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
162 Corel Painter User Guide
To record a stroke
• On the Brush Selector bar, click the menu arrow, and choose Record Stroke.
The next brush stroke you make is saved in memory.
To play back a stroke
1 On the Brush Selector bar, click the menu arrow, and choose Playback Stroke.
2 Click where you want to repeat the stroke.
Corel Painter centers the stroke on the point on which you click. You can repeat the
stroke as many times as you want.
3 On the Brush Selector bar, click the menu arrow, and choose Playback Stroke to
turn off playback.
To play back strokes randomly
• On the Brush Selector bar, click the menu arrow, and choose Auto Playback.
Corel Painter repeats the stroke at random positions until you click.
To save a stroke
1 On the Brush Selector bar, click the menu arrow, and choose Save Stroke.
2 In the Save Stroke dialog box, type a name.
Corel Painter adds the stroke to the list of saved strokes.
To select a saved stroke
• On the Brush Selector bar, click the menu arrow, choose Strokes, and choose a
saved stroke.
The selected stroke is used when you play back strokes or use stroke data.
To use stroke data
1 On the Brush Selector bar, click the menu arrow, then choose Strokes, and choose
one of the following:
• Pressure Modulate varies the stylus pressure in a brush stroke.
• 360° Bearing Rotate rotates the stylus bearing by 360°.
• Size/Bearing Modulate varies the size of the brush tip and stylus bearing in a
brush stroke.