Jeremiah Trammell
USERGUIDE
2 | Corel Painter 2022 User Guide
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Contents
Welcome to Corel Painter....................................................................................................................................................................21
Using the documentation.....................................................................................................................................................................21
Adjusting the Help window text size....................................................................................................................................................24
Hints and tooltips.................................................................................................................................................................................24
Welcome Screen................................................................................................................................................................................... 25
Additional resources............................................................................................................................................................................. 26
Feedback...............................................................................................................................................................................................26
Registration.......................................................................................................................................................................................... 26
About Corel Corporation...................................................................................................................................................................... 26
What’s new in Corel Painter 2022...................................................................................................................................................... 27
What was new in earlier versions of Corel Painter................................................................................................................................34
Workspace tour................................................................................................................................................................................... 57
Corel Painter terms............................................................................................................................................................................... 57
Exploring the Document window......................................................................................................................................................... 59
Choosing a workspace layout...............................................................................................................................................................61
Exploring the toolbox........................................................................................................................................................................... 62
Displaying the toolbox..........................................................................................................................................................................66
Displaying the Media Selector bar........................................................................................................................................................ 67
Displaying the property bars.................................................................................................................................................................68
Exploring the Navigator panel.............................................................................................................................................................. 69
Displaying and customizing the Brush Selector.....................................................................................................................................70
Displaying the command bars.............................................................................................................................................................. 76
Rearranging panels and palettes...........................................................................................................................................................77
Exploring panels................................................................................................................................................................................... 81
Working with sliders.............................................................................................................................................................................84
Creating and modifying custom palettes.............................................................................................................................................. 85
Renaming and deleting custom palettes...............................................................................................................................................87
Saving, exporting, and importing custom palettes................................................................................................................................87
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Working with libraries.......................................................................................................................................................................... 88
Creating, importing, exporting, and deleting workspaces..................................................................................................................... 89
Restoring the default Corel Painter settings.......................................................................................................................................... 90
A short tour of Corel Painter for users of Adobe Photoshop..............................................................................................................93
Creating, navigating, and manipulating documents........................................................................................................................... 97
Creating documents............................................................................................................................................................................. 98
Understanding resolution................................................................................................................................................................... 100
Opening and placing files...................................................................................................................................................................101
Creating and opening templates........................................................................................................................................................ 104
Switching document views................................................................................................................................................................. 104
Navigating images and viewing image information............................................................................................................................ 106
Zooming images.................................................................................................................................................................................108
Rotating images and the canvas.........................................................................................................................................................111
Flipping images.................................................................................................................................................................................. 112
Repositioning images..........................................................................................................................................................................114
Cropping images................................................................................................................................................................................ 115
Resizing images and the canvas......................................................................................................................................................... 115
Saving and backing up files............................................................................................................................................................... 118
Choosing a file format....................................................................................................................................................................... 119
Emailing documents........................................................................................................................................................................... 120
Closing documents and quitting the application................................................................................................................................ 121
Using two monitors............................................................................................................................................................................121
Support for tablets and other devices................................................................................................................................................ 121
Multi-touch support........................................................................................................................................................................... 122
Trackpad support (macOS)..................................................................................................................................................................123
Touch Bar support (macOS)................................................................................................................................................................124
Wacom Intuos support.......................................................................................................................................................................124
Drag-and-drop features...................................................................................................................................................................... 125
Using the Brush Accelerator to achieve optimal performance.......................................................................................................... 127
Evaluating your system.......................................................................................................................................................................127
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Understanding test results.................................................................................................................................................................. 128
Adjusting GPU settings.......................................................................................................................................................................129
Keyboard shortcuts............................................................................................................................................................................ 131
Customizing keys................................................................................................................................................................................132
Toolbox commands.............................................................................................................................................................................134
Panel commands................................................................................................................................................................................ 136
Corel Painter menu commands (macOS).............................................................................................................................................137
File menu commands......................................................................................................................................................................... 137
Edit menu commands........................................................................................................................................................................ 138
Canvas menu commands....................................................................................................................................................................138
Layers menu commands..................................................................................................................................................................... 139
Select menu commands..................................................................................................................................................................... 139
Shapes menu commands....................................................................................................................................................................140
Effects menu commands.................................................................................................................................................................... 140
Window menu commands................................................................................................................................................................. 140
Help menu commands....................................................................................................................................................................... 141
Screen navigation............................................................................................................................................................................... 141
Panel navigation................................................................................................................................................................................. 141
Panel menu commands...................................................................................................................................................................... 141
Brush tools......................................................................................................................................................................................... 142
Selection tools.................................................................................................................................................................................... 144
Adjuster tools..................................................................................................................................................................................... 144
Shape tools........................................................................................................................................................................................ 146
Animation...........................................................................................................................................................................................147
Lighting.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 147
Layer selection tools........................................................................................................................................................................... 147
Mosaics.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 147
Other commands................................................................................................................................................................................148
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Painting..............................................................................................................................................................................................151
Choosing a painting workflow........................................................................................................................................................... 151
Brush tracking and calibration............................................................................................................................................................153
Exploring painting media....................................................................................................................................................................157
Working with the canvas and layers...................................................................................................................................................157
Displaying reference images............................................................................................................................................................... 158
Clearing the canvas............................................................................................................................................................................ 159
Setting up the drawing cursor........................................................................................................................................................... 159
Using a stylus vs. a mouse................................................................................................................................................................. 159
Applying freehand and straight brushstrokes......................................................................................................................................164
Constraining, fading, and undoing strokes.........................................................................................................................................165
Aligning brushstrokes to paths and shapes........................................................................................................................................ 166
Making 360° strokes...........................................................................................................................................................................166
Erasing image areas........................................................................................................................................................................... 167
Letting media pool............................................................................................................................................................................. 168
Recording and playing back brushstrokes...........................................................................................................................................168
Reference: Troubleshooting.................................................................................................................................................................170
Working with paper texture and grain..............................................................................................................................................171
Applying paper texture.......................................................................................................................................................................171
Creating and deleting paper textures..................................................................................................................................................172
Managing paper textures................................................................................................................................................................... 173
Rotating paper texture........................................................................................................................................................................174
Inverting and scaling paper grain....................................................................................................................................................... 174
Controlling brightness and contrast of paper grain............................................................................................................................ 175
Adjusting grain direction and behavior...............................................................................................................................................176
Photo art............................................................................................................................................................................................179
Applying AI styles...............................................................................................................................................................................180
Creating underpaintings..................................................................................................................................................................... 185
Auto-painting photos......................................................................................................................................................................... 187
Restoring detail to paintings...............................................................................................................................................................189
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Image cloning and sampling............................................................................................................................................................. 191
Cloning workflows..............................................................................................................................................................................192
Using embedded images as clone sources..........................................................................................................................................196
Using textures as clone sources..........................................................................................................................................................200
Using patterns as clone sources......................................................................................................................................................... 202
Working with embedded clone sources..............................................................................................................................................203
Setting cloning preferences................................................................................................................................................................ 204
Cloning brushes and controls............................................................................................................................................................. 205
Cloning image areas...........................................................................................................................................................................212
Multi-point cloning.............................................................................................................................................................................214
Using selections and transformations when sampling.........................................................................................................................225
Filling an area with a sampled image.................................................................................................................................................226
Working with composition tools, symmetry tools, rulers, and guides...............................................................................................229
Using the Layout Grid........................................................................................................................................................................ 229
Using the Mirror Painting mode.........................................................................................................................................................232
Using the Kaleidoscope Painting mode...............................................................................................................................................234
Using perspective guides.................................................................................................................................................................... 236
Using the Divine Proportion tool........................................................................................................................................................ 242
Using rulers........................................................................................................................................................................................ 245
Using guides.......................................................................................................................................................................................246
Using Snap to Guides.........................................................................................................................................................................247
Using the grid.................................................................................................................................................................................... 247
Using Snap to Virtual Grid................................................................................................................................................................. 248
Color.................................................................................................................................................................................................. 249
Choosing colors from the Color panel................................................................................................................................................250
Resizing the Color panel.....................................................................................................................................................................253
Showing or hiding Color panel components...................................................................................................................................... 253
Using the color selector......................................................................................................................................................................253
Changing the canvas color................................................................................................................................................................. 257
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Sampling colors from images............................................................................................................................................................. 258
Cloning color......................................................................................................................................................................................259
Creating two-color brushstrokes......................................................................................................................................................... 259
Exploring the Mixer panel and mixing controls...................................................................................................................................260
Displaying and resizing the Mixer panel............................................................................................................................................. 261
Mixing, sampling, and applying colors from the Mixer pad................................................................................................................ 262
Opening images in the Mixer panel................................................................................................................................................... 264
Changing and saving the Mixer color swatches..................................................................................................................................265
Saving Mixer panel colors to a color set.............................................................................................................................................265
Clearing and resetting Mixer panel colors...........................................................................................................................................266
Saving the Mixer pad......................................................................................................................................................................... 266
Loading color swatches and Mixer pad files....................................................................................................................................... 267
Working with color sets..................................................................................................................................................................... 267
Customizing the layouts of color sets.................................................................................................................................................269
Creating and exporting color sets.......................................................................................................................................................269
Editing color sets................................................................................................................................................................................270
Working with color harmonies........................................................................................................................................................... 271
Setting color variability....................................................................................................................................................................... 273
Setting Color Expression..................................................................................................................................................................... 274
Loading multiple colors...................................................................................................................................................................... 274
Working with color fills...................................................................................................................................................................... 274
Applying a color as a fill.................................................................................................................................................................... 275
Limiting and preventing leakage.........................................................................................................................................................276
Color management............................................................................................................................................................................ 279
Understanding color management..................................................................................................................................................... 279
Specifying the default RGB color profile............................................................................................................................................. 282
Embedding color profiles when saving files........................................................................................................................................283
Specifying the default CMYK color profile for converting CMYK images to RGB..................................................................................283
Previewing and soft-proofing color profiles........................................................................................................................................ 284
Assigning or removing color profiles.................................................................................................................................................. 285
Converting color profiles.................................................................................................................................................................... 285
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Working with color profile policies..................................................................................................................................................... 286
Working with presets......................................................................................................................................................................... 287
Correcting and adjusting colors........................................................................................................................................................ 289
Correcting colors using curves............................................................................................................................................................289
Adjusting brightness and contrast...................................................................................................................................................... 290
Using the curve to correct colors....................................................................................................................................................... 293
Drawing freehand curves to adjust colors...........................................................................................................................................294
Specifying the curve values to adjust colors........................................................................................................................................295
Adjusting hue, saturation, and value..................................................................................................................................................296
Adjusting selected colors.................................................................................................................................................................... 299
Equalizing images...............................................................................................................................................................................301
Matching color and brightness across images.................................................................................................................................... 303
Inverting colors...................................................................................................................................................................................303
Posterizing an image.......................................................................................................................................................................... 304
Applying video legal colors.................................................................................................................................................................305
Dodging and burning.........................................................................................................................................................................305
Libraries..............................................................................................................................................................................................307
Importing and exporting libraries....................................................................................................................................................... 307
Creating and removing libraries..........................................................................................................................................................308
Modifying the display of media panels...............................................................................................................................................309
Moving, renaming, and deleting library resources.............................................................................................................................. 310
Restoring default libraries................................................................................................................................................................... 311
Selecting, managing, and creating brushes...................................................................................................................................... 313
Understanding brushes.......................................................................................................................................................................313
Searching and selecting brushes.........................................................................................................................................................314
Filtering brushes................................................................................................................................................................................. 315
Marking brushes as favorite............................................................................................................................................................... 317
Acquiring brushes...............................................................................................................................................................................318
Setting basic brush attributes.............................................................................................................................................................320
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Working with brushes using the property bars...................................................................................................................................323
Renaming brush categories and variants............................................................................................................................................ 326
Saving and deleting brush variants.....................................................................................................................................................327
Restoring default brush variants......................................................................................................................................................... 328
Creating and deleting brush categories.............................................................................................................................................. 329
Creating and deleting brush libraries..................................................................................................................................................329
Importing and exporting brush libraries, categories, and variants....................................................................................................... 330
Importing Photoshop brush images....................................................................................................................................................333
Saving a brush look............................................................................................................................................................................333
Creating and managing brush dabs................................................................................................................................................... 334
Adjusting brushes with brush controls..............................................................................................................................................337
Exploring Brush Controls.................................................................................................................................................................... 338
Expression settings..............................................................................................................................................................................339
Audio Expression................................................................................................................................................................................ 340
Previewing brushstrokes and brush dabs............................................................................................................................................ 342
Calibrating brush variants...................................................................................................................................................................343
General controls................................................................................................................................................................................. 344
General controls: Dab types............................................................................................................................................................... 344
General controls: Stroke types............................................................................................................................................................ 348
General controls: Methods and subcategories.................................................................................................................................... 349
General controls: Source.....................................................................................................................................................................353
Performance controls..........................................................................................................................................................................353
Opacity controls................................................................................................................................................................................. 354
Grain controls.....................................................................................................................................................................................356
Stroke Attributes controls...................................................................................................................................................................358
Size controls....................................................................................................................................................................................... 360
Angle controls.................................................................................................................................................................................... 364
Spacing controls................................................................................................................................................................................. 367
Changing dab profiles........................................................................................................................................................................ 368
Captured dab controls........................................................................................................................................................................371
Jitter controls......................................................................................................................................................................................373
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Real Watercolor controls.....................................................................................................................................................................374
Real Wet Oil controls..........................................................................................................................................................................378
Computed Circular controls................................................................................................................................................................ 382
Hard Media controls...........................................................................................................................................................................383
Bristle controls.................................................................................................................................................................................... 383
RealBristle controls..............................................................................................................................................................................384
Static Bristle controls.......................................................................................................................................................................... 384
Airbrush controls................................................................................................................................................................................ 387
Artists’ Oils controls........................................................................................................................................................................... 390
Impasto controls.................................................................................................................................................................................392
Digital Watercolor controls................................................................................................................................................................. 392
Water controls....................................................................................................................................................................................392
Liquid Ink controls..............................................................................................................................................................................396
Stroke Jitter controls...........................................................................................................................................................................401
Blending controls................................................................................................................................................................................402
Mouse controls...................................................................................................................................................................................405
Smoothing controls............................................................................................................................................................................ 406
Image Hose controls...........................................................................................................................................................................407
Rake controls......................................................................................................................................................................................407
Multi controls..................................................................................................................................................................................... 410
Color Variability controls.....................................................................................................................................................................410
Color Expression controls....................................................................................................................................................................412
Dynamic Speckles controls..................................................................................................................................................................413
Dab Stencil controls........................................................................................................................................................................... 416
Glazing controls................................................................................................................................................................................. 421
Airbrushes.......................................................................................................................................................................................... 427
Adjusting airbrush spread and flow....................................................................................................................................................428
Watercolor......................................................................................................................................................................................... 431
Working with the Watercolor layer.....................................................................................................................................................432
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Watercolor brushes and paper texture interaction.............................................................................................................................. 433
Working with Real watercolor brushes............................................................................................................................................... 433
Working with Pigment watercolor brushes......................................................................................................................................... 434
Working with Fringe watercolor brushes............................................................................................................................................ 434
Particle brushes..................................................................................................................................................................................437
Gravity Particle dab types................................................................................................................................................................... 438
Flow Particle dab types.......................................................................................................................................................................440
Spring Particle dab types.................................................................................................................................................................... 442
Common Particle brush controls.........................................................................................................................................................445
Particles - Thin Lines brush controls....................................................................................................................................................448
Using Dynamic Speckles with Particle brushes.................................................................................................................................... 450
Texture painting.................................................................................................................................................................................453
Painting with textures.........................................................................................................................................................................455
Customizing Texture brushes.............................................................................................................................................................. 457
Textures.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 463
Creating textures................................................................................................................................................................................ 464
Transforming and editing textures...................................................................................................................................................... 469
Applying textures as fills.....................................................................................................................................................................470
Using textures in photo painting and image compositing.................................................................................................................. 472
Working with Texture libraries............................................................................................................................................................ 472
Applying and adjusting flow maps................................................................................................................................................... 475
Getting started with flow maps......................................................................................................................................................... 475
Choosing flow maps and compatible brush variants.......................................................................................................................... 476
Enabling flow maps and controlling flow resistance...........................................................................................................................477
Customizing flow maps......................................................................................................................................................................478
Hard Media........................................................................................................................................................................................481
Choosing a Hard Media variant..........................................................................................................................................................481
Modifying Hard Media profiles........................................................................................................................................................... 482
Controlling the behavior of Hard Media variants................................................................................................................................ 483
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Previewing Hard Media dabs..............................................................................................................................................................484
Markers.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 485
Getting started with markers..............................................................................................................................................................485
Customizing markers.......................................................................................................................................................................... 486
Image hose........................................................................................................................................................................................ 487
Painting with the Image hose.............................................................................................................................................................487
Adjusting the opacity and color of image hose elements................................................................................................................... 489
Adjusting the size and spacing of image hose elements.....................................................................................................................490
Indexing nozzle files........................................................................................................................................................................... 491
Understanding nozzles, ranks, and indexing.......................................................................................................................................492
Creating a 1-Rank nozzle................................................................................................................................................................... 494
Creating a 2-Rank nozzle................................................................................................................................................................... 496
Creating a 3-Rank nozzle................................................................................................................................................................... 497
Loading and managing nozzle files.................................................................................................................................................... 499
Creating a nozzle from a movie......................................................................................................................................................... 500
RealBristle brushes.......................................................................................................................................................................... 503
Getting started with RealBristle brushes............................................................................................................................................. 503
Modifying RealBristle settings............................................................................................................................................................. 504
Using RealBristle brushes with Dynamic Speckles................................................................................................................................506
Thick Paint......................................................................................................................................................................................... 507
Painting with Thick Paint.................................................................................................................................................................... 508
Thick Paint - Media controls...............................................................................................................................................................511
Thick Paint - Wetness controls............................................................................................................................................................513
Thick Paint - Shape controls............................................................................................................................................................... 515
Adjusting Thick Paint layers................................................................................................................................................................ 518
Adjusting Thick Paint lighting............................................................................................................................................................. 519
Cloning with Thick Paint brushes........................................................................................................................................................522
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Liquid Ink...........................................................................................................................................................................................523
Working with Liquid ink brushes........................................................................................................................................................ 523
Adjusting attributes of the Liquid Ink layer.........................................................................................................................................523
Using Liquid Ink controls....................................................................................................................................................................524
Adjusting Liquid Ink lighting.............................................................................................................................................................. 525
Impasto..............................................................................................................................................................................................529
Applying, displaying, and clearing impasto.........................................................................................................................................529
Adjusting and creating Impasto brushes.............................................................................................................................................530
Adjusting Impasto lighting and depth................................................................................................................................................534
Blending impasto with other layers.................................................................................................................................................... 536
Layers................................................................................................................................................................................................. 539
Getting started with layers................................................................................................................................................................. 540
Displaying the Layers panel................................................................................................................................................................ 543
Creating and deleting layers............................................................................................................................................................... 545
Clearing the contents of layers........................................................................................................................................................... 546
Converting selections into layers or floating objects........................................................................................................................... 546
Naming and adding notes to layers................................................................................................................................................... 547
Selecting layers................................................................................................................................................................................... 548
Copying and duplicating layers...........................................................................................................................................................550
Moving layers..................................................................................................................................................................................... 551
Transforming layers.............................................................................................................................................................................553
Aligning layers.................................................................................................................................................................................... 555
Locking layers..................................................................................................................................................................................... 556
Showing or hiding layers....................................................................................................................................................................556
Changing layer order..........................................................................................................................................................................557
Viewing layer position........................................................................................................................................................................ 559
Grouping layers.................................................................................................................................................................................. 559
Merging layers....................................................................................................................................................................................561
Dropping layers with the canvas........................................................................................................................................................ 562
Painting on layers............................................................................................................................................................................... 562
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Preserving layer transparency.............................................................................................................................................................. 564
Adjusting layer opacity....................................................................................................................................................................... 565
Adding drop shadows to layers..........................................................................................................................................................565
Blending layers by using composite methods..................................................................................................................................... 566
Layer masking.....................................................................................................................................................................................573
Creating and deleting layer masks...................................................................................................................................................... 574
Selecting layer masks..........................................................................................................................................................................576
Painting on layer masks......................................................................................................................................................................576
Inverting layer masks.......................................................................................................................................................................... 577
Enabling and disabling layers masks...................................................................................................................................................577
Loading layer masks to selections.......................................................................................................................................................578
Copying layer masks...........................................................................................................................................................................578
Viewing layer masks as grayscale images............................................................................................................................................578
Applying layer masks..........................................................................................................................................................................579
Importing and exporting layers...........................................................................................................................................................579
Working with reference layers............................................................................................................................................................ 580
Storing layers as images in the Image Portfolio.................................................................................................................................. 581
Alpha Channels..................................................................................................................................................................................583
Creating and copying channels...........................................................................................................................................................583
Generating channels automatically..................................................................................................................................................... 585
Importing and exporting alpha channels............................................................................................................................................ 586
Selecting and viewing channels.......................................................................................................................................................... 586
Setting channel attributes...................................................................................................................................................................588
Deleting and clearing channels...........................................................................................................................................................589
Editing channels................................................................................................................................................................................. 589
Selections and transformations......................................................................................................................................................... 593
Getting started with selections........................................................................................................................................................... 594
Selecting areas by painting.................................................................................................................................................................596
Creating path-based selections........................................................................................................................................................... 601
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Creating pixel-based selections........................................................................................................................................................... 603
Creating selections from layers........................................................................................................................................................... 606
Choosing the protected area of a selection........................................................................................................................................ 607
Saving selections as alpha channels....................................................................................................................................................607
Working with the Selection Portfolio.................................................................................................................................................. 610
Viewing selections.............................................................................................................................................................................. 610
Inverting selections............................................................................................................................................................................. 611
Softening the edges of selections.......................................................................................................................................................612
Stroking selections..............................................................................................................................................................................612
Modifying the borders of selections................................................................................................................................................... 613
Expanding or contracting selections................................................................................................................................................... 614
Adding to or subtracting from selections........................................................................................................................................... 614
Preparing selections for transformations.............................................................................................................................................615
Moving selections............................................................................................................................................................................... 616
Transforming a duplicate selection......................................................................................................................................................617
Scaling and rotating path-based selections.........................................................................................................................................617
Skewing and distorting path-based selections.................................................................................................................................... 619
Canceling transformations.................................................................................................................................................................. 621
Common options for effects............................................................................................................................................................. 623
Fading effects..................................................................................................................................................................................... 623
Applying recently used effects............................................................................................................................................................ 624
Changing effects with open panels.................................................................................................................................................... 624
Applying effects using source luminance............................................................................................................................................624
Using focus and esoterica effects......................................................................................................................................................625
Applying Smart Blur........................................................................................................................................................................... 625
Applying Camera Motion Blur............................................................................................................................................................ 626
Applying Depth of Field..................................................................................................................................................................... 627
Applying Glass Distortion................................................................................................................................................................... 629
Applying Motion Blur......................................................................................................................................................................... 631
Sharpening focus................................................................................................................................................................................632
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Softening focus.................................................................................................................................................................................. 633
Applying Zoom Blur........................................................................................................................................................................... 634
Applying Marbling..............................................................................................................................................................................634
Automatically cloning an image......................................................................................................................................................... 636
Applying the Auto Van Gogh effect................................................................................................................................................... 637
Applying Blobs................................................................................................................................................................................... 638
Creating custom tiles..........................................................................................................................................................................640
Applying Grid Paper........................................................................................................................................................................... 643
Applying Growth effects.....................................................................................................................................................................643
Applying Highpass..............................................................................................................................................................................644
Applying the Maze effect................................................................................................................................................................... 645
Placing elements.................................................................................................................................................................................645
Applying the Pop Art Fill effect.......................................................................................................................................................... 647
Using lighting and surface texture effects........................................................................................................................................ 649
Applying preset lighting effects.......................................................................................................................................................... 650
Adding, deleting, and repositioning lights..........................................................................................................................................650
Adjusting light properties................................................................................................................................................................... 651
Using paper to create texture.............................................................................................................................................................652
Using 3D brushstrokes to create texture.............................................................................................................................................653
Using image luminance to create texture........................................................................................................................................... 654
Using clone source or pattern luminance to create texture.................................................................................................................654
Creating embossed effects..................................................................................................................................................................655
Using channels and layer masks to create texture.............................................................................................................................. 656
Creating reflection maps.....................................................................................................................................................................657
Adjusting texture lighting................................................................................................................................................................... 658
Apply Surface Texture controls............................................................................................................................................................659
Applying the Apply Screen effect....................................................................................................................................................... 660
Applying the Color Overlay effect.......................................................................................................................................................661
Applying the Dye Concentration effect............................................................................................................................................... 663
Applying the Express Texture effect.................................................................................................................................................... 665
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Applying a warp effect.......................................................................................................................................................................666
Applying the Woodcut effect............................................................................................................................................................. 668
Applying the Distress effect................................................................................................................................................................670
Applying the Serigraphy effect........................................................................................................................................................... 671
Applying the Sketch effect................................................................................................................................................................. 672
Dynamic Plug-ins............................................................................................................................................................................... 675
Getting started with dynamic plug-ins............................................................................................................................................... 676
Modifying and deleting dynamic layers.............................................................................................................................................. 676
Converting dynamic layers.................................................................................................................................................................. 676
Applying the Brightness and Contrast dynamic plug-in...................................................................................................................... 677
Applying the Burn dynamic plug-in.................................................................................................................................................... 677
Applying the Tear dynamic plug-in..................................................................................................................................................... 679
Applying the Bevel World dynamic plug-in.........................................................................................................................................680
Applying the Equalize dynamic plug-in...............................................................................................................................................681
Applying the Glass Distortion dynamic plug-in................................................................................................................................... 682
Applying the Kaleidoscope dynamic plug-in....................................................................................................................................... 684
Applying the Liquid Lens dynamic plug-in..........................................................................................................................................685
Applying the Liquid Metal dynamic plug-in........................................................................................................................................ 688
Applying the Posterize dynamic plug-in..............................................................................................................................................695
Patterns..............................................................................................................................................................................................697
Applying pattern fills.......................................................................................................................................................................... 697
Painting with patterns........................................................................................................................................................................ 699
Creating and editing patterns.............................................................................................................................................................700
Creating seamless patterns................................................................................................................................................................. 703
Creating fractal patterns.....................................................................................................................................................................705
Gradients........................................................................................................................................................................................... 709
Applying gradients............................................................................................................................................................................. 711
Editing gradients................................................................................................................................................................................ 714
Applying paint effects to gradients.....................................................................................................................................................718
Creating gradients.............................................................................................................................................................................. 720
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Replacing image colors with gradient colors...................................................................................................................................... 723
Mosaics and tessellations.................................................................................................................................................................. 725
Creating a mosaic...............................................................................................................................................................................726
Selecting and removing tiles...............................................................................................................................................................728
Specifying tile and grout color........................................................................................................................................................... 729
Adjusting mosaic tile dimensions and randomness.............................................................................................................................730
Filling an area with tiles..................................................................................................................................................................... 733
Creating 3D tiles.................................................................................................................................................................................734
Re-rendering mosaic tiles....................................................................................................................................................................735
Stroking and filling a selection with mosaic tiles................................................................................................................................ 735
Adding mosaic effects to an image....................................................................................................................................................736
Creating tessellations.......................................................................................................................................................................... 737
Weaves...............................................................................................................................................................................................741
Applying weaves.................................................................................................................................................................................741
Editing and saving weaves................................................................................................................................................................. 742
Creating weave patterns.....................................................................................................................................................................744
Using the Edit Weave dialog box....................................................................................................................................................... 744
Defining warp and weft expressions...................................................................................................................................................745
Defining warp and weft color expressions..........................................................................................................................................747
Designing the tie-up...........................................................................................................................................................................748
Reference: Expression operators..........................................................................................................................................................750
Shapes................................................................................................................................................................................................759
Getting started with shapes............................................................................................................................................................... 760
Drawing shapes.................................................................................................................................................................................. 760
Drawing lines and curves................................................................................................................................................................... 762
Setting preferences for drawing shapes..............................................................................................................................................765
Selecting a shape............................................................................................................................................................................... 767
Modifying shape outlines and fills...................................................................................................................................................... 767
Adding, deleting, and moving anchor points..................................................................................................................................... 769
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Adjusting curvature............................................................................................................................................................................ 771
Cutting and joining shape segments.................................................................................................................................................. 772
Converting shapes to image layers..................................................................................................................................................... 774
Converting selections to shapes..........................................................................................................................................................774
Resizing, rotating, skewing, and flipping shapes................................................................................................................................ 775
Duplicating shapes............................................................................................................................................................................. 777
Combining shapes.............................................................................................................................................................................. 777
Blending shapes................................................................................................................................................................................. 778
Saving a shape outline as a selection................................................................................................................................................. 780
Exporting Adobe Illustrator shapes..................................................................................................................................................... 780
Adding text........................................................................................................................................................................................781
Adding text to images........................................................................................................................................................................781
Formatting text...................................................................................................................................................................................782
Aligning text.......................................................................................................................................................................................782
Adjusting text kerning and leading.....................................................................................................................................................783
Stretching, rotating, and skewing text................................................................................................................................................783
Adding drop shadows to text.............................................................................................................................................................784
Applying effects to text...................................................................................................................................................................... 784
Applying curves to text.......................................................................................................................................................................785
Converting text layers......................................................................................................................................................................... 787
Dropping text..................................................................................................................................................................................... 787
Working with animation and digital videos (Windows).................................................................................................................... 789
Choosing an animation workflow.......................................................................................................................................................789
Creating frame-by-frame animation....................................................................................................................................................791
Opening a Corel Painter movie...........................................................................................................................................................792
Importing QuickTime and AVI files..................................................................................................................................................... 793
Selecting movie frames.......................................................................................................................................................................793
Editing frame content........................................................................................................................................................................ 793
Applying effects to a single frame......................................................................................................................................................794
Previewing animations........................................................................................................................................................................ 794
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