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
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If you are using a mouse with Corel Painter, you can compensate for the lack of
pressure information by adjusting size, opacity, and grain on the property bar. For
example, reducing opacity or grain can produce the same results as pressing more
lightly with a stylus.
The content CD contains brushes designed specifically for use with a mouse. For
information about loading alternate brush libraries, refer to “Loading Alternate
Libraries” in the Help.
Corel Painter lets you record brush strokes, save them, and later use the saved stroke
data. This makes it possible to record a stylus-created brush stroke, save it, and then
use a mouse to reproduce the stroke that you made originally with the stylus. Refer to
“Recording and Playing Back Strokes” on page 161 for more information about
recording brush strokes to further enhance mouse functionality.
To adjust pressure, tilt, and bearing when using a mouse
1 On the Stroke Designer page of the Brush Creator, click Mouse.
2 Move the Pressure slider.
A 100% setting uses maximum pressure.
3 Move the Tilt slider.
A 90° setting simulates a stylus that is perpendicular to the tablet.
4 Move the Bearing slider.
A setting of zero indicates that if a stylus were in use, it would be pointing left.
To see the effect of the tilt setting, use the Fine Spray variant of the Airbrush
category.
To adjust fingerwheel settings when using a mouse
1 On the Stroke Designer page of the Brush Creator, click General.
2 Choose Wheel from the Expression pop-up menu.
3 Choose Mouse.
4 Move the Wheel slider.
A 90% setting indicates that if a stylus were in use, it would be perpendicular to
the tablet.