User Guide

156 Corel Painter User Guide
Keep in mind that direction matters when you paint with a gradient.
Corel Painter flips the gradient when you change direction, so apply strokes in
the same direction for a uniform effect.
To paint with a pattern
1 Select a brush that applies media to a document.
2 On the Patterns palette, choose a pattern from the Pattern Selector.
3 Adjust the Pattern Scale slider.
4 On the Stroke Designer page of the Brush Creator, click General.
5 From the Dab Type pop-up menu, choose a dab type that activates the Source
pop-up menu (for example, Rendered).
6 Choose one of the following from the Source pop-up menu:
• Pattern, to paint with a pattern containing no mask information.
• Pattern with Mask, to paint by using mask data contained in the pattern.
If the Source option is not available (appears grayed out), the selected brush
can apply color only. In that case, select a computed brush, or choose a dab
type that activates the Source pop-up menu.
Keep in mind that direction matters when you paint with a pattern.
Corel Painter flips the pattern when you change direction, so apply strokes in
the same direction for a uniform effect.
To paint with pattern opacity
1 Select a brush that applies media to a document.
2 On the Patterns palette, choose a pattern from the Pattern Selector.
3 On the Stroke Designer page of the Brush Creator, click General.
4 From the Dab Type pop-up menu, choose a dab type that activates Source (for
example, Rendered).
5 Choose Pattern As Opacity from the Source pop-up menu.
Pattern As Opacity is the only computed dab type that responds to methods (Cover
and Buildup), allowing it to respond to Graininess.
6 Paint on your image.