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 239
To choose the Random Brush Stroke Grain option
1 On the Stroke Designer page of the Brush Creator, click Random.
2 Enable the Random Brush Stroke Grain check box.
To choose the Random Clone Source option
1 On the Stroke Designer page of the Brush Creator, click Random.
2 Enable the Random Clone Source check box.
Mouse Controls
In theory, a mouse has no pressure information. A mouse button is either “on” (button
down), or “off” (button up). The Corel Painter Mouse controls let you simulate the
following stylus settings: Pressure (how hard you would be pressing with a stylus), Tilt
(how close to vertical the stylus is held), Bearing (the compass direction in which the
stylus is pointing), and Wheel (how much ink is sprayed).
You can record and save brush strokes created with a stylus and then have
Corel Painter use the saved settings for the stroke when you switch to a mouse. Refer
to “Recording and Playing Back Strokes” on page 161 for more information about
using saved brush strokes to further enhance mouse functionality.
To set pressure for the mouse
1 On the Stroke Designer page of the Brush Creator, click Mouse.
2 Drag the Pressure slider.
A 100% setting uses maximum pressure.
To set tilt for the mouse
1 On the Stroke Designer page of the Brush Creator, click Mouse.
2 Drag the Tilt slider.
A 90º setting indicates that if a stylus were in use, it would be perpendicular to the
tablet.
To set bearing for the mouse
1 On the Stroke Designer page of the Brush Creator, click Mouse.
2 Drag the Bearing slider.