User Guide

Corel Painter 91
To set color variability based on
the current color set:
1 On the Colors palette, choose a
primary color from the standard or
small Color picker.
2 Choose Window menu > Show
Color Variability
to display the
Color Variability palette.
3 Choose From Color Set from the
pop-up menu.
From Color Set causes random
colors from the current color set to
be chosen for color variability.
Color Expression
Color expression determines where
Corel Painter should use the primary
or secondary color in an image.
The Color Expression Palette
The Color Expression palette lets you
introduce input, such as direction,
that controls output when applying
two-color brush strokes.
The Color Expression palette.
To display the Color Expression
palette
• Choose Window menu > Show
Color Expression.
To set Color Expression controls
1 Choose Window menu > Show
Color Expression to display the
Color Expression palette.
2 From the Controller pop-up menu,
choose one of the following:
• None — applies no adjustment
to the color expression
• Veloci ty — adjusts the color
expression based on the drag-
ging speed
• Direction — adjusts the color
expression based on the direc-
tion of the stroke, and accord-
ing to the value you set with the
slider or in the box
• Pressure — adjusts the color
expression based on stylus pres-
sure
• Wheel — adjusts the color
expression based on the wheel
settings on an airbrush stylus,
specifically the Wacom Intuos
Airbrush stylus
• Tilt — adjusts the color expres-
sion based on the angle of the
stylus from the tablet
• Bearing — adjusts the color
expression based on the direc-
tion in which the stylus points
• Source — adjusts the color
expression based on the lumi-
nance of the clone source
• Random — adjusts the color
expression at random
3 If you want to switch the primary
and secondary colors, enable the
Invert check box to invert the color
expression.
Annotating Colors
The Annotation feature uses color
names as labels for the colors in your
images. Labels are small text boxes