User Guide

Mosaics352
Creating the Mosaic Effect
When in Mosaics mode, you can add,
remove, and reshape mosaic tiles. You
can choose a color to paint with or use
the Clone Color. You can also set
grout thickness.
The following key commands help in
working with the entire mosaic:
Applying and Removing Tiles
To apply tiles:
1 Choose Canvas menu > Make
Mosaic.
2 In the Make Mosaic dialog box,
click the Apply Tiles button .
3 Drag in the document window.
New tiles flow from your stroke.
Tip
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You can also have Corel Painter do the
tile work automatically with the Stroke
Selections and Fill Selection commands.
To remove tiles:
1 Choose Canvas menu > Make
Mosaic.
2 In the Make Mosaic dialog box,
click the Remove Tiles button .
3 Select the tiles you want to remove.
Tile Color
The selected primary color on the
Colors palette determines the color.
You might want to add some color
variability to build visual interest.
When working in a clone document,
you can color the tiles based on the
clone source.
To use multi-colored tiles:
1 Choose Window menu > Show
Color Variability to display the
Color Variability palette.
If the Color Variability is not
expanded, click the palette arrow.
2 Choose a color variability method
from the pop-up menu.
3 Move the sliders or type values in
the boxes to adjust the color
variability settings.
To base colors on a clone source:
• After cloning an image, enable the
Clone Color option on the
Colors palette.
Normally, each tile is given a single
color. If you want more options for
coloring tiles, render the tiles to a
channel. You can then convert the
channel to a selection to paint directly
on the tiles, apply effects, or fill them
with a pattern, weave, gradient, or
image. Refer to “Render Tiles into
Mask” on page 358 for more
information.
Changing Tile Color
There are several ways to change tile
color. You can adjust the value, change
the hue, or randomize variability. You
can adjust the color for individual tiles
or across areas of the mosaic.
Key Command Description
a
select all Selects
every tile.
d
deselect all Deselect
all tiles.