User Guide

11
Cloning and Tracing
Cloning is a feature that can help you
create art, quickly and easily. Cloning
is the process of taking imagery from
one area or document (the source)
and re-creating it in another area or
document (the destination).
Cloning is a two-step process: First,
you set a clone source, then you work
in a destination area. The source and
destination can be in separate
documents or in different areas of the
same document.
Cloning Imagery
Cloning-method brush variants are
the most common way to develop
imagery in a clone destination. These
variants re-create the source imagery
while they effectively “filter” it,
reproducing it in an “artistic style,”
such as pastel chalk or water color.
Cloning allows you to “filter” source imagery
to create Natural-Media renderings.
Advanced, multi-point cloning lets
you transform (rotate, scale, slant,
apply perspective) imagery as you
clone it. Corel Painter offers other
interesting ways to take advantage of
clone source/destination relationships,
like the Corel Painter imaginary “light
box” method, Tracing Paper.
Because cloning can be simple or
complex, this chapter begins with
basics, then progresses to advanced
cloning techniques.