Corel Painter - 2016 User Guide

User Guide

Corel® Painter® 2016 User Guide

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Contents

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Setting preferences............................................................................................................................................................................ 643

General preferences............................................................................................................................................................................ 643

Interface preferences.......................................................................................................................................................................... 645

Performance preferences.....................................................................................................................................................................646

Shapes preferences............................................................................................................................................................................. 647

Cloning preferences............................................................................................................................................................................ 648

Tablet preferences...............................................................................................................................................................................649

Connections preferences..................................................................................................................................................................... 649

Web................................................................................................................................................................................................... 651

Choosing web-safe colors...................................................................................................................................................................651

Posterizing using color sets................................................................................................................................................................ 651

Choosing web-friendly brushes........................................................................................................................................................... 652

Creating transparent GIFs................................................................................................................................................................... 653

Reducing the number of colors in GIF files.........................................................................................................................................654

Creating image maps......................................................................................................................................................................... 655

Creating server-side image maps........................................................................................................................................................ 657

Creating web page backgrounds........................................................................................................................................................ 657

Creating web buttons.........................................................................................................................................................................659

Index.................................................................................................................................................................................................. 661

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Welcome to Corel Painter

Corel® Painter® 2016 is the ultimate digital art studio. Its inventive drawing tools, realistic brushes, cloning capabilities, and customizable features let you expand your creative output in exciting new ways. When you use the pressure-sensitive brushes of Corel Painter, they become fluid extensions of your hand, so the resulting brushstrokes are unrivaled in texture and precision. What’s more, features such as the ability to build your own Natural-Media® brushes and customize how brushes interact with the canvas give you countless ways to develop your artistic ideas. Corel Painter takes you far beyond what’s possible in a traditional art environment.

This section contains the following topics:

• “Using the documentation” (page 1)

• “Adjusting the Help window text size” (page 3)

• “Corel Painter 2016 User Guide eBook” (page 4)

• “Hints and tooltips” (page 4)

• “Welcome Screen” (page 5)

• “Additional resources” (page 5)

• “Registration” (page 5)

• “Feedback” (page 5)

• “About Corel Corporation” (page 5)

Using the documentation

The server-based Help gives you access to a full range of up-to-date topics in a searchable format. You need to have an active internet connection to access the server-based help. However, if you are working offline, you can access the local help file that is installed with Corel Painter.

The Corel Painter 2016 User Guide provides all Help topics in a print-friendly PDF file, which can be accessed online. The User Guide is also published as an eBook. For more information, see “Corel Painter 2016 User Guide eBook” on page 4.

The Introduction to Corel Painter 2016 Guide provides an overview of the most common product features and workflows, helping you get started quickly with the application. This guide also includes information about new features to introduce upgrading users to Corel Painter

2016.

Documentation conventions

The following table describes the conventions used in the Help.

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Convention Description Example

MacOS and Windows commands Commands for MacOS and Windows

sometimes appear within the same procedural step, with the operating systems specified in parentheses.

Modifier keys (Command, Option, Ctrl, Alt) Names of modifier keys for MacOS and

Windows sometimes appear within the same procedural step, with the operating systems specified in parentheses.

Menu commands (Choose X menu menu item)

You choose a menu name by clicking it, and then you click to choose a menu item from the list.

Header bar A header bar is located at the top or side of

some workspace components, such as the toolbox, property bar, and panels.

Hold down Command (MacOS) or Ctrl (Windows).

Command+I (MacOS) or Ctrl +I (Windows)

(For the MacOS, press Command+I; for Windows, press Ctrl+I.)

Choose File QuickClone.

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Panel tab The panel tab appears at the top of a panel.

You can click a panel tab to expand that panel.

Panel options menu Clicking the panel options menu button

displays a pop-up menu with additional commands.

Flyout Flyouts are containers shared by certain

tools in the toolbox. You can open a flyout by clicking and holding down the tool on the flyout that is displayed.

A note contains information that is important to the steps that precede it. Often, a note describes conditions under which the procedure can be performed.

By clicking and holding down the Layer Adjuster tool in the toolbox, you can display a flyout that includes the Transform tool.

This command is available only if you have turned off a selection.

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Convention Description Example

A tip contains suggestions related to the procedure. Some tips present alternative methods of performing the steps, or information about other benefits and uses of the procedure.

You can choose a brush category and variant in the main application or in the Brush library panel.

To access the Help

•

Choose Help Corel Painter 2016 Help (Mac OS) or Help Topics (Windows).

To use the Help

Choose Help Corel Painter 2016Help (Mac OS) or Help topics (Windows).

2 Perform a task from the following table.

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To Do the following

Browse through Help topics Click the Contents tab, and click a topic in the left pane.

Use the index Click the Index tab, and scroll through the entries to find a topic.

Search the full text of the Help (Mac OS) Type a word or phrase in the Search box in the upper-

right corner of the Help window, and press Return.

(Windows) Click the Search tab, type a word or phrase in the box, and click Go. Note that the search feature does not support quotation marks. If you enclose the word or expression in quotation marks, the search will not produce any results.

To access the Corel Painter 2016 User Guide

•

Choose Help User Guide.

To access the Introduction to Corel Painter 2016 Guide

•

Choose Help  Introduction to Corel Painter 2016 (PDF).

Adjusting the Help window text size

You can adjust the size of the text that displays in the Help window by adjusting the zoom level in your browser. Adjusting the zoom level quickly increases the size of all web page elements, including text and images. You can adjust zoom levels in Internet Explorer, Chrome, Firefox, and Apple Help. Some browsers may offer additional controls for customizing the font size of the display text. For more information, see the Help for your browser.

To adjust the size of text in Firefox and Chrome

• In the browser, do one of the following:

• To increase the zoom level, press Ctrl and + (Windows), or Command and + (Mac).

• To decrease the zoom level, press Ctrl and - or Command and - (Mac).

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To adjust the size of text in Internet Explorer

• In the Internet Explorer browser, do one of the following:

• To increase the zoom level, press Ctrl and +.

• To decrease the zoom level, press Ctrl and -.

To adjust the size of text in Apple Help

• In the Apple Help viewer, do one of the following:

• To increase the zoom level, press Command and +.

• To decrease the zoom level, press Command and -.

Corel Painter 2016 User Guide eBook

The Corel Painter 2016 User Guide is available as an eBook. Published to the EPUB and MOBI file format, the eBook brings the most comprehensive information about product features to your eBook reader.

The User Guide is available in two eBook formats: ePUB and MOBI.

To access the Corel Painter 2016 User Guide eBook

• Download one of the following versions:

• MOBI version — for Kindle devices

• ePUB version— for other devices and eBook readers

Hints and tooltips

Hints can help you get started quickly with Painter brushes and tools. Specific hints are displayed if the active brush uses one of the following brush technologies: Watercolor, Real Watercolor, Liquid Ink, Cloner, Particles, Dynamic Speckles, or Impasto. If the active brush uses another brush technology, the Hints panel shows tips about finding and modifying brushes. When you click a tool, the Hints panel shows a description of all tools in the toolbox. All hints include links to relevant Help topics that provide comprehensive information about the corresponding brush features or tools.

Tooltips provide helpful information about application controls when you position the pointer over icons, buttons, and other user interface elements. Some tooltips include illustrations that show the effect of using high and low values of specific settings.

To access Hints

•

Choose Help Hints.

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Welcome Screen

With the Welcome Screen, you can quickly start or open an image, choose a workspace that suits your needs, access online learning videos, find new brushes and other content online, and get inspired by a gallery of original artwork created with Corel Painter.

The Welcome Screen appears when you start the application. You can also access the Welcome Screen from the Help menu ( Help Welcome book).

If you don’t want to see the Welcome Screen at startup, disable the Show this at startup check box in the lower left corner of the Welcome Screen. This check box is not available in trial versions of the product.

Additional resources

You can access additional Corel Painter resources online to learn more about the product and connect with the Corel Painter community.

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Resources To access

Corel Painter website http://www.painterartist.com

Corel Painter Tutorials http://www.youtube.com/user/PainterTutorials

Corel Painter on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/corelpainter

Corel Painter on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/corelpainter

Registration

Registering Corel products is important. Registration provides you with timely access to the latest product updates, valuable information about product releases and access to free downloads.

If you skipped the registration process when installing Corel Painter 2016, you can register at www.corel.com/support/register.

Feedback

We value any feedback that you may have about the product or the Help content. To provide feedback about a specific Help topic, scroll to the bottom of any Help topic and click the “Was this page helpful?” link.

About Corel Corporation

Corel is one of the world’s top software companies, boasting some of the industry's best-known graphics, productivity and digital media products. We've built a reputation for giving customers more choice, and delivering solutions that are easy to learn and use. Our mission is simple: help people achieve new levels of creativity and productivity.

Corel’s product lines include CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite, Corel® Painter®, Corel® PaintShop® Pro, Corel® VideoStudio® and Corel® WordPerfect® Office. For more information on Corel, please visit www.corel.com.

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What’s new in Corel Painter 2016

Corel Painter takes you far beyond what’s possible in a traditional art environment. This section contains the following topics about what’s new in Corel Painter 2016:

• “What’s new in this version of Corel Painter” (page 7)

• “What was new in earlier versions of Corel Painter” (page 11)

What’s new in this version of Corel Painter

In this section, you will find information about the new and enhanced features in Corel Painter 2016.

Rotatable media

In Corel Painter 2016, you can change the angle of paper textures and flow maps to get an unprecedented variety in the look of your brushstrokes. For more information see “Rotating paper texture” on page 118 and “To customize a flow map” on page 347.

Rotatable media can help you vary the look of your brushstrokes.

Default-settings restoration

Corel Painter 2016 makes it easier to preserve custom content when you reset the application to its factory settings. Now when you restore default settings, you can maintain custom brushes and palettes, paper textures, nozzles, scripts and more. In previous versions, retaining any customizations required exporting libraries, restoring default settings, and then importing the libraries. For more information, see “Restoring

the default Corel Painter settings” on page 47.

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Dynamic Speckles

This feature combines Particle System physics and brush-thickness control linked to your touch, allowing you to create luscious NaturalMedia brushstrokes or progressive-looking Pollock splatters. You can use this feature with select Bristle, RealBristle and Particle brushes, so you can take full advantage of those revolutionary, Painter-exclusive technologies. For more information, see “Dynamic Speckles” on page

313.

Dynamic Speckles generate a continuous brushstroke from discrete spots of color or speckles.

Audio Expression

Corel Painter 2016 lets you use an audio input device, such as a microphone, or internal audio to modify the look and feel of any brush. For example, your brushstrokes may change their appearance in synch with streaming music. Audio Expression allows you to link a variety of brush controls to audio input. In addition, you can adjust the strength of an audio signal, controlling its impact on a brush. For example, if you link brush size to quiet audio, increasing the strength will result in wider brushstrokes. Conversely, if the audio is loud, decreasing the strength will result in narrower brushstrokes. In addition, you can set the range of the audio expression to achieve a wider range of brushstroke variation (for example, minimum to maximum brushstroke width) regardless of whether the audio is consistently strong, low, or varies. For more information, see “Audio Expression” on page 246.

Document Views

Whether you are working on a project, showing your work, or demonstrating a technique, Corel Painter 2016 makes it even easier to switch between document views. You can switch document views from the toolbox, the Window menu, and by using keyboard shortcuts. The Default view shows all the open documents together with commonly used application controls while the Single Document view lets you focus on the active document. The Presentation Mode hides the menu bar and the taskbar of the operating system, leaving only essential controls. For more information, see “Switching document views” on page 58.

Single Document View (left); Single Document View in Presentation Mode (right)

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