User Guide

The Brush Creator184
for every brush variant you may
have adjusted.
To delete a variant:
1 Choose the variant from the Brush
selector bar.
2 Click the selector menu arrow and
choose Delete Variant.
3 Click Yes to delete the variant.
The variant’s related XML file is
deleted from the Brush category
folder.
Copying Variants between
Brush Categories
If you create a variant, then decide you
want it in a different brush category,
you can copy it there. After copying,
you can then delete the original.
To copy a variant to a different
brush category:
1 Choose the variant you want to
copy from the Brush selector bar.
2 Click the selector menu arrow and
choose Copy Variant.
3 In the Copy Variant dialog box,
choose the destination brush
category from the pop-up menu.
The brush variant is copied to the
selected category. (Remember to
delete the variant in the category
from which it was copied.)
Tip
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You can also copy Brush variants at
the root of the category folder by copying
the XML files to the desired category. This
is much quicker when copying multiple
files.
Capturing Brush Dabs
You can create your own brush dab
shapes. Any shape is possible.
When you’ve created a shape you like, select
and capture it.
To create a brush dab shape:
1 On a white background, draw a
brush shape in black.
Use shades of gray to define what
you wish to be partially transparent
areas of the brush.
To follow stroke direction, a
captured brush set must face
toward the right side.
2 Choose the Rectangular Selection
tool from the toolbox .
3 Hold down the Shift key and drag
across your brush shape to create a
square selection.
Corel Painter uses the selected area
to map brush Size. When the
brush is created, this area is
sampled to compute each brush
dab.
When the original area must be
scaled to the Size of the brush dab,
sampling can appear aliased. The
greater the scaling, the more
aliasing is apparent. To prevent too
much aliasing, create a shape with
soft (grayscale) edges and draw it
close to the Size you’ll use.
4 On the Brush selector bar, choose
the brush category where you want