User Guide

The Brush Creator174
To choose a drawing method
1 On the Stroke Designer page of
the Brush Creator, click Impasto.
2 Choose a Drawing Method from
the Draw To pop-up menu.
Depth Method
The Depth Methods in Corel Painter
use the luminance information in the
control medium to determine how
much depth is applied within a stroke.
You can use the Invert and Negative
Depth options to affect the way the
stroke appears.
For more information on Depth
methods, see “Setting Depth Method”
on page 139.
To choose a Depth method
1 On the Stroke Designer page of
the Brush Creator, click Impasto.
2 Choose a Depth Method from the
Depth Method pop-up menu.
To invert a Depth method
1 On the Stroke Designer page of
the Brush Creator, click Impasto.
2 Enable the Invert check box.
To choose the Negative Depth
option:
1 On the Stroke Designer page of
the Brush Creator, click Impasto.
2 Enable the Negative Depth check
box.
Depth
The Depth slider determines how
much depth is applied to Impasto
brush strokes. When you set Depth
Expression to Pressure and the Invert
option is enabled, less depth is applied
as you press harder—just as it would
using a real brush.
Refer to “Adjusting Impasto Depth”
on page 136 for more information
about painting with depth.
To set depth
1 On the Stroke Designer page of
the Brush Creator, click Impasto.
2 Drag the Depth slider to the right
to increase Depth. Drag it to the
left to decrease Depth.
Smoothing
Smoothing controls the transition of
the texture applied to a stroke.
To set Smoothing
1 On the Stroke Designer page of
the Brush Creator, click Impasto.
2 Move the Smoothing slider to the
right to increase the Smoothing
effect. Move it to the left to
decrease the effect.
Plow
Plow controls how much a stroke
interacts with other Impasto brush
strokes. In essence your brush stroke
“plows” through existing strokes.
To set Plow
1 On the Stroke Designer page of
the Brush Creator, click Impasto.
2 Move the Plow slider to the right to
increase the Plow effect. Move it to
the left to decrease the effect.