User Guide

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4 Choose an application method from the Depth Method pop-up menu.
5 Adjust the Depth slider to set how much depth the brush applies.
6 Adjust the Smoothing slider to set the transitions in the texture.
Higher Smoothing values produce less textured strokes.
7 Adjust the Plow slider to control how much a depth stroke displaces other strokes
that it intersects.
Varying Input to Control Depth
In addition to the Impasto controls, you can also use the Depth slider in the
Brush Creator to add more complexity to your strokes. The Depth slider can alter the
flow of depth as you paint. Using one of the nine input controllers, you can control the
flow of depth based on pressure, velocity, or bearing. Refer to “Impasto Controls” on
page 241 for complete descriptions of controllers.
To use the Depth brush feature
1 On the Stroke Designer page of the Brush Creator, click Impasto.
2 Choose Depth from the Draw To pop-up menu.
3 Choose a depth method from the Depth Method pop-up menu.
4 Adjust the Depth slider, and choose an expression from the Expression pop-up
menu.
For a realistic effect, try varying Depth inversely with Pressure. Set the
Expression pop-up menu to Pressure, and enable the Invert option. This lets
you apply paint more thickly when you press lightly, but more thinly when
you press firmly, just as if you were using real paint.
Blending Impasto with Other Layers
You can control how Corel Painter blends Impasto brush strokes with images on other
layers by selecting a composite depth method on the Layers palette.
The Composite Depth menu provides the following methods for combining Impasto
brush strokes:
• The Add method combines depth information between layers. Brush strokes on
different layers build up where they overlap.