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
64 Corel Painter User Guide
• Watercolor brushes can be used only on Watercolor layers; on a Watercolor layer,
you can paint only with Watercolor brushes.
• Liquid Ink brushes can be used only on Liquid Ink layers; on a Liquid Ink layer, you
can paint only with Liquid Ink brushes.
• You can’t paint across grouped layers — you must collapse the group first. For
more information, see “To collapse a group” on page 62.
• Before painting on a shape, you must commit it to a pixel-based layer.
Corel Painter prompts you to commit a shape if you attempt to paint on it. Once
committed, you cannot re-access the shape’s vector controls. For more information,
see “To paint a shape” on page 350.
• You can protect areas of a layer from painting by creating a selection. For more
information, see “Creating Selections” in the Help.
• You can control what parts of a layer are visible and hidden by creating a layer
mask. For more information, refer to “Working with Layer Masks” in the Help.
To paint on a layer
1 On the Layers palette, select a layer.
2 On the Brush Selector bar, choose a brush category and variant.
3 Paint on the layer in the document window.
The Preserve Transparency option on the Layers palette affects what areas of a layer
you can paint on. Refer to “Preserving Layer Transparency” on page 65 for more
information.
Brush Methods and Painting on Layers
The Natural-Media environment allows brush strokes on different layers to interact
with each other. However, mixing brush strokes that use the Cover and Buildup
methods on the same layer can produce unexpected results. This is caused by a conflict
between the brush method and the layer’s composite method.
• Brushes that use the Buildup method — such as those in the Felt Pens or Pencils
category — work best on layers that use the Gel composite method. In fact, when
you use the Buildup method to paint on a blank layer, Corel Painter automatically
sets the layer’s composite method to Gel.
• Brushes that use the Cover method work best on layers that are set to the Default
composite method.