User Guide

Corel Painter 97
3 Disable the Linear check box.
All ramps within the gradient are
now non-linearly blended using
smooth curves.
Tip
•
When using non-linear ramps, use the
Color Spread slider to control the color
smoothness at each color control point.
Changing Gradient Color Hue
Color hue is represented in the Edit
Gradient dialog box by boxes located
at the midpoints between the adjacent
color control points. They allow you
to change the hue of the blend within
that segment.
To change the color hue:
1 Choose Window menu > Show
Gradients
to display the Gradients
palette.
2 Click the palette menu arrow, and
choose Edit Gradient.
3 In the Edit Gradient dialog box,
click a square hue box above the
color ramp bar.
4 Select an option from the Color
Hue pop-up menu:
• RGB blends directly between
the red, green, and blue com-
ponents of the two colors.
• Hue Clockwise and Hue
Counterclockwise blend
between the endpoint colors by
rotating around the color
wheel.
Note
•
For a better understanding of this
concept, refer to the standard Color picker
(ring and triangle) and note the order of
the colors on the Hue ring. Notice that as
you change parameters within the Edit
Gradient dialog box, gradient previews
are updated on the Gradients palette.
Capturing a Gradient from an
Image
You can use any existing imagery as a
source for creating new gradients.You
could capture the colors in a photo of
a sunset or paint your own range of
colors as the content of a gradient.
To make perfect blends between a series of
colors, it’s better to work with a row of single
pixels rather than a large piece of an image.
To capture a gradient:
1 Select a horizontal or vertical area.
Make the selection as narrow as
possible.
If the selection is horizontal, Corel
Painter uses the first row of pixels
starting at the upper left for the
gradient.
If the selection is vertical, Corel
Painter uses the first column of