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
394 Index
Diffusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .172
Digital Watercolor . . . . . . . . . . . . 7, 172
adjusting diffusion . . . . . . . . . . . . .172
controls for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .258
pooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173
Directional grain
enabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Dirty Brush Mode tool . . . . . . . . . . . .86
Dirty Mode option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .261
Displaying
Brush Selector bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138
color sets for weaves . . . . . . . . . . . . .133
Colors palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78, 79
Image Portfolio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73
Mixer palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85
Distortion
applying to shapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . .347
Documents
browsing for (Mac OS) . . . . . . . . . . .17
cloning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .274
closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
creating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 17
repositioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
rotating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
working with . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Drawing
choosing cursor for . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
freehand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144
straight-line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144
styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144
Drawing area
resizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Drawing method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .182
for Impasto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .241
Drop shadows
adding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68
Dropper tool
accessing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82
sampling color with . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81
Dropping
floating objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62, 63
Dryout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .230
setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231
Duplicating
changing settings for . . . . . . . . . . . .349
layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
shapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .348
Dynamic layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
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Editing
color sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96
complex gradients . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108
layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63
pattern tiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125
shapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .339
weave colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133
Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .291
applying to movie frames . . . . . . . . .370
embossing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .299
Impasto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180
Embossing effects
creating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .299
Encapsulated PostScript. See EPS files
Endpoints
joining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .343
EPS files
saving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29