User Guide

Corel Painter 65
Creating Paper Textures
The Make Paper command lets you
make your own paper textures.
To create a paper texture:
1 Choose Window menu > Show
Papers.
2 On the Papers palette, click the
palette menu arrow and choose
Make Paper.
3 In the Make Paper dialog box,
choose a pattern from the Pattern
pop-up menu to use as the basis of
your paper texture.
4 Adjust the Spacing slider.
Moving the Spacing slider to the
right opens up space between rows
and columns in the selected
pattern.
5 Adjust the Angle slider.
Moving the Angle slider changes
the direction in which the pattern’s
rows are lined up.
6 When you like the look of the
texture, enter a name.
Your new texture appears as the
last item in the Paper selector.
Tip
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You can also use the Paper selector in
the toolbox to create paper. Click the
Paper selector, click the selector menu
arrow, and choose Make Paper.
The Make Paper dialog box allows you to
create your own textures based on patterns in
the Pattern pop-up menu.
Capturing Paper Textures
The Capture Paper command lets you
turn a section of an image into a paper
texture. Once you save textures, they
are available from the Papers palette.
To capture paper texture:
1 Open or create an image.
2 Select all or a piece of your source
image.
3 On the Papers palette, click the
palette menu arrow and choose
Capture Paper.
If you want to blend the distinction
between tile borders, move the
Crossfade slider in the Save Paper
dialog box to the right.
4 Type the name of your new
texture.
Your texture now appears in the
Paper selector and is added to the
current library.
Tips
•
You can also use the Paper selector in
the toolbox to capture paper texture. Click
the Paper selector, click the selector menu
arrow, and choose Capture Paper.
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The Make Fractal Pattern feature
creates excellent textures. Some weaves
also produce good textures. For more
information, see “Turning a Fractal
Pattern into a Paper Texture” on page 69.