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

Welcome to Corel Painter IX 9
Free Academic Courseware
Corel Painter academic courseware consists of complete lesson plans and exercises for
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How to Use the Documentation
You can find answers to many of your questions in the Corel Painter User Guide and
the Help available from within the Corel Painter workspace.
The Corel Painter User Guide contains commonly used procedures and information. A
Portable Document Format (PDF) version of the Corel Painter User Guide is available
on the Corel Painter IX CD. Full-color versions of the Corel Painter User Guide can be
purchased from www.corel.com/painterix.
The Help gives you access to a full range of topics in a searchable format.
If you have any comments or suggestions about The Handbook, user guide, Help, or
tutorials, please contact us at www.corel.com/painterix/feedback.
Documentation Conventions
The following table describes important conventions used in the
Corel Painter User Guide and in the Help.
Convention Description Example
Multiple platforms The Corel Painter User Guide is
for both the Mac OS and
Windows platforms. As a
convention, Mac OS commands
precede Windows commands in
the text.
Hold down Command (Mac OS)
or Ctrl (Windows).
Modifier keys When a modifier key differs
between Mac OS and Windows,
the Mac OS modifier is listed
first, followed by the Windows
modifier.
“Command + I (Mac OS) or Ctrl
+ I (Windows)” means that
Mac OS users would press
Command + I and Windows
users would press Ctrl + I.










