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
362 Corel Painter User Guide
Getting Started with Movies
You can create movies Corel Painter, or you can open movies created in common
animation formats, such as QuickTime or Video for Windows (AVI).
Creating a Movie
The first step in creating a new animation is to create a movie file. Corel Painter
automatically saves movie files as you proceed from frame to frame.
To create a movie
1 Choose File menu > New.
2 In the New dialog box, select the frame size and paper color you want.
The standard digital video frame is 640 by 480 pixels, which is a 4:3 aspect ratio.
Many people work at sizes consistent with this aspect ratio.
3 Enable the Movie option, type a number in the Frames box, and click OK.
Remember, you can add and delete frames at any time.
4 In the Enter Movie Name dialog box, type a name for the movie, and click Save.
5 In the New Frame Stack dialog box, choose a number of onion skin layers.
The number of onion skin layers determines the number of frames displayed in the
Frame Stacks palette. For more information about onion skinning, refer to
“Understanding Onion Skinning” on page 365.
6 Choose one of the following storage types:
• 8-bit gray (for 256 levels of gray)
• 8-bit color system palette (for 256 colors)
• 15-bit color with 1-bit alpha (for 32,768 colors and a layer for a channel)
• 24-bit color with 8-bit alpha (for 16.7 million colors and a layer for an
anti-aliased channel)
7 Click OK.
When the movie opens, the Frame Stacks palette appears, and the document
window displays the first frame of the movie.