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
42 Corel Painter User Guide
To set memory usage
1 Do one of the following:
• (Mac OS) Choose Corel Painter IX menu > Preferences > Memory & Scratch.
• (Windows) Choose Edit menu > Preferences > Memory & Scratch.
2 Type a number in the Memory Usage box.
To choose a scratch disk
1 Do one of the following:
• (Mac OS) Choose Corel Painter IX menu > Preferences > Memory & Scratch.
• (Windows) Choose Edit menu > Preferences > Memory & Scratch.
2 Choose the volume name (Mac OS) or letter (Windows) from the Scratch Disk
pop-up menu.
Using Two Monitors
The Corel Painter user interface can be displayed across two or more monitors. You can
drag any of the Corel Painter palettes, the property bar, and the toolbox to any
monitor; however, each palette must be displayed entirely on one monitor at a time. If
a palette straddles two monitors, it will automatically snap to the nearest vertical edge
of the monitor with the largest portion of the palette. If the palette is displayed equally
on both monitors, it will snap to the vertical edge of the left monitor.
For best performance, make sure that both monitors are set to the same resolution. In
Windows, you must stretch the application window to straddle both monitors, then
redesign your workspace. For information on configuring your system to display across
two or more monitors, refer to your operating system documentation.