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

250 Corel Painter User Guide
To set accurate diffusion
1 On the Stroke Designer page of the Brush Creator, click Water.
2 Click the Accurate Diffusion check box.
To set wind force
1 On the Stroke Designer page of the Brush Creator, click Water.
2 Move the Wind Force slider to the right to increase wind force, or to the left to
decrease it.
To set wind direction
1 On the Stroke Designer page of the Brush Creator, click Water.
2 Drag the Wind Direction control to the desired setting.
To delay diffusion
1 On the Stroke Designer page of the Brush Creator, click Water.
2 Enable the Delay Diffusion check box.
Diffusion begins when you finish the brush stroke.
When you enable the Delay Diffusion check box, you increase the speed of
Watercolor brush variants.
You can also access the Delay Diffusion check box on the Watercolor palette
of the Brush Controls by clicking Window > Brush Controls > Water.
Liquid Ink Controls
Liquid Ink controls work with Liquid Ink layers. Use the Liquid Ink controls to specify
qualities such as type, smoothness, and volume of a brush stroke. You can adjust the
Liquid Ink controls when you have selected a Liquid Ink brush from the Brush Selector
bar. Some Airbrush controls work in conjunction with Expression settings. For more
information about Expression settings, see “Expression Settings” on page 262.
Liquid Ink is divided into two basic properties: Ink and Color. The Ink component
provides the form of the brush stroke, while the Color component applies color to the
Ink form. The Ink and Color components can be used together or controlled
separately.










