User Guide

Corel Painter 141
Normally, the Impasto media raises ridges and
bumps. The Negative Depth option forces
Impasto to excavate instead.
Varying Input to Control
Depth
In addition to the Impasto controls,
you can also use the Depth slider in
the Brush Creator to add more
complexity to your stokes.
The Depth slider can alter the flow of
depth as you paint. Using one of the
nine input controllers, you can control
the flow of depth based on pressure,
velocity, or bearing. Refer to “Setting
Impasto Controls” on page 173 for
complete descriptions of controllers.
To use the Depth brush feature:
1 On the Stroke Designer page of
the Brush Creator, click Impasto.
2 Choose Depth from the Draw To
pop-up menu.
3 Choose a depth method from the
Depth Method pop-up menu.
4 Adjust the Depth slider, and
choose an expression from the
Expression pop-up menu.
Note
•
For a realistic effect, try varying Depth
inversely with Pressure. Set the Depth
menu to Pressure and check the Invert
option. This applies paint more thickly
when you press lightly, but applies it
thinly if you press hard, just as when
you’re using real paint.
Blending Impasto with
Other Layers
You can control how Corel Painter
blends Impasto brush strokes with
imagery on other layers by selecting a
composite depth method on the
Layers palette.
The Composite Depth menu provides
the following methods for combining
Impasto brush strokes:
• Add — When this method is
active, Corel Painter combines
depth information between
layers—brush strokes on different
layers build up where they overlap.
Painting with an Impasto variant
on a layer with Add set does not
change the composite depth
setting.
Painting with an Impasto variant
on a layer with Ignore set changes
the method back to Add.
An example of the Add Composite Method.