User Guide

Corel Painter 149
A captured dab is for a captured brush. It lets
you paint with specific shapes and designs.
• Camel Hair (rendered)—You use
Camel Hair dabs to create a bristle
brush with a circular array of
bristles. Individual brush hairs can
have their own color and can pick
up underlying colors
independently of the Brush
loading option. Increase color
variability in Corel Painter to
make each hair a separate color.
For more information about color
variability, see “Color Variability”
on page 89.
The Feature slider in the Size area
separates bristles. The higher the
setting, the farther apart hairs
appear. Use a low setting to make
more solid strokes. For more
information about the Size
controls, see “Setting Size
Controls” on page 155.
The effects of Feature on the stroke.
• Flat (rendered)—You use Flat
dabs to create a flat brush, like
those used to apply paint to houses
or walls. Brushes that use Flat dabs
respond to bearing, allowing for
flat or narrow strokes, depending
on how the stylus is held. Flat dabs
are always perpendicular to the
shaft of the stylus.
The Feature setting in the Size
area separates bristles.
• Palette Knife (rendered)—You use
these dabs to create brushes that
are the opposite of Flat dab
brushes. With resaturation set low,
you can use these brushes to
scrape, push, or pick up, and
rapidly drag colors along. Palette
Knife dabs are always parallel to
the shaft of the stylus.
The Feature setting in the Size
area separates bristles.
• Bristle Spray (rendered)—You use
Bristle Spray dabs to create
brushes that can use airbrush
controls. These brushes recognize
tilt, which separates bristles on the
opposite side of the tilt. Holding
down Option + Shift (Mac OS) or
Alt + Shift (Windows) when
painting reverses the spray
direction.
Adjust the Feature slider in the
Size area to separate bristles.
• Airbrush (rendered)—You use
Airbrush dabs to create brushes
that act like airbrushes. Bearing