Corel Painter 2022 User manual

Jeremiah Trammell

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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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