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
386 Corel Painter User Guide
Any object in a lower position on the Layers list “touched” by a rasterized shape must
also be rasterized to preserve the effect. For example, if you have a shape with
transparency on top of a number of other shapes, all the shapes below it must be
rasterized to preserve the transparency all the way down to the canvas. This is true
even if the overlap area is small. Similarly, if you place an image from a layer partially
over a shape, the shape must be rasterized to print correctly.
If you want shapes to print at the full resolution of your printer, make sure that they
do not overlap with raster layers, that they are not transparent, and that their
compositing method is set to Default.
Printing Composited Images
Having many layers and shapes in a document increases printing time. Printing a fully
composited version of the image is much faster.
Instead of creating a composited version by dropping all the layers in the image, you
can clone the file and then print the clone. Keep layers in the saved RIFF file so you
can return and make changes. For more information, see “Cloning a Document” on
page 274.
Getting Started with Printing
Corel Painter offers a wide range of printing options for a number of output devices.
You can preview and size the image before you print it.
Setting Up Printing
Options for setting up your file for printing depend on several factors: the output
device, color versus black-and-white printing, and whether you are printing
separations.
To access print settings
• Choose File menu > Page Setup.
To preview an image
1 On the Info palette, click the palette menu arrow.