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
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4 Drag in the document window.
New tiles flow from your stroke.
5 Keep the Make Mosaic dialog box open so that you can continue to work on the
mosaic.
You can also have Corel Painter do the tile work automatically with the
Stroke Selections and Fill Selection commands located in the Make Mosaic
dialog box in the Options pop-up menu. For information on how to use the
Stroke Selections and Fill Selection options, see “Using Stroke Selections and
Fill Selection Commands” on page 321.
To create a mosaic based on a cloned image
1 Clone an existing document by choosing File menu > Open, and locating the file
that you want to clone. Then, choose File menu > Quick Clone.
2 Choose Canvas menu > Make Mosaic.
3 On the Colors palette, click the Clone Color option to enable it.
4 In the Make Mosaic dialog box, click the Apply Tiles button .
If you don’t want to work with Tracing Paper, disable the Use Tracing Paper check
box.
5 Drag in the document window.
New tiles flow from your stroke.
6 Keep the Make Mosaic dialog box open so that you can continue to work on the
mosaic.
You can monitor the progress of the clone-based mosaic by viewing the image
with Tracing Paper on, by enabling the Use Tracing Paper check box. This lets
you see a faded out version of the clone source. You can also enable or disable
Tracing Paper by choosing Canvas menu > Tracing Paper. A check mark
indicates that it it enabled.