User Guide

Corel Painter 159
adjusting the spacing between those
dabs, you can control the continuity of
the brush stroke.
Spacing
The Spacing slider controls the
distance between brush dabs in a
stroke.
To set spacing between brush
dabs:
1 On the Stroke Designer page of
the Brush Creator, click Spacing.
2 Move the Spacing slider right to
increase the spacing between dabs,
bringing spacing closer to the size
of the dab itself.
When the Spacing slider is at
100%, the Size of the dab equals
the spacing. For example, a dab
that’s 10 pixels across is repeated
every 10 pixels.
3 Move the Spacing slider left to
decrease the distance between
dabs, until they begin to overlap.
Overlapping increases the density
of the stroke and makes it look
more continuous.
Min Spacing
The Min Spacing slider specifies the
minimum number of pixels between
dabs. If you don’t want a continuous
stroke, you can adjust the Min
Spacing to create a dotted or dashed
line. Each dot or dash is one brush
dab.
The Min Spacing slider controls the minimum
number of pixels between dabs. Top=2.0,
bottom=10.5.
To set minimum dab spacing:
1 On the Stroke Designer page of
the Brush Creator, click Spacing.
2 Move the Min Spacing slider right
to increase the minimum spacing
between dabs. Move it left to
decrease the minimum spacing
between dabs.
Damping
Damping is used to smooth otherwise
jagged brush strokes for brushes using
rendered dab types. Higher values
make the stroke smoother. (On a very
technical note, Damping suspends a
stroke in a mathematical spring area,
using calculations to even out edges
and reduce jaggedness.)
High values of Damping will actually
round out corners of a stroke. A value
of 50% works best. Higher values
might be necessary for jittery input
devices like a mouse.
To set smooth rendered dab
strokes:
1 On the Stroke Designer page of
the Brush Creator, click Spacing.
2 Move the Damping slider to the
right to even out jagged strokes.
Move it left to allow for more
ragged transitions between points
on the stroke.