User Guide

216 Corel Painter User Guide
To set grain
1 On the Stroke Designer page of the Brush Creator, click General.
2 Move the Grain slider to the left to reduce the penetration into the grain. Move it
to the right to increase the penetration.
Size Controls
The Size brush feature determines how Corel Painter varies the width of the brush
stroke. The range from minimum to maximum is determined by Size and Min Size
sliders in the Size area of the Stroke Designer page. Some Size controls work in
conjunction with Expression settings. For more information about Expression settings,
see “Expression Settings” on page 262.
The Brush Dab Preview Window in the Size area of the Stroke Designer page shows
how your changes affect the brush dab. Clicking in this preview window lets you
toggle between “hard” and “soft” views of the dab. The Preview supports only hard
and soft views of dab based brushes.
Click in the preview window to toggle between “hard” (left) and “soft” (right) views.
In the hard view, concentric circles show the minimum and maximum sizes of a brush.
The inner (black) circle shows the minimum dab width. The outer (gray) circle shows
the maximum dab width. Remember that some brushes vary the line width based on
pressure or stroke speed. The difference between the diameter of the two circles shows
the range in which the stroke width can vary.
In the soft view, shading shows the density distribution of the brush tip. The density
distribution describes how much of the medium is conveyed by a given point on the
brush dab. For example, an individual dab made by an airbrush produces a soft-edged
circular mark with minimum density at the outer edge of the dab. Density increases
inward to a maximum value at the exact center of the dab. The soft view cannot be
used for the Image Hose or rendered dab types.