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
176 Corel Painter User Guide
To adjust Liquid Ink layer attributes
1 On the Layers palette, double-click the Liquid Ink layer you want to modify.
2 In the Liquid Ink Layer Attributes dialog box, do one or more of the following:
• Type a name for the layer in the Name box.
• Adjust the position of the layer in the Top and Left boxes.
• Type layer information in the Notes box.
• Adjust the Threshold slider to increase or decrease the width of the brush
stroke.
• Adjust the Amount slider to increase or decrease the height, or
three-dimensional appearance, of the brush stroke.
Using Liquid Ink Controls
You can adjust the Liquid Ink controls when you have selected a Liquid Ink brush from
the Brush Selector bar. The controls on the Stroke Designer page of the Brush Creator
allow you to specify various settings for your Liquid Ink brushes. For example, you can
select Liquid Ink brush type, size, smoothness, and stroke volume. Refer to “Liquid Ink
Controls” on page 250 for more information.
Size
The Feature slider in the Size area of the Stroke Designer page lets you determine the
space between bristles. You can experiment with the Feature slider and its effect on
different Liquid Ink brushes; the higher the setting, the farther apart the bristles
appear. Lower settings produce more solid strokes. With Liquid Ink brushes, the
adhesion of the bristles minimizes the appearance of individual bristles.
The Feature slider and its effect on Liquid Ink brush strokes.