User Guide
Animation and Video438
For best results, the source should
have the same frame rate you intend
for the animation. For more
information on frame rates, refer to
“Frame Rate—A Matter of Time” on
page 430.
To trace a movie:
1 Choose File menu > Open and
open the source movie you want to
trace.
2 Create a new movie with the same
dimensions and number of frames
as the source.
With these two frame stacks open,
you’re ready to trace the source
into the new movie.
3 With the original movie selected
and rewound to frame 1, choose
Movie menu > Set Movie Clone
Source.
4 Select the new movie and choose
Canvas menu > Tracing Paper.
The first frame of the original
movie appears ghosted in the first
frame of the new movie.
5 Trace the first frame using any of
the Corel Painter tools, textures,
and effects.
6 When finished, click the Step
Forward button on the Frame
Stacks palette (or press Page Up)
and trace the second frame.
7 Continue frame by frame until you
have created your own animation.
Saving and Exporting
Movies
Corel Painter provides several options
for saving and exporting your finished
movies.
Some file formats (like QuickTime
and Video for Windows) have
compression options available.
Exporting a Single Image
from a Movie
To export a frame as a single
image:
1 Display the frame you want to
export in the image window.
You can click on the frame
thumbnail in the Frame Stacks
palette or use the controls in the
Frames Stacks palette to display
the frame.
2 Choose File menu > Save As. The
Save Movie dialog appears.
3 Select Save current frame as
image.
4 In the Save dialog box, choose a
location and file format, enter a
name for the file, and click Save.
Exporting Movies as
QuickTime Movies
You can export a movie as a
QuickTime movie on either the
Macintosh or Windows platform.
QuickTime supports several
compression schemes. The following
descriptions should help you choose
one; however, you’ll probably want to
experiment with different compressors
and settings to identify the best
settings for your work. You may also
have additional compression methods
available.
• Animation—this compression
method works well with areas of
continuous tone. If you set Quality
to Best and make every frame a key