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
Customizing Brushes 215
Source, Opacity, and Grain Settings
The Source setting specifies the media that is applied by the brush variant. Source
applies only to some dab types, such as Line Airbrush, Projected, and Rendered. Refer
to “Painting with Color” on page 149 for more information about setting a media
source.
Corel Painter brushes use one of the following source types:
• Color applies primary or secondary color.
• Gradient applies the current gradient across the length of the stroke.
• Gradient Repeat applies the current gradient repeatedly along the stroke.
• Pattern paints with a pattern containing no mask information.
• Pattern With Mask paints with a pattern limited by the pattern’s mask.
• Pattern As Opacity paints a pattern in which the luminance of the pattern becomes
the opacity of the stroke.
The Opacity slider determines how Corel Painter should vary the density of the media
being applied. It sets the maximum opacity of the selected brush. The opacity of an
Airbrush variant is often set to be determined by stylus pressure. Heavier pressure
produces more opaque strokes. You can use the Expressions settings on the Stroke
Designer page to link opacity to stylus or mouse data.
The Grain slider determines the maximum amount of paper texture that Corel Painter
should reveal in a brush stroke. Some default variants have their grain component
determined by pressure. Increasing pressure causes the pencil to “dig into” the paper.
You can use the Expressions settings on the Stroke Designer page to link grain to
stylus or mouse data. You can also use the paper’s brightness and contrast settings to
control brush–grain interaction. For more information, see “Using Paper Texture” on
page 113.
To choose a media source
1 On the Stroke Designer page of the Brush Creator, click General.
2 Choose a source from the Source pop-up menu.
To set brush opacity
1 On the Stroke Designer page of the Brush Creator, click General.
2 Move the Opacity slider to the left to reduce opacity, or to the right to increase
opacity.