User Guide
Table Of Contents
- Featured artists
- Table of contents
- Welcome to Corel Painter IX
- The Basics
- Working with Documents
- Creating and Opening Documents
- Creating and Opening Templates
- Placing Files
- Understanding Resolution
- Zooming
- Repositioning Documents
- Rotating Documents
- Cropping Images
- Using Full Screen Mode
- Image Size Information
- Resizing the Canvas
- Rotating and Flipping the Canvas
- Saving Files
- Closing Documents and Quitting the Application
- Setting Preferences
- Working with Documents
- Layers
- Getting Started with Layers
- Managing Layers
- Editing Layers
- Painting on Layers
- Brush Methods and Painting on Layers
- Preserving Layer Transparency
- Working with Floating Objects
- Adding Drop Shadows
- Creating Patterns on Layers
- Working with Reference Layers
- Setting Layer Opacity
- Blending Layers by Using Composite Methods
- Adding Notes to a Layer
- Storing Images with the Image Portfolio
- Organizing Layers with Image Portfolio Libraries
- Color
- Getting Started with Color
- Working with the Mixer Palette
- Working with Color Sets
- Setting Color Variability
- Viewing Color Information
- Setting Color Expression
- Working with Gradients
- Textures, Patterns, and Weaves
- Using Paper Texture
- Using Patterns
- Using Weaves
- Painting
- Exploring Brushes
- Marking the Canvas
- Exploring Painting
- Working with Fill
- Watercolor
- Liquid Ink
- Impasto
- Image Hose
- Customizing Brushes
- Getting Started with the Brush Creator
- Managing Settings and Controls
- General Controls
- Size Controls
- Spacing Controls
- Angle Controls
- Bristle Controls
- Well Controls
- Rake Controls
- Random Controls
- Mouse Controls
- Cloning Controls
- Impasto Controls
- Image Hose Controls
- Airbrush Controls
- Water Controls
- Liquid Ink Controls
- Digital Watercolor Controls
- Artists’ Oil Controls
- Color Variability Controls
- Color Expression Controls
- Expression Settings
- Managing Custom Brushes
- Cloning and Tracing
- Image Effects
- Working with Surface Texture
- Setting Appearance of Depth Properties
- Using Paper to Create Texture
- Using 3D Brush Strokes to Create Texture
- Creating 3D Oils
- Using Image Luminance to Create Texture
- Using Clone Source Luminance to Create Texture
- Creating Embossing Effects
- Using Channels and Layer Masks to Create Texture
- Working with Reflection Maps
- Applying Lighting to a Texture
- Working with Surface Texture
- Mosaics
- Getting Started with Mosaics
- Placing and Customizing Tiles
- Using Shapes
- Animation and Video
- Creating Animations and Video
- Getting Started with Movies
- Modifying a Movie
- Rotoscoping
- Saving and Exporting Movies
- Printing
- Index
108 Corel Painter User Guide
To create a two-point gradient
1 Choose Window menu > Color Palettes > Show Colors to display the Colors
palette.
2 On the Colors palette, click the Main Color square, and choose a main color.
3 Click the Additional Color square, and choose an additional color.
4 Choose Window menu > Library Palettes > Show Gradients.
5 Choose Two-Point from the Gradient Selector.
To edit or create a complex gradient
1 Choose Window menu > Library Palettes > Show Gradients to display the
Gradients palette.
2 Click the palette menu arrow, and choose Edit Gradient.
The color ramp bar across the top of the Edit Gradient dialog box displays the
current gradient. The pointed gray markers along the bottom of the color ramp bar
are color control points. You can position these pointed markers to change the color
of the blend at individual gradient points.
3 Click a color control point to select it.
4 On the Colors palette, click the Main Color square, and choose a main color.
5 Repeat steps 3 and 4 for each color control point you want to edit.
To add color control points
1 Choose Window menu > Library Palettes > Show Gradients to display the
Gradients palette.
2 Click the palette menu arrow, and choose Edit Gradient.
3 In the Edit Gradient dialog box, click anywhere in the color ramp bar.
The control point is added, without affecting color.
4 Click the new color control point to select it.
5 Open the Colors palette and choose a color.
For a two-point gradient, you set a color for the right control point and then
set a color for the left control point.