User Guide

Scripting420
in the Open Script dialog. You cannot
edit the “always script.” However, if
you open this script, you can copy
instructions from it and paste them
into another script. In this way, you
can easily record recently taken steps
into a script.
To select one or several
instructions:
• You can select a single instruction
by clicking it.
• You can select multiple
instructions by holding down Shift
and clicking each instruction.
• You can select all instructions in a
script by clicking the palette menu
arrow and choosing Select All.
• You can deselect all selected script
instructions by clicking the palette
menu arrow and choosing
Deselect.
To copy, cut, and paste
instructions:
1 Select one or more instructions.
2 Click the palette menu arrow and
choose Cut or Copy.
3 Select the instruction before which
you want to paste.
4 Click the palette menu arrow and
choose Paste.
Note
•
Corel Painter stores copied instructions
on the Clipboard, so you can close one
script, open another, and paste the
instructions there.
Creating a New Script
To create a new script:
1 On the Scripts palette, click the
palette menu arrow and choose
New Script.
2 You can now build a script by
copying segments from other
scripts and pasting them into the
new script.
Scripts and Movies
Corel Painter allows you to play back
a script in a movie file. This allows
you to create some interesting effects,
as well as automate processes.
Corel Painter lets you apply a script to
a movie. This feature is particularly
useful when you have a script that
functions as a macro.
For example, you might want to apply
an effect like Motion Blur to a video
clip. You can record a script that
applies the Motion Blur effect to a
single image. Then, with a single
command, you can apply the script to
each frame of a movie. You can also
use a script to set grain position in a
movie.
For more information about applying
a script to a movie, refer to “Applying
Scripts to Movies” on page 433. For
more information about setting the
resolution of a movie, refer to
“Replaying a Script at a New
Resolution” on page 418.
Converting a Scripted Session
into a Movie
You can convert a script into a Corel
Painter movie and save it as a
QuickTime or AVI movie. Every
action you take becomes a frame in