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 73
You cannot record notes for a layer if you enable the WWW Map Clickable
Region check box for image mapping.
You can also record notes for pixel-based layers and reference layers, by
double-clicking the item on the Layers palette, or selecting an item and press
Return (Mac OS) or Enter (Windows).
Storing Images with the Image Portfolio
The Image Portfolio is a convenient place to store images you that want to use again.
To display the Image Portfolio palette
1 Choose Window menu > Show Image Portfolio.
If the Image Portfolio palette is not expanded, click the palette arrow.
To add a layer to the Image Portfolio
1 Select a layer.
2 In the toolbox, click the Layer Adjuster tool .
3 Drag the layer from the document window to the Image Portfolio palette.
The layer is cut from the current document.
4 In the Save Image dialog box, type a name in the Save As box.
To copy the layer from the current document, hold down Option (Mac OS) pr
Alt (Windows), and drag it to the Image Portfolio palette using the Layer
Adjuster tool .
The Image Portfolio holds only pixel-based layers. If you want to add a shape,
Watercolor, Liquid Ink, or dynamic layer to the Image Portfolio, you must
first convert it to a default layer. On the Layers palette menu, click Convert to
Default Layer.
To use an image from the Image Portfolio
• Drag an item from the Image Portfolio palette to the document window.