User Guide

Corel Painter 271
To adjust a selected color:
1 Choose Effects menu > Tonal
Control > Adjust Selected
Colors.
The Adjust Selected Colors dialog
appears.
2 Move your cursor over the original
image in the image window (your
cursor becomes a dropper), and
click the color you want to adjust.
The Colors palette displays the
selected color as the primary color.
3 Choose a method from the Using
pop-up menu to determine what
Corel Painter will use as the source
for the color adjustment.
4 Adjust the Extents and Feather
sliders to select a range of colors to
adjust.
Move the Extents sliders to the
right to increase the amount of
color space affected by the effect.
5 Adjust the bottom three sliders to
control the overall hue, saturation,
and value levels.
You can see changes in the Preview
window. You can drag in the
Preview window to see different
areas of the image.
If you want to reset the sliders to
the default settings, click Reset.
6 When you are satisfied with the
settings, click OK to apply the
effect.
Brightness/Contrast
The Brightness/Contrast dialog
adjusts the brightness and contrast of
the overall image in RGB.
Before and after Brightness/Contrast.
You can also adjust brightness and
contrast as a function of dye densities
by adjusting the dye concentration.
Refer to “Dye Concentration” on
page 288 for more information.
To adjust RGB brightness and
contrast:
1 Select a layer or area of the canvas.
If you want to apply the effect to
the entire image, make sure there
are no selections.
2 Choose Effects menu > Tonal
Control > Brightness/Contrast.
The Brightness/Contrast dialog
appears.
3 Drag the upper slider to adjust
image contrast. Drag the lower
slider to adjust image brightness.
The image is adjusted when you
release the mouse or stylus.
If you want to reset the sliders to
the default settings, click Reset.
4 Click Apply.