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
390 Index
Bleed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .230
controlling with stylus . . . . . . . . . . .153
setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231
Blend modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
Blending
Impasto brush strokes with layers . . .185
layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71
shapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .352
Blending ramps
creating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109
linear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109
Brightness
paper texture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Bristles
modifying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .226
Brush Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
vs. Brush Creator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .197
Brush Creator
getting started with . . . . . . . . . . . . .198
opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199
Randomizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .202
resizing preview grid . . . . . . . . . . . .200
Stroke Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .204
tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200
Transposer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203
workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .198
Brush dabs
adjusting spacing between . . . . . . . .221
capturing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .265
creating shapes for . . . . . . . . . . . . . .265
previewing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .216
Brush Loading option
brush behavior and . . . . . . . . . . . . .229
cloning with . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .288
painting with multiple colors . . . . . .152
Brush Looks
saving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .267
using saved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .268
Brush Selector bar
choosing brush from . . . . . . . . . . . .138
showing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138
Brush strokes
360° . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148
aligning to paths and shapes . . . . . . .147
applying in movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . .372
constraining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146
controlling angles of . . . . . . . . . . . . .223
creating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144
creating texture with . . . . . . . . . . . .295
damping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .222
data for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162
fading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146
playing back . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161, 162
randomizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .235
randomizing playback . . . . . . . . . . .162
recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161, 162
resizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .216, 218
saving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162
selecting saved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162
two-color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150
types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209
undoing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146
using data from . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162
Brush tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .217
airbrushes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159
Artists’ Oils . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .217
choosing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .218
Brush Tracking preferences . . . . . . . .35
Brush variants
choosing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203
copying between categories . . . . . . . .264
creating random variants . . . . . . . . .202