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
396 Index
mapping to luminance . . . . . . . . . . .112
nonlinear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109
order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
painting with . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153, 154
saving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109
selecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105
spiral tension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107
two-point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108
types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104
Grain
adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140, 215
Grouping
layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
shapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .351
Grout
color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .313
H
Hiding
annotations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99
layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
HSV values
setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102
I
Image effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .291
Image Hose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191, 192
controlling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .243
getting started with . . . . . . . . . . . . .193
Image Luminance
creating texture using . . . . . . . . . . .297
Image Portfolio
adding layers to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73
storing images in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73
using images from . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73
Image Portfolio Libraries
organizing layers with . . . . . . . . . . . .74
Images
acquiring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
cloning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .273
cropping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
exporting from movies . . . . . . . . . . .378
expressing gradients in . . . . . . . . . . .112
previewing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .386
printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .386, 387
sampling color from . . . . . . . . . . . . .150
sizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .387
storing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73
tracing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .275
using effects in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .291
using stored . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73
Impasto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179
adding and deleting lights . . . . . . . .188
adjusting depth . . . . . . . . . . . .180, 185
blending with layers . . . . . . . . . . . . .185
controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .241
creating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179, 180, 181
creating custom brushes . . . . . .182, 184
depth effect of lighting . . . . . . . . . . .187
depth interaction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183
depth method . . . . . . . . . . . . .182, 241
drawing method . . . . . . . . . . . .182, 241
effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180
inverting depth method . . . . . . . . . .183
layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179, 180
setting light properties . . . . . . . . . . .189
Impasto layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179
activating and deactivating . . . . . . . .180
clearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180
Importing
Adobe Illustrator shapes . . . . . . . . . .336
files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
movies as numbered files . . . . . . . . .382