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
8 Corel Painter User Guide
In addition, Corel Painter now supports Photoshop plug-ins for Mac OS® X.
Enhanced Wacom Support
Corel Painter IX features support for Wacom's newest pen tablet model — the
Wacom® Intuos®3 — and the entire Wacom tablet product line. The Wacom
Intuos3 has touch strips that can be configured to control brush size, zooming, and
many other functions, eliminating the need for a keyboard while painting. In addition,
tablet keys can be used as modifier keys, such as Command, Option, Shift, or Spacebar
on a Mac; or Ctrl, Alt, Shift, or Spacebar on a PC.
Enhanced Color Management
Corel Painter IX includes an enhanced Color Management System that ensures
accurate color reproduction when images are printed. Supporting industry-standard
ICC4.0 profiles, Corel Painter IX Color Management enables color matching between
on-screen and printed colors. A color-management tutorial helps users configure their
system for optimal color reproduction.
Learning
With improved Help, a revitalized User Guide, tutorials from leading graphics
professionals, training videos from lynda.com, and courseware specifically designed for
educators, getting started with Corel Painter IX has never been easier!
Improved Help
A revised User Guide and Help system provide information and fast solutions. The
Corel Painter IX Handbook, which is included with Corel Painter IX Full and
Upgrade versions, offers a collection of step-by-step tutorials created by well-known
creative professionals.
Free lynda.com Training Videos
Corel Painter IX includes training videos created by lynda.com, one of the world's
most renowned graphics training companies, to guide users through the Corel Painter
workspace, tools, features, and techniques.