User Guide

Painting116
A good range for the Spread setting is
30-40%. Narrow Spread and Angle
settings can cause problems. Narrow
Spread combined with a very tilted
stylus can cause paint to be deposited
away from the cursor.
Varying Edges
You can vary the edges of the paint
sprayed from an airbrush to achieve
desired softness. You do this by
selecting a brush tip or “profile” in the
Brush Creator. Each profile gives you
a different edge to the paint you spray.
For more information, refer to “Brush
Tips” on page 156.
Airbrush edges created with the Water Color
profile (top) and the Medium profile (bottom).
Adjusting Flow
Although you can still adjust Opacity
to apply fainter or darker dots of
media, some Corel Painter airbrushes,
for example, the Fine Wheel Airbrush
variant, take advantage of stylus wheel
controls. Like the needle control on
real airbrushes, the wheel control
adjusts airbrush flow, or how much
media is applied.
Adjust airbrush flow with the wheel control on
many airbrush styluses.
To increase or decrease media
flow from an airbrush:
• Do one of the following:
• Move the stylus wheel toward
the tip, or forward, to decrease
flow. Move it away from the tip,
or backward, to increase flow.
• On the Stroke Designer page of
the Brush Creator, click Air-
brush, and adjust the Flow and
Min Flow sliders. Flow sets the
maximum flow. Min Flow sets
the minimum amount of flow
as a percentage of Flow.
Tips
•
You can reverse the effect of moving
the airbrush wheel by enabling the Invert
check box on the Color Expression palette,
or by enabling the Invert Flow Expression
check box on the Stroke Designer page of
the Brush Creator.
•
In the Brush Creator, you can also
determine flow based on stylus
information, such as velocity or pressure,
by choosing an expression from the Flow
Expression pop-up menu.