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
46 Corel Painter User Guide
Watercolor Layers
The Watercolor layer is a special layer reserved for Watercolor brushes. It enables the
paint applied with these brushes to mix and flow together. You can create multiple
Watercolor layers in a document. These layers are part of the layer hierarchy and
appear on the Layers palette, where they are characterized by a blue ink droplet icon
.
In earlier versions of the application, if you applied watercolor brush strokes, they were
applied to the Canvas layer and, as such, were uneditable. Now, when you apply a
Watercolor brush to the canvas or to an image layer, a new Watercolor layer is
automatically created. You can edit Watercolor layers as you would any other layer,
including erasing and blurring, without affecting other layers.
Refer to “Working with the Watercolor Layer” on page 170 for more information
about working with Watercolor layers.
Liquid Ink Layers
The Liquid Ink layer is a special layer reserved for Liquid Ink brushes. You can create
multiple Liquid Ink layers in a document. These layers are part of the layer hierarchy
and appear on the Layers palette, where they are characterized by a black ink droplet
icon .
When you apply one of the Liquid Ink brushes to the canvas or to an image layer, a
new Liquid Ink layer is automatically created. You can edit Liquid Ink layers without
affecting other layers.
Refer to “Working with the Liquid Ink Layer” on page 175 for more information about
working with Liquid Ink layers.
The Layers Palette
All layers in a document are listed on the Layers palette. The Layers palette manages
the hierarchy of layers and includes controls for selecting, hiding, locking, deleting,
naming, and grouping layers.
You can access many layer functions and commands using the buttons at the bottom of
the palette, and the palette menu (accessed by clicking the palette menu arrow in the
upper-right corner of the palette).
The Layers palette displays icons next to each layer to indicate the layer’s type and
characteristics. The following table lists the icons that appear in the Layers palette: