User Guide

Using Image Effects276
To change a light’s properties:
1 Click an indicator to select it.
2 Adjust any of the following sliders:
• Brightness is like a dimmer
knob. Moving it to the left
turns down the light source;
moving it to the right increases
brightness.
• Distance controls how far the
light is from the image. If you
move the light source closer,
you might have to change the
image’s exposure (seebelow).
• Elevation sets the light’s angle
in relation to the Canvas. At 90°
the light is shining straight
down, and at 1° it’s nearly hori-
zontal.
• Spread sets the angle of the
light cone.
• Exposure is the image’s bright-
ness, as in photography. Mov-
ing the slider to the left
decreases exposure and darkens
the image; moving it to the
right increases exposure and
lightens the image.
• Ambient is the surrounding
light in an image. If you have
no individual lights in your
image, the ambient lighting
will govern the overall lightness
of the image. Moving the
Ambient slider to the left dark-
ens the overall lighting; moving
it to the right increases the
light.
To change light color:
1 Click an indicator.
2 Click the Light Color icon, and
choose a color from the color
picker.
3 Click the Ambient Light Color
icon, and choose a color for the
surrounding light from the color
picker.
Saving Lighting Effects
After you’ve adjusted lighting and
created an effect you like, you can save
the settings in the library. This lets you
quickly use the same settings on
another image.
To save specific lighting effects:
1 After setting up a lighting effect,
click Save.
2 In the Save Lighting dialog box,
type a name for your new lighting
effect.
The effect is saved to the default
Corel Painter settings library, and a
thumbnail is displayed in the
Apply Lighting dialog box.
Creating Lighting Effects
Libraries
You can create your own lighting
libraries to store your custom lighting
effects. You can use the Lighting
Mover to move saved lighting effects
into your new library.
This way, you can set up effects for
different purposes and access them
quickly.
To create a custom lighting
library:
1 In the Apply Lighting dialog box,
click Library.
2 Click New.