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
398 Index
shapes as . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45, 328
showing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
showing indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
transforming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
ungrouping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
viewing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
viewing position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
Watercolor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46, 170
Learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Libraries
brushes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .268
Looks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .268
patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130
setting default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Lighting
adding and deleting . . . . . . . . . . . . .188
adjusting for textures . . . . . . . . . . . .305
adjusting surface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187
angle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .188
applying to textures . . . . . . . . . . . . .303
changing color of . . . . . . . . . . . 189, 305
changing position of . . . . . . . . . . . .305
deleting from texture . . . . . . . . . . . .304
positioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187
settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189
Lines
Bézier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .329
copying to selections . . . . . . . . . . . .165
drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144
Liquid Ink
adding depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175
adding lighting effects to . . . . . . . . .177
adjusting threshold for . . . . . . . . . . .175
choosing brush size . . . . . . . . . . . . .176
choosing ink type for . . . . . . . . 251, 256
controlling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .176, 250
Expression settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . .177
layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46, 175
Loading
Mixer Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90
Mixer palette colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88
Locking
layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56, 57
Lock-out color
choosing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165
Looks
libraries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .268
saving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118, 267
Luminance
from clone source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .298
mapping gradients to . . . . . . . . . . . .112
lynda.com training videos . . . . . . . .8, 12
M
Magnifier tool
accessing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
resetting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
zooming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Main color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80
Masked patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125
Media
choosing source for . . . . . . . . . . . . .215
enabling pooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148
filling with . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163
Memory & Scratch preferences . . . . . .41
Merging
layers with canvas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211
choosing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .214