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
The Basics 41
To access Operating System preferences
• (Windows) Choose Edit menu > Preferences > Operating System.
Palettes and UI Preferences
Corel Painter lets you control how palettes are docked and grouped. You can also set
the window background color.
To change palette behavior
1 Do one of the following:
• (Mac OS) Choose Corel Painter IX menu > Preferences > Palettes and UI.
• (Windows) Choose Edit menu > Preferences > Palettes and UI.
2 Choose your preferences from the following options:
• Autoscroll lets you scroll through a palette with many elements automatically.
• Snapping Behavior determines where palettes are docked in relation to other
elements on the user interface.
• Snapping Tolerance determines the minimum distance, in pixels, between the
palette and other elements on the user interface before docking.
To change the window background color
1 Do one of the following:
• (Mac OS) Choose Corel Painter IX menu > Preferences > Palettes and UI.
• (Windows) Choose Edit menu > Preferences > Palettes and UI.
2 Do one of the following:
• To use the current main color, click Use Current Color.
• To choose another color, click Custom Color, select a color in the Color dialog
box, and click OK.
Memory and Scratch Preferences
You can change the percentage of memory usage dedicated to Corel Painter, which is
set to 80% by default. You can dedicate as much as 100% of memory to Corel Painter.
The lowest percentage you can choose is 5%. You can also choose the scratch disk,
which selects the disk volume that Corel Painter uses to store its temporary file and to
access virtual memory.