User Guide

The Brush Creator152
2 Choose a stroke type from the
Stroke Type pop-up menu.
Methods and Subcategories
The brush method defines the most
basic level of brush behavior. A brush
method is the foundation on which all
other brush variables build. You can
think of the method and method
subcategory as attributes of the
stroke’s appearance.
Because the method sets a brush
variant’s most basic behavior, you can
alter a variant’s behavior by changing
its method. For example, suppose you
want a Charcoal-looking stroke, but
instead of hiding underlying strokes,
you want brush strokes to build to
black. You can get this effect by
changing the method to Buildup.
Perhaps you want a variant of the Pens
brush category to smear underlying
colors. You can change its method
from Cover to Drip. Some brush
effects are less easily affected by other
methods, and results may differ.
Each method can have several
variations, called method
subcategories. These subcategories
further refine the brush behavior. The
following terms are used in describing
most method subcategories:
• Soft methods produce strokes with
hard, “pixellated” edges.
• Flat methods produce smooth,
anti-aliased strokes.
• Hard methods produce brush
strokes with semi anti-aliased
edges.
•Grainy methods produce brush
strokes that react to paper texture.
• In a few instances, you’ll see the
words “edge” and “variable” in a
method subcategory. “Edge”
means strokes are thick and sticky
looking. “Variable” means a brush
stroke starts off a bit more
transparent.
Combining a method with a method
subcategory results in a specific brush
style you can assign to a given brush.
For example, Grainy Hard Cover
means that brush strokes interact with
paper grain and have semi anti-aliased
strokes that hide underlying pixels.
Grainy Hard Cover is the default
method for Chalk and Charcoal.
The brush stroke on top was created using
Grainy Hard Buildup. The stroke on bottom
was created using Soft Variable Buildup.
Corel Painter supplies the following
methods:
• Buildup
•Cover
• Eraser
•Drip
•Mask (Cover)
•Cloning
•Wet
• Digital Wet
•Plug-in