User Guide

Mosaics360
Working with Tessellation
Mosaics
A tessellation is a type of mosaic that
uses non-rectangular tiles.
Tessellation tiles are subject to the
same rules as the rectangular mosaic
tiles.
The Make Tessellation feature works
by dividing the canvas into polygonal
shapes, which become the mosaic
tiles. The polygons themselves are sets
of points, connected by line segments.
You can control the number of points
and their distribution. You can also
specify how the points are connected.
A tessellation mosaic uses non-rectangular
tiles.
After choosing the Make Tessellation
feature, the polygons appear as mosaic
tiles, are given the primary color, and
are surrounded by the grout lines
described in the Make Mosaic dialog
box.
You can use the tools in the Make
Mosaic dialog box to remove tiles and
change their color. However, you can’t
re-apply tiles.
To create a tessellation:
1 Open a new document.
2 Choose Canvas menu > Make
Mosaic.
3 In the Make Mosaic dialog box,
choose Dimensions from the
Settings menu.
4 Adjust the Grout slider to describe
the thickness you want for the
grout lines, and select a grout
color.
5 Click Done to exit the Make
Mosaic dialog box.
6 Choose Canvas menu > Make
Tess ellat ion.
7 Do one of the following:
• Click or drag in the document
to create points. Repeat to add
more points. Corel Painter con-
nects the points to form the
polygons.
• In the Make Tessellation dialog
box, choose one of the com-
mands from the Options pop-
up menu. You can add 500
points randomly, evenly spaced,
or based on a clone source doc-
ument.
8 Choose a tessellation tile shape
from the Display pop-up menu.
Corel Painter forms polygons by
connecting the points according to
the Display type.
You can choose from one of three
display options:
•Triangles
•Cracks
•Pieces
9 If you want to clear all points,
choose Reset from the Options
pop-up menu.