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
402 Index
system memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
Undo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
user interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
Pressure
adjusting for mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . .143
Preview grid
resizing in Brush Creator . . . . . . . . .200
Previewing
images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .386
Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .385
composited images . . . . . . . . . . . . .386
images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .387
page setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .386
quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
shapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .385
Productivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Q
Quick Clone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
using . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .277
Quick Curve tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .334
QuickTime files
exporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .379
opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .364
Quitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
R
Ramps
blending . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109
Random Brush Stroke Grain . . 236, 239
Random Clone Source . . . . . . . . 237, 239
Randomizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .202
Randomizing
brush strokes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .235
brush variants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .202
paper grain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
playback of brush strokes . . . . . . . . .162
Recording
brush strokes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162
notes for layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72
Recovering files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
Rectangular Shape tool . . . . . . . . . . .331
Reference layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45, 69
committing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71
creating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70
transforming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
Reflection maps
creating texture with . . . . . . . . . . . .301
Releasing
compound shapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . .352
Renaming
annotations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99
colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98
Replacing
colors in color sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97
Repositioning
documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
floating objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
Resaturation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .230
setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231
Resetting
magnification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Mixer palette colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88
Resizing
airbrush droplets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160