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
400 Index
saving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .378
scripting for compositing . . . . . . . . .373
setting preview frame rate . . . . . . . .359
tracing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .377
using layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .366
using scripts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .371
Moving
layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
Multipoint cloning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .282
setting reference points . . . . . . . . . .285
Multiuser support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
brushes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197, 269
color sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92
templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
N
Naming layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
New features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Nozzles
selecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .194
Numbered files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .381
exporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .382
importing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .382
O
Obey Source Selection option . . . . .240
Offset cloning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .279
Onion skinning . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357, 365
Opacity
brushes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140
layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65, 71
reducing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146
setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215
Opening
Brush Creator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199
color sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93
documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Operating system (Windows)
preferences for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
Organizing
layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74
Oval Shape tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .331
P
Page setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .386
image size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .387
Paint Bucket tool
filling images with . . . . . . . . . . . . . .164
Painting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137, 148
360° degree brush strokes . . . . . . . . .148
brush methods for layers . . . . . . . . . . .64
constraining strokes . . . . . . . . . . . . .146
in a clone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .278
in Dirty Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .261
on canvas vs. layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144
on layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63
playing recordings . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162
shapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .350
troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153
with airbrushes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157
with Cloner brushes . . . . . . . . . . . . .279
with color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149
with gradients . . . . . . . . . . . . .153, 154
with multiple colors . . . . . . . . . . . . .152
with pattern opacity . . . . . . . . . . . . .156
with patterns . . . . . . . . . . 122, 153, 156
with two-color brush strokes . . . .83, 150
Palettes
See also specific palettes