User Guide

Corel Painter 169
Spread Bristles
The Spread Bristles control
dynamically adjusts brush scale based
on pressure. The harder you press, the
more the brush fans out.
Spread Bristles controls the spacing of bristles,
based on stylus pressure. The harder you press,
the more the bristles spread. If you want the
Spread constant, disable this option.
Top=enabled, bottom=disabled.
To set bristle spacing:
1 On the Stroke Designer page of
the Brush Creator, click Rake.
2 Enable the Spread Bristles check
box.
Soften Bristle Edge
Soften Bristle Edges makes a brush’s
outer dabs semi-transparent. This
option is particularly nice when used
with Turn Amount.
Soften Bristle Edge turns the outer dabs semi-
transparent.Top=disabled, bottom=enabled.
To soften bristle edge:
1 On the Stroke Designer page of
the Brush Creator, click Rake.
2 Move the Soften Bristle Edge
slider right to increase outer dab
transparency. Move it left to
decrease transparency.
Setting Random Controls
Corel Painter uses randomness to
introduce an “accidental” quality in
color and stroke. Randomness
contributes to the appealing, unique
look of artwork created in Corel
Painter. You can control brush
randomness with settings in the
Random area of the Stroke Designer
page.
Jitter
The Jitter control introduces a
randomized jitter to the brush stroke.
Instead of appearing directly along the
stroke, dabs appear randomly outside
the brush stroke path.
The Jitter slider creates a randomized jitter in
the brush stroke. Top=0, bottom=3.13.