User Guide

Corel Painter 127
the brush stroke eliminates the
appearance of individual bristles. You
can experiment with the Feature slider
and its effect on different Water Color
brushes.
The Feature slider and its effect on Water Color
brushes.
Diffusion
With natural water colors, wet paper
produces more diffused strokes.
Diffusion mimics this effect in Corel
Painter by creating soft, feathery edges
on the strokes of some water color
variants.
Diffusion spreads color into the grain.
Make sure the current texture is
appropriate for the diffusion effect you
want. For more information about
adjusting the amount of diffusion in a
brush stroke, see “Diffuse Amount”
on page 177.
A water color stroke before and after diffusion.
Applying a Paper Texture
The Water Color brushes interact with
paper grain — the colors flow, mix,
and are absorbed into the paper. The
luminance information of the current
paper grain is used to determine how
the paint diffuses into the paper and
how it dries.
You can experiment with adjusting the
sliders on the Papers palette and
seeing their effect on the Water Color
brushes. The Scale slider controls the
size of the grain. The Contrast slider,
as it applies to the Water Color layer,
controls the height of the grain
surface. Adjusting the Contrast slider
to the right increases the height of the
grain and adds more texture as a
result. Refer to “Using Paper Texture”
on page 61 for more information.
The Scale slider controls the size of the paper
grain. Left=50%, right=200%.
Digital Water Color
The Digital Water Color brushes
paint directly on the canvas or on a
regular layer so you can create effects
similar to those of Water Color
brushes without using a separate layer.