User Guide

Corel Painter 101
Users of previous versions of Corel
Painter may notice changes in brush
categories and variants. This was done
to take advantage of new brush stroke
capabilities. If you’re looking for a
brush from a previous version, you
can reload the old brush library. For
more information, refer to “Loading
Alternate Libraries” on page 24.
Here are a few Corel Painter brush
categories that apply media:
• Liquid Ink brushes combine ink
with paint to create a thick, liquid
paint effect. Refer to “Setting
Liquid Ink Controls” on page 179
for more information about setting
controls for Liquid Ink brushes.
• Water Color brushes allow you to
control the wetness and
evaporation rate of the paper to
effectively simulate the natural
media. Refer to “Setting Water
Controls” on page 176 for more
information about setting controls
for Water Color brushes.
• Pens, like the Scratchboard Rake
and Bamboo Pen, never clog,
spatter, or run dry.
• Image Hoses let you paint with
multiple images. Image Hose
variants are named in a way that
tells you which animation
parameter and animator is in
effect. For example, the Size/P
Angle/R Image Hose variant links
size to stylus pressure and sets the
angle randomly. Refer to “Using
the Image Hose” on page 334 for
more information.
• Airbrushes apply fine sprays of
color. Computed airbrushes
carefully mirror the feel of a real
airbrush in action.
• Oils and Acrylics
give effects you’d
expect from oil paints and acrylics.
All of the variants cover underlying
brush strokes, many are capable of
multi-colored strokes, and others
interact with underlying pixels to
create realistic effects.
The Smeary Flat variant in the
Oils category combines Bearing
sensitivity, Brush Loading, and an
inverted Pressure setting for Bleed.
This causes the brush to drag
underlying pixels more than it
applies media, resulting in a very
realistic brush stroke.
The Smeary Flat brush variant (from the Oils
category) illustrates how Bearing, Brush
Loading, and an inverted Pressure setting for
Bleed combine to give realistic results.
The following Corel Painter brush
categories affect only existing pixels
and do not apply media:
• Erasers let you remove color down
to the paper color or white. You can
also use erasers to increase color
density, building toward black.
• Photo tools can be used for photo
correction and manipulation.