brush variants, the opacity is linked to stylus pressure.
Selecting, managing, and creating brushes | 293 Original photo Soft Cloner Impressionist Cloner Digital Watercolor Digital Watercolor brush variants produce watercolor effects that react with the canvas texture.
294 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Bleach Eraser Flat Eraser F/X F/X brush variants can give you an array of creative results. Some add color; others affect underlying pixels. The best way to appreciate the F/X brush variants is to experiment with them on an image and a blank canvas.
Selecting, managing, and creating brushes | 295 is similar to blending layers by using the Gel composite method; however , you do not require any layers to achieve the same results. Gel coarse Gel broad Gel captured Gouache Gouache brush variants let you paint with the fluidity of watercolors and the opacity of acrylics.
296 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Linear -Angle-B (Bearing) Linear -Size-P (Pressure) Spray-Size-P (Pressure) controls size and spread Impasto Impasto brush variants use the classic technique of applying thick paint on a canvas to create depth.
Selecting, managing, and creating brushes | 297 Clumpy Ink Coarse Bristle Smooth Flat Markers The brush variants in the Marker category replicate conventional, real-world markers. The brush variants range from fine point to blunt and have a variety of nib shapes and opacity levels.
298 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Fine Camel Opaque Flat Smeary Round Some Oil brush variants let you mix media as though you were working with traditional oil paints. Y ou can use colors mixed on the Mixer pad and apply them directly to the canvas.
Selecting, managing, and creating brushes | 299 Flow Aurora Gravity Deco Streamline Spring Concept Creature Pastels Pastels , which include oil pastels, range from hard pastel styles that reveal the paper grain to extra soft pastels that glide on to completely cover existing strokes.
300 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide of the pattern, and Pattern P en T ransparent applies a semitransparent version of the pattern. For more information, see “Painting with patterns” on page 711.
Selecting, managing, and creating brushes | 301 Pens Pens brush variants, like the Scratchboard Rake and Bamboo Pen , create realistic effects without the drawbacks of traditional pens, which can clog, spatter , or run dry .
302 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Real Watercolor The brushstrokes of the Real Watercolor brush variants flow and apply pigments in a very natural way , helping you create realistic watercolor paintings. In addition, the brushstrokes interact with the paper texture and grain to produce results you would expect from real-world watercolors.
Selecting, managing, and creating brushes | 303 Smeary Wet Sponge variant lets you blend the current paint color with existing colors as you drag across the canvas. Dense Sponge Grainy Wet Sponge Smeary Wet Sponge Sumi-e Sumi-e brush variants let you create flowing sumi-e-style brushstrokes.
304 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Basic Round Blender Soft Grainy Round Watercolor Watercolor brush variants paint onto a watercolor layer , which enables the colors to flow , mix, and absorb into the paper . The watercolor layer is created automatically when you first apply a brushstroke with a Watercolor brush variant.
Selecting, managing, and creating brushes | 305 of the panel. The Brush library panel also displays the most recently used brushes at the top of the panel so you can quickly access the last brushes that you used. The Brush library panel lets you choose a brush category (left) and a brush variant (right).
306 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide If you previously hid the Search bar , you can show it by clicking Window Search . Setting basic brush attributes T o quickly get started in Corel Painter , you specify basic brush attributes, such as brush size, opacity , and grain, on the property bar .
Selecting, managing, and creating brushes | 307 The circle provides a visual representation of the brush size onscreen. Y ou can also access additional brush controls to further customize brushes. For example, you can set a minimum brushstroke size to control the tapering and widening of brushstrokes as stylus pressure or direction is varied.
308 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide T o set opacity 1 In the toolbox, click the Brush tool . 2 Click the Brush Selector on the Brush Selector bar . 3 In the Brush library panel, click a brush category , and click a brush variant. 4 On the property bar , move the Opacity slider , or type a percentage in the Opacity box.
Selecting, managing, and creating brushes | 309 T o Do the following Change the brush size Hold down Command + Option (Mac OS) or Ctrl + Alt (Windows), and drag the crosshair cursor to display the Radius circle in the document window . Keep dragging until the circle is set to the size that you want, and then release the stylus or mouse button.
310 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Y ou can also revert to an onscreen brush sizing control that has the look and feel of the brush sizing control in earlier versions of Corel Painter by choosing Cor.
Selecting, managing, and creating brushes | 311 T o Do the following Hide the recently used brushes In the Brush library panel, click the Brush library options button , and choose Recent Brushes . Hide the dab and stroke preview window In the Brush library panel, click the Brush library options button , and choose Dab and Stroke Preview .
312 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Unhide all brush categories In the Brush library panel, click the Brush library options button , choose Category Display , and choose Show All Categories . Unhide all brush variants In the Brush library panel, click the Brush library options button , choose Variant Display , and choose Show All V ariants .
Selecting, managing, and creating brushes | 313 T o rename brush categories and variants 1 Click the Brush Selector on the Brush Selector bar . 2 In the Brush library panel, perform a task from the following table.
314 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Y ou can also Copy the variant to another category With a variant selected, click the Brush library options button , and choose Copy Variant . Choose the destination brush category from the Copy V ariant T o list box.
Selecting, managing, and creating brushes | 315 Y ou can also delete a brush variant from the Brush library panel by clicking the Brush library options button and choosing Remove Variant . Restoring default brush variants Y ou can restore any modified brush variant to its default settings.
316 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Y ou can also change the brush category icon by right-clicking a category in the Brush library panel, choosing Set Custom Icon , and choosing the image that you want to display as the category icon.
Selecting, managing, and creating brushes | 317 3 In the Choose Brush Library dialog box, choose the brush library that you want to export from the Library list box. 4 Click OK . 5 In the Export Brush Library dialog box, type a name for the new library in the File Name text box.
318 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Corel Painter 11 (or earlier) brush libraries Y ou can open brush libraries that were created in an older version of Corel Painter . In Corel Painter 11 and earlier versions, brush variants are individual XML files organized in brush category folders within brush libraries.
Selecting, managing, and creating brushes | 319 6 In the Brush library panel, click the Brush library options button , and choose Brush Library Painter Brushes .
320 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Y ou can also export a brush category from the Brush library panel by clicking the Brush library options button , choosing Export , and choosing Category . T o import a brush variant 1 Click Brushes Import Brush .
Selecting, managing, and creating brushes | 321 Saving a brush look A look retains all brush variant settings, plus the paper , pattern, gradient, or nozzle settings. For example, if you customize a brush variant and paper texture to achieve a specific effect that you want to use in the future, you can save these settings as a look.
322 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide This musical note was captured as a brush dab. T o create a brush dab shape 1 On a white background, draw a shape in black. Use shades of gray to define the transparent areas of the dab. T o follow stroke direction, a captured brush set must face toward the right side.
Selecting, managing, and creating brushes | 323 Y ou can paint with a captured brush just as you would with other brushes. .
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Adjusting brushes with brush controls | 325 Adjusting brushes with brush controls Like a fully stocked art store, Corel Painter supplies you with many different brushes and drawing tools, each with modifiable characteristics. This chapter provides descriptions and procedures for customizing and saving the many parameters of any brush type.
326 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide • “Real Watercolor controls” (page 362) • “Real Wet Oil controls” (page 367) • “Computed Circular controls” (page 373) • “Hard Media controls.
Adjusting brushes with brush controls | 327 Modifying Brush V ariants When you modify a brush variant using the brush controls, the modified brush variant information is stored in the variant’s XML,.
328 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide you choose the Pressure expression on the Opacity panel, set the Opacity slider to 50%, and then set the Min Opacity slider to 20%, the more stylus pressure you apply , the more opaque the brushstroke will be. Direction adjusts the angle value of the direction controller .
Adjusting brushes with brush controls | 329 T o Do the following Adjust the brushstroke as you turn a flat-tip Intuos Art Pen that supports 360-degrees of barrel rotation sensitivity Choose Rotation from the Expression list box. Adjust the brushstroke according to the luminance of the clone source Choose Source from the Expression list box.
330 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Remember that some brushes vary the line width based on pressure or stroke speed. The difference between the diameter of the two circles shows the range in which the stroke width can vary . In the Hard Media view , you can preview what a Hard Media , such as a Pencil variant, will look like at various angles.
Adjusting brushes with brush controls | 331 The most common way of adjusting brush calibration is to apply a typical brush stroke, such as a wavy stroke, to the scratch pad. Corel Painter then uses your stroke to calculate the appropriate pressure and velocity settings for the brush variant.
332 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide General controls Corel Painter provides extensive control over brush properties and dab types. Y ou can also choose how brushstrokes interact with existing color in the image.
Adjusting brushes with brush controls | 333 Dab-based dab type Description Circular Dabs are controlled by the sliders in the Size and Angle brush control panels. Single-Pixel Consists of one pixel only . Y ou can’t change its size. Y ou use single-pixel brushes when you zoom in for editing at the pixel level.
334 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Rendered dab type Description Camel Hair Creates bristle brushes with circular arrays of bristles. Individual brush hairs can have their own color , and they can also pick up underlying colors independently of the Brush Loading option.
Adjusting brushes with brush controls | 335 Rendered dab type Description By adjusting the Feature slider in the Bristles panel, you can separate bristles. Airbrush Creates brushes that act like airbrushes. Bearing (direction) and angle (tilt) affect the eccentricity of the resulting conic section.
336 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Rendered dab type Description airbrush from previous versions of the application, but react to bearing and angle data.
Adjusting brushes with brush controls | 337 Additional dab types wetness and evaporation rate of the paper . There are five types of Watercolor dab types: Watercolor Camel Hair , Watercolor Flat , Watercolor P alette Knife , Watercolor Bristle Spray , and Watercolor Airbrush .
338 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide The Multi stroke type draws a set of randomly distributed dab paths. • The Rake stroke type draws a set of evenly distributed dab paths. The several dab paths in a rake brushstroke are parallel. Y ou can control all other aspects of the stroke by using settings in the Rake brush control panel.
Adjusting brushes with brush controls | 339 General controls: Methods and subcategories The brush method defines the most basic level of brush behavior and is the foundation on which all other brush variables are built. The method and method subcategory represent attributes of the stroke’s appearance.
340 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide • Drip • Mask (Cover) • Cloning • Wet • Digital Wet • Marker • Plug-in The Buildup methods allow you to produce brushstrokes that build towards black as they are overlaid.
Adjusting brushes with brush controls | 341 An example of the Drip method. The Mask method is provided only for compatibility with earlier versions of the application. Y ou do not need to use the Mask method because the masking capabilities of Corel Painter are provided by the Cover method.
342 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Y ou can give any built-in brush the power of a plug-in by changing its method and subcategory . T o choose a method and subcategory 1 Choose Window Brush Control P anels General . 2 Choose a method from the Method list box.
Adjusting brushes with brush controls | 343 General controls: Multicore Corel Painter helps you maximize brush performance when working on a multicore computer . T o enable brush multicore support 1 Choose Window Brush Control P anels General .
344 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Digital Airbrush brushstrokes without Opacity Jitter (left) and with Opacity Jitter (right) Opacity Jitter applied to a brushstroke without jitter smoothing (top) and with jitter smoothing (bottom) T o set brush opacity 1 Choose Window Brush Control P anels Opacity .
Adjusting brushes with brush controls | 345 Y ou can also Smooth the opacity variation Move the Smoothness slider . When adjusting Opacity Jitter , make sure the Min Opacity slider is not set to 100%. Setting the Min Opacity to 100% stops Opacity Jitter from occurring.
346 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Brushstrokes with Random Brush Stroke Grain disabled (top) and enabled (bottom) In addition, you can use the paper’s brightness and contrast settings to control brush–grain interaction. For more information, see “Working with paper texture and grain” on page 151 and “Expression settings” on page 327.
Adjusting brushes with brush controls | 347 Y ou can also Smooth the grain variation Move the Smoothness slider . Randomize the brushstroke grain interaction Enable the Random Brushstroke Grain check box. When adjusting Grain Jitter , make sure the Min Grain slider is not set to 100%.
348 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Merge Mode Description Darken Darkens the underlying color with the brushstroke color — whichever is darker Default Covers and hides the underlying brushstrokes D.
Adjusting brushes with brush controls | 349 Merge Mode Description Magic Combine Combines the brushstroke color with the underlying color based on luminance. The parts of the brushstroke that are lighter than the underlying color are visible. The parts that are darker are replaced by the lighter area of the underlying color .
350 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Size lets you control the width of the brush and the brushstroke. As size changes, you may need to adjust the spacing controls for brushes that use nonrendered or dab-based dab types to prevent gaps from appearing in the stroke.
Adjusting brushes with brush controls | 351 Oils Real Round brushstrokes without Size Jitter (left) and with Size Jitter (right) Size Jitter applied to a brushstroke without jitter smoothing (top) and with jitter smoothing (bottom) Size Step controls the transition between narrow and wide sections of a stroke.
352 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Y ou can also Adjust the amount of variation that is applied to Size Move the Size Jitter slider . Smooth the size variation Move the Smoothness slider . Link the size settings to a specific stylus or mouse movement Choose an option from the Expression list box.
Adjusting brushes with brush controls | 353 Angle controls The Angle controls let you change the shape of a brush. Some Angle controls work in conjunction with Expression settings. For more information, see “Expression settings” on page 327. The Squeeze setting lets you control the shape of the brush dab.
354 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Brushstrokes with Angle set to 90° (top) and 45° (bottom) The Angle Jitter control lets you introduce variation to the angle of the brushstrokes, which enhances their responsiveness and natural appearance. Y ou can use the Smoothness slider to smooth the angle variation in a brushstroke for a more organic look.
Adjusting brushes with brush controls | 355 Angle Jitter applied to an Image Hose brushstroke without jitter smoothing (top) and with jitter smoothing (bottom) For dab-based brushes, the Ang Range setting lets you specify a range of dab angles that may appear in a brushstroke.
356 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide T o set brush shape 1 Choose Window Brush Control P anels Angle . 2 Move the Squeeze slider to the left to make the brush dab more elliptical. Move it to the right to make it rounder . Y ou can also change the brush shape dynamically onscreen.
Adjusting brushes with brush controls | 357 T o set brush angle increment 1 Choose Window Brush Control P anels Angle . 2 Move the Ang Step slider to the right to produce fewer angles between dabs. Move it to the left to create more angles between dabs.
358 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide T o set spacing between brush dabs 1 Choose Window Brush Control P anels Spacing . 2 Perform a task from the following table. T o Do the following Increase the distance between dabs Move the Spacing slider to the right.
Adjusting brushes with brush controls | 359 Changing dab profiles The Dab Profile panel displays a selection of dab profiles that you can apply to your brushes. Each brush tip profile shows a cross-section of density distribution across the diameter of the dab.
360 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Profile Description 1-Pixel Edge Provides maximum density throughout, with rapid falloff at the edge, producing a 1-pixel, anti-aliased edge. Artists’ Oils brush tip profiles There are six brush tips designed specifically for Artists’ Oils brushes.
Adjusting brushes with brush controls | 361 Hard Media Profiles There are six tip profiles designed specifically for the Hard Media variants. Hard Media profile Description Pencil Profile Provides a sharper tip when perpendicular to the tablet and a wider , softer tip when at an angle.
362 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide T o choose a brush tip profile 1 Choose Window Brush Control P anels Dab Profile . 2 In the Dab Profile panel, click a brush tip profile icon. Real W atercolor controls The Corel Painter Real Watercolor brush controls help you achieve very realistic watercolor brushstrokes.
Adjusting brushes with brush controls | 363 Brushstrokes set at a lower Viscosity setting (left) and higher Viscosity setting (right) Flow controls The Flow controls let you enable and choose flow maps, so you can introduce an additional surface texture that promotes greater water displacement.
364 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Paper controls With the Paper controls, you can adjust how the Real W atercolor brushes interact with paper texture and grain.
Adjusting brushes with brush controls | 365 T o adjust the Real Watercolor controls 1 Choose Window Brush Control P anels Real Watercolor . 2 Perform an action from the following table. T o Do the following Set the amount of water the brush deposits on the paper In the Brush area, move the Wetness slider to adjust the amount of water .
366 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide T o Do the following Adjust the paper roughness In the Paper area, move the Roughness slider to the left to decrease the paper roughness or to the right to increase the paper roughness. This impacts flow resistance, dry rate, and pigment granulation.
Adjusting brushes with brush controls | 367 T o control Real Watercolor diffusion 1 Choose Window Brush Control P anels Real Watercolor . 2 Perform an action from the following table. T o Do the following Apply diffusion precisely to ensure accurate water flow Enable the Accurate Diffusion check box.
368 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Brushstrokes set at a lower Wetness setting (left) and higher Wetness setting (right) Liquid Flow controls The Liquid Flow controls let you adjust the liquid viscosity , or thickness, in order to control the way it’s applied to the canvas.
Adjusting brushes with brush controls | 369 Brushstrokes set at a lower Flow Resistance setting (left) and higher Flow Resistance setting (right) Paint controls The Paint controls let you modify the look and feel of paint on the canvas. For example, you can adjust the opacity of the paint deposited on the canvas after the oil dries.
370 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Wind controls The Wind controls let you to set the angle at which the paint spreads on the canvas. Y ou can also specify the amount of wind force exerted on the paint.
Adjusting brushes with brush controls | 371 T o Do the following Adjust the oil thickness to control the way it spreads on the surface of the canvas In the Liquid Flow area, move the Viscosity slider to adjust the viscosity effect.
372 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide T o Do the following Control the degree to which paint settles into the valleys of the canvas grain when it dries In the Canvas area, move the Granulation slider to adjust the effect. Control the angle at which paint spreads on the canvas In the Wind area, move the Angle slider to adjust the angle.
Adjusting brushes with brush controls | 373 Suspend diffusion temporarily Enable the Pause Diffusion check box to suspend the diffusion. Y ou need to disable the check box to perform the diffusion.
374 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide and erasers. The Hard Media controls can be used only with the Circular , Captured , and Eraser dab types. For more information, see “Hard Media” on page 457.
Adjusting brushes with brush controls | 375 RealBristle controls RealBristle controls let you choose a brush tip profile, adjust the brush, and determine how the brush interacts with the surface of the canvas. For more information about RealBristle controls, see “Modifying RealBristle settings” on page 492.
376 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Brushstrokes with Clumpiness set to 0% (left) and 100% (right) The Hair Scale lets you control the density of bristles in the brush dab and, therefore, the number of bristles in the dab.
Adjusting brushes with brush controls | 377 Brushstrokes with Scale/Size set to 0% (top) and 100% (bottom) At a Scale/Size setting of 100%, when the brush size changes, the bristles scale in proportion to the size. At a Scale/Size setting of 8%, when the brush size changes, the bristles remain a constant absolute size.
378 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide T o scale bristles according to brush size 1 Choose Window Brush Control P anels Static Bristle . 2 Move the Scale/Size slider to the left to reduce the degree of size variation. Move it to the right to increase size variation.
Adjusting brushes with brush controls | 379 Broad Wheel Airbrush brushstrokes without Flow Jitter (left) and with Flow Jitter (right) Finer Spray Airbrush brushstrokes without Feature Jitter (left) an.
380 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Feature Jitter applied to a brushstroke without jitter smoothing (top) and with jitter smoothing (bottom) T o adjust the Airbrush feature spacing 1 Choose Window Brush Control P anels Airbrush . 2 Move the Feature slider to adjust the paint droplet spacing.
Adjusting brushes with brush controls | 381 T o set paint spread 1 Choose Window Brush Control P anels Airbrush . 2 Move the Spread slider to the left to reduce the amount of spread, or to the right to increase the amount of spread. T o set ink flow 1 Choose Window Brush Control P anels Airbrush .
382 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide The Grain slider on the General panel affects the look of Artists’ Oils by controlling the level at which paper absorbs paint. When the Grain slider is set to 0%, the paper absorbs a very limited amount of paint; no paper grain is visible in the stroke and the paint color appears lighter .
Adjusting brushes with brush controls | 383 T rail-off determines the length of a brushstroke tail when the brush is running out of paint. This doesn’t change the length of the brushstroke, just the look of the end of the stroke. For example, you can adjust the trail-off to produce a longer trail-off effect of the brushstroke tail.
384 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Y ou can also set how Artists’ Oils paint blend on the Blend slider on the Artists’ Oils property bar . T o set Artists’ Oils brush bristling 1 With an Artists’ Oils brush selected, choose Window Brush Control Panels Artists’ Oils .
Adjusting brushes with brush controls | 385 Impasto controls The Impasto brush controls let you modify and create brush variants that give the illusion of depth. The controls allow you to choose different methods for applying and controlling the appearance of depth.
386 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Pickup controls how much dry paint gets picked up during diffusion. Lower values mean that there is no mixing or leaching of paints. Higher values produce more leaching. Brushstrokes with Pickup set to 0% (top) and 100% (bottom) Dry Rate controls the rate at which water dries during diffusion.
Adjusting brushes with brush controls | 387 Brushstrokes with Evap Thresh set to 1% (top) and 50% (bottom) The diffusion setting ( Diffuse Amt slider) controls the amount of paint diffused. Using high diffusion creates soft edges that feather into the grain, as though you were painting on wet absorbent paper .
388 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Enable the Accurate Diffusion check box to use a smaller diffusion window . Disabling Accurate Diffusion results in a larger , less accurate window being used. Brushstrokes with Accurate Diffusion enabled (top) and disabled (bottom) Y ou can specify the amount of wind force exerted on the diffusing particles.
Adjusting brushes with brush controls | 389 T o Do the following Adjust wetness Move the Wetness slider to the left to create a more uniform brushstroke, or to the right to have the water flow more in the direction of the wind. Set paint pickup Move the Pickup slider to the right to increase the amount of leaching, or to the left to reduce it.
390 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide T o Do the following Delay diffusion Enable the Delay Diffusion check box. Diffusion begins when you finish the brushstroke. When you enable the Delay Diffusion check box, you increase the speed of Watercolor brush variants.
Adjusting brushes with brush controls | 391 Example Description Color Only applies only the color component. Soften Ink Plus Color applies color to an ink form, causing inks and colors to blend into one another . Soften Ink Only applies only the ink component.
392 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Example Description Erase deletes ink and color . Presoftened Ink Plus Color is applied in conjunction with surface depth effects. Smoothness controls the “tack” of the brushstrokes. Lower values result in coarser brushstrokes.
Adjusting brushes with brush controls | 393 Brushstrokes with Volume set to 100% (top) and 500% (bottom) Y ou can also use the Expression settings to link Volume to various stylus or mouse movements.
394 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Brushstrokes with Rand Size set to 0% (top) and 100% (bottom) The bristle fraction ( Bristle Frac slider) controls the thickness of the bristles. Higher values cause the bristles to stick together and result in a smoother brushstroke.
Adjusting brushes with brush controls | 395 Brushstrokes with Rand Br Size set to 0% (top) and 100% (bottom) T o choose an ink type 1 Choose Window Brush Control P anels Liquid Ink . 2 Choose a liquid ink type from the Ink T ype list box. T o set smoothness 1 Choose Window Brush Control P anels Liquid Ink .
396 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Y ou can also Adjust the angle of the Direction expression Move the Direction slider until the desired angle is achieved. Reverse the effect of an Expression setting Click the Invert button . T o set random volume 1 Choose Window Brush Control P anels Liquid Ink .
Adjusting brushes with brush controls | 397 Stroke Jitter controls The Stroke Jitter controls introduces a randomized jitter to the brushstroke. Instead of appearing directly along the stroke, dabs appear randomly outside the brushstroke path. Y ou can also set an Expression setting to further control the Stroke Jitter effect.
398 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide W ell controls The Well controls determine how a brush conveys its medium (color) to the paper . The Resaturation , Bleed , and Dryout controls work together to determine how much color a brush has at the start and finish of a stroke.
Adjusting brushes with brush controls | 399 to the Resat control, set the Resat slider to 40% and set the Min Resat slider to 50%, the amount of resaturation will vary from 20% to 40% every time you apply pressure with the stylus.
400 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Y ou can also Set the percentage of variability that you want the expression to apply Move the Min Resat slider . Adjust the angle of the Direction expression Move the Direction slider . T o set color bleed 1 Choose Window Brush Control P anels Well .
Adjusting brushes with brush controls | 401 Mouse controls In theory , a mouse has no pressure information. A mouse button is either on (button down), or off (button up).
402 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide 2 Move the Rotation slider . A 360° setting simulates a stylus that completes a 360° barrel rotation. Rotation is supported only when you are using a brush with the Expression setting set to Rotation . For more information, see “Expression settings” on page 327.
Adjusting brushes with brush controls | 403 Image Hose controls The Image Hose controls let you design nozzles designated Rank 1 , 2 , and 3 . For more information, see “Image hose” on page 469. The settings for each rank consist of the Expression settings plus the Sequential setting.
404 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Brushstrokes with Contact Ang set to 180° (left), 125° (middle), and right 0° (right), with a Brush Scale setting of 450% Brush Scale controls the spacing between individual bristles that compose the Rake . The size of each dab is determined in the Size brush control panel.
Adjusting brushes with brush controls | 405 Brushstrokes with T urn Amount set to 0% (left) and 150% (right) The Bristle controls set the number of bristles or dabs used for Rake stroke types. The Spread Bristles control dynamically adjusts brush scale on the basis of stylus pressure.
406 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide T o set brush contact angle 1 Choose Window Brush Control P anels Rake . 2 Move the Contact Ang slider to the left to create a low contact angle (few of the dabs are in contact with the paper).
Adjusting brushes with brush controls | 407 T o adjust the number of Rake brush bristles 1 Choose Window Brush Control P anels Rake . 2 Move the Bristle slider to adjust the number of bristles. T o set bristle spacing 1 Choose Window Brush Control P anels Rake .
408 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide The Obey Source Selection option uses any selection in the clone source region to constrain painting in the destination. If a transform Clone T ype is used, the selection is appropriately transformed. This option is available only with the Cloning method.
Adjusting brushes with brush controls | 409 Scale cloning. • Rotate (2) cloning rotates the source image using two reference points. The line between the two destination points in relation to the line between the two source points determines the rotation transformation.
410 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Rotate & Mirror cloning. • Rotate, Scale, & Shear (3) cloning rotates, scales, and shears (slants) the source image using three reference points. The relative positions of the three source and destination reference points determine the transformation effect.
Adjusting brushes with brush controls | 411 Bilinear cloning. • Perspective (4) cloning applies perspective to the source image using four reference points. The relative positions of the four source and destination points describe the perspective transformation.
412 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Brushstrokes with Variability set to 0 (top) and 12 (bottom) Introducing a degree of randomness disturbs the pixel-to-pixel correspondence. The resultant variations in the image distance the clone from its photographic source, which can contribute to a Natural-Media appearance.
Adjusting brushes with brush controls | 413 Brushstrokes with Random Clone Source disabled (left) and enabled (right) T o set clone color 1 Choose Window Brush Control P anels Cloning . 2 Enable the Clone Color check box. T o set clone type 1 Choose Window Brush Control P anels Cloning .
414 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide T o set clone location variability 1 Choose Window Brush Control P anels Cloning . 2 Perform a task from the following table. T o Do the following Increase the range (distance) that the sample can be offset In the Clone Location area, move the V ariability slider to the right.
Adjusting brushes with brush controls | 415 Color V ariability controls Color variability allows you to create brushstrokes of more than one color . Color variability can be set for HSV or RGB mode, and it can be based on the current gradient or color set.
416 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Y ou can try different hue, saturation, and variability settings with any of the brushes to produce interesting results. T o smooth the color variability in the brushstroke, move the Smoothness slider . When you save a brush variant, the current color variability setting is also saved.
Adjusting brushes with brush controls | 417 T o ignore color set variability 1 Choose Window Brush Control P anels Color V ariability . 2 Enable the Ignore color variability from color sets check box. Color Expression controls Color Expression determines whether Corel Painter should use the main or additional color in an image.
418 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide • Direction — adjusts the color expression based on the direction of the stroke, and according to the value you set with the slider or in the box • Pressure .
Jitter brushes | 419 Jitter brushes Corel Painter includes a collection of Jitter brushes that let you introduce a range of random behaviors to brushstrokes to produce more realistic results. Y ou can use the preset Jitter brush variants and adjust them as needed.
420 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide An example of the Artist Impressionist brush variant (no Jitter) (left) and the Artist Impressionist Blender Jitter brush variant (right) that has Opacity Jitter and Color Jitter The Jitter brush variants are found in many different brush categories.
Jitter brushes | 421 Brush category Jitter brush variant Gouache Gouache Rake Jitter Image Hose Color Hose Jitter Impasto Captured Impasto Blender Jitter Coarse Impasto Jitter Heavy Impasto Stamp Jitt.
422 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Controlling the behavior of Jitter variants Y ou can control the amount of Jitter a brush produces. The Jitter controls that you can modify are determined by the Jitter brush variant that you choose.
Watercolor | 423 W atercolor Corel Painter features different tools and controls that allow you to produce natural-looking watercolor effects. The tools include watercolor brushes that are stored in the following brush categories.
424 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Brush category Description Layer . However , the brush control options for Digital Watercolor are limited. Y ou can also alter the appearance of watercolor by changing the paper texture and modifying the brush controls.
Watercolor | 425 T o create a new Watercolor layer 1 Choose Window Layers . 2 In the Layers panel, click the Layer options button , and choose New Watercolor Layer .
426 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide increases the height of the grain and adds more texture as a result. For more information, see “Controlling brightness and contrast of paper grain” on page 157. The Scale slider controls the size of the paper grain.
Watercolor | 427 W orking with Watercolor brushes The Watercolor brush variants produce natural-looking watercolor effects. When working with W atercolor brushes, the brushstrokes are applied to the Watercolor layer . All Watercolor brush variants, except W et Eraser , interact with the canvas texture.
428 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide T o customize a Watercolor brush variant • Choose Window Brush Control P anels Water . For more information about each of the Watercolor controls, see “Water controls” on page 385.
Watercolor | 429 2 Click the Brush Selector on the Brush Selector bar . 3 In the Brush library panel, click the Digital Watercolor brush category , and click a brush variant. T o adjust diffusion 1 W ith a Digital W atercolor brush variant selected, adjust the Diffusion slider on the property bar .
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Particle brushes | 431 P article brushes Particle brushes are physics-inspired brushes that give a unique look and feel to your artwork. They emit particles from a central point, and in turn the particles draw a pattern of lines (paths) as they move across the canvas.
432 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Gravity , Flow , and Spring Particle brushes were used to create smoke and Aurora Borealis effects in this artwork, as well as to enhance the water reflections. The New Brushes workspace layout Y ou can display all palettes and controls related to the Particle brushes in the New Brushes workspace layout.
Particle brushes | 433 Gravity Particle brushstrokes Gravity brushes include the following variants: • Gravity Bristle • Gravity Jagged Light Pen • Gravity Lazy Sketch Gravity Particle brush con.
434 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide A brushstroke with low velocity and acceleration (left) and high velocity and acceleration (right) The Spin Rate slider sets the speed at which the particles spin around the cursor .
Particle brushes | 435 T o choose a Gravity Particle brush variant 1 In the toolbox, click the Brush tool . 2 Click the Brush Selector on the Brush Selector bar . 3 In the Brush library panel, click the Particles brush category , and click a Gravity Particle brush variant.
436 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Flow Particle brushstrokes Flow brushes include the following variants: • Flow Organic T exture • Flow Flare • Flow Sparkler Glow Flow Particle brush controls.
Particle brushes | 437 A brushstroke with low position jitter (left) and high position jitter (right) The Randomize Chaos check box lets you change the chaos pattern randomly for a more organic look.
438 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide T o customize a Flow Particle brush variant 1 Choose Window Brush Control P anels Flow Particles . 2 Adjust any of the settings in the Flow Particles panel. 3 Choose Window Brush Control P anels Particles - General .
Particle brushes | 439 Spring Particle brush controls Y ou can customize Spring Particle brushes by using the Spring Particles control panel, which includes the Appearance , Path Opacity , Spring Opacity , Stiffness , Stiffness Jitter , Length Jitter , and Minimum Length controls.
440 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide A brushstroke with Appearance set to Geometric The Path Opacity slider sets the opacity of the particle path (the mark that each particle makes on the canvas). The Spring Opacity slider sets the opacity of the springs (the links between the particles).
Particle brushes | 441 an expression by choosing an option from the Expression list box. The Stiffness Jitter slider randomly varies the strength of individual springs.
442 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Low minimum length (left) and high minimum length (right) A brushstroke with low minimum length (left) and high minimum length (right) T o choose a Spring Particle brush variant 1 In the toolbox, click the Brush tool .
Particle brushes | 443 Low count (left) and high count (right) A brushstroke with low count (left) and high count (right) The Weight slider sets the opacity of particle paths. Use it together with Weight Jitter to add depth and dimension to rendered paths.
444 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Weight jitter applied to individual paths A brushstroke with low weight jitter (left) and high weight jitter (right) The Global Chaos slider applies chaos to all particles equally , so that they move chaotically but in unison.
Particle brushes | 445 A brushstroke with low chaos (top), high global chaos (lower -left) and high local chaos (lower -right) Smoothness applied to chaos A brushstroke with high chaos, low smoothness.
446 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide The Damping slider allows or inhibits particle movement. Low damping allows particles to move faster and be more responsive to any forces affecting their movement. High damping reduces all forces affecting particle movement, and the movement itself becomes slow and heavy .
Particle brushes | 447 A brushstroke with low force, direction 0 (left) and high force, direction 90 (right) The Flow Map slider sets the degree to which particle movement is affected by the flow map. For more information about flow maps, see “ Applying and adjusting flow maps” on page 449.
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Applying and adjusting flow maps | 449 Applying and adjusting flow maps Flow maps are designed to maximize the creative potential of the Real Watercolor brushes and the P article brushes by adding a textured surface that helps direct the flow of paint.
450 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide A flow map (1) works with paper texture (2) to add relief to the image and encourage water displacement. The elevated areas (3) in the flow map help direct the flow of water (4). The Wet Flowmap Fringe brush variant is used with paper texture (1).
Applying and adjusting flow maps | 451 Brushstrokes using the Melted Flowmap (1), Noisy Flowmap Fringe (2), and Wet Flowmap Fringe (3) brush variants with the Fine Dots flow map selected. Brushstrokes using the Melted Flowmap (1), Noisy Flowmap Fringe (2), and Wet Flowmap Fringe (3) brush variants with the Gravel flow map selected.
452 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide T o choose a flow map 1 Choose Window Flow Map P anels Flow Map Libraries . 2 Click a flow map swatch. Enabling flow maps and controlling flow resistance Y ou can choose an existing Real Watercolor brush variant and then manually enable flow maps.
Applying and adjusting flow maps | 453 Brushstrokes using the Noisy Flowmap Fringe brush variant set at a flow resistance of 0 (1), 33 (2), 66 (3), and 100% (4) with the Clouds flow map selected. T o enable flow maps and control flow resistance 1 In the Brush library panel, choose a Real Watercolor brush variant.
454 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide from increased scale and contrast; therefore, if you create a flow map from a paper texture or image, you should increase the scale and contrast. An area of an image was selected (1) to create a flow map (2). T o create a flow map from a paper texture 1 Choose Window P aper Panels Paper Libraries .
Applying and adjusting flow maps | 455 Y ou can also capture a flow map from the Flow Map Libraries panel by clicking the Capture Flow Map button . T o customize a flow map 1 Choose Window Flow Map P anels Flow Maps . 2 In the Flow Maps panel, perform one or more actions from the following table.
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Hard Media | 457 Hard Media Corel Painter lets you simulate many different types of traditional hard media, such as pencils, pens, and markers. The hard media brush controls and variants give you a wide range of options for creating drawings, sketches, and renderings.
458 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Y ou can modify select chalk (top) and pencil (bottom) variants using the Hard Media controls. The Hard Media brush variants are found in many different brush categories. The following table lists the Hard Media brush variants found in each of these brush categories.
Hard Media | 459 Brush category Hard Media brush variant Chalk and Crayons Real Soft Chalk Real Fat Chalk Real Hard Chalk Charcoal and Conté Real Hard Conté Real Soft Conté Pastels Real Soft P aste.
460 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide • Markers 3 Click a Hard Media brush variant. Modifying Hard Media profiles Y ou can modify Hard Media profiles to change the shape and size of the dabs that you apply to the canvas. By changing the profile, you can simulate the real-world hard media that have different shapes, sharpness, or thickness.
Hard Media | 461 Hard Media profile Description 1-Pixel Edge Provides maximum density throughout, with rapid falloff toward the edge, producing a 1-pixel, anti- aliased edge. When changing the shape, you can use the Squeeze controls to specify the vertical and horizontal ranges of the dab.
462 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Controlling the behavior of Hard Media variants Corel Painter lets you control how a Hard Media variant behaves when you apply strokes to the canvas. The Stepping slider controls the transition between narrow and wide sections of a stroke.
Hard Media | 463 3 Move the Finish slider to set the angle at which the transition will finish. Moving the slider to the right increases the angle; moving the slider to the left decreases the angle.
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Markers | 465 Markers Corel Painter includes a Markers brush category to simulate the professional markers that are used by illustrators, graphic designers, industrial designers, and architects for drawing and creating renderings.
466 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Felt Art Marker F elt Marker Fine Point Marker Fine Tip Marker Fine Tip Flat Rendering Marker Leaky Marker Medium Tip Felt P ens Pointy Rendering Markers Round Tip .
Markers | 467 Customizing markers Y ou can customize a preset Marker variant by using various brush controls, such as General controls or Size controls. In addition, you can change the look of Markers more precisely by using the Hard Media controls that are specifically designed for modifying drawing media, such as markers and pencils.
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Image hose | 469 Image hose The Image hose lets you paint with images instead of painting with color . The images flowing from the hose change as you make a brushstroke. Y ou can modify the appearance of the default Image hose elements or create your own set of images so you can paint with a unique image series.
470 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide • “Creating a 1-Rank nozzle” (page 479) • “Creating a 2-Rank nozzle” (page 481) • “Creating a 3-Rank nozzle” (page 483) • “Loading and managin.
Image hose | 471 Y ou can also control the image output by increasing stylus pressure, so you can paint larger or more colorful images, or by changing the direction of the stroke, so you can change the angle of the images. T o use the Image hose 1 Choose the Brush tool from the toolbox.
472 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Y ou can turn down the Grain to mix in the additional color . Settings shown are 100% grain (left) and 39% grain (right). T o adjust the opacity of image hose elements • On the property bar , move the Opacity slider .
Image hose | 473 Adjusting the size and spacing of image hose elements Y ou can scale the size of image elements that are applied by the Image hose. At 100%, the images are the same size as they are in the nozzle file. Y ou can also control the space between images.
474 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide T o randomize the spacing between Image hose elements • On the property bar , move the Stroke Jitter slider to the right. Indexing nozzle files A nozzle file can contain any number of images. Usually , the images are similar and form a logical series — that is, the images progress along some order .
Image hose | 475 from a nozzle. For example, if you set up your nozzle file to progress from small to large images, heavier strokes deliver larger images. • Wheel indexes images based on the wheel setting on an airbrush stylus. • Tilt indexes images based on the tilt of the stylus.
476 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Left: sequential indexing. Right: random indexing. T o change the indexing rule 1 Choose Window Brush Control P anels Image Hose . 2 For each rank in the nozzle, choose an indexing rule from the list box. If you choose Direction , adjust the Direction slider .
Image hose | 477 is located where the selected column and row intersect. For this to work properly , you must use different indexing rules (input factors) for selecting in each rank. A 3-Rank indexing system extends the 2-Rank model. The third rank is created by repeating the 2-Rank “set.
478 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide A 2-Rank nozzle progresses in two dimensions. In this example, changing angle is the first rank, and changing size is the second rank. Y ou can extend the nozzle to a third progression, creating a 3-Rank nozzle. Again, you use a separate indexing rule (input factor) to control the location in each rank.
Image hose | 479 It is recommended that you consider how you will control each rank before you build a nozzle. The way you lay out the images can limit the ways you can control the indexing. Before you begin building a nozzle, you must decide which rank level you need as well as how many elements you want in each progression.
480 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Nozzles are most useful when they deliver similar images with some irregularity — for example, butterflies on flowers. T o create a 1-Rank nozzle from layers 1 Choose Window Layers . 2 Click the New Layer button .
Image hose | 481 Creating a nozzle from layers. Creating a 2-Rank nozzle If you want to create a 2-Rank nozzle, such as a nozzle with a two-dimensional progression, you need to set up the nozzle images accordingly . Unlike 1-Rank nozzles, nozzles of two and three ranks cannot be created from a layer group.
482 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide T o create the grid 1 From the menu bar , choose File New , and enter the nozzle’s width and height in the Width and Height boxes. Y ou must enter the nozzle’s width and height that you calculated in steps 3 and 4 of “T o determine the grid cell size and nozzle dimensions” on page 481.
Image hose | 483 In this finished 2-Rank nozzle, variety is the first rank, and size is the second rank. T o paint with your new nozzle file, you’ll need to load it first. For more information, see “T o load a 1-Rank nozzle file” on page 486. Creating a 3-Rank nozzle Y ou can create a 3-Rank nozzle using the grid method.
484 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide This nozzle file has three items in Rank 1, three items in Rank 2, and three items in Rank 3. Painting with the 3-Rank nozzle “Broken Shells.” T o create a 3-Rank nozzle 1 Build or open a 2-Rank file. 2 Determine the number of elements you want in the third rank.
Image hose | 485 The result will be the height of your 3-Rank nozzle file. 5 Choose Select Reselect . 6 Choose Select Float . 7 Choose Edit Copy . Now you must extend this file vertically to accommodate the items in the third rank. 8 In the Layers panel, select the canvas.
486 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide T o load a 1-Rank nozzle file 1 Choose Window Media Library P anels Nozzles . 2 In the Nozzle Libraries panel, click the Nozzle options button , and choose Load Nozzle . 3 Choose a nozzle from the Open dialog box, and click Open .
Image hose | 487 If necessary , enter the values to define the number of elements, their size, and rank. 4 In the Nozzle Libraries panel, click the Nozzle options button , and choose Add Nozzle to Library . 5 In the Save Nozzle dialog box, name the nozzle.
488 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide 2 Choose Window Media Library P anels Nozzles . 3 In the Nozzle Libraries panel, click the Nozzle options button , and choose Make Nozzle From Movie . An untitled image file appears containing each movie frame.
Image hose | 489 The image elements in this movie are arranged in color sets according to the second rank. 6 In the Frame Stacks panel, click the Rewind button to return to the first frame of the movie. 7 Choose Window Media Library P anels Nozzles .
490 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide For example, the statement “Image hose 9 items” describes a 1-Rank nozzle with nine image elements. T o describe a 2-Rank nozzle with three items in Rank 1 and three items in Rank 2 , you need to change the statement to “Image hose 3 by 3 items.
RealBristle brushes | 491 RealBristle brushes RealBristle brushes bring a new level of realism to the digital painting experience by simulating the natural movement of an artist’s brush. The resulting brushstrokes and their interaction with the canvas more closely reflect the look and feel of working with a traditional art brush.
492 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide • “Getting started with RealBristle brushes” (page 492) • “Modifying RealBristle settings” (page 492) Getting started with RealBristle brushes RealBristle brush variants are stored in various brush categories.
RealBristle brushes | 493 The brush on the left approximates the rounded edges created by a flat brush with a Roundness setting of 100%; the brush on the right approximates a round brush with a Roundness setting of 100%. Bristle length — lets you control the length of the bristles, from the end of the ferrule to the tip of the brush.
494 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide The brush on the left approximates a Bristle rigidity setting of approximately 90%; the brush on the right approximates a setting of approximately 30%. Fanning — lets you control how the bristles spread out from the ferrule.
RealBristle brushes | 495 T o open the RealBristle panel • Choose Window Brush Control P anels RealBristle . T o customize a RealBristle brush variant 1 Click the Brush Selector on the Brush Selector bar .
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Liquid Ink | 497 Liquid Ink Liquid Ink brushes in Corel Painter create liquid paint effects that simulate traditional ink-based media. This section contains the following topics: • “Working with L.
498 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide T o choose a Liquid Ink brush variant 1 In the toolbox, click the Brush tool . 2 Click the Brush Selector on the Brush Selector bar . 3 In the Brush library panel, click the Liquid Ink brush category and click a brush variant.
Liquid Ink | 499 Size The Feature slider lets you determine the space between bristles. Y ou can experiment with the Feature slider and its effect on different Liquid Ink brushes; the higher the setting, the farther apart the bristles appear . Lower settings produce more solid strokes.
500 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide By adjusting lighting angles and adding multiple light sources, you can add height to Liquid Ink brushstrokes. T o customize a Liquid Ink brush variant • Choose Window Brush Control P anels Liquid Ink .
Impasto | 501 Impasto Impasto is a painting technique that involves using a brush or palette knife to apply thick paint on a canvas and retain visible brush or knife marks. This painting method is used to add texture, dimension, and movement to a painting.
502 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide An image with impasto information hidden (left) and displayed (right). Y ou can choose one of the available Impasto brush variants from the Impasto brush category . Y ou can also transform other brush variants into Impasto brushes.
Impasto | 503 T o clear the impasto information • Choose Canvas Clear Impasto . Adjusting and creating Impasto brushes The Impasto brush controls let you modify Impasto brush variants, or transform other brush variants into Impasto brushes.
504 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Y ou can also apply negative depth, which allows you to use a brushstroke to excavate, or dig into the paint. The Negative depth option forces impasto to excavate (left). Normally , impasto raises ridges and bumps (right).
Impasto | 505 Depth Jitter applied to a brushstroke without jitter smoothing (top) and with jitter smoothing (bottom) T o choose an impasto drawing method 1 Choose Window Brush Control P anels Impasto .
506 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide The impasto depth method option is not supported by all brush types. Y ou can create Impasto brush variants using only dab-based dab types, such as Circular , Static Bristle , and Computed Circular .
Impasto | 507 Y ou can also Smooth the depth variation Move the Smoothness slider . Specify the transitions in the brushstroke texture Move the Smoothing slider to the right to increase the effect, or to the left to decrease it. A high smoothing value produces brushstrokes with less texture.
508 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Setting light position and color Y ou can adjust surface lighting by using preset (simple) lighting or custom lighting. W ith simple lighting, you can choose one of eight preset lights. With custom lighting, you can add more light sources, and you can move and delete light sources.
Impasto | 509 T o add, remove, or modify a light source 1 Choose Canvas Surface Lighting . 2 Enable the Enable Impasto check box. 3 In the Light Controls area, perform an action from the following table.
510 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide • Picture — controls how much color appears in the image. At its lowest value, all color is washed out, leaving only the highlights. • Shine — controls how much highlight appears on the surface of brushstrokes.
Impasto | 511 An example of the Subtract composite depth method. • The Replace method uses layer masks to replace the depth information from lower layers with information from top layers. Wherever brushstrokes overlap, only the top brushstrokes are visible; the lower brushstrokes are completely covered.
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Layers | 513 Layers Layers provide one of the great advantages of creating images in a digital workspace — the freedom to experiment with different compositions and effects without risking an unwanted, permanent edit. The Corel Painter file format preserves layers when you save a document, so you can easily make changes at a later time.
514 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide • “Viewing layer position” (page 536) • “Grouping layers” (page 536) • “Dropping layers with the canvas” (page 539) Working with layer content •.
Layers | 515 Think of layers as sheets of clear material, such as acetate. Painting on a layer obscures the image below it. Areas of a layer that don’t contain images remain transparent. Understanding layers and the canvas T o better understand the role of layers in Corel Painter , it’s important to understand the role of the canvas.
516 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Layer type Description Default Stores the paint applied by most brush variants. Y ou can also apply effects to pixel-based default layers. Floating object Stores layer selections so you can edit layer content. For more information, see “Converting selections into layers or floating objects” on page 521.
Layers | 517 Layer type Description more information, see “Dynamic Plug-ins” on page 679. Shape Stores any shapes that you create using one of the shape tools. When you create a shape, a new vector -based shape layer is automatically created. For more information, see “Getting started with shapes” on page 782.
518 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Layer panel components 1. Composite Method list box 8. New Layer button 2. Preserve T ransparency button 9. New Layer Mas k button 3. Pick Up Underlying Color button 10. Lock Layer button 4. Show Layer icon 11. Layer options button 5.
Layers | 519 Icon Description Reference layer Dynamic layer Watercolor layer Liquid Ink layer T ext layer Layer group Expanded group Visible layer Hidden layer Locked layer In the Layers panel, you can also set layer opacity and choose a composite method.
520 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide The Navigator panel displays information about the dimensions and position of layer content. For more information, see “Navigating images and viewing image information” on page 75. T o display the Layers panel • Choose Window Layers .
Layers | 521 T o Do the following Create a Liquid Ink layer In the Layers panel, click the Layer options button , and choose New Liquid Ink Layer . If you choose a Watercolor , Real Watercolor , or Liquid Ink brush, a new layer for that brush type is automatically created when you apply a brushstroke to the document window .
522 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Y ou can move floating objects around a layer to create new compositions. Each layer in a document can have only one floating object at a time. Y ou can drop a floating object to merge it with the layer , but many operations automatically drop (or merge) the floating object back to its parent layer .
Layers | 523 T o reposition or drop a floating object 1 In the Layers panel, select the floating object. 2 Perform an action from the following table. T o Do the following Reposition a floating object In the document window , drag the floating object to the new location with the Layer Adjuster tool .
524 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide T o add a layer description 1 Select a layer or group. 2 Do one of the following: • Choose Layers Layer Attributes . • Click the Layer options button in the Layers panel, and choose Layer Attributes . 3 T ype in the Note box.
Layers | 525 Displaying layer indicators Y ou can also display layer indicators, which are handles that display at the corners of a selected layer’s content. The layer indicators provide a visual representation of the layer’s bounding box. For more information, see “Moving layers” on page 528.
526 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide T o Do the following • In the Layers panel, click the Layer options button , and choose Select All Layers . • Press Ctrl + Shift + 1 .
Layers | 527 2 Click the Auto Select Layer button on the property bar . 3 In the document window , click the layer that you want to copy . 4 Choose Edit Copy . 5 Choose Edit P aste . T o duplicate a layer 1 In the Layers panel, choose a layer .
528 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Y ou can also copy from multiple layers by pressing Command + Option + C (Mac OS) or Ctrl + Alt + C (Windows). Moving layers When a layer is selected, you can move its content anywhere in the document to create a new image layout.
Layers | 529 T o Do the following Move a layer Click the Layer Adjuster tool in the toolbox, and drag the selected layer in the document window . Move a layer one pixel at a time Click the Layer Adjuster tool in the toolbox, click the layer in the document window , and press the Arrow keys to move the selected layer one pixel at a time.
530 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide T ransforming layers Y ou can apply transformations to layers individually or multiple layers simultaneously , which also includes transforming layer groups. For more information about the various methods of transformation, see “Selections and transformations” on page 577.
Layers | 531 Fast Preview Mode displays the selected layers in grayscale to perform the transformation more quickly . In addition, you can apply a transformation to a selection across multiple layers. For more information, see “Creating path-based selections” on page 580.
532 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide • Distort button • Perspective Distortion button 5 Perform the transformation. 6 On the property bar , click the Commit T ransformation button .
Layers | 533 2 Choose Layers Align , and choose any of the following commands: • Left Edges — aligns the left edges of the layers’ content • Horizontal Centers — aligns the midpoints of .
534 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide In the example on the right, the layer containing the background is hidden; in the example on the left, the layer containing the background is visible. Layer visibility settings stay active when you print or save documents to certain file formats.
Layers | 535 T o change the order of layers 1 Choose the Layer Adjuster tool from the toolbox. 2 In the Layers panel, select the layer you want to reposition. 3 Perform an action from the following table. T o Do one of the following Move a layer to the bottom • From the menu bar , choose Layers Move to Bottom .
536 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Viewing layer position Y ou can display information about the size of a layer’s content and its position on the canvas in the Navigator panel. Think of the area of a layer that contains images as being marked by a bounding box.
Layers | 537 T o work with individual layers in a group, you must open the group. T o regain control of the group as a unit, you must close the group. Collapsing a group reduces its contents to a single layer . If you select a layer within a group in the Layers panel and then proceed to create a new layer , the new layer is added to the group.
538 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Y ou can create a nested group by dragging a closed group to the open destination group. T o ungroup layers 1 In the Layers panel, select the group. If the group is open, close the group. 2 Do one of the following: • Click the Layer Commands button , and choose Ungroup Layers .
Layers | 539 Dropping layers with the canvas Y ou can drop a layer or layer group to merge its contents with the canvas. Dropping a layer is a permanent change. Once layers are dropped, you can no longer access the layers’ content separately from the canvas.
540 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Pick up colors from underlying layers When painting using brush variants that push paint, rather than apply paint, you can choose to pick up colors from underlying layers.
Layers | 541 4 Paint on the layer in the document window . The Preserve T ransparency 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. T o pick up color from underlying layers • In the Layers panel, click the Pick Up Underlying Color button .
542 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Erasing part of a layer (the woman’s hair) with Preserve T ransparency disabled restores transparency (left). When the option is enabled, erasing reveals the paper color (right). Y ou can create a layer mask based on the layer’s transparency .
Layers | 543 The example on the left shows the background layers at 100% opacity . The example on the right shows them at 50% opacity . Adding drop shadows to layers Y ou can add a drop shadow to a single layer or to a group to enhance the appearance of an image.
544 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Corel Painter provides two types of composite settings: • Composite Method sets the standard composite method. • Composite Depth controls how a layer’s image data interacts with depth information on the canvas and other layers.
Layers | 545 Composite method Example Gel Tints the underlying image with the layer’s color . For example, a yellow layer gives the underlying image a yellow cast. Corel Painter automatically sets a layer’s composite method to Gel if you paint on it with a brush that uses the Buildup method.
546 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Composite method Example Reverse-Out Allows the layer to invert the colors beneath it. This method is a great way to remove text. Place a layer over black text to turn it white. A color’s inverse, also known as its complementary color , is the color on the opposite side of the color wheel.
Layers | 547 Composite method Example Pseudocolor T ranslates the layer’s luminance into hue. Y ou can use this method to turn a grayscale layer into a spectrum of color . Normal Works like the Default method; the layer covers the underlying image.
548 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Composite method Example Multiply Combines colors to create a darker color Screen Combines colors to create a lighter color Overlay Combines colors while pr.
Layers | 549 Composite method Example Soft Light Darkens or lightens colors depending on the luminance of the layer color Hard Light Multiplies or screens colors, depending on the luminance of the.
550 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Composite method Example Lighten Colors with the image color or the layer color — whichever is lighter Difference Subtracts one color from the other , dependi.
Layers | 551 Composite method Example Saturation Creates a color by combining the luminance and hue of the image color with the saturation of the layer color Color Creates a new color by combining the luminance of the image color with the hue and saturation of the layer color .
552 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide T o change a layer’s composite method 1 Select a layer . 2 In the Layers panel, choose a composite method from the Composite Method list box. Y ou can also choose a composite depth method from the Composite Depth list box.
Layers | 553 A layer mask for the butterfly layer is created based on its transparency . Black areas are transparent; white areas reveal the image. T o create a blank layer mask 1 Select a layer . 2 In the Layers panel, click the New Layer Mask button .
554 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Y ou can create layer masks based on transparency for pixel-based layers only . Other layers must first be converted to default layers by clicking the Layer options button in the Layers panel, and choosing Convert T o Default Layer .
Layers | 555 T o apply a layer mask 1 Select a layer mask. 2 Choose Layers Apply Layer Mask . Loading layer masks to selections Although a layer mask does not protect areas of a layer from being edited, you can load a layer mask to a selection. The selection provides protection to the hidden parts of the layer .
556 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide T o Do the following Select the transparency mask for a layer Press Command (Mac) or CTRL (W indows), and click the title or preview icon of a layer or layer group.
Layers | 557 Copying layer masks Y ou can copy a layer mask to an alpha channel or copy a channel to a layer mask. The name of a layer mask in the Channels panel reflects the name of the layer ([ Layer Name] [Layer Mask]). Although you cannot change the name of a layer mask, it automatically updates if you change the layer name.
558 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Editing layer masks When you select a layer mask, you can edit it as you would edit a channel. Y ou can paint in a layer mask; apply effects to it; fill it with a color , pattern, gradient, or weave; and feather it.
Layers | 559 Corel Painter Composite Method Photoshop Blend Mode Corel Painter Composite Method Photoshop Blend Mode Gel Darken Overlay Overlay GelCover not converted Soft Light Soft Light Colorize Co.
560 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Y ou can create a reference layer by basing it on an existing layer or by placing an image. For more information, see “Opening and placing files” on page 71. T o create a reference layer 1 Select a layer . 2 Choose Layers Convert T o Reference Layer .
Layers | 561 T o commit a reference layer • In the Layers panel, right-click a reference layer , and click Convert T o Default Layer . The conversion process might take a few seconds, depending on the size and quality of the layer .
562 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Corel Painter places the Image Portfolio item on a new layer . .
Alpha Channels | 563 Alpha Channels Alpha channels, also referred to simply as channels, let you store and edit path-based and pixel-based selections in an active document. Corel Painter stores only the current selection by default, therefore, when you make a new selection, your previous selection is automatically lost.
564 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Creating and copying channels Y ou can create a channel from a selection, create a blank channel, or create a new channel by copying an existing channel. The channels are saved with the image and remain part of the file.
Alpha Channels | 565 T o create a blank channel • In the Channels panel, do one of the following: • Click the Channel options button , and choose New . • Click the New Channel button . T o copy a channel 1 In the Channels panel, choose a channel from the list.
566 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide T o generate a channel based on luminance 1 In the Channels panel, do one of the following: • T o generate a new channel, choose the RGB channel from the list. • T o replace a channel, choose it from the list. 2 Click the Channel options button , and choose New From .
Alpha Channels | 567 3 W ith the New Channel from Color Range dialog box open, click in the document window to pick a color . 4 The color you select is the middle of the range of colors used to create the channel. 5 In the New Channel from Color Range dialog box, adjust the Range slider in the Hue , Saturation, and V alue areas.
568 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Y ou can view or hide a channel by clicking the eye icon next to the channel’s thumbnail in the Channels panel. When the eye is open (1), the channel displays in the document window . When the eye is closed (2), the channel is hidden.
Alpha Channels | 569 Left: The “wings” channel and the RGB image are displayed. Right: The “wings” and “body” channels are displayed as red overlays on the RGB image. The eye icons for both channels and for RGB are open. Corel Painter offers two ways to view a channel — as a colored overlay on the image or in grayscale.
570 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide T o Do the following View a channel as a grayscale image In the Channels panel, make sure the channel is hidden (eye closed ) and not selected, and click the channel name. In this mode, the RGB image is hidden. Hide a channel Click the eye icon next to the channel item to close the eye .
Alpha Channels | 571 A channel is easiest to use as an overlay when its color contrasts strongly with the predominant hue of the RGB image. Y ou might want to use a different color for each channel.
572 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Because the alpha channel is a grayscale image, you edit the channel by applying only white (to remove protected areas), black (to add protected areas), and shades of gray (to create semi-protected areas); no colors are available.
Alpha Channels | 573 In addition, you can introduce interesting effects by filling a channel with a pattern, gradient, or weave. For more information, see “Working with color fills” on page 241. T o paint in a channel 1 In the Channels panel, display and select the channel you want to work with.
574 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide 2 Click the Channel options button , and choose Feather . 3 In the Feather dialog box, type a number of pixels. T o invert a channel 1 In the Channels panel, choose a channel from the list. 2 Click the Invert Channel button .
Alpha Channels | 575 Y ou can also Specify the range of grey to be filled On the property bar , type a value in the T olerance box, or adjust the slider . Specify the fill opacity for pixels outside the tolerance range On the property bar , type a value in the Feather box, or adjust the slider .
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Selections and transformations | 577 Selections and transformations Corel Painter includes various tools for selecting an area of the canvas to mark it for special treatment. Y ou can make selections to change an area, to protect an area from change, or to apply a transformation.
578 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide T ransforming selections • “Preparing selections for transformations” (page 600) • “Moving selections” (page 600) • “T ransforming a duplicate selec.
Selections and transformations | 579 T o Description Apply an image effect Applies an effect to only an isolated area. Y ou can also set different levels of protection within a selection to create partial intensity of the effect.
580 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Magic Wand tool Selects pixels of similar color by clicking or dragging in an image (pixel-based) T ransform tool Modifies path-based selections by using different .
Selections and transformations | 581 inside or the outside of the selection is protected. For more information, see “Choosing the protected area of a selection” on page 588.
582 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide • Click a layer . • Click a layer group. • Hold down Command + Shift (Mac OS) or Ctrl + Shift (Windows), and click each layer you want to select. 3 Perform a task from the following table. T o select Do the following A rectangular area Choose the Rectangular Selection tool from the toolbox.
Selections and transformations | 583 anchor points of the polygon selection, and double-click to set the last anchor point. If you draw an open path with the Lasso tool , the endpoints are connected automatically with a straight line before the selection is created.
584 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide In addition, there are ways to auto-generate pixel-based selections by using various image, clone, and color characteristics. For example, you can create a selection based on the luminance values of a clone. Pixel-based selections provide 256 levels of protection to the canvas.
Selections and transformations | 585 Y ou can also Remove an area from the current selection On the property bar , click the Subtract From Selection button and click the areas you want to add. The default tolerance for selections is 32. This can be adjusted from 1 to 255.
586 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide • Current Color — creates a selection of pixels based on the current main color . Before using this option, you can pick a color from the image by using the Dropper tool . If you want to invert the selection, enable the Invert check box.
Selections and transformations | 587 T o create a selection from a layer • With the Layers panel open, perform an action from the following table: T o Do the following Select the content of a layer Choose Select Select Layer Content .
588 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide T o Do the following the selected layer from the Load From list box, and enable the Replace Selection option. Y ou can also create a selection from a layer by choosing Load Selection from the Select menu.
Selections and transformations | 589 Combining selections when saving or loading alpha channels When you save or load alpha channels, you can combine the current selection with an existing alpha channel by adding, subtracting, or intersecting with the selection.
590 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide The “outline” channel is loaded. The “eyebeak” channel is loaded and subtracted from the “outline” channel. The resulting selection is saved to the “head” channel. A “face” selection is drawn roughly by using the Lasso tool.
Selections and transformations | 591 The “head” channel (the outline with eyes and beak subtracted) is loaded and intersected with the rough “face” selection. This step removes the eyes, beak, and background portion. The resulting selection is saved to the “face” channel.
592 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide • Subtract From Mask — subtracts the current selection from the chosen channel • Intersect With Mask — determines the intersection of the selection and the .
Selections and transformations | 593 4 In the Selection Portfolio panel, click the Selection Portfolio options button , and choose Add Selection T o Portfolio . 5 In the Save Selection dialog box, type a name for the selection. T o use a selection from the portfolio • Double-click a selection in the Selection Portfolio panel.
594 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Inverting selections Y ou can invert a selection, which deselects the previously selected area and selects the previously unselected area.
Selections and transformations | 595 T o apply anti-aliasing to a selection 1 Create a selection by using one of the selection tools. 2 On the property bar , click the Anti-alias button . T o feather the edge of a selection 1 In the toolbox, click the Selection Adjuster tool , and then click a selection.
596 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide 8 From the menu bar , choose Select Stroke Selection , and repeat the command to build strokes. Y ou can use different brushes while building strokes.
Selections and transformations | 597 Border selection with airbrush strokes applied. T o smooth a selection 1 In the toolbox, click the Selection Adjuster tool , and then click a selection. 2 From the menu bar , choose Select Modify Smooth . 3 Repeat the command from the previous step until the path is sufficiently smooth.
598 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide T o Do the following Contract a selection Choose Select Modify Contract . In the Contract Selection dialog box, specify the number of pixels. Adding to or subtracting from selections Y ou can adjust the size and shape of a selection by adding or subtracting selection areas.
Selections and transformations | 599 Adding to a path-based selection. T o subtract from a selection 1 Create a selection by using one of the selection tools. 2 On the property bar , click the Subtract From Selection button . 3 Select the area that you want to subtract.
600 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Preparing selections for transformations Before attempting to transform a selection, it’s important to determine if it’s path-based or pixel-based because the selection type determines which transformations you can perform.
Selections and transformations | 601 T o move a selection 1 For a selection made by using the Selection Adjuster tool , choose the T ransform tool from the toolbox. If the T ransform tool is not displayed in the toolbox, click and hold the Layer Adjuster tool to open the flyout, and then choose the T ransform tool .
602 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide T ransforming a duplicate selection Y ou can transform a copy of a selection or the contents of an active layer . T o transform a duplicate 1 Hold down Option (Mac) or Alt (Windows), and choose the T ransform tool from the toolbox.
Selections and transformations | 603 T o Do the following Scale a selection in one dimension Drag a side, top, or bottom handle. On the property bar , click the Commit T ransformation button . Scale a selection in two dimensions Drag a corner handle. On the property bar , click the Commit T ransformation button .
604 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide T o rotate a selection 1 In the toolbox, click the T ransform tool . If the T ransform tool is not displayed in the toolbox, click and hold the Layer Adjuster tool to open the flyout, and then choose the T ransform tool .
Selections and transformations | 605 T o skew a selection 1 In the toolbox, click the T ransform tool . If the T ransform tool is not displayed in the toolbox, click and hold the Layer Adjuster tool to open the flyout, and then choose the T ransform tool .
606 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide If you want to distort the selection relative to the Reference Point , hold down Alt (W indows) or Option (Mac) while dragging a corner handle. 4 On the property bar , click the Commit T ransformation button . A selection before (left) and after (right) distorting.
Selections and transformations | 607 T o cancel a transformation • Click the Cancel T ransformation button on the property bar , or press Esc ..
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Common options for effects | 609 Common options for effects Corel Painter includes a wide array of effects that you can use to alter images. The effects are organized in four main categories: • T onal control • Surface control • Focus • Esoterica T o control each of the effects, you need to modify their individual settings.
610 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Fade was applied to the image (right) to undo a percentage of the last effect (left). T o fade an effect 1 Choose Edit Fade . T o apply Fade , you must have previously applied an effect to the image. 2 In the Fade dialog box, move the slider .
Common options for effects | 611 Changing effects with open panels T o experiment with an effect, you must display all required panels before choosing an effect. For example, the Color Overlay effect combines the selected paper texture and main color to define the overlay .
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Using focus and esoterica effects | 613 Using focus and esoterica effects Corel Painter includes Focus effects for sharpening, softening, motion blurring, and distorting image. It also includes a collection of Esoterica effects, which let you transform images in various ways.
614 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide • “ Applying Highpass” (page 638) • “ Applying the Maze effect” (page 639) • “Placing elements” (page 640) • “ Applying the Pop Art Fill effect” (page 642) Applying Smart Blur The Smart Blur effect softens the appearance of an image by smoothing out the colors and sharp details.
Using focus and esoterica effects | 615 Before (left) and after (right) using Camera Motion Blur . T o apply Camera Motion Blur 1 T o apply the effect to: • The canvas — Click the Canvas in the Layers panel. • A selection — Click a selection tool from the toolbox, and drag in the document window to select an area.
616 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide There are five different methods for applying Depth of Field : • Uniform Color — applies the effect uniformly to the image • Paper — applies the effect by using the paper texture luminance (brightness) as a mapping model.
Using focus and esoterica effects | 617 Darker regions of the source receive greater blur . 6 Adjust any of the Depth of Field controls. For information, see “Depth of Field controls” on page 618. T o apply Depth of Field by using image luminance 1 T o apply the effect to: • The canvas — Click the Canvas in the Layers panel.
618 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide • T o use an alpha channel, choose Window Channels , and click the alpha channel in the Channels panel. 2 T o apply the effect to: • The canvas — Click the Canvas in the Layers panel. • A selection — Click a selection tool from the toolbox, and drag in the document window to select an area.
Using focus and esoterica effects | 619 Before (left) and after (right) applying Glass Distortion. There are five sources of displacement information: • Paper uses the information in a paper texture to displace pixels. More displacement is applied to light areas of the texture, and less to dark areas.
620 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide 5 Choose Paper from the Using list box. 6 Adjust any of the Glass Distortion controls. For information, see “Glass Distortion controls” on page 621. T o apply glass distortion by using 3D brushstrokes 1 Open an image.
Using focus and esoterica effects | 621 2 T o apply the effect to: • The canvas — Click the Canvas in the Layers panel. • A selection — Click a selection tool from the toolbox, and drag in the document window to select an area. • A layer — Click a layer in the Layers panel.
622 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide • V ariance — creates multiple variations in the neighborhood of the displacement. The result of increasing variance depends on the type of image and other settings. • Direction — controls the direction of displacement.
Using focus and esoterica effects | 623 • Angle — sets the direction in which the image appears to travel. A setting of 0° blurs in the direction of 3 o’clock. • Thinness — blurs the image in a direction perpendicular to the angle you choose with the Angle slider .
624 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Softening focus The Soften and Super Soften effects increase the transition from one part of an image to another by enhancing the anti-aliasing of the brushstrokes. Y ou can apply the Soften effect to images by using either the Gaussian or Circular aperture options.
Using focus and esoterica effects | 625 Y ou can also Wrap around the effect Enable the Wrap Around check box. Preview the effect Enable the Preview check box. Clear the effect Click Reset . Applying Zoom Blur This effect creates a blur by zooming in on, or out from, an area.
626 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Applying Marbling The Marbling effect creates intricate distortions of an image, following a technique that dates back to the 12th century . Marbling is created by dragging a fork, or rake, across an image, which produces an effect similar to a fork dragging through a mix of chocolate syrup and melted ice cream.
Using focus and esoterica effects | 627 • Waviness — changes the amplitude (height) of the waves. When this slider is set to zero, the path is straight. • Wavelength — determines the distance between wave peaks • Phase — moves the wave in the rake direction.
628 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide T o Do the following Load a recipe In the Apply Marbling dialog box, click Load Marbling Steps . In the Marbling Recipes dialog box, choose a recipe. Automatically cloning an image Y ou can use the Auto Clone effect to automatically apply brush dabs to your image.
Using focus and esoterica effects | 629 T o automatically fill an area with cloned brushstrokes 1 Open an image file to use as a clone source. 2 Choose File Clone . If you want to apply the effect to only a portion of your image, choose a Selection tool from the toolbox and make a selection.
630 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide The Auto Van Gogh effect. The effect requires two passes. The first pass determines the angles of the brush dabs. The second pass applies the dabs. The image is then rendered in a set of directional brushstrokes. T o apply Auto Van Gogh to an image 1 Select the image you want to clone.
Using focus and esoterica effects | 631 Before (left) and after (right) applying a Blob effect created from Clipboard contents. A Blob effect created from the current color source. Blobs create a nice basis for the Apply Marbling effect because they create interesting color patterns.
632 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide T o Do the following Fill blobs with a pattern Choose a pattern in the Patterns panel. 2 Open the image. 3 T o apply the effect to: • The canvas — Click the Canvas in the Layers panel. • A selection — Click a selection tool from the toolbox, and drag in the document window to select an area.
Using focus and esoterica effects | 633 Before (left) and after (right) applying tiles generated from a preset pattern. When you generate tiles from either a paper pattern, clone source, or channel, tiles are based on light and dark concentrations in the selected source.
634 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide • Square • T riangle • Cross • 12-6-4 • 12-6-4 V2 4 Adjust any of the Custom Tile controls. For information, see “Custom tile controls” on page 635. The original grout appearance (left) is changed by blurring (right).
Using focus and esoterica effects | 635 T o apply custom tiles by using paper luminance 1 Choose Window P aper Panels Papers . 2 Choose a paper swatch from the Papers library panel. 3 T o apply the effect to: • The canvas — Click the Canvas in the Layers panel.
636 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide • Use grout — adds grout between the tiles • Grout Color — sets the grout color • Grout Thickness — controls the width of the cracks between tiles or th.
Using focus and esoterica effects | 637 Examples of Growth patterns. Growth patterns are created from the current main color . Y ou have access to the Color panel while the Growth dialog box is open, so you can change the main color at any time. T o create growth patterns 1 In the Color panel, choose a color .
638 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide • Fork Ratio — is similar to Fork , but it affects only the tips of the outermost branches 5 W ithout closing the Growth dialog box, drag in the document window to create a growth pattern. 6 Do one of the following: • T o apply the current growth pattern, click OK .
Using focus and esoterica effects | 639 • A selection — Click a selection tool from the toolbox, and drag in the document window to select an area. • A layer — Click a layer in the Layers panel. 2 Choose Effects Esoterica Highpass . 3 In the Highpass dialog box, choose an aperture option.
640 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide 5 T ype a value in the Seed box to generate a random maze pattern. 6 T ype a value in the Thickness box to set the width of barriers and paths. Placing elements Place Elements is an effect designed to automate the application of brush dabs.
Using focus and esoterica effects | 641 T o place elements 1 Do one of the following: • T o use an Image hose, choose an Image hose brush variant from the Brush library , and then choose a nozzle from the Nozzle selector on the Media Selector bar . • T o apply paint dabs, select a brush from the Brush library .
642 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide • 1 — specifies that each point receives only one element • 2 — specifies that each point receives an element and then is used as the center for another vir.
Using focus and esoterica effects | 643 5 Adjust the Contrast slider to mix in the luminance of the control medium. 6 Click the Dab Color chip, and choose a dot color .
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Using lighting and surface texture effects | 645 Using lighting and surface texture effects Corel Painter includes a collection of effects that let you control image lighting and surface texture. For general information about using effects, see “Common options for effects” on page 609.
646 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide • “ Applying the Color Overlay effect” (page 660) • “ Applying the Dye Concentration effect” (page 663) • “ Applying the Express T exture effect” .
Using lighting and surface texture effects | 647 If you apply an effect to a shape, dynamic layer , text layer , or reference layer , you must first commit the layer to an image layer . Adding, deleting, and repositioning lights Y ou can add one or more light sources to an image to create unique lighting effects.
648 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide 2 Choose Effects Surface Control Apply Lighting . 3 Perform a task from the following table. T o Do the following Add a light Click anywhere in the preview window . Delete a light Click an indicator , and press Delete (Mac OS) or Backspace (Windows).
Using lighting and surface texture effects | 649 T o change the light color , click the Color chip, and choose a color . 5 In the Ambient Lighting area, move any of the following sliders: • Exposure — controls the image’s brightness, as in photography .
650 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide 5 Choose Paper from the Using list box. If you want to apply an inverted paper texture, enable the Inverted check box. 6 Adjust any of the Apply Surface T exture controls. For more information, see “ Apply Surface T exture controls” on page 659.
Using lighting and surface texture effects | 651 Y ou can apply a paper texture when you first create an image, and then paint or draw over it to make a textured canvas for your brushstrokes. However , the texture is erasable, so you might not end up with the same texture across the document surface.
652 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Before (left) and after (right) adding texture based on image luminance. T o create surface texture by using image luminance 1 T o apply the effect to: • The canvas — Click the Canvas in the Layers panel.
Using lighting and surface texture effects | 653 Any image effects or brushstrokes that you apply to the clone source result in different textures. For example, you can create raised areas in the clone by darkening the area in the source image. T o create surface texture based on clone source or pattern luminance 1 Open an image.
654 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide T o create an embossed effect 1 Open an image. 2 Choose File Clone . 3 Choose a color other than black from the Colors or Color Sets panel. If you want the embossed image to be white, select all, and then press Delete (Mac OS) or Backspace (Windows).
Using lighting and surface texture effects | 655 Before (left) and after (right) adding texture based on a saved alpha channel. Before (left) and after (right) adding texture based on a layer mask. T o create surface texture based on a channel or layer mask 1 In the Layers panel, select a layer or the canvas.
656 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Before (left) and after (right) applying a typical reflection map. Y ou can control how much of the image appears in the texture. If you add a reflection map to a clone, the clone source is mapped onto the texture. Otherwise, Corel Painter uses the current pattern as the reflection map.
Using lighting and surface texture effects | 657 A selected image area, ready to become reflective. 8 Choose Effects Surface Control Apply Surface T exture . 9 Choose the layer mask from the Using list box. 10 Move the Reflection slider to adjust the amount of reflection you want.
658 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide The lighting sphere shows all possible surface angles and how the lights illuminate them. The light indicators on the sphere show the position of all light sources. The lighting sphere with a light indicator . Y ou can also change the following light properties: brightness, concentration, and exposure.
Using lighting and surface texture effects | 659 T o Do the following Add custom lights along a circular path Move the Lights slider . Move a custom light Drag a light indicator to a new position on the sphere. Change the light color Click a lighting indicator , click the Light Color chip, and then choose a color .
660 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Applying the Apply Screen effect Y ou can simulate the appearance of a silk-screened print by using the Apply Screen effect. This effect lets you combine image luminance and the three selected colors, to produce a multi-color rendition of the image.
Using lighting and surface texture effects | 661 Color Overlay effect, you need to choose a color that you want to apply and then choose the method for applying the effect.
662 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide T o use image luminance to apply a color overlay 1 T o apply the effect to: • The canvas — Click the Canvas in the Layers panel. • A selection — Click a selection tool from the toolbox, and drag in the document window to select an area.
Using lighting and surface texture effects | 663 5 Choose Original Luminance from the Using list box. 6 See “Color Overlay controls” on page 663. T o use a layer mask or channel to apply a color o.
664 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide T o uniformly adjust dye concentration 1 T o apply the effect to: • The canvas — Click the Canvas in the Layers panel. • A selection — Click a selection tool from the toolbox, and drag in the document window to select an area.
Using lighting and surface texture effects | 665 T o adjust dye concentration using clone source or pattern luminance 1 Open an image. 2 Do one of the following: • T o use a clone source, choose Window Clone Source . In the Clone Source panel, click the Open Image button , and Open Source to choose a clone source.
666 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Applying the Express T exture effect Y ou can apply the Express T exture to generate a high-contrast version of an image in grayscale, which creates a visual effect similar to a custom halftone screen, like a mezzotint or line screen.
Using lighting and surface texture effects | 667 3 Choose Image Luminance from the Using list box. 4 Adjust any of the Express T exture controls. For information, see “Express T exture controls” on page 668. T o apply Express T exture using paper texture 1 Choose Window P aper Panels Papers .
668 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide 2 Choose Effects Surface Control Express T exture . 3 Choose the layer mask or alpha channel from the Using list box. 4 Adjust any of the Express T exture controls. For information, see “Express T exture controls” on page 668.
Using lighting and surface texture effects | 669 An example of the Quick Warp effect using Sphere distortion. • Bump — warps the center of the image toward you, making it appear convex An example of the Quick Warp effect using Bump distortion.
670 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide • A layer — Click a layer in the Layers panel. 2 Choose Effects Surface Control Image Warp . 3 In the Image Warp dialog box, enable one of the following.
Using lighting and surface texture effects | 671 Before (left) and after (right) applying the Woodcut effect. T o apply a black and white Woodcut effect 1 T o apply the effect to: • The canvas — Click the Canvas in the Layers panel. • A selection — Click a selection tool from the toolbox, and drag in the document window to select an area.
672 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide 3 Enable the Output Color check box to use the color part of the effect in the final image. 4 Disable the Output Black check box if you want to use color only in the final image.
Using lighting and surface texture effects | 673 Before (left) and after (right) applying the Distress effect. T o apply the Distress effect using paper luminance 1 Choose Window P aper Panels Papers . 2 Choose a paper swatch from the Papers library panel.
674 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide • A selection — Click a selection tool from the toolbox, and drag in the document window to select an area. • A layer — Click a layer in the Layers panel. 4 Choose Effects Surface Control Distress . 5 Choose Original Luminance from the Using list box.
Using lighting and surface texture effects | 675 Before (left) and after (right) applying the Serigraphy effect. T o apply Serigraphy effects 1 T o apply the effect to: • The canvas — Click the Canvas in the Layers panel. • A selection — Click a selection tool from the toolbox, and drag in the document window to select an area.
676 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Applying the Sketch effect Y ou can use the Sketch effect to generate a black and white pencil outline of a photograph. Y ou can then use the outline as a guide for applying color , which is a useful technique for starting a painting.
Using lighting and surface texture effects | 677 Y ou can also apply a preset sketch effect by choosing a preset from the Preset list box. T o save a sketch effect as a preset 1 Choose Effects Surface Control Sketch . 2 In the Sketch dialog box, modify any of the settings.
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Dynamic Plug-ins | 679 Dynamic Plug-ins Dynamic plug-ins are a category of floating layers that give you the ability to manipulate, transform, and adjust underlying images non-destructively . In other words, you can apply and modify the dynamic plug- effects any number of times without altering the source image.
680 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide • “Getting started with dynamic plug-ins” (page 680) • “Modifying and deleting dynamic layers” (page 681) • “Committing dynamic layers to default la.
Dynamic Plug-ins | 681 T o access the dynamic plug-ins 1 Choose Window Layers . 2 In the Layers panel, click the Dynamic Plug-ins button to display a list of dynamic plug-ins. Modifying and deleting dynamic layers After creating a dynamic layer , you can change its settings.
682 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide T o commit a dynamic layer to a default layer 1 In the Layers panel, choose a dynamic layer . 2 Click the Layer options button , and choose Convert T o Default Layer .
Dynamic Plug-ins | 683 Applying the Burn dynamic plug-in The Burn dynamic plug-in lets you add a burn effect to the edges of a selection or layer . Y ou can adjust the amount and character of the burn. Different Burn settings produce different results.
684 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Y ou can also Use the current paper to vary the dye concentration in the scorch region Enable the Use paper texture check box. Burn the interior edges as well as the exterior edges of the selection Enable the Burn Interior Edges check box.
Dynamic Plug-ins | 685 Y ou can tear a little (left) or a lot (right). T o apply the T ear dynamic plug-in 1 Do one of the following: • In the Layers panel, choose the Canvas , and choose Select All .
686 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Y ou can also Restore the default settings Click the Reset button. Y ou can view only the dynamic layer by hiding the canvas in the Layers panel. Use a rough paper texture to create a better tear by clicking the Paperselector in the toolbox and choosing a paper texture from the list.
Dynamic Plug-ins | 687 • In the Layers panel, choose a layer . • Choose a selection tool from the toolbox, and then drag in the document window to select an area.
688 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Y ou can also Change the light color Click the Light Color chip, and choose a color in the Color dialog box. Add a preset light source In the Light area, enable the Simple lighting check box, and click a light indicator on the lighting sphere.
Dynamic Plug-ins | 689 The Equalize dynamic layer is applied to a rectangular selection. The Equalize dynamic plug-in creates a histogram showing the number of pixels for each brightness level value. Equalize allows gamma adjustment, which lightens or darkens an image without changing highlights or shadows.
690 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Applying the Glass Distortion dynamic plug-in The Glass Distortion dynamic plug-in creates a layer that simulates the appearance of viewing the image through textured glass. Y ou can move the layer in the document to view the distortion over different parts of an image.
Dynamic Plug-ins | 691 • Amount — controls the degree of displacement. A higher amount leads to more distortion. • V ariance — creates multiple variations in the neighborhood of the displacement. The result of increasing variance depends on the type of image and other settings.
692 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide the colored chips. When you add a Kaleidoscope dynamic layer , you first specify its size. Y ou can move the layer over different parts of an image to produce different effects. T o create a Kaleidoscope dynamic layer 1 In the Layers panel, click the Dynamic Plug-ins button , and choose Kaleidoscope .
Dynamic Plug-ins | 693 Select . As an alternative, you can set the number of Undo levels high enough so that you can back out of the steps to restore the original image. Applying the Liquid Lens dynamic plug-in Liquid Lens creates a dynamic layer that lets you distort and smear the underlying image.
694 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Liquid Lens tool Example The Right T wirl tool distorts in clockwise spirals. The Bulge tool distorts outward, pushing images out.
Dynamic Plug-ins | 695 Liquid Lens tool Example The Brush tool distorts in the direction you drag. T o create a Liquid Lens dynamic layer 1 In the Layers panel, choose the Canvas . 2 Click the Dynamic Plug-ins button , and choose Liquid Lens . 3 In the Liquid Lens dialog box, choose a Liquid lens tool.
696 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Low spacing makes a smooth, continuous stroke (left); high spacing lets the dabs appear individually (right). • Amount — controls the degree of distortion appli.
Dynamic Plug-ins | 697 Y ou cannot use Undo to restore the image to its previous state, however , you can use the Eraser tool in the Liquid Lens dialog box. Y ou can move the Liquid Lens layer to different regions of the document to distort other images.
698 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Applying the Liquid Metal dynamic plug-in The Liquid Metal dynamic plug-in lets you paint on a layer with liquid and metal. This text uses the term “metal” to refer to the media applied — even if the settings create an effect more like water .
Dynamic Plug-ins | 699 Liquid Metal tool Example Y ou can create strokes of metal by using the Brush tool. Y ou can create circles of metal by using the Circular Drop tool. Y ou can create randomly falling metal raindrops by applying the Rain feature.
700 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide 2 Click the Dynamic Plug-ins button , and choose Liquid Metal . 3 In the Liquid Metal dialog box, choose one of the following tools: • Circular Drop tool • Brus.
Dynamic Plug-ins | 701 • Smooth — changes the perimeter range, which determines the droplet’s tendency to “join” its neighbors Low settings on the Smooth slider keep droplets distinct (left); higher settings make the droplets flow together (right).
702 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Low refraction means high reflection (left). High refraction creates translucent, refractive liquid. As Refraction nears 100%, the metal becomes transparent. The droplets look like a simple liquid — oil or water (right).
Dynamic Plug-ins | 703 T o remove metal T o Do the following Remove the last metal applied Press Delete (Mac OS) or Backspace (W indows). Remove the selected metal droplets In the Liquid Metal dialog box, click the Select Drops tool , select the metal, and press Delete (Mac OS) or Backspace (Windows).
704 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide T o Do the following Add droplets to a selection Hold down Shift , and click additional droplets to add to the selection. Subtract droplets from a selection Hold down Shift , and click droplets to subtract from the selection.
Dynamic Plug-ins | 705 Y ou can drag the center of one of the droplets to move the selected group. T o adjust the size of the Liquid Metal brush 1 In the Liquid Metal dialog box, choose the Select Drops tool , and click outside the droplets to deselect all.
706 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide The same piece of metal changes appearance when a pattern is used as the reflection map. Applying the P osterize dynamic plug-in The Posterize dynamic plug-in creates a layer that reduces the number of color levels in the images it floats over .
Dynamic Plug-ins | 707 The maximum number of color levels is 128. The value applies to each color channel — red, green, and blue. Corel Painter automatically creates a new layer when you apply the dynamic plug-in.
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Patterns | 709 P atterns With Corel Painter , you can apply patterns to an image by filling or painting. In addition, you can customize patterns by modifying sample patterns or by creating them from scratch. All patterns, including both the sample and custom patterns, reside in libraries.
710 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Left: A pattern scaled at 20%. Right: The same pattern scaled at 100%. Left: The pattern offset set to 50% produces a seamless pattern. Right: The pattern offset set to 100% increases the pattern tile visibility . The tiles also appear misaligned.
Patterns | 711 Y ou can also Soften the edges of the pattern On the property bar , click the Anti-Alias button . Anti-aliasing is desirable when the Feather setting is extremely low or set to zero. The image must be larger than the tile in order for the tiling to be visible in an image.
712 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide example, you can paint a pattern with a mask, which generates a pattern with a transparent background. Y ou can also paint subtle patterns by adjusting the opacity , which produces a translucent effect.
Patterns | 713 Y ou can also paint with a pattern by choosing a brush variant from the Pattern Pens category . If you have not set a clone source, Corel Painter uses the current pattern in any operation related to clone source colors or luminance. This means you can paint with a pattern by using a Cloner brush.
714 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Creating and editing patterns Y ou can create a pattern from scratch or from an existing image. When creating a pattern from an existing image, you can base the pattern on the entire image or a selected area. Y ou can also create a pattern from a mask, which produces a pattern with a transparent background.
Patterns | 715 3 Choose Window Media Control P anels Patterns . 4 In the Patterns panel, click the Pattern options button , and choose Define Pattern .
716 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide 7 T ype a name in the Name text box. 8 Click OK to save the pattern tile to the current library . Y ou can also create a pattern that is based on a 4-point clone source, such as perspective or bilinear . For more information, see “ Applying transformations when sampling” on page 182.
Patterns | 717 4 On the canvas, modify the pattern tile image. 5 Click the Pattern options button , and choose Add Image to Library . 6 In the Save Image dialog box, click OK to save the pattern to the library . If you want to rename the pattern, type a new name in the Save As text box.
718 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Left: The pattern tile before the edges were modified. Right: The same pattern tile after the edges were painted by using the Straight Cloner brush and the wrap-around colors feature.
Patterns | 719 3 In the Patterns panel, click the Pattern selector , and click the pattern whose seams you want to modify in the Patterns library panel. 4 Click Canvas in the Layers panel. 5 Choose the Paint Bucket tool from the toolbox, and click the canvas in the document window .
720 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide The Power slider determines the degree ofdetail. The image on the left is set to -200% and the image on the right is set to 0%. • Feature Size defines the number of prominent features within the tile. The Feature Size slider determines the number of repetitions per tile.
Patterns | 721 T o create fractal patterns 1 Choose Window Media Control P anels Patterns . 2 In the Patterns panel, click the Pattern options button , and choose Make Fractal P attern . 3 In the Make Fractal Pattern dialog box, perform a task from the following table.
722 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Creating the new pattern may take some time. When the pattern file is ready , it appears in a new document window . 7 In the Patterns panel, click the Pattern options button , and choose Capture Pattern . 8 In the Capture Pattern dialog box, type a name in the Name box.
Gradients | 723 Gradients A gradient is a type of fill that displays a smooth progression of two or more colors and adds the illusion of depth to an image. Gradient fills are also known as blends or fountain fills. Corel Painter offers a wide selection of preset gradients, but you can also create gradients.
724 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Left to right: Linear , radial, circular , and spiral gradients. Y ou can also apply a gradient in a fluid way by painting it onto an image with a brush and dab type that support gradient painting. For more information, see “General controls: Dab types” on page 332.
Gradients | 725 5 Click the Paint Bucket tool from the toolbox. 6 In the document window , click the selected area, layer , or channel. Y ou can also Specify the range of colors to be filled On the property bar , type a value in the T olerance box, or adjust the slider .
726 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide 7 From the General controls panel, choose a dab type from the Dab T ype pop-up menu. If the Source pop-up menu in the General controls panel is not available (appears gray), the selected dab type does not support gradients.
Gradients | 727 T o replace image colors with gradient colors 1 Open the image that you want to use. Select part of the image, or use the entire image. 2 Choose Window Media Control P anels Gradients . 3 Click the Gradient selector , and click a gradient from the Painter Gradients library panel.
728 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide The gradient with low spiral tension (left) and high spiral tension (right). T o gradient direction 1 Choose Window Media Control P anels Gradients .
Gradients | 729 T o Do the following Increase the spiral tension Drag the Scale the Spiral Rate of the Ramp slider to the right. Decrease the spiral tension Drag the Scale the Spiral Rate of the Ramp slider to the left. Change the direction of the spiraling effect Click the Spirality Direction button .
730 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide A new color was added to the gradient by adding a color control point to the color ramp bar . In addition, you can modify the gradient hue to change the appearance of a particular gradation of color . Y ou can use any existing image as a source for creating new gradients.
Gradients | 731 6 Click the Gradient options button , and choose Save Gradient . 7 In the Save Gradient dialog box, type a name for the gradient in the Save as box. T o edit a gradient 1 Choose Window Media Control P anels Gradients . 2 Click the Gradient selector , and click a gradient from the Painter Gradients library panel.
732 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Y ou can press Option + click (Mac OS) or Alt + click (W indows) in the color ramp bar to create a control point that is set to the current color . Y ou can delete a control point by clicking a control point and pressing Delete (Mac OS) or Backspace (Windows).
Gradients | 733 4 In the Gradients panel, click the Gradient options button , and choose Capture Gradient . 5 In the Save Gradient dialog box, type a name for the gradient in the Save as box. The new gradient is saved in the current library . In the future, you can choose it by name from the Painter Gradients library panel.
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Mosaics and tessellations | 735 Mosaics and tessellations Mosaic is a decorative art technique that involves creating images by assembling colored tiles and setting them on a surface by using grout. A tessellation is also a form of mosaic that involves repeating a geometric shape, without overlaps, to create an image.
736 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Y ou can use the tessellation technique to create a stained-glass effect. Y ou can alter the appearance of mosaics and tessellations in many ways. For example, you can give a three- dimensional (3D) appearance to mosaics or add points to tessellations to increase the number of shapes.
Mosaics and tessellations | 737 • Use your first few courses of mosaic tiles to delineate the most important contours of your subject — just as if you were drawing with a pencil. Describe the most important lines of your scene first. Additional courses of tiles should follow the initial contours.
738 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Y ou can create a mosaic from a clone with tracing paper turned off to hide the clone source image. • If you want to continue working on the mosaic at a later date, you need to save mosaic in the RIFF format. RIFF is the only file format that saves resolution-independent mosaic tile objects.
Mosaics and tessellations | 739 Y ou can also change tile dimensions and shape. For more information, see “ Adjusting mosaic tile dimensions and randomness” on page 742.
740 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide T o Do the following Select tiles Drag across the tiles you want to select. Red borders appear on selected tiles. Select contiguous tiles of the same color (no vari.
Mosaics and tessellations | 741 Specifying tile and grout color When creating a mosaic from scratch, you can adjust the tile color by adjusting the value, hue, or randomize color variability to build visual interest. Y ou can adjust the color for individual tiles or for larger areas across the mosaic.
742 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide • V ary — adds color variability based on the settings in Brush Controls Panels Color V ariability . 3 Click individual tiles that you want to change or drag across a group of tiles.
Mosaics and tessellations | 743 Dimension control Description In this example, the width is set to 3.5 pixels (top) and 30.4 pixels (bottom). Length Sets the length of the tiles in pixels. In this example, the length is set to 4.1pixels (top) and 24.
744 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Dimension control Description Grout Sets the spacing between tiles in pixels. In this example, the spacing between tiles is 0% (top) and 15% (bottom). T o adjust tile variability 1 Choose Effects Esoterica Make Mosaic and T essellation.
Mosaics and tessellations | 745 Randomness control Description Length Allows the length of a tile to vary by a set percentage. The lowest setting, 0%, produces no variability and the highest setting, 100%, produces the most variability . In this example, the Length slider is set to98%.
746 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Randomness control Description The lowest setting, 0%, produces no variability and the highest setting, 100%, produces the most variability . In this example, the Grout randomness is set to 100%. Filling an area with tiles Y ou can use different modes to fill an area of a mosaic with tiles.
Mosaics and tessellations | 747 The white tiles that surround the image respect the edge, while the black tiles do not. T o choose a method for filling an area with tiles 1 Choose Effects Esoterica Make Mosaic and T essellation.
748 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide T o give mosaic tiles a 3D look 1 Choose Effects Esoterica Make Mosaic and T essellation. 2 Drag in the document window to apply tiles. When the mosaic is complete, you can proceed to step 3. 3 Choose Render T o Mask from the Action list box.
Mosaics and tessellations | 749 8 Click OK . Corel Painter replaces the resized, blurry tiles with tiles rendered at the higher resolution. After you click Rebuild , Corel Painter erases any part of the image that is not a tile or grout.
750 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide 5 From the Action list box, choose Stroke/Fill Selection . 6 Click one of the following buttons: • Stroke Selection — creates one row of tiles along each select.
Mosaics and tessellations | 751 a powerful option. The tessellation points are distributed according to the luminance of the clone source. Lighter regions receive a greater density of points, so the shapes are smaller . Y ou can create a tessellation from a clone source.
752 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Y ou can base your T essellation on T riangles, Cracks or Pieces. Y ou can also add points to a specified area to create a different effect. Adding points in the shape of a letter . The letters appear as a swath of smaller polygons.
Mosaics and tessellations | 753 Y ou can set the tile color to white, the grout color to black, and then fill in the tessellation with color . T o create a tessellation 1 Choose Effects Esoterica Make Mosaic and T essellation. 2 Choose Dimensions from the Settings list box.
754 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide If you want to c lear all tessellation points , click Clear . T o create a tessellation from a clone source 1 Choose File Open , and locate the file that you want to clone. 2 Choose File Quick Clone . 3 Click the Clone Color button in the Color panel.
Mosaics and tessellations | 755 T o color tessellations 1 In the Mosaic and T essellation dialog box, choose Change Tile Color from the Action list box. 2 In the Color Adjustments area, enable the Color option. 3 Click the color chip, and choose a bright main color .
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Weaves | 757 W eaves Corel Painter includes an assortment of weave samples that you can apply as fills. On Windows, you can also edit a weave sample to make it your own. In addition, Corel Painter includes a powerful programing language that allows you draft custom weave patterns from scratch.
758 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide The Weave Library is accessible from the Media Selector bar . Y ou can also display a weave as two-dimensional or show the interwoven threads three-dimensionally , complete with shadows. Left: A weave displayed as two-dimensional.
Weaves | 759 Editing and saving weaves Y ou can edit a sample weave from the Weaves panel to make it your own. For example, you can scale the weave or modify the thickness of the threads. After altering the scale, thickness, or color of a weave, you can save the changes as a new weave to the Weaves library for future use.
760 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Hold down Command (Mac OS) or Ctrl (Windows), and then click the color swatch that you want to replace on the Color Set Libraries panel. 5 On the Weaves panel, click the Weave Options button , and choose Put Color Set .
Weaves | 761 An example of a simple weave using 1) grey horizontal weft threads and 2) black vertical warp threads. In traditional weaving, you need to follow a draft to create a weave. A draft is a set of instructions for setting up a loom to produce a weave.
762 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Edit Weave dialog box: the numbers above correspond to the numbers in the following table, which describes the main components of the dialog box. Component Description 1. Warp The values in the Warp area specify the threading sequence of the vertical threads in the weave.
Weaves | 763 Component Description 6. Tieup The Tieup area allows you to control the interlacing of the threads by determining which warp rows to use when weaving a weft thread. T o access the Edit Weave dialog box 1 Choose Window Media Control P anels Weaves .
764 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Connect warp thread T o harness 5 2 6 3 The sequence repeats for subsequent threads. 7 2 8 3 9 4 The threading sequence above, 234123, has a length of 6, which indicates that the pattern runs for 6 threads before repeating.
Weaves | 765 Warp and weft expressions in Corel P ainter In Corel Painter , you need to use the weave pattern expression language to generate a weave. Y ou may find working with the pattern expression language more logical than working with very complex expanded sequences.
766 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Thread color sequence Description [B 8 D 4] Use color B for 8 threads, use color D for 4 threads. T o define a warp or weft color expression • In the Edit Weave dialog box, type an expression in the Warp Colors box.
Weaves | 767 The tie-up describes which threads are in front at which point in the weaving process. In the Edit Weave dialog box, the tie-up is a grid that measures 8 threads wide by 8 threads high. A black cell indicates that the warp thread should be placed in front of the weft.
768 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide In this tie-up, alternate black cells that are positioned in the fourth row and column instruct the warp thread (white) to be placed in front of the weft thread (black). Notice that the addition of the black cells in the fourth row and column produces a checkerboard effect.
Weaves | 769 T erm Definition Operands In all examples, the operands used for the operators are numeric sequences. However , the operands may be other patterns created from other operators.
770 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Example Expansion 34512 [] 23 334445511122 12345678 [] 87654321 111111112222222333333444445555666778 12 [] 123494321 12211122221111111112222111221 123 [] 1{12}3 1222222222222333 Block Expressions Block expressions may be used in an interleaved format.
Weaves | 771 that the desired length, it is repeated out to the right length. If the left operand is shorter , it is merely trimmed. Example Expansion 123 -> 8 12312312 123456787654321 -> 10.
772 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Example Expansion 123 interleave 76 172637 12345678 ~ 4321 1423324154637281 123456787654321 ~ 121221222 112231425261728272615241322211 UPTO Operator usage Short.
Weaves | 773 Example Expansion 13 upto'' 5812 13456781234567812345812 DOWNTO Operator usage Short form <pattern> extend <count> ext, -> Operator usage: <pattern> dow.
774 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Example Expansion 13 downto'' 5812 132187654321876543218765812 TEMPLA TE Operator usage Short form <pattern> template <pattern> temp, : The right and left operands are patterns of any length.
Weaves | 775 Operator usage Short form <pattern> palindrome pal, | This operator takes only one operand, the left operand. That operand can be a pattern of any length. The resultant expansion is the left operand concatenated with itself backwards.
776 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide PBOX Operator usage Short form <pattern> pbox <permutation> none The left operand is a pattern of any length. The right operand is a permutation vector . Its length will be adjusted, if necessary , (by trimming or repeating) to equal the length of the left operand.
Weaves | 777 Example Expansion 1234 updown 5678 12345432345654345676545678 12 <>' 567 123456781234543218765432345678123456543218765432123456781234567 DOWNUP Operator usage Short form <pattern> downup <pattern> >< The left and right operands are both patterns of any length.
778 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide pattern and moves them to the end. A negative number takes a set of elements from the end of the pattern and moves them to the beginning.
Weaves | 779 Example Interpreted as 1-4-2 ((1 upto 4) downto 2) 1234[]4321| ((1234 block 4321) palindrome) 1-4 block 4-1 ((1 upto 4) block (4 upto1)) (1-4|),(4-1|)| ((((1 upto 4) palindrome) concat ((.
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Shapes | 781 Shapes Shapes are vector -based objects that you can draw , modify , and fill. They can be open shapes, such as lines and curves, or closed shapes, such as circles and squares. Y ou can create and edit shapes with the precision of a drawing program and integrate them with the Natural-Media environment in Corel Painter .
782 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Selecting and modifying shapes • “Selecting a shape” (page 791) • “Modifying shape outlines and fills” (page 792) • “ Adding, deleting, and moving a.
Shapes | 783 Y ou can also convert shapes to selections and vice versa. The tools for adjusting shapes allow precise control over the outline path, so you may want to use shapes to create some of your selection paths. For more information, see “Converting selections to shapes” on page 801.
784 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide T o draw Do the following A square While dragging in the document window , hold down the Shift key . The property bar and the Navigator panel display information about the shape. T o display the Navigator panel, choose Window Navigator .
Shapes | 785 Drawing lines and curves Y ou can draw straight lines or smooth, flowing curves by drawing freehand. Y ou can combine the lines and curves to create shapes. The lines and curves that you draw are known as Bézier lines. Shapes created with straight line segments.
786 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Open paths contain endpoints; closed paths do not. Anchor points can be either smooth or corner points. A smooth point allows you to manipulate the segments on both sides of an anchor point by dragging a handle.
Shapes | 787 Dragging curves the segments between points. T o draw a line segment 1 Choose the Pen tool in the toolbox. 2 On the property bar , click the Select Stroke Color button, and choose a color .
788 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Y ou can constrain the placement of the points by snapping to the grid. For more information, see “Using the grid” on page 214. Each click or drag adds to the path. If you unintentionally add to the path, press Delete (Mac OS) or Backspace (Windows) to remove the last anchor point.
Shapes | 789 Draw freehand shapes with the Quick Curve tool. Setting preferences for drawing shapes Y ou can set the default appearance for all new shapes that you draw by modifying the shape preferences. For example, you can set the color for the shape outline and fill.
790 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide T o Do the following Modify the appearance of corners where two line segments connect In the Stroke area, click one of the following Miter buttons: Miter , Round , or Bevel . Set the miter limit to smooth out the sharpness of lines that join at a sharp angle Move the Miter Limit slider .
Shapes | 791 • (Mac OS) Choose Corel Painter 2015 menu Preferences Shapes . • (Windows) Choose Edit Preferences Shapes . 2 Perform a task from the following table. T o Do the following Control the size of the anchor points and the direction of the wing handles In the Drawing Options area, enable the Big Handles check box.
792 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide If you are using the Layer Adjuster tool, you can switch to the Shape Selection tool by double-clicking a shape. Modifying shape outlines and fills Y ou can choose the color , opacity , and width of the path outlining the shape, which is also known as a stroke.
Shapes | 793 T o Do the following Adjust the outline opacity In the Stroke area, move the Opacity slider . Adjust the outline width In the Stroke area, move the Width slider . Modify the appearance of endpoints of open shapes In the Stroke area, click one of the following Endcap buttons: Projecting , Round , or Butt .
794 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide T o Do the following Leave overlapping areas unfilled Click the Don’t Fill Overlaps button. Multiple overlaps alternate between filled and not filled. Adjust the fill opacity In the Fill area, move the Opacity slider .
Shapes | 795 Use the Add Point tool to add anchor points to the path. Use the Remove Point tool to delete anchor points. Y ou can also move one or several points by averaging, which moves two or more anchor points with respect to each other . Averaging is useful when you need to join the endpoint of one curve to the endpoint of another .
796 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Y ou can quickly switch to Shape Selection tool by holding down Command (Mac OS) or Ctrl (Windows). T o move anchor points 1 Choose the Shape Selection tool from the toolbox. 2 Click an anchor point to select it, or marquee select a point by dragging over it.
Shapes | 797 When you drag the handle on one wing of a smooth point, the curves on both sides of the point change. With a smooth point, you adjust the angle of the wings concurrently . A corner point is converted to a smooth point. When you drag the handle on one wing of a corner point, only the curve on that side of the point changes.
798 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide T o convert a smooth or corner point 1 With the Shape Selection tool , select an anchor point. If the anchor point’s wings are not displayed, drag over the anchor point to display them. 2 Choose the Convert Point tool from the toolbox.
Shapes | 799 3 Choose the Shape Selection tool from the toolbox, and drag the new anchor points or segments. The new anchor points are on top of each other , and both are selected. If you try to drag one of the new anchor points with the Shape Selection tool and both move, deselect them, then drag one point away .
800 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Use the Join Endpoints command to connect two endpoints. Converting shapes to image layers In Corel Painter , the shapes that you create are added to shape layers. If you want to alter a shape by painting, applying effects, or transforming, you must convert the shape to a pixel-based image layer .
Shapes | 801 Y ou cannot paint on a shape using Watercolor brushes or Liquid Ink brushes, because they automatically create their own special layers. In some cases, Corel Painter will prompt you to convert a shape. F or example, if you attempt to apply an effect to a shape, Corel Painter asks if you want to commit the shape to an image layer .
802 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Resizing, rotating, skewing, and flipping shapes Corel Painter lets you resize, rotate, flip, or skew an individual shape, or a group of shapes. Before you can work with a shape, you must select it. Resizing a shape Rotating a group of shapes.
Shapes | 803 2 Select the shape or group you want to resize. A selection rectangle appears around the shapes. The rectangle has a handle on each corner and side. 3 Drag one of the handles to resize the selected shape. T o resize in one dimension, drag one of the side handles.
804 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Duplicating shapes Duplicating creates an identical copy of the selected shape. Corel Painter also lets you duplicate shapes by using compound transformations. T ransformed duplicates are created according to the options you set.
Shapes | 805 The oval shape was duplicated by using rotation only (left). The number 5 shape was duplicated by using translation, scaling, and rotation (right). Combining shapes Y ou can combine shapes in various ways to achieve particular results. Y ou can compound two or more shapes to create a single shape.
806 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide The resulting compound shape can itself be used again to create another compound shape. T o release a compound shape 1 Select a compound shape. 2 Choose Shapes Release Compound . Blending shapes Y ou can blend single shapes, or groups of shapes, so that they appear to be one shape morphing into another .
Shapes | 807 5 In the Blend dialog box, type a value in the Number of Steps box to control how many intermediate shapes are created. 6 In the Spacing area, enable one of the following options: • Equ.
808 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Clockwise from the top left picture: T wo shapes with no blending; blending with a perspective factor of 1.0; blending with a perspective factor of 4.0; and blending with a perspective factor of 0.1. Saving a shape outline as a selection Y ou can save the outline of a shape as a selection.
Shapes | 809 Exporting Adobe Illustrator shapes Corel Painter lets you export shape data to the Adobe Illustrator (AI) format. Exporting to the AI format saves only the shapes, not the canvas or any other layers in the document. T ransparency and compositing methods are lost when shape data is exported to the AI format.
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Adding text | 811 Adding text Corel Painter lets you position and manipulate editable text on your image. This section contains the following topics: • “ Adding text to images” (page 811) • .
812 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide The text layer lets you work with your image without changing any text attributes. However , you can select the text layer and edit it at any time. The text remains fully editable until you drop it onto the canvas. For more information, see “Dropping text” on page 820.
Adding text | 813 Y ou can also format text by choosing Window T ext , and choosing options from the T ext panel. Aligning text Y ou can align a text block to the left, right, or center . The text baseline origin is used as the reference point for the text alignment.
814 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide T o adjust leading 1 Choose Window T ext . 2 Choose the T ext tool from the toolbox. 3 In the Layers panel, select a text layer . 4 In the T ext panel, adjust the Leading slider . Stretching, rotating, and skewing text Y ou can change the appearance of text by stretching, rotating, or skewing the text.
Adding text | 815 T o Do the following Skew text Hold down Command (Mac OS) or Ctrl (Windows), and drag one of the center handles on either side of the text. If the bounding box is not shown, click the Layer options button and choose Show Layer Indicators .
816 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Applying effects to text Y ou can alter the appearance of text or text drop shadows by applying different effects. Y ou can apply a composite method to text, as you would with other types of layers, to control how the text interacts with the underlying image.
Adding text | 817 • T ext Attributes • Shadow Attributes 3 Adjust the Blur slider . If you want to apply a directional blur , enable the Directional check box, and adjust the Directional Blur slider . The first half of the slider adds a left-to-right blur on the text; the second half adds an up-and-down blur .
818 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Curve Style Example The Curve Perpendicular style places the text along the curve, with each letter perpendicular to the curve. The Curve Stretch style actually changes the shape of the letters to fill in the space that would be left when the curve bends.
Adding text | 819 4 Drag the Centering slider to the right or left. The text moves along the curve. Y ou can also change the alignment of text on a path by clicking a text layer in the Layers panel and clicking an alignment button in the T ext panel. For more information, see “T o align text” on page 813.
820 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide 2 Click the Layer options button , and choose Convert T ext T o Shapes . The text layer is replaced by a group of shape layers. T ext shadows and blurring effects are not converted when you use this command. Dropping text While you are working with text, it resides on a layer and is not yet a part of the image.
Working with animation and digital videos | 821 W orking with animation and digital videos Corel Painter lets you create animations frame-by -frame from scratch, as well as open existing digital videos (QuickTime or A VI) for editing frames on Windows.
822 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide • “Importing and exporting numbered files” (page 838) • “Exporting animated GIFs” (page 839) Choosing an animation workflow Corel Painter offers differe.
Working with animation and digital videos | 823 Each frame in a frame stack can have one layer . For example, if you add an item from the image portfolio onto a frame, Corel Painter places the image on a layer . Y ou can move the image around the layer .
824 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide current frame and four other frames adjacent to it. This will help you determine where the next frame of motion should be drawn.
Working with animation and digital videos | 825 Y ou can also Choose a paper color Click the Color chip, and choose a color from the Color dialog box. Choose a paper texture Click the Paper chip, and choose a paper texture from the Papers T extures panel.
826 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide T o open a Corel Painter movie 1 Choose File Open . 2 In the Open dialog box, locate the FRM file, and click Open . 3 In the Open Frame Stack dialog box, choose the number of onion skin layers you want to appear in the Frame Stacks panel.
Working with animation and digital videos | 827 When you open a QuickTime or A VI movie, Corel Painter makes a frame stack copy of the movie. This ensures that the original file does not change. Frame stacks are uncompressed, so you need an adequate amount of disk space to create them.
828 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide 3 When you’re ready to work on the next frame, click the Step Forward button . Changing frames automatically saves the frame. Y ou cannot undo changes after the frame is saved. Previewing animations The Frame Stacks panel provides the tools that you need to preview and navigate animations.
Working with animation and digital videos | 829 T o set the preview rate • In the Frame Stacks panel, move the Playback slider . Using onion skinning Onion skinning is a feature animators use to view previous and future frames while working in the current frame.
830 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide T o show onion skin layers • Choose Movie Show Onion Skin Layers . In the document window , the current frame appears darkest.
Working with animation and digital videos | 831 12 Click the Play button in the Frame Stacks panel. The portfolio image moves across the screen. Adding, deleting, and erasing frames Y ou can add frames at the end or beginning of a movie, or in between any frames in the stack.
832 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide This example shows a blinking eye as an animated cycle. Y ou draw the frames once, and then repeat them. T o create a clean cycle, the beginning and ending images must be the same. For example, in an animation of a blinking eye, the eye would be open at the beginning and at the end.
Working with animation and digital videos | 833 T o insert a movie 1 Choose Movie Insert Movie . 2 Enable an option in the Insert Movie area. 3 In the Select Movie dialog box, locate the movie that you want to insert. 4 Click Open . The movie you insert must have the same frame size (width and height) as the current movie.
834 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide A script can contain almost any action — a single command, a series of commands, or the many steps in creating an original drawing. Y ou’ll devise scripts based on the needs of your project. Y ou cannot undo changes after applying a script to a movie.
Working with animation and digital videos | 835 4 In the Apply Script T o Movie dialog box, double-click a script. Corel Painter applies that script to each frame in the stack. If you have a few small frames in your movie, and the script is not a complicated one, the script can be applied quickly .
836 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide QuickTime supports several compression schemes. The following descriptions should help you choose one; however , you’ll probably want to experiment with different compressors and settings to identify the best settings for your work.
Working with animation and digital videos | 837 Exporting movies as A VI The A VI format supports several compression schemes. The following descriptions should help you choose one; however , you’ll probably want to experiment with different compressors and settings to identify the best settings for your work.
838 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Animation drawings contain far less detail than live-action images. The difference in the level of detail allows animations to be produced at frame rates significantly lower than those designed for live action.
Working with animation and digital videos | 839 T o export a movie as numbered files 1 Choose File Save As . 2 In the Save Movie dialog box, enable the Save Movie As Numbered Files option, and click OK . 3 In the Save Numbered File As dialog box, choose a location and file format, enter a name for the first file, and click Save .
840 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide If your movie is intended for the web, you should consider reducing its file size so the movie is small enough to download within in a reasonable amount of time. Y ou can minimize file size by doing any of the following: • Reduce the frame size.
Working with animation and digital videos | 841 Y ou can also Enable server -side image map In the Map Options area, enable the NC SA Map File or CERN Map File option. Enable client-side image maps In the Map Options area, enable the Client Side Map File option.
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Using scripts to automate tasks | 843 Using scripts to automate tasks Y ou can use scripts to speed up repetitive tasks, combine multiple or complex actions, or make an option more easily accessible.
844 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide can save time by pressing its speed-dial button. Similarly , a script lets you set the actions that you want to repeat; then, the next time you need to repeat those actions, you can save time by playing the script. Y ou can record anything in a script — from a single edit command to an entire work session.
Using scripts to automate tasks | 845 The Scripts panel The Script options button in the Scripts panel gives you several commands to choose from. T o show or hide the Scripts panel • Choose Window Scripts .
846 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide T o prepare for a script recording session, you may find it useful to write down the individual steps that you want to perform so you don’t forget any steps while recording. However , you can edit or delete a script if you’re not satisfied with the result.
Using scripts to automate tasks | 847 Y ou can also use Command + . (Mac OS) or Ctrl + . (W indows) to stop a script from playing. If the script requires brushes, papers, patterns, or other materials that are stored in alternate libraries, these libraries must be open during playback.
848 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Creating resolution-independent scripts Y ou can create a resolution-independent script that allows you to record a script that automatically adjusts to the resolution of the image in which you’re playing the script.
Using scripts to automate tasks | 849 4 Click Play . The original script replays into the new document. All brushes, paper textures, and related functions are appropriately scaled for the new resolution. Editing, renaming, and deleting scripts Corel Painter lets you modify scripts in different ways.
850 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide 3 Click the Script options button , and choose Script Library View Rename Script . 4 T ype a new name in the Save As box. T o delete a script 1 Choose Window Scripts . 2 In the Scripts panel, choose a script from the Scripts library viewer .
Using scripts to automate tasks | 851 7 In the Scripts panel, click Play . 8 In the Enter Movie Name dialog box, type a name in the File name box, choose a destination folder , and click Save . 9 In the Open Frame Stack dialog box, enable an option in the Layers of Onion Skin area.
852 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Importing and exporting script libraries Y ou can import multiple scripts at once if they are stored in a script library . This includes script libraries that were created in a previous version of Corel Painter . Y ou can also export script libraries.
Using scripts to automate tasks | 853 Creating and deleting script libraries Y ou can store and organize scripts to make it easier to locate and access them. When you create a new script, it is automatically saved to the currently selected script library .
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Printing images | 855 Printing images Y ou can print Corel Painter images on a wide variety of printers, including PostScript, Windows Graphics Device Interface (GDI), and QuickDraw , and high-resolution imagesetters.
856 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide 2 Choose a preset page size from the Paper Size list box (Mac OS) or the Size list box (W indows). 3 In the Orientation area, choose one of the following options: .
Printing images | 857 T o print an image 1 Choose File Print . 2 Do one of the following: • (Mac OS) Choose a printer from the Printer list box, choose an option from the Pages list box, and type a value in the Copies box.
858 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide T o print to a file (Windows only) 1 Choose File Print . 2 On the General page, enable the Print to file check box. 3 Click Print . 4 In the Save Print Output As dialog box, type a filename in the File name box.
Printing images | 859 Corel Painter uses the device’s default screening information to produce high-quality color separations. If the No preview option is enabled when you save a file in EPS format, Corel Painter uses the Color Studio separation tables with your device’s default screening.
860 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Instead of flattening a composite image by dropping each layer to the canvas, you can clone the file to produce a flattened image, which you can then print. This method lets you preserve the layers in the saved RIFF file in case you want to change them later .
Notes for users of Adobe Photoshop | 861 Notes for users of Adobe Photoshop If you have previously worked with Adobe Photoshop, you may notice the differences in the tools and terminology of Corel Painter . This section describes these differences and provides additional tips to help you move smoothly between these applications.
862 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Adobe Photoshop term Corel Painter term Blending mode Composite method Indexed color mode W eb-safe color palette Smart Object Reference layer Layer effect Dynamic .
Notes for users of Adobe Photoshop | 863 Adobe Photoshop tool Corel Painter tool For more information Clone Stamp tool Rubber Stamp tool See “Performing offset sampling” on page 179. Crop tool Crop tool See “Cropping images” on page 85. Dodge tool Dodge tool See “Dodging and burning” on page 279.
864 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Adobe Photoshop tool Corel Painter tool For more information Magic Wand tool Magic Wand tool See “Creating pixel-based selections” on page 583. Move tool Move mode of T ransform tool See “Moving selections” on page 600.
Notes for users of Adobe Photoshop | 865 Adobe Photoshop element When the PSD file is opened in Corel Painter Blending modes Most blending modes are preserved as composite methods. If no equivalent composite method exists for a particular blending mode, the blending mode is converted to the Default composite method.
866 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Corel Painter element When saved to PSD file format Layers All layers are converted to standard Photoshop transparent layers.
Setting preferences | 867 Setting preferences Corel Painter preferences allow you to customize the program to complement your work style and to achieve optimal performance. The purpose of this section is to describe all Corel Painter preferences and, when applicable, provide references to more detailed information.
868 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Brush preference Description Align constrained brushstroke to canvas Matches the brush rotation angle to the canvas rotation angle. Disable feature scaling when resizing brush Disables the Scale feature with brush size option in all areas of the application.
Setting preferences | 869 Create backup on Save Creates a backup file every time you save a document. For more information, see “Saving and backing up files” on page 88. Auto-record script Enables the automatic saving of Corel Painter background scripts.
870 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Enhanced brush ghost Displays a representation of the brush variant onscreen to give you information about the size, tilt, bearing, and rotation of your pen. Brush ghost Displays a representation of the brush variant onscreen to give you information about the size.
Setting preferences | 871 T oolbox Layout Sets the orientation and layout of the toolbox in the document window . Media Layout Sets the orientation and layout of the Media Selector bar in the document window . Command Bar Layout Sets the orientation of the command bar in the document window .
872 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Performance preference Description the computer’s available cores, it may impact the performance of any applications that you have running in the background.
Setting preferences | 873 Shapes preferences The shapes preferences allow you to set the default fill and stroke for creating new shapes. Y ou can also change the appearance of the Bézier handles when drawing or the wing, point, path, outline, and anchor colors.
874 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide • (Mac OS) Choose Corel Painter 2015 menu Preferences Shapes . • (Windows) Choose Edit Preferences Shapes . If you set default preferences for the shape outline and fill color by using the Set Default Shape Attributes dialog box, the settings in the Preferences dialog box are ignored.
Setting preferences | 875 Show Edit Source Image dialog box Displays a dialog box every time you switch to the Source Image window from the clone document window . The dialog box warns you that any source image editing needs to be updated, saved, exported, or discarded.
876 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Connections preferences Description Allow companion applications to connect to Painter Allows you to connect Corel Painter to the Corel Cinco for Painter companion application. Service Name Gives your copy of Corel Painter a unique name.
Web | 877 W eb Corel Painter includes various options for creating images for the web. This section contains the following topics: • “Choosing web-safe colors” (page 877) • “Posterizing usin.
878 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide T o select a web-safe color palette 1 Click the Options button in the Color Set Libraries panel, and choose Import Color Set . 2 In the Select Color Set dialog box, select the Hexadecimal folder within the Color Sets folder .
Web | 879 Choosing web-friendly brushes Web artists are pulled between the desire for beautiful images and the need for small image file sizes, with faster download times. Corel Painter includes brushes that are designed for creating images for the web, making it easier to create smaller files without compromising image quality .
880 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide 2 From the Method list box, choose Cover . 3 From the Subcategory list box, choose Grainy Edge Flat Cover . The result is the current brush with a web-friendly hard edge.
Web | 881 A GIF with a transparent background (the airplane) is displayed over a blue background image. In Corel Painter , the method of defining transparency during GIF export is to define the transparent areas based on the content of the selected layers.
882 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide • Quantize to Nearest Color — causes Corel Painter to look at each pixel and pick the nearest color . This is useful when the image you are saving has broad areas of a single color .
Web | 883 The RIFF format contains data about your image that is lost when you convert it to GIF . If you want to edit the file later , save a RIFF copy before you generate a GIF version. Creating image maps An image map is a web feature that lets you jump to different locations by clicking specific areas within an image.
884 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide A client-side image map recognizes circular and rectangular “hotspots.” Therefore, Corel Painter treats a circular area as a circle and a rectangle as a rectangle. Oval areas are exported as rectangles. Image maps are created using layers.
Web | 885 If there are two or more overlapping areas in an image map, the topmost one takes priority . 8 Export your image to the GIF or JPEG file format.
886 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide 8 Deselect the layer , then select the next hotspot in your image map. T ry to avoid overlapping hotspot areas within an image map. Y ou can set a default URL to use if the user clicks outside of your defined hotspot areas.
Web | 887 Use the Fade command to lighten a pattern. Controlling background color Using a background color closely matched to your background image takes no additional download time and creates a pleasing transition. For example, suppose your page loads a dark green seamless background tile.
888 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Y ou can use any image or selection to define a pattern. An image designed for use as part of a pattern is normally created so that it tiles seamlessly . That is, the eye should not be able to distinguish the edges between tile repetitions.
Web | 889 Creating web buttons Corel Painter has a wide array of features that help you create web buttons. Y ou can apply textures and effects to your web buttons. Using shapes and selections Y ou can create web buttons using shapes or by choosing a selection from the Selection Portfolio.
890 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Using Bevel World No discussion of creating web buttons would be complete without mentioning Bevel World. Bevel W orld is a dynamic plug-in that can add 3D angled edges to your shapes and selections. Y ou can bevel any element in your painting, and then turn it into a 3D button.
Index | 891 Index Numerics 1-Pixel Edge brush tip profile 360 for Hard Media 361 1-Rank nozzles creating 479 2-Rank nozzles building 482 creating 481 making from movies 488 360° brushstrokes 144 3D b.
892 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide alpha channels 563 auto-generate 566 clearing 571 combining with selection 591 deleting 571 editing 571 importing 567 loading selection from 592 selecting 567 setti.
Index | 893 background color setting 870 vs Additional Color 62 background scripts saving automatically 847 backgrounds creating for Web pages 886 creating transparent 880 tiled 887 backing up files p.
894 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide brush control panels changes to 17 closing 327 descriptions 44 opening 326 shortcut for opening all 327 brush controls Airbrush 378 Angle 353 Artists’ Oils 381 br.
Index | 895 brush tip profiles 359 airbrushes 146 Artists’ Oils 360 choosing 362 modifying Hard Media 460 Brush tool 31 applying Liquid Lens with 695 applying Liquid Metal with 699 erasing image are.
896 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide brushstrokes 360° 144 3D 650 aligning 142 applying 138 applying straight 138 applying to selections 595 applying, mouse settings for 137 applying, to movies 835 bl.
Index | 897 channels 563 applying effects to 573 applying gradients to 724 copying 564, 565 copying layer masks to 557 copying to layer masks 557 creating blank 564 creating from selections 564 cre.
898 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide cloner brushes 292 choosing 178 multi-point variants 182 painting with 176, 176 transforming brush variants into 178 Cloner tool 34 choosing brush for 178 perfor.
Index | 899 color 217 adding to color sets 238 adding to gradients 731 adjusting 259, 268 adjusting for video 279 adjusting levels 878 adjusting selected 271, 271 applying as fills 242 changing .
900 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Color panel 45 choosing color from 219 choosing colors 218 choosing hue from 219 creating color sets with 237 discovering 62 displaying 219 hiding color wheel 221 h.
Index | 901 Colorize merge mode 347 combining layers with canvas 539 selections 589 selections with alpha channels 591 shapes 805 commands assigning to keys 101 committing dynamic layers 681 reference.
902 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Corel Painter interface 23 vs. Adobe Photoshop interface 61 corner points converting 798 correcting colors 259 advanced 267 basics 260 Correct Colors effect 260 cur.
Index | 903 dabs, brush adjusting 325 creating 321 damping brushstrokes 402 Darken composite method 549 Darken merge mode 348 darkening image tone 280 Default composite method 544 default layers conve.
904 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Divine Proportion tool 35 using 208 docking Brush Selector bar 43 panels and palettes 49 property bar 40 document window 26 documentation 1, 1 conventions of 2 i.
Index | 905 duplicating channels 565 layers 526 selections 602 shapes 804 shapes, settings for 804 shapes, transformed 804 Dye Concentration effect 663 dynamic brush resizing 306 dynamic layers 516 Br.
906 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Eraser tool 32 erasing image areas with 141 erasing Liquid Lens with 697 erasers 293 erasing frames from movies 831 image areas 141 Liquid Lens distortions 697 Esot.
Index | 907 fading brushstrokes 140 effects 609 F AQs from Adobe Photoshop users 864 fast preview layers 530 feathering channels 573 selection edges 595 feature jitter 378 features drag-and-drop 97 fe.
908 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide flow map libraries 281 adding to 282 creating 282 deleting resources 285 importing and exporting 281 modifying display of 283 moving resources 285 panel 46 removing.
Index | 909 gamma curves adjusting 260 adjusting using Equalize effect 274 Gel brushes 294 Gel composite method 545 Gel merge mode 348 GelCover composite method 545 GelCover merge mode 348 General bru.
910 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide grain adjusting for brushes 345 adjusting jitter 345 behavior , adjusting 157 brightness, adjusting 157 brush attributes 306 contrast, adjusting 157 direction, adju.
Index | 911 Hard Media controls using with markers 467 header bar 2 Help 1 increasing text size 4 using 1 Highpass effect 638 HSV values setting in Color panel 221 hue adjusting 268 choosing 219 Hue c.
912 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Image Portfolio libraries organizing layers with 561 Image Portfolio panel adding layers to 561 displaying 561 storing images with 561 using images from 561 image s.
Index | 913 Impasto 501 adding and deleting lights 507 adjusting depth 509 adjusting depth interaction 503 adjusting light source 510 blending with layers 510 brush controls for 385 brushes 296 cleari.
914 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Jitter brushes 419 choosing variants 421 controlling variants 422 list of variants 419 jitter controls adjusting opacity 343 angle jitter 353 color jitter 417 featu.
Index | 915 layer masks 552 applying 554 clearing 554 copying channels to 557 copying to channels 557 creating 552 creating texture with 654 deleting 554 disabling 556 editing 558 enabling 556 generating texture with 654 hiding 556 inverting 557 loading to selections 555 managing 557 selecting 555 viewing 555 vs.
916 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide layers libraries 56 Layers menu keyboard shortcuts for commands 110 Layers panel deleting layers with 521 description 29, 47 displaying 520 selecting transparenc.
Index | 917 lighting adding and deleting source 647 adjusting properties 648 ambient 648 applying presets to 646 applying to textures 657 brightness 648, 648 color for Impasto 508 controlling direc.
918 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Luminosity merge mode 348 M Mac OS commands 2 keyboard shortcuts for 107 Magic Combine composite method 546 Magic Combine merge mode 349 Magic Wand tool 33, 580 .
Index | 919 Min Size using with Wacom Intuos tablet 96 Mirror Painting mode 198 controlling display of planes 200 hiding planes 199 toggling 200 Mirror Painting tool 35 using 199 mirror planes control.
920 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide mosaics 735 compositing with other images 750 creating 736 creating 3D 747 creating from a clone 739 deselecting tiles 740 filling selections 749 filling with tiles.
Index | 921 N navigating images 75 panels, with keyboard shortcuts 112 screen, with keyboard shortcuts 112 navigation tools 36 Navigator panel description 28 displaying 40, 76 hiding info 75 reposi.
922 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide nozzles 470 adding to libraries 486 creating 1-Rank 479 creating 2-Rank 481 creating 3-Rank 483 creating from movies 487 designing Image Hose 477 editing in librari.
Index | 923 overlays channels 569 color 660 P page fitting images to 856 height 69 setting margins 855 setting orientation 855 setting size for print 855 setting up 855 size, changing 69 unit of measu.
924 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide palettes adding panel to 50 creating from panels 50 customizing 53 docking 49, 51 exploring 43 grouping panels into 50 managing custom 55 moving panel in 50 remo.
Index | 925 Paper T extures library 56 deleting paper textures from 155 opening 155 using 155 Papers panel 45 description 29 Particle brushes 431 Flow 435 general controls 442 Gravity 432 Info palette.
926 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Photo Enhance settings saving as presets 161 Photo Painting System 159 Auto-Painting panel 162 Restoration panel 165 Underpainting panel 160 photo tools 34 photos a.
Index | 927 preferences connection 875 enabling Corel Painter for Cinco 6 for cloning 172 general 867 interface 869, 869 multicore support 871 performance 871 Quick Clone 172 setting for Painter 86.
928 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Rain feature applying Liquid Metal with 699 Rake brush controls 403 RAM preferences 871 randomizing image hose elements 473 paper grain 158 randomness auto-painting.
Index | 929 reference layers 516 committing 561 creating 560 modifying 560 resizing 560 rotating 560 scaling 560 skewing 560 working with 559 reference points for clones 185, 190 for transformation.
930 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Right T wirl tool applying Liquid Lens with 694 ROT ATE expression operator 777 Rotate Page tool 36 resetting images with 81 rotating images with 80 rotating canvas.
Index | 931 saving Adobe Photoshop files 91 Adobe Photoshop files, notes on 865 background scripts automatically 847 brush looks 321 brushstrokes 149 clone source images 174 colors on Mixer panel 232 .
932 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide Scripts panel description 48 displaying 844 showing and hiding 845 seamless patterns 717 searching for brushes 304 Help 4 segments cutting 798 joining 798 Select me.
Index | 933 selections 577 adding metal droplets to 704 adding to 598 anti-aliasing 595 applying gradients to 724 beveling 686 burning 683 circular , making 581 combining 589 combining with alpha chan.
934 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide shapes 781 adding to open paths 788 adjusting curvature 796 aligning brushstrokes to 142 anchor points 794 Bézier lines 785 blending 806 combining 805 compound 805.
Index | 935 Soft Light merge mode 349 Soft Round brush tip profile 360 Soften effect 624 softening focus 624 selection edges 594 soft-proofing color management 251 color profiles 253 source, media 342.
936 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide surface texture applying lighting 657 applying, to Web buttons 889 creating 3D brushstrokes 650 creating embossing 653 creating from paper 649 creating with paper 6.
Index | 937 texture libraries 281 adding to 282 creating 282 deleting resources 285 importing and exporting 281 modifying display of 283 moving resources 285 removing 282 renaming resources 285 TIF fi.
938 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide transformations 577 applying when sampling images 182 cancelling 606 distorting selections 604 duplicating selections 602 locked layers 532 moving selections 600 re.
Index | 939 viewing document window 74 full-screen document window 74 viewing modes 74 choosing default 870 switching 75 toggling 75 W Wacom Intuos fingerwheel 137 support for 96 using airbrush wheel .
940 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide web graphics reducing the number of colors 882 Web graphics GIF files 880 image maps 883 Web page backgrounds 886 controlling color in 887 creating fractal pattern .
Un punto importante, dopo l’acquisto del dispositivo (o anche prima di acquisto) è quello di leggere il manuale. Dobbiamo farlo per diversi motivi semplici:
Se non hai ancora comprato il Corel Painter 2015 è un buon momento per familiarizzare con i dati di base del prodotto. Prime consultare le pagine iniziali del manuale d’uso, che si trova al di sopra. Dovresti trovare lì i dati tecnici più importanti del Corel Painter 2015 - in questo modo è possibile verificare se l’apparecchio soddisfa le tue esigenze. Esplorando le pagine segenti del manuali d’uso Corel Painter 2015 imparerai tutte le caratteristiche del prodotto e le informazioni sul suo funzionamento. Le informazioni sul Corel Painter 2015 ti aiuteranno sicuramente a prendere una decisione relativa all’acquisto.
In una situazione in cui hai già il Corel Painter 2015, ma non hai ancora letto il manuale d’uso, dovresti farlo per le ragioni sopra descritte. Saprai quindi se hai correttamente usato le funzioni disponibili, e se hai commesso errori che possono ridurre la durata di vita del Corel Painter 2015.
Tuttavia, uno dei ruoli più importanti per l’utente svolti dal manuale d’uso è quello di aiutare a risolvere i problemi con il Corel Painter 2015. Quasi sempre, ci troverai Troubleshooting, cioè i guasti più frequenti e malfunzionamenti del dispositivo Corel Painter 2015 insieme con le istruzioni su come risolverli. Anche se non si riesci a risolvere il problema, il manuale d’uso ti mostrerà il percorso di ulteriori procedimenti – il contatto con il centro servizio clienti o il servizio più vicino.
