User Guide

Cloning and Tracing190
The faint source image returns and
you can continue tracing.
Changing Clone Source
For more flexibility in setting up
cloning relationships, Corel Painter
lets you set any open document as a
clone source. You can do this to re-
establish a source/destination
relationship between two files. You
might also do this to choose special
source imagery for controlling an
image effect.
To set an open document as the
clone source:
• Choose File menu > Clone
Source and select which of the
open documents is the clone
source.
Note
•
If you lose track of which document is
the clone source, choose File menu >
Clone Source. The file with a check beside
its name is the clone source.
To make an open file the clone
source for the next file you open:
1 Hold down the Command (Mac
OS) or Ctrl (Windows) key.
2 Choose File menu > Clone.
3 In the Open dialog box, choose a
file to use as the clone source.
Painting in the Clone
Painting with a Cloner brush is
similar to painting with any Corel
Painter tool, except that Cloner
variants take their color information
from a clone source, instead of from
the Colors palette.
Some Cloner brush variants
reproduce source imagery directly.
Other Cloner variants reproduce with
low opacity and soft edges or use
paper grain and specialized dabs for
particular media effects.
When you paint with a Cloner brush,
it picks up color from the clone source,
while you control the size and
direction of brush strokes. It’s a great
way to get Natural-Media renderings
from photographic source material.
The Oil Brush Cloner is just one interesting
Cloner brush variant.
You can create new Cloner brushes or
refine existing Cloner variants using
the Brush Creator. For more
information about customizing
brushes, refer to “Customizing
Brushes” on page 143.
The Corel Painter brushes that have
buildup methods, like pencils and felt
pens, build toward black. If you clone
with one of these brushes in a dark
area of your image, you may not
achieve the desired results. Use the
Opacity slider or text box to control
how rapidly these brushes build up to
black. You can also choose chalk or
one of the other tools that cover
underlying colors.