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
Layers 51
You can add extra infomation to a layer using notes. For more information,
see “Adding Notes to a Layer” on page 72.
Saving Files That Contain Layers
You can save your Corel Painter document in the RIFF format with “live” layers — the
layers continue to function when you reopen the file. RIFF is the only format that
preserves layers in their original state.
If you save a Corel Painter document in PSD (Photoshop) format, all layers convert to
standard Photoshop transparent layers. Photoshop does not preserve groups; each
layer in a group becomes its own Photoshop layer. For information about grouping
layers in Corel Painter, refer to “Grouping Layers” on page 60.
If you save a Corel Painter document to PSD format, keep in mind how layer
composite methods in Corel Painter convert to blend modes in Photoshop:
For more information about composite methods, refer to “Blending Layers by Using
Composite Methods” on page 71.
If you save a file to a file format other than RIFF or PSD, the layers drop (or merge)
into a single background image.
Corel Painter
Composite
Method
Photoshop
Blend Mode
Corel Painter
Composite
Method
Photoshop
Blend Mode
Gel Darken Overlay Overlay
GelCover
not converted Soft Light Soft Light
Colorize
Color Hard Light Hard Light
Reverse-Out
Normal Darken Darken
Shadow Map
Multiply Lighten Lighten
Magic Combine
Lighten Difference Difference
Pseudocolor
Normal Hue Hue
Normal
Normal Saturation Saturation
Dissolve
Dissolve Color Color
Multiply
Multiply Luminosity Luminosity
Screen
Screen