User Guide

222 Corel Painter User Guide
The Min Spacing slider controls the minimum number of pixels
between dabs. Settings shown are 2.0 (top) and 10.5 (bottom).
Damping is used to smooth otherwise jagged brush strokes for brushes using rendered
dab types. Higher values make the stroke smoother. (Damping suspends a stroke in a
mathematical spring area by using calculations to even out edges and reduce
jaggedness.)
High values of Damping round out corners of a stroke. A value of 50% works best.
Higher values might be necessary for jittery input devices such as a mouse.
Continuous Time Deposition controls whether you must move a brush before a
medium is applied. With Continuous Time Deposition enabled, the medium begins
flowing at the first touch.
Brushes that use rendered dab types take full advantage of this setting, causing the
medium to pool realistically when the stroke is slowed or paused. Brushes that use
dab-based dab types require a full pause in the stroke before the medium begins to
pool. You use Continuous Time Deposition mostly with airbrush tools.
With Continuous Time Deposition disabled, you must move a brush before the
medium flows.
Cubic Interpolation smooths jagged brush strokes by adding points to dab paths,
primarily for brushes that use dab-based dab types. Unlike Damping, which uses
mathematical calculations to smooth jagged edges, Cubic Interpolation inserts
additional points into dab paths, which are used to replot brush strokes.
Cubic Interpolation is best for dab-based dab types, while Damping is best for
rendered dab types.
To set spacing between brush dabs
1 On the Stroke Designer page of the Brush Creator, click Spacing.