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
406 Index
3D Brush Strokes
creating texture using . . . . . . . . . . .294
Three-dimensional oils . . . . . . . . . . .295
Threshold
Liquid Ink settings . . . . . . . . . . . . .175
TIF files
saving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Tiles
adding depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .319
color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .311
dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .314
fitting together . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .318
4-Point Tiling option . . . . . . . . . . .240
randomness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .314
removing from mosaics . . . . . . . . . .314
rendering into mask . . . . . . . . . . . .319
re-rendering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .320
respecting image edge . . . . . . . . . . .318
settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .314
Tilt
adjusting for mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . .143
Tools
Brush Creator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200
Mixer palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85
Tracing
images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .275
movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .377
resuming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .277
Tracing Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .275
turning on or off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .276
using with movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . .365
Tracker palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Training videos
lynda.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8, 12
Transforming
duplicated shapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .349
reference layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
shapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .345
Transparency
preserving on layers . . . . . . . . . . .65, 66
Transposer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203
choosing a brush variant . . . . . . . . . .203
creating brush variants . . . . . . . . . . .203
Troubleshooting
painting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153
Two-color brush strokes . . . . . . . . . .150
U
Undo
preferences for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Undoing strokes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146
Ungrouping
layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
Unlocking
layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
V
Values
HSV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102
RGB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102
Vector shape layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .357
See also Movies
working with . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .358
W
Wacom Intuos
support for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8