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
Mosaics 313
To use multicolored tiles
1 Choose Window menu > Brush Controls > Show Color Variability to display the
Color Variability palette.
If the Color Variability palette is not expanded, click the palette arrow.
2 Choose a color variability method from the pop-up menu.
3 Move the sliders or type values in the boxes to adjust the color variability settings.
If the Color Variability palette is not open, you must first close the Make
Mosaic dialog box. Then, display the Color Variability palette, and open the
Make Mosaic dialog box again.
To base colors on a clone source
• After cloning an image, enable the Clone Color option on the Colors palette.
For more information about creating mosaics based on cloned images, see “To
create a mosaic based on a cloned image” on page 310.
Specifying Grout Color
Any area not covered by tiles is considered grout. The grout color is assigned to the
mosaic background when you begin working.
To change the grout color
• In the Make Mosaic dialog box, click the Grout color chip.
Use the Color dialog box to select a grout color. You can change the grout color at
any time. However, changing the grout color automatically re-renders the mosaic,
which erases any part of the image that is not a tile or grout.
Removing Tiles
If you want to remove tiles selectively, use the Remove Tile tool. The Reset Mosaic
command removes all tiles from the document; Corel Painter clears the canvas, leaving
only the grout color.