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 223
2 Do one of the following:
• To increase the spacing between dabs, move the Spacing slider to the right
bringing it closer to the size of the dab itself.
When the Spacing slider is at 100%, the size of the dab equals the spacing. For
example, a dab that is 10 pixels across is repeated every 10 pixels.
• To decrease the distance between dabs, move the Spacing slider to the left until
the dabs begin to overlap.
Overlapping increases the density of the stroke and makes it look more
continuous.
To set minimum dab spacing
1 On the Stroke Designer page of the Brush Creator, click Spacing.
2 Move the Min Spacing slider to the right to increase the minimum spacing between
dabs. Move it to the left to decrease the minimum spacing between dabs.
To set smooth rendered dab strokes
1 On the Stroke Designer page of the Brush Creator, click Spacing.
2 Move the Damping slider to the right to even out jagged strokes. Move it to the
left to allow for more ragged transitions between points on the stroke.
To set Continuous Time Deposition
1 On the Stroke Designer page of the Brush Creator, click Spacing.
2 Enable the Continuous Time Deposition check box.
To set smooth strokes by adding path points
1 On the Stroke Designer page of the Brush Creator, click Spacing.
2 Move the Points slider to the right to add points and even out jagged strokes. Move
it to the left to decrease the number of additional points.
Angle Controls
Corel Painter gives you extensive control over brush shape. Some Angle controls work
in conjunction with Expression settings. For more information about Expression
settings, see “Expression Settings” on page 262.