User Guide
Corel Painter 329
• Reset—restores the default
settings.
To create a Liquid Metal dynamic
layer:
1 Deselect all layers.
2 On the Layers palette, click the
Dynamic Plug-ins button and
choose Liquid Metal.
3 In the Liquid Metal dialog box,
choose the Circle or Brush tool.
Refer to “Liquid Metal Tools” on
page 326 for more information.
4 Choose one of the following metal
types from the Map pop-up menu:
•Standard Metal
•Chrome 1
•Chrome 2
•Interior
• Clone Source
5 Use the sliders and controls to
adjust the appearance of the metal.
Refer to “Liquid Metal Controls”
on page 327 for more information.
6 Drag in the document window to
apply the metal.
If you want to clear the effect and
start again, click Clear.
7 Click OK to end the Liquid Metal
session.
To use Rain:
1 Deselect all layers.
2 On the Layers palette, click the
Dynamic Plug-ins button and
choose Liquid Metal.
3 In the Liquid Metal dialog box, set
the sliders and controls to adjust
the metal.
4 Click Rain.
Corel Painter scatters metal
droplets on the layer.
5 Click anywhere to stop the rain.
To create negative metal:
• Press Option (Mac OS) or Alt
(Windows), and drag with the
Circle or Brush tool.
You will create holes in your metal.
As you drag through positive pools,
the negative metal will divide and
separate the existing metal.
To adjust the size of the brush or
drops of rain:
1 In the Liquid Metal dialog box,
choose the Liquid Metal Selector
tool , and click outside the
droplets to deselect all.
2 Change the Size slider to the
desired value.
3 Click the Brush tool and paint, or
click Rain.
Tip
•
You can also adjust the size of existing
metal by selecting the droplets and
moving the Size slider. For information
about selecting droplets, refer to “To select
metal droplets:” on page 330.
Using Reflection Maps
Metal is highly reflective. You can
customize the look by using a clone
source or a pattern as a reflection map.
For more information about cloning,
refer to “Cloning a Document” on
page 188. For more information about
creating and choosing patterns, refer
to “Using Patterns” on page 66.