User Guide

Corel Painter 261
5 In the Fade dialog box, drag the
slider.
The image in the preview window
changes.
6 When you are satisfied with the
settings, click OK to apply the
effect.
If you change your mind, choose
Edit menu > Undo.
Recently Used Effects
Commands
At the top of the Effects menu, Corel
Painter displays the last two effects
you applied. This lets you quickly re-
apply frequently used effects.
Tip
•
You can also use keyboard shortcuts to
apply the last two effects. Re-apply the last
effect by pressing Command+/ (Mac OS)
or Ctrl+/ (Windows). Re-apply the
second-last effect by pressing
Command+; (Mac OS) or Ctrl+;
(Windows).
About the Using Menu
Many of the Corel Painter effects
dialog boxes have a Using pop-up
menu that lets you specify a source, or
method. The source determines how
an effect is applied to different areas of
an image; a larger degree of change is
applied to light areas of the source,
and a smaller degree of change is
applied to dark areas. For example,
when you use the Paper method, the
effect is applied based on the light and
dark areas of the selected paper
texture.
The choices in the Using pop-up
menu vary between effects. They
include:
•Uniform Color
•Paper
• Image Luminance
• Original Luminance (clone
source)
•3D Brush Strokes
•Alpha channel or Layer mask
This option is available only if
your document has a channel or a
layer with a layer mask.
The sections explaining the different
effects describe these options.
In most cases, you can see the results
of choosing different options in the
Preview window of an effect’s dialog.
The best way to see how these options
affect your images is to try them.
Third-party Plug-ins
You can obtain additional effects by
using third-party plug-ins. Usually,
these are purchased separately. You
can access third-party plug-ins from
within Corel Painter using the Effects
menu.
For information on locating your
plug-ins for Corel Painter, refer to
“Using Plug-ins” on page 57. For
information about installing third-
party effects plug-ins, refer to “To
install an effects, acquire, or export
plug-in:” on page 58.
To use third-party plug-ins from
within Corel Painter:
1 Select all or part of your image.