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
Index 407
Water controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . .171, 245
Watercolor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
brushes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Digital Watercolor . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
layer. See Watercolor layer
paper textures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Water Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Watercolor layer . . . . . . . . . . 46, 169, 170
creating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
lifting the canvas to . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
wetting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Weaves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
adjusting scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
adjusting thickness . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
changing colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
changing display of . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
choosing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
creating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
displaying color sets . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
editing colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
saving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
uses for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Welcome screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Workspace
Brush Creator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Z
Zoom tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Zooming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Magnifier tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
on Scratch Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
reset magnification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
to fit screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22