User Guide

The Brush Creator154
An example of the Cloning method.
Plug-in Method
Plug-in is a special category of
method subcategories. It defines no
specific brush behavior, but is an open
door to a wide range of subcategories.
It’s well worth your time to browse
through the Plug-in method
subcategories. There, you’ll find
methods such as Left Twirl. Left Twirl
gives you a brush with the dab and
stroke of an Impressionist performing
left-handed twirls.
You can give any built-in brush the power of a
plug-in by changing its method and
subcategory.
Wet Method
The Wet method applies brush strokes
to a Water Color layer. For more
information, see “The Water Color
Layer” on page 125.
Digital Wet
The Digital Wet method applies
digital water color brush strokes to the
canvas or a regular layer. For more
information, see “Digital Water
Color” on page 127.
To choose a method and
subcategory:
1 On the Stroke Designer page of
the Brush Creator, click General.
2 Choose a method from the
Method pop-up menu.
3 Choose a subcategory from the
Subcategory pop-up menu.
Source
Source selects the media that is
applied by the brush variant. Source
applies only to some dab types like
Line Airbrush, Projected, and
Rendered. Refer to “Painting with
Color” on page 108 for more
information about setting a media
source.
Corel Painter brushes use one of the
following source types:
• Color—applies primary or
secondary color.
• Gradient—applies the current
gradient across the length of the
stroke.
• Gradient Repeat—applies the
current gradient repeatedly along
the stroke.
• Pattern—paints with a pattern
containing no mask information.