Corel Painter 2019 User guide

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Contents

Welcome to Corel Painter....................................................................................................................................................................23

Using the documentation.....................................................................................................................................................................23

Adjusting the Help window text size....................................................................................................................................................26

Corel Painter 2019 User Guide eBook.................................................................................................................................................. 26

Hints and tooltips.................................................................................................................................................................................27

Welcome Screen................................................................................................................................................................................... 28

Additional resources............................................................................................................................................................................. 28

Registration.......................................................................................................................................................................................... 28

Feedback...............................................................................................................................................................................................28

About Corel Corporation...................................................................................................................................................................... 29

What’s new in Corel Painter 2019...................................................................................................................................................... 31

What’s new in this version of Corel Painter..........................................................................................................................................31

What was new in earlier versions of Corel Painter................................................................................................................................34

Workspace tour................................................................................................................................................................................... 55

Corel Painter terms............................................................................................................................................................................... 55

Exploring the Document window......................................................................................................................................................... 57

Choosing a workspace layout...............................................................................................................................................................59

Exploring the toolbox........................................................................................................................................................................... 60

Displaying the toolbox..........................................................................................................................................................................65

Displaying the Media Selector bar........................................................................................................................................................ 65

Displaying the property bars.................................................................................................................................................................66

Exploring the Navigator panel.............................................................................................................................................................. 68

Displaying and customizing the Brush Selector.....................................................................................................................................69

Displaying the command bar................................................................................................................................................................73

Rearranging panels and palettes...........................................................................................................................................................73

Exploring panels................................................................................................................................................................................... 77

Working with sliders.............................................................................................................................................................................80

Creating and modifying custom palettes.............................................................................................................................................. 81

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Renaming and deleting custom palettes...............................................................................................................................................83

Saving, exporting, and importing custom palettes................................................................................................................................83

Working with libraries.......................................................................................................................................................................... 84

Creating, importing, exporting, and deleting workspaces..................................................................................................................... 85

Restoring the default Corel Painter settings.......................................................................................................................................... 86

A short tour of Corel Painter for users of Adobe Photoshop..............................................................................................................87

Creating, navigating, and manipulating documents........................................................................................................................... 91

Creating documents............................................................................................................................................................................. 92

Understanding resolution..................................................................................................................................................................... 93

Opening and placing files.....................................................................................................................................................................94

Creating and opening templates.......................................................................................................................................................... 97

Switching document views................................................................................................................................................................... 97

Navigating images and viewing image information.............................................................................................................................. 98

Zooming images.................................................................................................................................................................................100

Rotating images and the canvas.........................................................................................................................................................102

Flipping images.................................................................................................................................................................................. 104

Repositioning images..........................................................................................................................................................................106

Cropping images................................................................................................................................................................................ 106

Resizing images and the canvas......................................................................................................................................................... 107

Saving and backing up files............................................................................................................................................................... 109

Choosing a file format....................................................................................................................................................................... 110

Emailing documents........................................................................................................................................................................... 112

Closing documents and quitting the application................................................................................................................................ 112

Using two monitors............................................................................................................................................................................113

Support for tablets and other devices................................................................................................................................................ 113

Multi-touch support........................................................................................................................................................................... 113

Wacom Intuos support.......................................................................................................................................................................115

Drag-and-drop features...................................................................................................................................................................... 116

Keyboard shortcuts............................................................................................................................................................................ 117

Customizing keys................................................................................................................................................................................118

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Toolbox commands.............................................................................................................................................................................120

Panel commands................................................................................................................................................................................ 122

Corel Painter menu commands (macOS).............................................................................................................................................123

File menu commands......................................................................................................................................................................... 123

Edit menu commands........................................................................................................................................................................ 124

Canvas menu commands....................................................................................................................................................................124

Layers menu commands..................................................................................................................................................................... 125

Select menu commands..................................................................................................................................................................... 125

Shapes menu commands....................................................................................................................................................................126

Effects menu commands.................................................................................................................................................................... 126

Window menu commands................................................................................................................................................................. 126

Window menu commands................................................................................................................................................................. 127

Screen navigation............................................................................................................................................................................... 127

Panel navigation................................................................................................................................................................................. 127

Panel menu commands...................................................................................................................................................................... 127

Brush tools......................................................................................................................................................................................... 128

Selection tools.................................................................................................................................................................................... 130

Adjuster tools..................................................................................................................................................................................... 130

Shape tools........................................................................................................................................................................................ 132

Animation...........................................................................................................................................................................................133

Lighting.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 133

Layer selection tools........................................................................................................................................................................... 133

Mosaics.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 134

Other commands................................................................................................................................................................................134

Painting..............................................................................................................................................................................................137

Choosing a painting workflow........................................................................................................................................................... 137

Brush tracking and calibration............................................................................................................................................................140

Exploring painting media....................................................................................................................................................................143

Working with the canvas and layers...................................................................................................................................................143

Displaying reference images............................................................................................................................................................... 144

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Clearing the canvas............................................................................................................................................................................ 145

Setting up the drawing cursor........................................................................................................................................................... 145

Using a stylus vs. a mouse................................................................................................................................................................. 146

Applying freehand and straight brushstrokes......................................................................................................................................151

Constraining, fading, and undoing strokes.........................................................................................................................................152

Erasing image areas........................................................................................................................................................................... 153

Aligning brushstrokes to paths and shapes........................................................................................................................................ 153

Letting media pool............................................................................................................................................................................. 154

Making 360° strokes...........................................................................................................................................................................155

Painting with airbrushes..................................................................................................................................................................... 155

Adjusting spread................................................................................................................................................................................ 156

Recording and playing back brushstrokes...........................................................................................................................................157

Reference: Troubleshooting.................................................................................................................................................................159

Working with paper texture and grain..............................................................................................................................................161

Applying paper texture.......................................................................................................................................................................161

Creating and deleting paper textures..................................................................................................................................................162

Opening and managing the Paper Textures library..............................................................................................................................164

Rotating paper texture........................................................................................................................................................................164

Inverting and scaling paper grain....................................................................................................................................................... 165

Controlling brightness and contrast of paper grain............................................................................................................................ 166

Adjusting grain direction and behavior...............................................................................................................................................166

Auto-painting photos........................................................................................................................................................................ 169

Creating underpaintings..................................................................................................................................................................... 170

Auto-cloning photos...........................................................................................................................................................................172

Auto-painting photos......................................................................................................................................................................... 172

Restoring detail to paintings...............................................................................................................................................................175

Image cloning and sampling............................................................................................................................................................. 177

Cloning workflows..............................................................................................................................................................................178

Using embedded images as clone sources..........................................................................................................................................182

Using textures as clone sources..........................................................................................................................................................186

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Using patterns as clone sources......................................................................................................................................................... 188

Working with embedded clone sources..............................................................................................................................................189

Setting cloning preferences................................................................................................................................................................ 190

Cloning brushes and controls............................................................................................................................................................. 191

Cloning image areas...........................................................................................................................................................................199

Applying transformations when sampling...........................................................................................................................................201

Using selections and transformations when sampling.........................................................................................................................208

Filling an area with a sampled image.................................................................................................................................................209

Working with composition tools, symmetry tools, rulers, and guides...............................................................................................211

Using the Layout Grid........................................................................................................................................................................ 211

Using the Mirror Painting mode.........................................................................................................................................................214

Using the Kaleidoscope Painting mode...............................................................................................................................................216

Using Perspective Guides.................................................................................................................................................................... 218

Using the Divine Proportion tool........................................................................................................................................................ 223

Using rulers........................................................................................................................................................................................ 226

Using guides.......................................................................................................................................................................................227

Using Snap to Guides.........................................................................................................................................................................228

Using the grid.................................................................................................................................................................................... 228

Using Snap to Virtual Grid................................................................................................................................................................. 229

Color.................................................................................................................................................................................................. 231

Choosing colors from the Color panel................................................................................................................................................232

Resizing the Color panel.....................................................................................................................................................................234

Showing or hiding Color panel components...................................................................................................................................... 234

Using the color selector......................................................................................................................................................................235

Changing the paper color.................................................................................................................................................................. 238

Sampling colors from images............................................................................................................................................................. 238

Cloning color......................................................................................................................................................................................239

Creating two-color brushstrokes......................................................................................................................................................... 240

Exploring the Mixer panel and mixing controls...................................................................................................................................241

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Displaying and resizing the Mixer panel............................................................................................................................................. 242

Mixing, sampling, and applying colors from the Mixer pad................................................................................................................ 243

Opening images in the Mixer panel................................................................................................................................................... 245

Changing and saving the Mixer color swatches..................................................................................................................................246

Saving Mixer panel colors to a color set.............................................................................................................................................246

Clearing and resetting Mixer panel colors...........................................................................................................................................247

Saving the Mixer pad......................................................................................................................................................................... 247

Loading color swatches and Mixer pad files....................................................................................................................................... 248

Working with color sets..................................................................................................................................................................... 248

Customizing the layouts of color sets.................................................................................................................................................250

Creating and exporting color sets.......................................................................................................................................................250

Editing color sets................................................................................................................................................................................251

Setting color variability....................................................................................................................................................................... 252

Setting Color Expression..................................................................................................................................................................... 252

Loading multiple colors...................................................................................................................................................................... 252

Working with color fills...................................................................................................................................................................... 253

Applying a color as a fill.................................................................................................................................................................... 254

Limiting and preventing leakage.........................................................................................................................................................255

Color management............................................................................................................................................................................ 257

Understanding color management..................................................................................................................................................... 257

Specifying the default RGB color profile............................................................................................................................................. 260

Embedding color profiles when saving files........................................................................................................................................261

Specifying the default CMYK color profile for converting CMYK images to RGB..................................................................................261

Previewing and soft-proofing color profiles........................................................................................................................................ 262

Assigning or removing color profiles.................................................................................................................................................. 263

Converting color profiles.................................................................................................................................................................... 263

Working with color profile policies..................................................................................................................................................... 264

Working with presets......................................................................................................................................................................... 265

Correcting and adjusting colors........................................................................................................................................................ 267

Correcting colors using curves............................................................................................................................................................267

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Adjusting brightness and contrast...................................................................................................................................................... 268

Using the curve to correct colors....................................................................................................................................................... 271

Drawing freehand curves to adjust colors...........................................................................................................................................272

Specifying the curve values to adjust colors........................................................................................................................................273

Adjusting hue, saturation, and value..................................................................................................................................................274

Adjusting selected colors.................................................................................................................................................................... 276

Equalizing images...............................................................................................................................................................................278

Matching color and brightness across images.................................................................................................................................... 279

Inverting colors...................................................................................................................................................................................280

Posterizing an image.......................................................................................................................................................................... 281

Applying video legal colors.................................................................................................................................................................281

Dodging and burning.........................................................................................................................................................................282

Libraries..............................................................................................................................................................................................283

Importing and exporting libraries....................................................................................................................................................... 283

Creating and removing libraries..........................................................................................................................................................284

Modifying the display of library panels...............................................................................................................................................285

Moving, renaming, and deleting library resources.............................................................................................................................. 285

Restoring default libraries................................................................................................................................................................... 286

Selecting, managing, and creating brushes...................................................................................................................................... 287

Understanding brushes.......................................................................................................................................................................287

Searching and selecting brushes.........................................................................................................................................................288

Acquiring brushes...............................................................................................................................................................................289

Setting basic brush attributes.............................................................................................................................................................290

Working with brushes using the property bars...................................................................................................................................293

Renaming brush categories and variants............................................................................................................................................ 296

Saving and deleting brush variants.....................................................................................................................................................297

Restoring default brush variants......................................................................................................................................................... 298

Creating and deleting brush categories.............................................................................................................................................. 298

Creating and deleting brush libraries..................................................................................................................................................299

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Importing and exporting brush libraries, categories, and variants....................................................................................................... 300

Importing Photoshop brush images....................................................................................................................................................302

Saving a brush look............................................................................................................................................................................302

Creating brush dabs........................................................................................................................................................................... 303

Exploring brush categories................................................................................................................................................................ 305

Acrylics and Gouache......................................................................................................................................................................... 306

Airbrushes...........................................................................................................................................................................................307

Artists’ Favorites................................................................................................................................................................................. 308

Artists’ Oils......................................................................................................................................................................................... 309

Audio Expression................................................................................................................................................................................ 310

Blenders..............................................................................................................................................................................................312

Chalk, Pastel, and Crayons..................................................................................................................................................................313

Cloners............................................................................................................................................................................................... 315

Dab Stencils........................................................................................................................................................................................317

Digital Watercolor...............................................................................................................................................................................319

Dynamic Speckles............................................................................................................................................................................... 321

Erasers................................................................................................................................................................................................ 322

F-X......................................................................................................................................................................................................323

Glazing brushes.................................................................................................................................................................................. 324

Image Hose........................................................................................................................................................................................ 326

Impasto.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 327

Liquid Ink........................................................................................................................................................................................... 329

Markers.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 330

Oils..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 331

Palette Knives and Sponges................................................................................................................................................................ 332

Particles.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 333

Pattern Pens........................................................................................................................................................................................335

Pens and pencils.................................................................................................................................................................................336

Real Watercolor.................................................................................................................................................................................. 339

Real Wet Oil....................................................................................................................................................................................... 341

Selection brushes................................................................................................................................................................................342

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Simple................................................................................................................................................................................................ 343

Smart Strokes..................................................................................................................................................................................... 343

Sumi-e................................................................................................................................................................................................ 345

Texture brushes...................................................................................................................................................................................346

Thick Paint..........................................................................................................................................................................................349

Watercolor..........................................................................................................................................................................................351

Exploring brush categories in the Natural Media Brushes library......................................................................................................353

HARD MEDIA - Pencils........................................................................................................................................................................353

HARD MEDIA - Charcoal.................................................................................................................................................................... 354

HARD MEDIA - Conte.........................................................................................................................................................................354

HARD MEDIA - Pastels........................................................................................................................................................................354

INK - Pens.......................................................................................................................................................................................... 355

INK - Markers..................................................................................................................................................................................... 355

PAINT - Oils........................................................................................................................................................................................ 356

PAINT - Acrylics.................................................................................................................................................................................. 356

PAINT - Glazing.................................................................................................................................................................................. 356

REFINING - Blenders........................................................................................................................................................................... 357

REFINING - Erasers..............................................................................................................................................................................357

PAINT - Airbrushes..............................................................................................................................................................................357

PAINT - Watercolor.............................................................................................................................................................................358

Adjusting brushes with brush controls..............................................................................................................................................359

Exploring Brush Controls.................................................................................................................................................................... 360

Expression settings..............................................................................................................................................................................361

Audio Expression................................................................................................................................................................................ 362

Previewing brushstrokes and brush dabs............................................................................................................................................ 364

Calibrating brush variants...................................................................................................................................................................365

General controls................................................................................................................................................................................. 365

General controls: Dab types............................................................................................................................................................... 366

General controls: Stroke types............................................................................................................................................................ 369

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General controls: Methods and subcategories.................................................................................................................................... 371

General controls: Source.....................................................................................................................................................................374

General controls: Multicore................................................................................................................................................................ 375

Opacity controls................................................................................................................................................................................. 375

Grain controls.....................................................................................................................................................................................377

Stroke Attributes controls...................................................................................................................................................................379

Size controls....................................................................................................................................................................................... 381

Angle controls.................................................................................................................................................................................... 384

Spacing controls................................................................................................................................................................................. 387

Changing dab profiles........................................................................................................................................................................ 388

Real Watercolor controls.....................................................................................................................................................................390

Real Wet Oil controls..........................................................................................................................................................................394

Computed Circular controls................................................................................................................................................................ 399

Hard Media controls...........................................................................................................................................................................399

Bristle controls.................................................................................................................................................................................... 399

RealBristle controls..............................................................................................................................................................................400

Static Bristle controls.......................................................................................................................................................................... 400

Airbrush controls................................................................................................................................................................................ 402

Artists’ Oils controls........................................................................................................................................................................... 405

Impasto controls.................................................................................................................................................................................407

Digital Watercolor controls................................................................................................................................................................. 407

Water controls....................................................................................................................................................................................407

Liquid Ink controls..............................................................................................................................................................................411

Stroke Jitter controls...........................................................................................................................................................................416

Blending controls................................................................................................................................................................................417

Mouse controls...................................................................................................................................................................................420

Smoothing controls............................................................................................................................................................................ 421

Image Hose controls...........................................................................................................................................................................422

Rake controls......................................................................................................................................................................................422

Multi controls..................................................................................................................................................................................... 425

Color Variability controls.....................................................................................................................................................................425

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Color Expression controls....................................................................................................................................................................427

Dynamic Speckles controls..................................................................................................................................................................429

Dab Stencil controls........................................................................................................................................................................... 431

Glazing controls................................................................................................................................................................................. 436

Jitter brushes..................................................................................................................................................................................... 443

Choosing a Jitter brush variant...........................................................................................................................................................443

Controlling the behavior of Jitter variants...........................................................................................................................................444

Watercolor......................................................................................................................................................................................... 445

Working with the Watercolor layer.....................................................................................................................................................446

Watercolor brushes and paper texture interaction.............................................................................................................................. 447

Working with Real Watercolor brushes...............................................................................................................................................447

Working with Watercolor brushes...................................................................................................................................................... 448

Working with Digital Watercolor brushes........................................................................................................................................... 448

Particle brushes..................................................................................................................................................................................451

Gravity Particle brushes.......................................................................................................................................................................452

Flow Particle brushes.......................................................................................................................................................................... 454

Spring Particle brushes....................................................................................................................................................................... 456

Common Particle brush controls.........................................................................................................................................................459

Particles - Thin Lines brush controls....................................................................................................................................................462

Using Dynamic Speckles with Particle brushes.................................................................................................................................... 464

Texture painting................................................................................................................................................................................. 467

Painting with textures.........................................................................................................................................................................469

Customizing Texture brushes.............................................................................................................................................................. 471

Textures..............................................................................................................................................................................................477

Creating textures................................................................................................................................................................................ 478

Transforming and editing textures...................................................................................................................................................... 483

Applying textures as fills.....................................................................................................................................................................484

Using textures in photo painting and image compositing.................................................................................................................. 486

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Working with Texture libraries............................................................................................................................................................ 486

Applying and adjusting flow maps................................................................................................................................................... 489

Getting started with flow maps......................................................................................................................................................... 489

Choosing flow maps and compatible brush variants.......................................................................................................................... 490

Enabling flow maps and controlling flow resistance...........................................................................................................................491

Customizing flow maps......................................................................................................................................................................492

Hard Media........................................................................................................................................................................................495

Choosing a Hard Media variant..........................................................................................................................................................495

Modifying Hard Media profiles........................................................................................................................................................... 496

Controlling the behavior of Hard Media variants................................................................................................................................ 497

Previewing Hard Media dabs..............................................................................................................................................................498

Markers.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 499

Getting started with markers..............................................................................................................................................................499

Customizing markers.......................................................................................................................................................................... 500

Image hose........................................................................................................................................................................................ 501

Using the Image hose........................................................................................................................................................................ 501

Adjusting the opacity and color of image hose elements................................................................................................................... 503

Adjusting the size and spacing of image hose elements.....................................................................................................................504

Indexing nozzle files........................................................................................................................................................................... 505

Understanding nozzles, ranks, and indexing.......................................................................................................................................506

Creating a 1-Rank nozzle................................................................................................................................................................... 508

Creating a 2-Rank nozzle................................................................................................................................................................... 510

Creating a 3-Rank nozzle................................................................................................................................................................... 511

Loading and managing nozzle files.................................................................................................................................................... 513

Creating a nozzle from a movie......................................................................................................................................................... 514

RealBristle brushes............................................................................................................................................................................. 517

Getting started with RealBristle brushes............................................................................................................................................. 517

Modifying RealBristle settings............................................................................................................................................................. 518

Using RealBristle brushes with Dynamic Speckles................................................................................................................................520

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Thick Paint......................................................................................................................................................................................... 521

Painting with Thick Paint.................................................................................................................................................................... 522

Thick Paint - Media controls...............................................................................................................................................................525

Thick Paint - Brush controls................................................................................................................................................................529

Adjusting Thick Paint layers................................................................................................................................................................ 532

Adjusting Thick Paint lighting............................................................................................................................................................. 533

Cloning with Thick Paint brushes........................................................................................................................................................536

Liquid Ink...........................................................................................................................................................................................537

Working with Liquid Ink brushes........................................................................................................................................................537

Adjusting attributes of the Liquid Ink layer.........................................................................................................................................538

Using Liquid Ink controls....................................................................................................................................................................538

Adjusting Liquid Ink lighting.............................................................................................................................................................. 539

Impasto..............................................................................................................................................................................................543

Applying, displaying, and clearing impasto.........................................................................................................................................543

Adjusting and creating Impasto brushes.............................................................................................................................................544

Adjusting Impasto lighting and depth................................................................................................................................................548

Blending impasto with other layers.................................................................................................................................................... 550

Layers................................................................................................................................................................................................. 553

Getting started with layers................................................................................................................................................................. 554

Displaying the Layers panel................................................................................................................................................................ 556

Creating and deleting layers............................................................................................................................................................... 558

Converting selections into layers or floating objects........................................................................................................................... 559

Naming and adding notes to layers................................................................................................................................................... 560

Selecting layers................................................................................................................................................................................... 561

Copying and duplicating layers...........................................................................................................................................................563

Moving layers..................................................................................................................................................................................... 564

Transforming layers.............................................................................................................................................................................565

Aligning layers.................................................................................................................................................................................... 568

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Locking layers..................................................................................................................................................................................... 569

Showing or hiding layers....................................................................................................................................................................569

Changing layer order..........................................................................................................................................................................569

Viewing layer position........................................................................................................................................................................ 570

Grouping layers.................................................................................................................................................................................. 571

Dropping layers with the canvas........................................................................................................................................................ 573

Painting on layers............................................................................................................................................................................... 573

Preserving layer transparency.............................................................................................................................................................. 574

Adjusting layer opacity....................................................................................................................................................................... 575

Adding drop shadows to layers..........................................................................................................................................................576

Blending layers by using composite methods..................................................................................................................................... 576

Creating and deleting layer masks...................................................................................................................................................... 582

Applying layer masks..........................................................................................................................................................................584

Loading layer masks to selections.......................................................................................................................................................584

Selecting and viewing layer masks......................................................................................................................................................584

Enabling and disabling layers masks...................................................................................................................................................585

Copying layer masks...........................................................................................................................................................................585

Inverting layer masks.......................................................................................................................................................................... 586

Editing layer masks.............................................................................................................................................................................586

Importing and exporting layers...........................................................................................................................................................587

Working with reference layers............................................................................................................................................................ 587

Storing layers as images in the Image Portfolio.................................................................................................................................. 588

Alpha Channels..................................................................................................................................................................................591

Creating and copying channels...........................................................................................................................................................591

Generating channels automatically..................................................................................................................................................... 593

Importing and exporting alpha channels............................................................................................................................................ 594

Selecting and viewing channels.......................................................................................................................................................... 594

Setting channel attributes...................................................................................................................................................................596

Deleting and clearing channels...........................................................................................................................................................597

Editing channels................................................................................................................................................................................. 597

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Selections and transformations......................................................................................................................................................... 601

Getting started with selections........................................................................................................................................................... 602

Selecting areas by painting.................................................................................................................................................................604

Creating path-based selections........................................................................................................................................................... 609

Creating pixel-based selections........................................................................................................................................................... 611

Creating selections from layers........................................................................................................................................................... 614

Choosing the protected area of a selection........................................................................................................................................ 615

Saving selections as alpha channels....................................................................................................................................................615

Working with the Selection Portfolio.................................................................................................................................................. 618

Viewing selections.............................................................................................................................................................................. 618

Inverting selections............................................................................................................................................................................. 619

Softening the edges of selections.......................................................................................................................................................619

Stroking selections..............................................................................................................................................................................620

Modifying the borders of selections................................................................................................................................................... 621

Expanding or contracting selections................................................................................................................................................... 621

Adding to or subtracting from selections........................................................................................................................................... 622

Preparing selections for transformations.............................................................................................................................................623

Moving selections............................................................................................................................................................................... 624

Transforming a duplicate selection......................................................................................................................................................624

Scaling and rotating path-based selections.........................................................................................................................................625

Skewing and distorting path-based selections.................................................................................................................................... 627

Canceling transformations.................................................................................................................................................................. 628

Common options for effects............................................................................................................................................................. 629

Fading effects..................................................................................................................................................................................... 629

Applying recently used effects............................................................................................................................................................ 630

Changing effects with open panels.................................................................................................................................................... 630

Applying effects using source luminance............................................................................................................................................630

Using focus and esoterica effects......................................................................................................................................................631

Applying Smart Blur........................................................................................................................................................................... 631

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Applying Camera Motion Blur............................................................................................................................................................ 632

Applying Depth of Field..................................................................................................................................................................... 633

Applying Glass Distortion................................................................................................................................................................... 635

Applying Motion Blur......................................................................................................................................................................... 637

Sharpening focus................................................................................................................................................................................638

Softening focus.................................................................................................................................................................................. 638

Applying Zoom Blur........................................................................................................................................................................... 639

Applying Marbling..............................................................................................................................................................................640

Automatically cloning an image......................................................................................................................................................... 641

Applying the Auto Van Gogh effect................................................................................................................................................... 642

Applying Blobs................................................................................................................................................................................... 643

Creating custom tiles..........................................................................................................................................................................644

Applying Grid Paper........................................................................................................................................................................... 647

Applying Growth effects.....................................................................................................................................................................647

Applying Highpass..............................................................................................................................................................................648

Applying the Maze effect................................................................................................................................................................... 649

Placing elements.................................................................................................................................................................................650

Applying the Pop Art Fill effect.......................................................................................................................................................... 651

Using lighting and surface texture effects........................................................................................................................................ 653

Applying preset lighting effects.......................................................................................................................................................... 654

Adding, deleting, and repositioning lights..........................................................................................................................................654

Adjusting light properties................................................................................................................................................................... 655

Using paper to create texture.............................................................................................................................................................656

Using 3D brushstrokes to create texture.............................................................................................................................................657

Using image luminance to create texture........................................................................................................................................... 658

Using clone source or pattern luminance to create texture.................................................................................................................658

Creating embossed effects..................................................................................................................................................................659

Using channels and layer masks tocreate texture...............................................................................................................................660

Creating reflection maps.....................................................................................................................................................................661

Adjusting texture lighting................................................................................................................................................................... 662

Apply Surface Texture controls............................................................................................................................................................663

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Applying the Apply Screen effect....................................................................................................................................................... 664

Applying the Color Overlay effect.......................................................................................................................................................664

Applying the Dye Concentration effect............................................................................................................................................... 666

Applying the Express Texture effect.................................................................................................................................................... 668

Applying a warp effect.......................................................................................................................................................................669

Applying the Woodcut effect............................................................................................................................................................. 671

Applying the Distress effect................................................................................................................................................................673

Applying the Serigraphy effect........................................................................................................................................................... 674

Applying the Sketch effect................................................................................................................................................................. 675

Dynamic Plug-ins............................................................................................................................................................................... 677

Getting started with dynamic plug-ins............................................................................................................................................... 678

Modifying and deleting dynamic layers.............................................................................................................................................. 678

Converting dynamic layers.................................................................................................................................................................. 678

Applying the Brightness and Contrast dynamic plug-in...................................................................................................................... 679

Applying the Burn dynamic plug-in.................................................................................................................................................... 679

Applying the Tear dynamic plug-in..................................................................................................................................................... 681

Applying the Bevel World dynamic plug-in.........................................................................................................................................682

Applying the Equalize dynamic plug-in...............................................................................................................................................683

Applying the Glass Distortion dynamic plug-in................................................................................................................................... 684

Applying the Kaleidoscope dynamic plug-in....................................................................................................................................... 686

Applying the Liquid Lens dynamic plug-in..........................................................................................................................................687

Applying the Liquid Metal dynamic plug-in........................................................................................................................................ 690

Applying the Posterize dynamic plug-in..............................................................................................................................................697

Patterns..............................................................................................................................................................................................699

Applying pattern fills.......................................................................................................................................................................... 699

Painting with patterns........................................................................................................................................................................ 701

Creating and editing patterns.............................................................................................................................................................702

Creating seamless patterns................................................................................................................................................................. 705

Creating fractal patterns.....................................................................................................................................................................707

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Gradients........................................................................................................................................................................................... 711

Applying gradients............................................................................................................................................................................. 713

Editing gradients................................................................................................................................................................................ 716

Applying paint effects to gradients.....................................................................................................................................................720

Creating gradients.............................................................................................................................................................................. 722

Replacing image colors with gradient colors...................................................................................................................................... 725

Mosaics and tessellations.................................................................................................................................................................. 727

Creating a mosaic...............................................................................................................................................................................728

Selecting and removing tiles...............................................................................................................................................................730

Specifying tile and grout color........................................................................................................................................................... 731

Adjusting mosaic tile dimensions and randomness.............................................................................................................................732

Filling an area with tiles..................................................................................................................................................................... 735

Creating 3D tiles.................................................................................................................................................................................736

Re-rendering mosaic tiles....................................................................................................................................................................737

Stroking and filling a selection with mosaic tiles................................................................................................................................ 737

Adding mosaic effects to an image....................................................................................................................................................738

Creating tessellations.......................................................................................................................................................................... 739

Weaves...............................................................................................................................................................................................743

Applying weaves.................................................................................................................................................................................743

Editing and saving weaves................................................................................................................................................................. 744

Creating weave patterns.....................................................................................................................................................................746

Using the Edit Weave dialog box....................................................................................................................................................... 746

Defining warp and weft expressions...................................................................................................................................................747

Defining warp and weft color expressions..........................................................................................................................................749

Designing the tie-up...........................................................................................................................................................................750

Reference: Expression operators..........................................................................................................................................................752

Shapes................................................................................................................................................................................................761

Getting started with shapes............................................................................................................................................................... 762

Drawing shapes.................................................................................................................................................................................. 762

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Drawing lines and curves................................................................................................................................................................... 764

Setting preferences for drawing shapes..............................................................................................................................................767

Selecting a shape............................................................................................................................................................................... 768

Modifying shape outlines and fills...................................................................................................................................................... 769

Adding, deleting, and moving anchor points..................................................................................................................................... 771

Adjusting curvature............................................................................................................................................................................ 772

Cutting and joining shape segments.................................................................................................................................................. 774

Converting shapes to image layers..................................................................................................................................................... 775

Converting selections to shapes..........................................................................................................................................................776

Resizing, rotating, skewing, and flipping shapes................................................................................................................................ 776

Duplicating shapes............................................................................................................................................................................. 778

Combining shapes.............................................................................................................................................................................. 779

Blending shapes................................................................................................................................................................................. 780

Saving a shape outline as a selection................................................................................................................................................. 781

Exporting Adobe Illustrator shapes..................................................................................................................................................... 781

Adding text........................................................................................................................................................................................783

Adding text to images........................................................................................................................................................................783

Formatting text...................................................................................................................................................................................784

Aligning text.......................................................................................................................................................................................784

Adjusting text kerning and leading.....................................................................................................................................................785

Stretching, rotating, and skewing text................................................................................................................................................785

Adding drop shadows to text.............................................................................................................................................................786

Applying effects to text...................................................................................................................................................................... 786

Applying curves to text.......................................................................................................................................................................787

Converting text layers......................................................................................................................................................................... 789

Dropping text..................................................................................................................................................................................... 789

Working with animation and digital videos...................................................................................................................................... 791

Choosing an animation workflow.......................................................................................................................................................791

Creating frame-by-frame animation....................................................................................................................................................793

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