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
Color 109
You can press Option + click (Mac OS) or Alt + click (Windows) in the color
ramp bar to create a control point that is set to the current color.
You can create interesting gradient effects by selecting two additional colors
in between the end colors.
To delete a control point
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 a control point to select it.
4 Press Delete (Mac OS) or Backspace (Windows) to delete a selected color control
point.
To save a gradient
1 Choose Window menu > Library Palettes > Show Gradients to display the
Gradients palette.
2 Click the palette menu arrow, and choose Save Gradient.
3 In the Save Gradient dialog box, enter a name for the gradient.
Creating Blending Ramps
Blending ramps determine whether a gradient blends linearly or nonlinearly.
To create ramps that blend linearly
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, enable the Linear check box.
Linear is the default option.
To create nonlinear gradients
1 Choose Window menu > Library Palettes > Show Gradients to display the
Gradients palette.