User Guide

The Brush Creator146
Tip
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You can also adjust the Zoom slider in
the bottom-left corner of the main
window to zoom in and out.
To adjust brush size in the Scratch
Pad
• Adjust the Size slider above the
Scratch Pad.
To make a selection in the Scratch
Pad
1 In the toolbox, choose the
Rectangular Selection, Oval
Selection, or Lasso tool .
The three selection tools share the
same space in the toolbox. Holding
down the tool button provides
access to the hidden tool.
2 Drag in the document to make
your selection.
For more information about
making selections, see “Using
Selection Tools” on page 206.
To clear the Scratch Pad
• Click the Clear button.
Palettes
There are seven palettes in the Brush
Creator: Colors, Tracker, Color
Variability, Color Expression, Papers,
Patterns, and Gradients. The Colors
and Tracker palettes are open by
default.
You can choose primary and
secondary colors on the Colors palette,
or you can choose to clone color. For
more information, see “Working with
Color” on page 77.
The Tracker palette keeps a visual
record of all brush strokes made in the
Scratch Pad. You can choose a brush
variant from the Tracker palette to use
in Corel Painter. For more
information, see “The Tracker
Palette” on page 19.
Colors and brush strokes selected in
the Brush Creator will carry over to
the main application.
Using the Randomizer
The Randomizer takes the current
brush category and variant, creates
random settings for them, and
displays variants created from these
random settings. You can then choose
a new randomized variant from the
preview grid to use in the application,
or you can use one of these news
variants to create even more
randomized variants.
Randomized brush variants.
To create a random brush variant
1 Do one of the following:
• On the Brush selector bar,
choose a brush category and
variant.
• Choose a brush stroke from the
preview grid.
Random settings are created based
on the default settings.