Corel Painter 2016 User guide

User Guide

Corel® Painter® 2016 User Guide

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Contents

Welcome to Corel Painter......................................................................................................................................................................1

Using the documentation.......................................................................................................................................................................1

Adjusting the Help window text size......................................................................................................................................................3

Corel Painter 2016 User Guide eBook.................................................................................................................................................... 4

Hints and tooltips...................................................................................................................................................................................4

Welcome Screen..................................................................................................................................................................................... 5

Additional resources............................................................................................................................................................................... 5

Registration............................................................................................................................................................................................ 5

Feedback.................................................................................................................................................................................................5

About Corel Corporation........................................................................................................................................................................ 5

What’s new in Corel Painter 2016........................................................................................................................................................ 7

What’s new in this version of Corel Painter............................................................................................................................................7

What was new in earlier versions of Corel Painter................................................................................................................................11

Workspace tour................................................................................................................................................................................... 21

Corel Painter terms............................................................................................................................................................................... 21

Exploring the Document window......................................................................................................................................................... 23

Choosing a workspace layout...............................................................................................................................................................25

Exploring the toolbox........................................................................................................................................................................... 27

Displaying the toolbox..........................................................................................................................................................................31

Displaying the Media Selector bar........................................................................................................................................................ 32

Displaying the property bar.................................................................................................................................................................. 32

Exploring the Navigator panel.............................................................................................................................................................. 33

Displaying the Brush Selector bar and the Brush library panel.............................................................................................................. 34

Displaying the command bar................................................................................................................................................................35

Exploring panels and palettes...............................................................................................................................................................35

Rearranging panels and palettes...........................................................................................................................................................39

Creating and modifying custom palettes.............................................................................................................................................. 42

Renaming and deleting custom palettes...............................................................................................................................................44

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Saving, exporting, and importing custom palettes................................................................................................................................44

Working with libraries.......................................................................................................................................................................... 45

Creating, importing, exporting, and deleting workspaces..................................................................................................................... 46

Restoring the default Corel Painter settings.......................................................................................................................................... 47

A short tour of Corel Painter for users of Adobe Photoshop..............................................................................................................49

Creating, navigating, and manipulating documents........................................................................................................................... 53

Creating documents............................................................................................................................................................................. 53

Understanding resolution..................................................................................................................................................................... 55

Opening and placing files.....................................................................................................................................................................56

Creating and opening templates.......................................................................................................................................................... 58

Switching document views................................................................................................................................................................... 58

Navigating images and viewing image information.............................................................................................................................. 59

Zooming images...................................................................................................................................................................................61

Rotating images and the canvas...........................................................................................................................................................62

Flipping images.................................................................................................................................................................................... 64

Repositioning images............................................................................................................................................................................66

Cropping images.................................................................................................................................................................................. 66

Resizing images and the canvas........................................................................................................................................................... 67

Saving and backing up files................................................................................................................................................................. 68

Choosing a file format......................................................................................................................................................................... 69

Emailing documents............................................................................................................................................................................. 71

Closing documents and quitting the application.................................................................................................................................. 71

Using two monitors..............................................................................................................................................................................72

Support for tablets and other devices.................................................................................................................................................. 72

Multi-touch support............................................................................................................................................................................. 72

Wacom Intuos support.........................................................................................................................................................................74

Drag-and-drop features........................................................................................................................................................................ 74

Keyboard shortcuts.............................................................................................................................................................................. 77

Customizing keys..................................................................................................................................................................................78

Toolbox commands...............................................................................................................................................................................80

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Panel commands.................................................................................................................................................................................. 82

Corel Painter menu commands.............................................................................................................................................................83

File menu commands........................................................................................................................................................................... 83

Edit menu commands.......................................................................................................................................................................... 84

Canvas menu commands......................................................................................................................................................................84

Layers menu commands....................................................................................................................................................................... 85

Select menu commands....................................................................................................................................................................... 85

Shapes menu commands......................................................................................................................................................................85

Effects menu commands...................................................................................................................................................................... 86

Window menu commands................................................................................................................................................................... 86

Screen navigation................................................................................................................................................................................. 86

Panel navigation................................................................................................................................................................................... 87

Panel menu commands........................................................................................................................................................................ 87

Brush tools........................................................................................................................................................................................... 88

Selection tools...................................................................................................................................................................................... 89

Adjuster tools....................................................................................................................................................................................... 90

Shape tools.......................................................................................................................................................................................... 92

Animation.............................................................................................................................................................................................93

Lighting................................................................................................................................................................................................ 93

Layer selection tools............................................................................................................................................................................. 93

Mosaics................................................................................................................................................................................................ 93

Other commands..................................................................................................................................................................................94

Painting................................................................................................................................................................................................95

Choosing a painting workflow............................................................................................................................................................. 95

Brush tracking and calibration..............................................................................................................................................................97

Exploring painting media....................................................................................................................................................................101

Working with the canvas and layers...................................................................................................................................................101

Displaying reference images............................................................................................................................................................... 102

Clearing the canvas............................................................................................................................................................................ 103

Setting up the drawing cursor........................................................................................................................................................... 103

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Using a stylus vs. a mouse................................................................................................................................................................. 104

Applying freehand and straight brushstrokes......................................................................................................................................106

Constraining, fading, and undoing strokes......................................................................................................................................... 107

Erasing image areas........................................................................................................................................................................... 107

Aligning brushstrokes to paths and shapes........................................................................................................................................ 108

Letting media pool............................................................................................................................................................................. 109

Making 360° strokes...........................................................................................................................................................................110

Painting with airbrushes..................................................................................................................................................................... 110

Adjusting spread................................................................................................................................................................................ 111

Recording and playing back brushstrokes...........................................................................................................................................112

Reference: Troubleshooting.................................................................................................................................................................113

Working with paper texture and grain..............................................................................................................................................115

Applying paper texture.......................................................................................................................................................................115

Creating and deleting paper textures..................................................................................................................................................116

Opening and managing the Paper Textures library..............................................................................................................................117

Rotating paper texture........................................................................................................................................................................118

Inverting and scaling paper grain....................................................................................................................................................... 118

Controlling brightness and contrast of paper grain............................................................................................................................ 119

Adjusting grain direction and behavior...............................................................................................................................................120

Auto-painting photos........................................................................................................................................................................ 123

Creating underpaintings..................................................................................................................................................................... 123

Auto-painting photos......................................................................................................................................................................... 125

Restoring detail to paintings...............................................................................................................................................................127

Image cloning and sampling............................................................................................................................................................. 129

Cloning images...................................................................................................................................................................................129

Using Quick Clone..............................................................................................................................................................................132

Setting cloning preferences................................................................................................................................................................ 132

Working with multiple clone sources..................................................................................................................................................133

Editing, updating, saving, and exporting clone source images............................................................................................................134

Painting in the clone.......................................................................................................................................................................... 135

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Using brush loading........................................................................................................................................................................... 137

Performing offset sampling.................................................................................................................................................................138

Applying transformations when sampling...........................................................................................................................................139

Using selections and transformations when sampling.........................................................................................................................146

Filling an area with a sampled image.................................................................................................................................................147

Working with composition tools, symmetry tools, rulers, and guides...............................................................................................149

Using the Layout Grid........................................................................................................................................................................ 149

Using the Mirror Painting mode.........................................................................................................................................................151

Using the Kaleidoscope Painting mode...............................................................................................................................................153

Using Perspective Guides.................................................................................................................................................................... 154

Using the Divine Proportion tool........................................................................................................................................................ 158

Using rulers........................................................................................................................................................................................ 160

Using guides.......................................................................................................................................................................................161

Using Snap to Guides.........................................................................................................................................................................162

Using the grid.................................................................................................................................................................................... 163

Using Snap to Grid............................................................................................................................................................................ 163

Color.................................................................................................................................................................................................. 165

Choosing colors from the Color panel................................................................................................................................................166

Resizing the Color panel.....................................................................................................................................................................168

Showing or hiding Color panel components...................................................................................................................................... 168

Using the temporal colors palette...................................................................................................................................................... 168

Changing the paper color.................................................................................................................................................................. 169

Sampling colors from images............................................................................................................................................................. 169

Cloning color......................................................................................................................................................................................170

Creating two-color brushstrokes......................................................................................................................................................... 170

Exploring the Mixer panel and mixing controls...................................................................................................................................171

Displaying and resizing the Mixer panel............................................................................................................................................. 172

Mixing, sampling, and applying colors from the Mixer pad................................................................................................................173

Opening images in the Mixer panel................................................................................................................................................... 175

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Changing and saving the Mixer color swatches..................................................................................................................................175

Saving Mixer panel colors to a color set.............................................................................................................................................176

Clearing and resetting Mixer panel colors...........................................................................................................................................176

Saving the Mixer pad......................................................................................................................................................................... 177

Loading color swatches and Mixer pad files....................................................................................................................................... 177

Working with color sets..................................................................................................................................................................... 178

Customizing the layouts of color sets.................................................................................................................................................179

Creating and exporting color sets.......................................................................................................................................................179

Editing color sets................................................................................................................................................................................180

Setting color variability....................................................................................................................................................................... 181

Setting Color Expression..................................................................................................................................................................... 182

Loading multiple colors...................................................................................................................................................................... 182

Working with color fills...................................................................................................................................................................... 182

Applying a color as a fill.................................................................................................................................................................... 183

Limiting and preventing leakage.........................................................................................................................................................184

Color management............................................................................................................................................................................ 187

Understanding color management..................................................................................................................................................... 187

Specifying the default RGB color profile............................................................................................................................................. 190

Embedding color profiles when saving files........................................................................................................................................190

Specifying the default CMYK color profile for converting CMYK images to RGB..................................................................................191

Previewing and soft-proofing color profiles........................................................................................................................................ 191

Assigning or removing color profiles.................................................................................................................................................. 192

Converting color profiles.................................................................................................................................................................... 192

Working with color profile policies.....................................................................................................................................................193

Working with presets......................................................................................................................................................................... 194

Correcting and adjusting colors........................................................................................................................................................ 195

Correcting colors using curves............................................................................................................................................................ 195

Adjusting brightness and contrast...................................................................................................................................................... 196

Using the curve to correct colors....................................................................................................................................................... 199

Drawing freehand curves to adjust colors...........................................................................................................................................200

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Specifying the curve values to adjust colors........................................................................................................................................200

Adjusting hue, saturation, and value..................................................................................................................................................202

Adjusting selected colors.................................................................................................................................................................... 203

Equalizing images...............................................................................................................................................................................206

Matching color and brightness across images.................................................................................................................................... 207

Inverting colors...................................................................................................................................................................................208

Posterizing an image.......................................................................................................................................................................... 208

Applying video legal colors.................................................................................................................................................................209

Dodging and burning.........................................................................................................................................................................209

Libraries..............................................................................................................................................................................................211

Importing and exporting libraries....................................................................................................................................................... 211

Creating and removing libraries..........................................................................................................................................................212

Modifying the display of library panels...............................................................................................................................................213

Moving, renaming, and deleting library resources.............................................................................................................................. 213

Restoring default libraries................................................................................................................................................................... 214

Selecting, managing, and creating brushes...................................................................................................................................... 215

Understanding brushes.......................................................................................................................................................................215

Exploring brush categories..................................................................................................................................................................216

Searching and selecting brushes.........................................................................................................................................................227

Setting basic brush attributes............................................................................................................................................................. 229

Displaying advanced brush controls dynamically.................................................................................................................................231

Organizing and displaying brushes in the Brush library panel............................................................................................................. 232

Copying and moving brush variants................................................................................................................................................... 233

Renaming brush categories and variants............................................................................................................................................ 233

Saving and deleting brush variants.....................................................................................................................................................233

Restoring default brush variants......................................................................................................................................................... 235

Creating and deleting brush categories.............................................................................................................................................. 235

Creating and deleting brush libraries..................................................................................................................................................236

Importing and exporting brush libraries, categories, and variants....................................................................................................... 236

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Importing Photoshop brush images....................................................................................................................................................239

Saving a brush look............................................................................................................................................................................239

Creating brush dabs........................................................................................................................................................................... 240

Adjusting brushes with brush controls..............................................................................................................................................243

Exploring Brush Controls.................................................................................................................................................................... 244

Expression settings..............................................................................................................................................................................245

Audio Expression................................................................................................................................................................................ 246

Previewing brushstrokes and brush dabs............................................................................................................................................ 247

Calibrating brush variants................................................................................................................................................................... 248

General controls................................................................................................................................................................................. 249

General controls: Dab types............................................................................................................................................................... 249

General controls: Stroke types............................................................................................................................................................ 253

General controls: Methods and subcategories.................................................................................................................................... 255

General controls: Source.....................................................................................................................................................................257

General controls: Multicore................................................................................................................................................................ 257

Opacity controls................................................................................................................................................................................. 258

Grain controls.....................................................................................................................................................................................259

Stroke Attributes controls................................................................................................................................................................... 260

Size controls....................................................................................................................................................................................... 262

Angle controls.................................................................................................................................................................................... 265

Spacing controls................................................................................................................................................................................. 268

Changing dab profiles........................................................................................................................................................................ 269

Real Watercolor controls.....................................................................................................................................................................272

Real Wet Oil controls..........................................................................................................................................................................275

Computed Circular controls................................................................................................................................................................ 279

Hard Media controls...........................................................................................................................................................................280

Bristle controls....................................................................................................................................................................................280

RealBristle controls..............................................................................................................................................................................281

Static Bristle controls.......................................................................................................................................................................... 281

Airbrush controls................................................................................................................................................................................ 283

Artists’ Oils controls........................................................................................................................................................................... 285

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Impasto controls.................................................................................................................................................................................288

Digital Watercolor controls................................................................................................................................................................. 288

Water controls....................................................................................................................................................................................288

Liquid Ink controls..............................................................................................................................................................................291

Stroke Jitter controls...........................................................................................................................................................................296

Blending controls................................................................................................................................................................................297

Mouse controls...................................................................................................................................................................................300

Smoothing controls............................................................................................................................................................................ 301

Image Hose controls...........................................................................................................................................................................302

Rake controls......................................................................................................................................................................................302

Multi controls..................................................................................................................................................................................... 305

Cloning controls................................................................................................................................................................................. 305

Color Variability controls.....................................................................................................................................................................310

Color Expression controls....................................................................................................................................................................312

Dynamic Speckles............................................................................................................................................................................... 313

Jitter brushes..................................................................................................................................................................................... 317

Choosing a Jitter brush variant...........................................................................................................................................................317

Controlling the behavior of Jitter variants...........................................................................................................................................319

Watercolor......................................................................................................................................................................................... 321

Working with the Watercolor layer.....................................................................................................................................................322

Watercolor brushes and paper texture interaction.............................................................................................................................. 323

Working with Real Watercolor brushes...............................................................................................................................................323

Working with Watercolor brushes...................................................................................................................................................... 323

Working with Digital Watercolor brushes........................................................................................................................................... 324

Particle brushes..................................................................................................................................................................................327

Gravity Particle brushes.......................................................................................................................................................................328

Flow Particle brushes.......................................................................................................................................................................... 330

Spring Particle brushes....................................................................................................................................................................... 332

Common Particle brush controls.........................................................................................................................................................335

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Particles - Thin Lines brush controls....................................................................................................................................................338

Using Dynamic Speckles with Particle brushes.................................................................................................................................... 340

Applying and adjusting flow maps................................................................................................................................................... 343

Getting started with flow maps......................................................................................................................................................... 343

Choosing flow maps and compatible brush variants.......................................................................................................................... 344

Enabling flow maps and controlling flow resistance...........................................................................................................................345

Customizing flow maps......................................................................................................................................................................346

Hard Media........................................................................................................................................................................................349

Choosing a Hard Media variant..........................................................................................................................................................349

Modifying Hard Media profiles........................................................................................................................................................... 351

Controlling the behavior of Hard Media variants................................................................................................................................ 352

Previewing Hard Media dabs..............................................................................................................................................................353

Markers.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 355

Getting started with markers..............................................................................................................................................................355

Customizing markers.......................................................................................................................................................................... 356

Image hose........................................................................................................................................................................................ 357

Using the Image hose........................................................................................................................................................................ 357

Adjusting Image hose opacity and grain............................................................................................................................................ 358

Adjusting the size and spacing of image hose elements.....................................................................................................................360

Indexing nozzle files........................................................................................................................................................................... 360

Understanding nozzles, ranks, and indexing.......................................................................................................................................362

Creating a 1-Rank nozzle................................................................................................................................................................... 364

Creating a 2-Rank nozzle................................................................................................................................................................... 366

Creating a 3-Rank nozzle................................................................................................................................................................... 367

Loading and managing nozzle files.................................................................................................................................................... 369

Creating a nozzle from a movie......................................................................................................................................................... 370

RealBristle brushes............................................................................................................................................................................. 373

Getting started with RealBristle brushes............................................................................................................................................. 373

Modifying RealBristle settings............................................................................................................................................................. 374

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Using RealBristle brushes with Dynamic Speckles................................................................................................................................376

Liquid Ink...........................................................................................................................................................................................377

Working with Liquid Ink brushes........................................................................................................................................................377

Adjusting attributes of the Liquid Ink layer.........................................................................................................................................377

Using Liquid Ink controls....................................................................................................................................................................378

Impasto..............................................................................................................................................................................................381

Applying, displaying, and clearing impasto.........................................................................................................................................381

Adjusting and creating Impasto brushes.............................................................................................................................................382

Adjusting Impasto lighting and depth................................................................................................................................................385

Blending impasto with other layers.................................................................................................................................................... 387

Layers................................................................................................................................................................................................. 389

Getting started with layers................................................................................................................................................................. 390

Displaying the Layers panel................................................................................................................................................................ 392

Creating and deleting layers............................................................................................................................................................... 394

Converting selections into layers or floating objects........................................................................................................................... 395

Naming and adding notes to layers................................................................................................................................................... 396

Selecting layers................................................................................................................................................................................... 397

Copying and duplicating layers...........................................................................................................................................................398

Moving layers..................................................................................................................................................................................... 399

Transforming layers.............................................................................................................................................................................401

Aligning layers.................................................................................................................................................................................... 402

Locking layers..................................................................................................................................................................................... 403

Showing or hiding layers....................................................................................................................................................................403

Changing layer order..........................................................................................................................................................................404

Viewing layer position........................................................................................................................................................................ 405

Grouping layers.................................................................................................................................................................................. 405

Dropping layers with the canvas........................................................................................................................................................ 407

Painting on layers............................................................................................................................................................................... 408

Preserving layer transparency.............................................................................................................................................................. 409

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Adjusting layer opacity....................................................................................................................................................................... 410

Adding drop shadows to layers..........................................................................................................................................................410

Blending layers by using composite methods..................................................................................................................................... 411

Creating and deleting layer masks......................................................................................................................................................417

Applying layer masks..........................................................................................................................................................................418

Loading layer masks to selections.......................................................................................................................................................419

Selecting and viewing layer masks......................................................................................................................................................419

Enabling and disabling layers masks...................................................................................................................................................420

Copying layer masks...........................................................................................................................................................................420

Inverting layer masks.......................................................................................................................................................................... 420

Editing layer masks.............................................................................................................................................................................421

Importing and exporting layers...........................................................................................................................................................421

Working with reference layers............................................................................................................................................................ 422

Storing layers as images in the Image Portfolio.................................................................................................................................. 423

Alpha Channels..................................................................................................................................................................................425

Creating and copying channels...........................................................................................................................................................425

Generating channels automatically..................................................................................................................................................... 426

Importing and exporting alpha channels............................................................................................................................................ 428

Selecting and viewing channels.......................................................................................................................................................... 428

Setting channel attributes...................................................................................................................................................................430

Deleting and clearing channels...........................................................................................................................................................431

Editing channels................................................................................................................................................................................. 431

Selections and transformations......................................................................................................................................................... 435

Getting started with selections........................................................................................................................................................... 436

Creating path-based selections........................................................................................................................................................... 437

Creating pixel-based selections........................................................................................................................................................... 440

Creating selections from layers........................................................................................................................................................... 442

Choosing the protected area of a selection........................................................................................................................................ 443

Saving selections as alpha channels....................................................................................................................................................443

Working with the Selection Portfolio.................................................................................................................................................. 446

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Viewing selections.............................................................................................................................................................................. 446

Inverting selections............................................................................................................................................................................. 447

Softening the edges of selections.......................................................................................................................................................448

Stroking selections..............................................................................................................................................................................448

Modifying the borders of selections................................................................................................................................................... 449

Expanding or contracting selections................................................................................................................................................... 449

Adding to or subtracting from selections........................................................................................................................................... 450

Preparing selections for transformations.............................................................................................................................................451

Moving selections............................................................................................................................................................................... 452

Transforming a duplicate selection......................................................................................................................................................452

Scaling and rotating path-based selections.........................................................................................................................................453

Skewing and distorting path-based selections.................................................................................................................................... 455

Canceling transformations.................................................................................................................................................................. 456

Common options for effects............................................................................................................................................................. 457

Fading effects..................................................................................................................................................................................... 457

Applying recently used effects............................................................................................................................................................ 458

Changing effects with open panels.................................................................................................................................................... 458

Applying effects using source luminance............................................................................................................................................458

Using focus and esoterica effects......................................................................................................................................................459

Applying Smart Blur........................................................................................................................................................................... 459

Applying Camera Motion Blur............................................................................................................................................................ 460

Applying Depth of Field..................................................................................................................................................................... 461

Applying Glass Distortion................................................................................................................................................................... 463

Applying Motion Blur......................................................................................................................................................................... 465

Sharpening focus................................................................................................................................................................................466

Softening focus.................................................................................................................................................................................. 466

Applying Zoom Blur........................................................................................................................................................................... 467

Applying Marbling..............................................................................................................................................................................468

Automatically cloning an image......................................................................................................................................................... 469

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Applying the Auto Van Gogh effect................................................................................................................................................... 470

Applying Blobs................................................................................................................................................................................... 471

Creating custom tiles..........................................................................................................................................................................472

Applying Grid Paper........................................................................................................................................................................... 475

Applying Growth effects.....................................................................................................................................................................475

Applying Highpass..............................................................................................................................................................................476

Applying the Maze effect................................................................................................................................................................... 477

Placing elements.................................................................................................................................................................................478

Applying the Pop Art Fill effect.......................................................................................................................................................... 479

Using lighting and surface texture effects........................................................................................................................................ 481

Applying preset lighting effects.......................................................................................................................................................... 482

Adding, deleting, and repositioning lights..........................................................................................................................................482

Adjusting light properties................................................................................................................................................................... 483

Using paper to create texture.............................................................................................................................................................484

Using 3D brushstrokes to create texture.............................................................................................................................................485

Using image luminance to create texture........................................................................................................................................... 486

Using clone source or pattern luminance to create texture.................................................................................................................486

Creating embossed effects..................................................................................................................................................................487

Using channels and layer masks tocreate texture.............................................................................................................................. 488

Creating reflection maps.....................................................................................................................................................................489

Adjusting texture lighting................................................................................................................................................................... 490

Apply Surface Texture controls............................................................................................................................................................491

Applying the Apply Screen effect....................................................................................................................................................... 491

Applying the Color Overlay effect.......................................................................................................................................................492

Applying the Dye Concentration effect............................................................................................................................................... 494

Applying the Express Texture effect.................................................................................................................................................... 496

Applying a warp effect.......................................................................................................................................................................497

Applying the Woodcut effect............................................................................................................................................................. 499

Applying the Distress effect................................................................................................................................................................501

Applying the Serigraphy effect........................................................................................................................................................... 502

Applying the Sketch effect................................................................................................................................................................. 503

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Dynamic Plug-ins............................................................................................................................................................................... 505

Getting started with dynamic plug-ins............................................................................................................................................... 506

Modifying and deleting dynamic layers.............................................................................................................................................. 506

Committing dynamic layers to default layers...................................................................................................................................... 506

Applying the Brightness and Contrast dynamic plug-in...................................................................................................................... 507

Applying the Burn dynamic plug-in.................................................................................................................................................... 507

Applying the Tear dynamic plug-in..................................................................................................................................................... 509

Applying the Bevel World dynamic plug-in.........................................................................................................................................510

Applying the Equalize dynamic plug-in...............................................................................................................................................511

Applying the Glass Distortion dynamic plug-in................................................................................................................................... 512

Applying the Kaleidoscope dynamic plug-in....................................................................................................................................... 513

Applying the Liquid Lens dynamic plug-in.......................................................................................................................................... 514

Applying the Liquid Metal dynamic plug-in........................................................................................................................................ 518

Applying the Posterize dynamic plug-in..............................................................................................................................................525

Patterns..............................................................................................................................................................................................527

Applying pattern fills.......................................................................................................................................................................... 527

Painting with patterns........................................................................................................................................................................ 529

Creating and editing patterns.............................................................................................................................................................530

Creating seamless patterns................................................................................................................................................................. 533

Creating fractal patterns.....................................................................................................................................................................535

Gradients........................................................................................................................................................................................... 539

Applying gradients............................................................................................................................................................................. 539

Replacing image colors with gradient colors...................................................................................................................................... 541

Adjusting gradients............................................................................................................................................................................ 542

Creating and editing gradients........................................................................................................................................................... 543

Saving gradients................................................................................................................................................................................. 546

Mosaics and tessellations.................................................................................................................................................................. 547

Creating a mosaic...............................................................................................................................................................................548

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Selecting and removing tiles...............................................................................................................................................................550

Specifying tile and grout color........................................................................................................................................................... 551

Adjusting mosaic tile dimensions and randomness.............................................................................................................................552

Filling an area with tiles..................................................................................................................................................................... 554

Creating 3D tiles.................................................................................................................................................................................555

Re-rendering mosaic tiles....................................................................................................................................................................556

Stroking and filling a selection with mosaic tiles................................................................................................................................ 556

Adding mosaic effects to an image....................................................................................................................................................557

Creating tessellations.......................................................................................................................................................................... 558

Weaves...............................................................................................................................................................................................563

Applying weaves.................................................................................................................................................................................563

Editing and saving weaves................................................................................................................................................................. 564

Creating weave patterns.....................................................................................................................................................................565

Using the Edit Weave dialog box....................................................................................................................................................... 566

Defining warp and weft expressions...................................................................................................................................................567

Defining warp and weft color expressions.......................................................................................................................................... 569

Designing the tie-up...........................................................................................................................................................................570

Reference: Expression operators..........................................................................................................................................................571

Shapes................................................................................................................................................................................................581

Getting started with shapes............................................................................................................................................................... 582

Drawing shapes.................................................................................................................................................................................. 582

Drawing lines and curves................................................................................................................................................................... 583

Setting preferences for drawing shapes..............................................................................................................................................586

Selecting a shape............................................................................................................................................................................... 588

Modifying shape outlines and fills...................................................................................................................................................... 589

Adding, deleting, and moving anchor points..................................................................................................................................... 590

Adjusting curvature............................................................................................................................................................................ 592

Cutting and joining shape segments.................................................................................................................................................. 593

Converting shapes to image layers..................................................................................................................................................... 594

Converting selections to shapes..........................................................................................................................................................595

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Resizing, rotating, skewing, and flipping shapes................................................................................................................................ 596

Duplicating shapes............................................................................................................................................................................. 597

Combining shapes.............................................................................................................................................................................. 598

Blending shapes................................................................................................................................................................................. 599

Saving a shape outline as a selection................................................................................................................................................. 600

Exporting Adobe Illustrator shapes..................................................................................................................................................... 600

Adding text........................................................................................................................................................................................603

Adding text to images........................................................................................................................................................................603

Formatting text...................................................................................................................................................................................604

Aligning text.......................................................................................................................................................................................604

Adjusting text kerning and leading.....................................................................................................................................................604

Stretching, rotating, and skewing text................................................................................................................................................605

Adding drop shadows to text.............................................................................................................................................................606

Applying effects to text...................................................................................................................................................................... 606

Applying curves to text.......................................................................................................................................................................607

Converting text layers......................................................................................................................................................................... 609

Dropping text..................................................................................................................................................................................... 609

Working with animation and digital videos...................................................................................................................................... 611

Choosing an animation workflow.......................................................................................................................................................611

Creating frame-by-frame animation....................................................................................................................................................613

Opening a Corel Painter movie...........................................................................................................................................................614

Importing QuickTime and AVI files..................................................................................................................................................... 615

Selecting movie frames.......................................................................................................................................................................615

Editing frame content........................................................................................................................................................................ 615

Applying effects to a single frame......................................................................................................................................................616

Previewing animations........................................................................................................................................................................ 616

Using onion skinning..........................................................................................................................................................................617

Animating with layers.........................................................................................................................................................................617

Adding, deleting, and erasing frames.................................................................................................................................................618

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Repeating frames................................................................................................................................................................................618

Inserting movies................................................................................................................................................................................. 619

Rotoscoping........................................................................................................................................................................................620

Applying scripts to movies..................................................................................................................................................................620

Exporting movies as QuickTime.......................................................................................................................................................... 621

Exporting movies as AVI..................................................................................................................................................................... 622

Importing and exporting numbered files............................................................................................................................................ 623

Exporting animated GIFs.....................................................................................................................................................................624

Using scripts to automate tasks........................................................................................................................................................ 627

Getting started with scripts................................................................................................................................................................ 627

Displaying the Scripts panel................................................................................................................................................................628

Recording and playing scripts.............................................................................................................................................................628

Enabling and playing background scripts........................................................................................................................................... 629

Creating resolution-independent scripts..............................................................................................................................................630

Editing, renaming, and deleting scripts.............................................................................................................................................. 631

Converting scripts to movies...............................................................................................................................................................632

Importing and exporting scripts......................................................................................................................................................... 632

Importing and exporting script libraries..............................................................................................................................................633

Creating and deleting script libraries.................................................................................................................................................. 634

Printing images..................................................................................................................................................................................635

Specifying the page layout and image size.........................................................................................................................................635

Printing your work..............................................................................................................................................................................636

Saving files in EPS format for printing................................................................................................................................................637

General notes on printing.................................................................................................................................................................. 637

Notes for users of Adobe Photoshop................................................................................................................................................639

Comparing terminology in Corel Painter and Adobe Photoshop......................................................................................................... 639

Comparing tools in Corel Painter and Adobe Photoshop.................................................................................................................... 640

Frequently asked questions from users of Adobe Photoshop.............................................................................................................. 641

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