User Guide

Mosaics356
Cut Randomness
With Cut randomness set to 0, the
edges of the tile are created
perpendicularly to the stroke.
Increasing Cut randomness allows the
angle of the tile ends to vary.
The Randomness: Cut slider controls angle of
the end tiles. Cut=90°.
Grout Randomness
Increasing Grout randomness allows
the spacing between tiles to vary by
the set percentage.
The Randomness: Grout slider controls the
randomness of the spacing between tiles.
Grout=100%.
Working with Mosaics
Each mosaic tile you create is stored as
a resolution-independent object
within the Corel Painter image
database. This means that if you resize
an image composed of mosaic tiles,
your image can be displayed at the
same quality as if it was originally
created at higher resolution.
The image that you see displayed is
the set of all mosaic tiles rendered as
an image onto the canvas. Mosaics can
be re-rendered at any time. Once you
exit the Make Mosaic dialog box, you
can treat this rendered image just like
any photograph or painting. You can
paint it, apply effects to it, select
portions of it, or increase the canvas
size. However, once you choose
Re-render Mosaic, Corel Painter
erases any imagery that is not a tile or
grout.
Mosaics and Layers
The first thing the Mosaic feature does
is cover the entire canvas with grout.
This obliterates images that are on the
canvas, but leaves objects that hover
above the canvas, such as layers and
shapes. These objects are not deleted,
but they do cover up the mosaic you’re
working on.
Note
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The Mosaic feature works with the
entire canvas. You cannot apply mosaic
tiles inside a layer.
Compositing with Mosaics
If you want to composite a mosaic
with some other image, you have
several options:
• using multiple documents
•using layers
• layering mosaics
Using Multiple Documents
You can create the mosaic in its own
document. When you’re satisfied with
the result, float and copy the mosaic to
the document where you want to
composite it.