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
Color 89
Mixing Colors
Using the Mixer pad, the mixer swatches, and the Apply Color, Mix Color, Sample
Color, Sample Multiple Colors, and Dirty Brush Mode tools, you can create new colors
for use in your images.
When you have finished mixing and sampling colors, you can clear the Mixer pad, or
save it as a Mixer pad (MXS) file that you can open and use later.
To mix colors
1 Choose Window menu > Color Palettes > Show Mixer to display the Mixer
palette.
2 Click the Apply Color tool in the Mixer palette.
3 Choose a color from the mixer swatch, and paint on the Mixer pad.
4 Choose a second color from the mixer swatch, and paint on the Mixer pad.
5 Do one of the following:
• Use the Apply Color tool to add to and blend the colors.
• Use the Mix Color tool to blend the colors.
You can toggle between the Apply Color and Mix Color tools by holding down
Command (Mac OS) or Ctrl (Windows).
When working with the Apply Color or Mix Color tool, you can access other
Mixer palette tools as you work. Holding down Spacebar activates the Pan
tool . Holding down Spacebar + Command (Mac OS) or Spacebar + Ctrl
(Windows) activates the Zoom tool in zoom-in mode. Holding down
Spacebar + Command + Option (Mac OS) or Spacebar + Ctrl + Alt
(Windows) activates the Zoom tool in zoom-out mode. When you release the
keys, the Apply Color or Mix Color tool is reactivated.
To sample a color from the Mixer Pad
1 Choose Window menu > Color Palettes > Show Mixer to display the Mixer
palette.
2 Click the Sample Color tool .
3 On the Mixer pad, click the color you want to sample.
The sampled color becomes the main color in the image.