User Guide

Scripting416
• You can record a script that plays
back using the current art
materials. For example, you can
record a script of a pencil drawing,
then open a new document,
choose a different paper texture,
color, and brush, and play back the
script. Watch Corel Painter repeat
your drawing with the selected art
materials.
• Scripts are a great educational tool.
Playing the script of an art project
lets you see the step-by-step
process used to make the image.
It’s like looking over the artist’s
shoulder.
• Scripts are particularly useful for
working with movies. When you
have an operation you want to
apply to each frame in a movie,
record the set of commands in a
script. You can then apply the
script to the entire movie as one
command.
• When you play a script, you can
output it to a movie. Every action
you take becomes a frame in the
movie. This is a great way to create
special effects for your QuickTime
or Video for Windows (VFW)
movies.
How Scripts Work
The Script recorder saves each
instruction you give Corel Painter,
including what values, locations,
colors, and textures are used. By
repeating the instructions, you can
reproduce the artwork “from scratch.”
Because Corel Painter saves
instructions, scripts are efficient and
flexible. For example, you can play a
script one instruction at a time. You
can also edit scripts, taking a few
instructions from one script and
inserting them into another one.
The Scripts Palette
The Scripts palette supplies the basic
tools for recording, playing, and
storing scripts.
To show the Scripts palette:
• Choose Window menu > Show
Scripts.
Note
•
The Script list is empty until you open
a script for editing.
To hide the Scripts palette:
• Choose Window menu > Hide
Scripts.
The Scripts palette
Record and Playback Buttons
The Script buttons on the bottom of
the palette make it easy to stop, play,
record, pause, and step forward when
you’re working with scripts.
Script list
Script selector
Script buttons
Palette menu
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