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
Watercolor 171
Working with Watercolor Brush Variants
The Watercolor brush variants produce natural-looking watercolor effects. All
Watercolor brush variants, except Wet Eraser, interact with the canvas texture.
Stylus pressure affects the width of the brush stroke for all Watercolor brush variants
except Wet Eraser. Increased pressure widens a brush stroke; less pressure narrows a
stroke.
Watercolor Dab Types
Refer to “Dab Types” on page 205 for more information about Watercolor Dab Types.
Water Controls
You can adjust the Water controls when you have selected a Watercolor brush from the
Brush Selector bar. Located on the Stroke Designer page of the Brush Creator, or the
Brush Controls palette, the Water controls allow you to specify various settings for
your Watercolor brushes. For example, you can adjust brush size, control diffusion, and
determine how the paper texture will interact with the brush strokes. Refer to “Water
Controls” on page 245 for more information.
A watercolor stroke before (left) and after (right) diffusion.
Applying a Paper Texture
The Watercolor brushes interact with paper grain — the colors flow, mix, and are
absorbed into the paper. The luminance information of the current paper grain is used
to determine how the paint diffuses into the paper and how it dries.
You can experiment with adjusting the sliders on the Papers palette and seeing their
effect on the Watercolor brushes. The Scale slider controls the size of the grain. The
Contrast slider, as it applies to the Watercolor layer, controls the height of the grain