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Corel® Painter® 2018 User Guide
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Contents
Welcome to Corel Painter....................................................................................................................................................................23
Using the documentation.....................................................................................................................................................................23
Adjusting the Help window text size....................................................................................................................................................25
Corel Painter 2018 User Guide eBook.................................................................................................................................................. 26
Hints and tooltips.................................................................................................................................................................................26
Welcome Screen................................................................................................................................................................................... 27
Additional resources............................................................................................................................................................................. 27
Registration.......................................................................................................................................................................................... 28
Feedback...............................................................................................................................................................................................28
About Corel Corporation...................................................................................................................................................................... 28
What’s new in Corel Painter 2018...................................................................................................................................................... 29
What’s new in this version of Corel Painter..........................................................................................................................................29
What was new in earlier versions of Corel Painter................................................................................................................................34
Workspace tour................................................................................................................................................................................... 49
Corel Painter terms............................................................................................................................................................................... 49
Exploring the Document window......................................................................................................................................................... 51
Choosing a workspace layout...............................................................................................................................................................53
Exploring the toolbox........................................................................................................................................................................... 55
Displaying the toolbox..........................................................................................................................................................................59
Displaying the Media Selector bar........................................................................................................................................................ 60
Displaying the property bars.................................................................................................................................................................61
Exploring the Navigator panel.............................................................................................................................................................. 63
Displaying and customizing the Brush Selector.....................................................................................................................................63
Displaying the command bar................................................................................................................................................................67
Rearranging panels and palettes...........................................................................................................................................................67
Exploring panels................................................................................................................................................................................... 71
Creating and modifying custom palettes.............................................................................................................................................. 74
Renaming and deleting custom palettes...............................................................................................................................................76
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Saving, exporting, and importing custom palettes................................................................................................................................76
Working with libraries.......................................................................................................................................................................... 77
Creating, importing, exporting, and deleting workspaces..................................................................................................................... 78
Restoring the default Corel Painter settings.......................................................................................................................................... 79
A short tour of Corel Painter for users of Adobe Photoshop..............................................................................................................81
Creating, navigating, and manipulating documents........................................................................................................................... 85
Creating documents............................................................................................................................................................................. 85
Understanding resolution..................................................................................................................................................................... 87
Opening and placing files.....................................................................................................................................................................88
Creating and opening templates.......................................................................................................................................................... 90
Switching document views................................................................................................................................................................... 91
Navigating images and viewing image information.............................................................................................................................. 91
Zooming images...................................................................................................................................................................................93
Rotating images and the canvas...........................................................................................................................................................94
Flipping images.................................................................................................................................................................................... 96
Repositioning images............................................................................................................................................................................98
Cropping images.................................................................................................................................................................................. 98
Resizing images and the canvas........................................................................................................................................................... 99
Saving and backing up files............................................................................................................................................................... 102
Choosing a file format....................................................................................................................................................................... 102
Emailing documents........................................................................................................................................................................... 104
Closing documents and quitting the application................................................................................................................................ 105
Using two monitors............................................................................................................................................................................105
Support for tablets and other devices................................................................................................................................................ 105
Multi-touch support........................................................................................................................................................................... 106
Wacom Intuos support.......................................................................................................................................................................107
Drag-and-drop features...................................................................................................................................................................... 108
Keyboard shortcuts............................................................................................................................................................................ 109
Customizing keys................................................................................................................................................................................110
Toolbox commands.............................................................................................................................................................................112
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Panel commands................................................................................................................................................................................ 114
Corel Painter menu commands...........................................................................................................................................................115
File menu commands......................................................................................................................................................................... 115
Edit menu commands........................................................................................................................................................................ 116
Canvas menu commands....................................................................................................................................................................116
Layers menu commands..................................................................................................................................................................... 117
Select menu commands..................................................................................................................................................................... 117
Shapes menu commands....................................................................................................................................................................117
Effects menu commands.................................................................................................................................................................... 118
Window menu commands................................................................................................................................................................. 118
Screen navigation............................................................................................................................................................................... 118
Panel navigation................................................................................................................................................................................. 119
Panel menu commands...................................................................................................................................................................... 119
Brush tools......................................................................................................................................................................................... 120
Selection tools.................................................................................................................................................................................... 121
Adjuster tools..................................................................................................................................................................................... 122
Shape tools........................................................................................................................................................................................ 123
Animation...........................................................................................................................................................................................125
Lighting.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 125
Layer selection tools........................................................................................................................................................................... 125
Mosaics.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 125
Other commands................................................................................................................................................................................126
Painting..............................................................................................................................................................................................127
Choosing a painting workflow........................................................................................................................................................... 127
Brush tracking and calibration............................................................................................................................................................130
Exploring painting media....................................................................................................................................................................134
Working with the canvas and layers...................................................................................................................................................134
Displaying reference images............................................................................................................................................................... 135
Clearing the canvas............................................................................................................................................................................ 136
Setting up the drawing cursor........................................................................................................................................................... 136
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Using a stylus vs. a mouse................................................................................................................................................................. 138
Applying freehand and straight brushstrokes......................................................................................................................................139
Constraining, fading, and undoing strokes.........................................................................................................................................140
Erasing image areas........................................................................................................................................................................... 141
Aligning brushstrokes to paths and shapes........................................................................................................................................ 142
Letting media pool............................................................................................................................................................................. 143
Making 360° strokes...........................................................................................................................................................................144
Painting with airbrushes..................................................................................................................................................................... 144
Adjusting spread................................................................................................................................................................................ 145
Recording and playing back brushstrokes...........................................................................................................................................146
Reference: Troubleshooting.................................................................................................................................................................148
Working with paper texture and grain..............................................................................................................................................149
Applying paper texture.......................................................................................................................................................................149
Creating and deleting paper textures..................................................................................................................................................150
Opening and managing the Paper Textures library..............................................................................................................................152
Rotating paper texture........................................................................................................................................................................152
Inverting and scaling paper grain....................................................................................................................................................... 153
Controlling brightness and contrast of paper grain............................................................................................................................ 154
Adjusting grain direction and behavior...............................................................................................................................................154
Auto-painting photos........................................................................................................................................................................ 157
Creating underpaintings..................................................................................................................................................................... 158
Auto-cloning photos...........................................................................................................................................................................160
Auto-painting photos......................................................................................................................................................................... 160
Restoring detail to paintings...............................................................................................................................................................163
Image cloning and sampling............................................................................................................................................................. 165
Cloning workflows..............................................................................................................................................................................166
Using embedded images as clone sources..........................................................................................................................................170
Using textures as clone sources..........................................................................................................................................................174
Using patterns as clone sources......................................................................................................................................................... 176
Working with embedded clone sources..............................................................................................................................................177
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Setting cloning preferences................................................................................................................................................................ 178
Cloning brushes and controls............................................................................................................................................................. 179
Cloning image areas...........................................................................................................................................................................187
Applying transformations when sampling...........................................................................................................................................189
Using selections and transformations when sampling.........................................................................................................................196
Filling an area with a sampled image.................................................................................................................................................197
Working with composition tools, symmetry tools, rulers, and guides...............................................................................................199
Using the Layout Grid........................................................................................................................................................................ 199
Using the Mirror Painting mode.........................................................................................................................................................202
Using the Kaleidoscope Painting mode...............................................................................................................................................203
Using Perspective Guides.................................................................................................................................................................... 205
Using the Divine Proportion tool........................................................................................................................................................ 209
Using rulers........................................................................................................................................................................................ 212
Using guides.......................................................................................................................................................................................212
Using Snap to Guides.........................................................................................................................................................................214
Using the grid.................................................................................................................................................................................... 214
Using Snap to Grid............................................................................................................................................................................ 215
Color.................................................................................................................................................................................................. 217
Choosing colors from the Color panel................................................................................................................................................218
Resizing the Color panel.....................................................................................................................................................................220
Showing or hiding Color panel components...................................................................................................................................... 220
Using the temporal colors palette...................................................................................................................................................... 220
Changing the paper color.................................................................................................................................................................. 221
Sampling colors from images............................................................................................................................................................. 222
Cloning color......................................................................................................................................................................................223
Creating two-color brushstrokes......................................................................................................................................................... 223
Exploring the Mixer panel and mixing controls...................................................................................................................................224
Displaying and resizing the Mixer panel............................................................................................................................................. 225
Mixing, sampling, and applying colors from the Mixer pad................................................................................................................ 226
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Opening images in the Mixer panel................................................................................................................................................... 228
Changing and saving the Mixer color swatches..................................................................................................................................228
Saving Mixer panel colors to a color set.............................................................................................................................................229
Clearing and resetting Mixer panel colors...........................................................................................................................................229
Saving the Mixer pad......................................................................................................................................................................... 230
Loading color swatches and Mixer pad files....................................................................................................................................... 230
Working with color sets..................................................................................................................................................................... 231
Customizing the layouts of color sets.................................................................................................................................................232
Creating and exporting color sets.......................................................................................................................................................232
Editing color sets................................................................................................................................................................................233
Setting color variability....................................................................................................................................................................... 234
Setting Color Expression..................................................................................................................................................................... 235
Loading multiple colors...................................................................................................................................................................... 235
Working with color fills...................................................................................................................................................................... 235
Applying a color as a fill.................................................................................................................................................................... 236
Limiting and preventing leakage.........................................................................................................................................................237
Color management............................................................................................................................................................................ 239
Understanding color management..................................................................................................................................................... 239
Specifying the default RGB color profile............................................................................................................................................. 242
Embedding color profiles when saving files........................................................................................................................................242
Specifying the default CMYK color profile for converting CMYK images to RGB..................................................................................243
Previewing and soft-proofing color profiles........................................................................................................................................ 243
Assigning or removing color profiles.................................................................................................................................................. 244
Converting color profiles.................................................................................................................................................................... 244
Working with color profile policies..................................................................................................................................................... 245
Working with presets......................................................................................................................................................................... 246
Correcting and adjusting colors........................................................................................................................................................ 249
Correcting colors using curves............................................................................................................................................................249
Adjusting brightness and contrast...................................................................................................................................................... 250
Using the curve to correct colors....................................................................................................................................................... 253
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Drawing freehand curves to adjust colors...........................................................................................................................................254
Specifying the curve values to adjust colors........................................................................................................................................254
Adjusting hue, saturation, and value..................................................................................................................................................256
Adjusting selected colors.................................................................................................................................................................... 257
Equalizing images...............................................................................................................................................................................260
Matching color and brightness across images.................................................................................................................................... 261
Inverting colors...................................................................................................................................................................................262
Posterizing an image.......................................................................................................................................................................... 262
Applying video legal colors.................................................................................................................................................................263
Dodging and burning.........................................................................................................................................................................263
Libraries..............................................................................................................................................................................................265
Importing and exporting libraries....................................................................................................................................................... 265
Creating and removing libraries..........................................................................................................................................................266
Modifying the display of library panels...............................................................................................................................................267
Moving, renaming, and deleting library resources.............................................................................................................................. 267
Restoring default libraries................................................................................................................................................................... 268
Selecting, managing, and creating brushes...................................................................................................................................... 269
Understanding brushes.......................................................................................................................................................................269
Searching and selecting brushes.........................................................................................................................................................270
Acquiring brushes...............................................................................................................................................................................271
Setting basic brush attributes.............................................................................................................................................................273
Working with brushes using the property bars...................................................................................................................................276
Renaming brush categories and variants............................................................................................................................................ 279
Saving and deleting brush variants.....................................................................................................................................................279
Restoring default brush variants......................................................................................................................................................... 280
Creating and deleting brush categories.............................................................................................................................................. 281
Creating and deleting brush libraries..................................................................................................................................................281
Importing and exporting brush libraries, categories, and variants....................................................................................................... 282
Importing Photoshop brush images....................................................................................................................................................284
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Saving a brush look............................................................................................................................................................................285
Creating brush dabs........................................................................................................................................................................... 285
Exploring brush categories................................................................................................................................................................ 287
Acrylics and Gouache......................................................................................................................................................................... 288
Airbrushes...........................................................................................................................................................................................289
Artists’ Favorites................................................................................................................................................................................. 290
Artists’ Oils......................................................................................................................................................................................... 291
Audio Expression................................................................................................................................................................................ 292
Blenders..............................................................................................................................................................................................294
Chalk, Pastel, and Crayons..................................................................................................................................................................295
Cloners............................................................................................................................................................................................... 297
Dab Stencils........................................................................................................................................................................................299
Digital Watercolor...............................................................................................................................................................................301
Dynamic Speckles............................................................................................................................................................................... 303
Erasers................................................................................................................................................................................................ 304
F-X......................................................................................................................................................................................................305
Glazing brushes.................................................................................................................................................................................. 306
Image Hose........................................................................................................................................................................................ 308
Impasto.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 309
Liquid Ink........................................................................................................................................................................................... 311
Markers.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 312
Oils..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 313
Palette Knives and Sponges................................................................................................................................................................ 314
Particles.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 315
Pattern Pens........................................................................................................................................................................................317
Pens and pencils.................................................................................................................................................................................318
Real Watercolor.................................................................................................................................................................................. 321
Real Wet Oil....................................................................................................................................................................................... 323
Selection brushes................................................................................................................................................................................324
Simple................................................................................................................................................................................................ 325
Smart Strokes..................................................................................................................................................................................... 325
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Sumi-e................................................................................................................................................................................................ 327
Texture brushes...................................................................................................................................................................................328
Thick Paint..........................................................................................................................................................................................331
Watercolor..........................................................................................................................................................................................333
Exploring brush categories in the Natural Media Brushes library......................................................................................................335
HARD MEDIA - Pencils........................................................................................................................................................................335
HARD MEDIA - Charcoal.................................................................................................................................................................... 336
HARD MEDIA - Conte.........................................................................................................................................................................336
HARD MEDIA - Pastels........................................................................................................................................................................336
INK - Pens.......................................................................................................................................................................................... 337
INK - Markers..................................................................................................................................................................................... 337
PAINT - Oils........................................................................................................................................................................................ 338
PAINT - Acrylics.................................................................................................................................................................................. 338
PAINT - Glazing.................................................................................................................................................................................. 338
REFINING - Blenders........................................................................................................................................................................... 339
REFINING - Erasers..............................................................................................................................................................................339
PAINT - Airbrushes..............................................................................................................................................................................339
PAINT - Watercolor.............................................................................................................................................................................340
Adjusting brushes with brush controls..............................................................................................................................................341
Exploring Brush Controls.................................................................................................................................................................... 342
Expression settings..............................................................................................................................................................................343
Audio Expression................................................................................................................................................................................ 344
Previewing brushstrokes and brush dabs............................................................................................................................................ 346
Calibrating brush variants...................................................................................................................................................................347
General controls................................................................................................................................................................................. 347
General controls: Dab types............................................................................................................................................................... 348
General controls: Stroke types............................................................................................................................................................ 351
General controls: Methods and subcategories.................................................................................................................................... 353
General controls: Source.....................................................................................................................................................................356
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General controls: Multicore................................................................................................................................................................ 357
Opacity controls................................................................................................................................................................................. 357
Grain controls.....................................................................................................................................................................................359
Stroke Attributes controls...................................................................................................................................................................361
Size controls....................................................................................................................................................................................... 363
Angle controls.................................................................................................................................................................................... 366
Spacing controls................................................................................................................................................................................. 369
Changing dab profiles........................................................................................................................................................................ 370
Real Watercolor controls.....................................................................................................................................................................372
Real Wet Oil controls..........................................................................................................................................................................376
Computed Circular controls................................................................................................................................................................ 381
Hard Media controls...........................................................................................................................................................................381
Bristle controls.................................................................................................................................................................................... 381
RealBristle controls..............................................................................................................................................................................382
Static Bristle controls.......................................................................................................................................................................... 382
Airbrush controls................................................................................................................................................................................ 384
Artists’ Oils controls........................................................................................................................................................................... 387
Impasto controls.................................................................................................................................................................................389
Digital Watercolor controls................................................................................................................................................................. 389
Water controls....................................................................................................................................................................................389
Liquid Ink controls..............................................................................................................................................................................393
Stroke Jitter controls...........................................................................................................................................................................398
Blending controls................................................................................................................................................................................399
Mouse controls...................................................................................................................................................................................402
Smoothing controls............................................................................................................................................................................ 403
Image Hose controls...........................................................................................................................................................................404
Rake controls......................................................................................................................................................................................404
Multi controls..................................................................................................................................................................................... 407
Color Variability controls.....................................................................................................................................................................407
Color Expression controls....................................................................................................................................................................409
Dynamic Speckles controls..................................................................................................................................................................411
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Dab Stencil controls........................................................................................................................................................................... 413
Glazing controls................................................................................................................................................................................. 418
Jitter brushes..................................................................................................................................................................................... 425
Choosing a Jitter brush variant...........................................................................................................................................................425
Controlling the behavior of Jitter variants...........................................................................................................................................426
Watercolor......................................................................................................................................................................................... 427
Working with the Watercolor layer.....................................................................................................................................................428
Watercolor brushes and paper texture interaction.............................................................................................................................. 429
Working with Real Watercolor brushes...............................................................................................................................................429
Working with Watercolor brushes...................................................................................................................................................... 429
Working with Digital Watercolor brushes........................................................................................................................................... 430
Particle brushes..................................................................................................................................................................................433
Gravity Particle brushes.......................................................................................................................................................................434
Flow Particle brushes.......................................................................................................................................................................... 436
Spring Particle brushes....................................................................................................................................................................... 438
Common Particle brush controls.........................................................................................................................................................441
Particles - Thin Lines brush controls....................................................................................................................................................444
Using Dynamic Speckles with Particle brushes.................................................................................................................................... 446
Texture painting.................................................................................................................................................................................449
Painting with textures.........................................................................................................................................................................451
Customizing Texture brushes.............................................................................................................................................................. 453
Textures.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 459
Creating textures................................................................................................................................................................................ 460
Transforming and editing textures...................................................................................................................................................... 465
Applying textures as fills.....................................................................................................................................................................466
Using textures in photo painting and image compositing.................................................................................................................. 467
Working with Texture libraries............................................................................................................................................................ 468
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Applying and adjusting flow maps................................................................................................................................................... 469
Getting started with flow maps......................................................................................................................................................... 469
Choosing flow maps and compatible brush variants.......................................................................................................................... 470
Enabling flow maps and controlling flow resistance...........................................................................................................................471
Customizing flow maps......................................................................................................................................................................472
Hard Media........................................................................................................................................................................................475
Choosing a Hard Media variant..........................................................................................................................................................475
Modifying Hard Media profiles........................................................................................................................................................... 476
Controlling the behavior of Hard Media variants................................................................................................................................ 477
Previewing Hard Media dabs..............................................................................................................................................................478
Markers.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 479
Getting started with markers..............................................................................................................................................................479
Customizing markers.......................................................................................................................................................................... 480
Image hose........................................................................................................................................................................................ 481
Using the Image hose........................................................................................................................................................................ 481
Adjusting the opacity and color of image hose elements................................................................................................................... 482
Adjusting the size and spacing of image hose elements.....................................................................................................................484
Indexing nozzle files........................................................................................................................................................................... 484
Understanding nozzles, ranks, and indexing.......................................................................................................................................486
Creating a 1-Rank nozzle................................................................................................................................................................... 488
Creating a 2-Rank nozzle................................................................................................................................................................... 490
Creating a 3-Rank nozzle................................................................................................................................................................... 491
Loading and managing nozzle files.................................................................................................................................................... 493
Creating a nozzle from a movie......................................................................................................................................................... 494
RealBristle brushes............................................................................................................................................................................. 497
Getting started with RealBristle brushes............................................................................................................................................. 497
Modifying RealBristle settings............................................................................................................................................................. 498
Using RealBristle brushes with Dynamic Speckles................................................................................................................................500
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Thick Paint......................................................................................................................................................................................... 501
Painting with Thick Paint.................................................................................................................................................................... 502
Thick Paint - Media controls...............................................................................................................................................................505
Thick Paint - Brush controls................................................................................................................................................................509
Adjusting Thick Paint layers................................................................................................................................................................ 512
Adjusting Thick Paint lighting............................................................................................................................................................. 513
Liquid Ink...........................................................................................................................................................................................517
Working with Liquid Ink brushes........................................................................................................................................................517
Adjusting attributes of the Liquid Ink layer.........................................................................................................................................518
Using Liquid Ink controls....................................................................................................................................................................518
Adjusting Liquid Ink lighting.............................................................................................................................................................. 519
Impasto..............................................................................................................................................................................................523
Applying, displaying, and clearing impasto.........................................................................................................................................523
Adjusting and creating Impasto brushes.............................................................................................................................................524
Adjusting Impasto lighting and depth................................................................................................................................................528
Blending impasto with other layers.................................................................................................................................................... 530
Layers................................................................................................................................................................................................. 533
Getting started with layers................................................................................................................................................................. 534
Displaying the Layers panel................................................................................................................................................................ 536
Creating and deleting layers............................................................................................................................................................... 538
Converting selections into layers or floating objects........................................................................................................................... 539
Naming and adding notes to layers................................................................................................................................................... 540
Selecting layers................................................................................................................................................................................... 541
Copying and duplicating layers...........................................................................................................................................................543
Moving layers..................................................................................................................................................................................... 544
Transforming layers.............................................................................................................................................................................545
Aligning layers.................................................................................................................................................................................... 548
Locking layers..................................................................................................................................................................................... 549
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Showing or hiding layers....................................................................................................................................................................549
Changing layer order..........................................................................................................................................................................549
Viewing layer position........................................................................................................................................................................ 550
Grouping layers.................................................................................................................................................................................. 551
Dropping layers with the canvas........................................................................................................................................................ 553
Painting on layers............................................................................................................................................................................... 553
Preserving layer transparency.............................................................................................................................................................. 554
Adjusting layer opacity....................................................................................................................................................................... 555
Adding drop shadows to layers..........................................................................................................................................................556
Blending layers by using composite methods..................................................................................................................................... 556
Creating and deleting layer masks...................................................................................................................................................... 562
Applying layer masks..........................................................................................................................................................................564
Loading layer masks to selections.......................................................................................................................................................564
Selecting and viewing layer masks......................................................................................................................................................564
Enabling and disabling layers masks...................................................................................................................................................565
Copying layer masks...........................................................................................................................................................................565
Inverting layer masks.......................................................................................................................................................................... 566
Editing layer masks.............................................................................................................................................................................566
Importing and exporting layers...........................................................................................................................................................567
Working with reference layers............................................................................................................................................................ 567
Storing layers as images in the Image Portfolio.................................................................................................................................. 568
Alpha Channels..................................................................................................................................................................................571
Creating and copying channels...........................................................................................................................................................571
Generating channels automatically..................................................................................................................................................... 573
Importing and exporting alpha channels............................................................................................................................................ 574
Selecting and viewing channels.......................................................................................................................................................... 574
Setting channel attributes...................................................................................................................................................................577
Deleting and clearing channels...........................................................................................................................................................577
Editing channels................................................................................................................................................................................. 578
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Selections and transformations......................................................................................................................................................... 583
Getting started with selections........................................................................................................................................................... 584
Creating path-based selections........................................................................................................................................................... 586
Creating pixel-based selections........................................................................................................................................................... 588
Selecting areas by painting.................................................................................................................................................................590
Creating selections from layers........................................................................................................................................................... 595
Choosing the protected area of a selection........................................................................................................................................ 596
Saving selections as alpha channels....................................................................................................................................................596
Working with the Selection Portfolio.................................................................................................................................................. 599
Viewing selections.............................................................................................................................................................................. 599
Inverting selections............................................................................................................................................................................. 600
Softening the edges of selections.......................................................................................................................................................601
Stroking selections..............................................................................................................................................................................601
Modifying the borders of selections................................................................................................................................................... 602
Expanding or contracting selections................................................................................................................................................... 603
Adding to or subtracting from selections........................................................................................................................................... 603
Preparing selections for transformations.............................................................................................................................................604
Moving selections............................................................................................................................................................................... 605
Transforming a duplicate selection......................................................................................................................................................606
Scaling and rotating path-based selections.........................................................................................................................................606
Skewing and distorting path-based selections.................................................................................................................................... 608
Canceling transformations.................................................................................................................................................................. 610
Common options for effects............................................................................................................................................................. 611
Fading effects..................................................................................................................................................................................... 611
Applying recently used effects............................................................................................................................................................ 612
Changing effects with open panels.................................................................................................................................................... 612
Applying effects using source luminance............................................................................................................................................612
Using focus and esoterica effects......................................................................................................................................................613
Applying Smart Blur........................................................................................................................................................................... 613
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Applying Camera Motion Blur............................................................................................................................................................ 614
Applying Depth of Field..................................................................................................................................................................... 615
Applying Glass Distortion................................................................................................................................................................... 617
Applying Motion Blur......................................................................................................................................................................... 619
Sharpening focus................................................................................................................................................................................620
Softening focus.................................................................................................................................................................................. 620
Applying Zoom Blur........................................................................................................................................................................... 621
Applying Marbling..............................................................................................................................................................................622
Automatically cloning an image......................................................................................................................................................... 623
Applying the Auto Van Gogh effect................................................................................................................................................... 624
Applying Blobs................................................................................................................................................................................... 625
Creating custom tiles..........................................................................................................................................................................626
Applying Grid Paper........................................................................................................................................................................... 629
Applying Growth effects.....................................................................................................................................................................629
Applying Highpass..............................................................................................................................................................................630
Applying the Maze effect................................................................................................................................................................... 631
Placing elements.................................................................................................................................................................................632
Applying the Pop Art Fill effect.......................................................................................................................................................... 633
Using lighting and surface texture effects........................................................................................................................................ 635
Applying preset lighting effects.......................................................................................................................................................... 636
Adding, deleting, and repositioning lights..........................................................................................................................................636
Adjusting light properties................................................................................................................................................................... 637
Using paper to create texture.............................................................................................................................................................638
Using 3D brushstrokes to create texture.............................................................................................................................................639
Using image luminance to create texture........................................................................................................................................... 640
Using clone source or pattern luminance to create texture.................................................................................................................640
Creating embossed effects..................................................................................................................................................................641
Using channels and layer masks tocreate texture...............................................................................................................................642
Creating reflection maps.....................................................................................................................................................................643
Adjusting texture lighting................................................................................................................................................................... 644
Apply Surface Texture controls............................................................................................................................................................645
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Applying the Apply Screen effect....................................................................................................................................................... 646
Applying the Color Overlay effect.......................................................................................................................................................646
Applying the Dye Concentration effect............................................................................................................................................... 648
Applying the Express Texture effect.................................................................................................................................................... 650
Applying a warp effect.......................................................................................................................................................................651
Applying the Woodcut effect............................................................................................................................................................. 653
Applying the Distress effect................................................................................................................................................................655
Applying the Serigraphy effect........................................................................................................................................................... 656
Applying the Sketch effect................................................................................................................................................................. 657
Dynamic Plug-ins............................................................................................................................................................................... 659
Getting started with dynamic plug-ins............................................................................................................................................... 660
Modifying and deleting dynamic layers.............................................................................................................................................. 660
Converting dynamic layers.................................................................................................................................................................. 660
Applying the Brightness and Contrast dynamic plug-in...................................................................................................................... 661
Applying the Burn dynamic plug-in.................................................................................................................................................... 661
Applying the Tear dynamic plug-in..................................................................................................................................................... 663
Applying the Bevel World dynamic plug-in.........................................................................................................................................664
Applying the Equalize dynamic plug-in...............................................................................................................................................665
Applying the Glass Distortion dynamic plug-in................................................................................................................................... 666
Applying the Kaleidoscope dynamic plug-in....................................................................................................................................... 668
Applying the Liquid Lens dynamic plug-in..........................................................................................................................................669
Applying the Liquid Metal dynamic plug-in........................................................................................................................................ 672
Applying the Posterize dynamic plug-in..............................................................................................................................................679
Patterns..............................................................................................................................................................................................681
Applying pattern fills.......................................................................................................................................................................... 681
Painting with patterns........................................................................................................................................................................ 683
Creating and editing patterns.............................................................................................................................................................684
Creating seamless patterns................................................................................................................................................................. 687
Creating fractal patterns.....................................................................................................................................................................689
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Gradients........................................................................................................................................................................................... 693
Applying gradients............................................................................................................................................................................. 695
Editing gradients................................................................................................................................................................................ 698
Applying paint effects to gradients.....................................................................................................................................................702
Creating gradients.............................................................................................................................................................................. 704
Replacing image colors with gradient colors...................................................................................................................................... 706
Mosaics and tessellations.................................................................................................................................................................. 709
Creating a mosaic...............................................................................................................................................................................710
Selecting and removing tiles...............................................................................................................................................................712
Specifying tile and grout color........................................................................................................................................................... 713
Adjusting mosaic tile dimensions and randomness.............................................................................................................................714
Filling an area with tiles..................................................................................................................................................................... 717
Creating 3D tiles.................................................................................................................................................................................718
Re-rendering mosaic tiles....................................................................................................................................................................719
Stroking and filling a selection with mosaic tiles................................................................................................................................ 719
Adding mosaic effects to an image....................................................................................................................................................720
Creating tessellations.......................................................................................................................................................................... 721
Weaves...............................................................................................................................................................................................725
Applying weaves.................................................................................................................................................................................725
Editing and saving weaves................................................................................................................................................................. 726
Creating weave patterns.....................................................................................................................................................................727
Using the Edit Weave dialog box....................................................................................................................................................... 728
Defining warp and weft expressions...................................................................................................................................................730
Defining warp and weft color expressions..........................................................................................................................................731
Designing the tie-up...........................................................................................................................................................................732
Reference: Expression operators..........................................................................................................................................................734
Shapes................................................................................................................................................................................................743
Getting started with shapes............................................................................................................................................................... 744
Drawing shapes.................................................................................................................................................................................. 744
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