Corel Painter X3 Win/Mac, EDU, EN manuals

Corel Painter X3 Win/Mac, EDU, EN User's Guide (943 pages)

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User Guide

Contents

Contents iii

Contents v

Contents vii

Contents ix

Contents xi

Contents xiii

Contents xv

Contents xvii

Contents xix

Welcome to Corel Painter

Documentation conventions

 menu item)

 Quick Clone

To access the Help

To use the Help

Additional resources

Registration

Corel Cinco for Painter

About Corel Corporation

Workspace tour

Workspace tour 21

Exploring the Document window

Workspace tour 23

Exploring the toolbox

Workspace tour 25

Workspace tour 27

Displaying the toolbox

To open or close the toolbox

To move the toolbox

To change the toolbox display

Displaying the property bar

Exploring the Navigator panel

Brush Selector bar

Exploring panels and palettes

™ Hard Media, Color

Workspace tour 37

Workspace tour 39

To group panels into palettes

To expand or collapse a panel

To resize a panel or palette

To dock or undock a palette

To create a custom palette

Managing custom palettes

Working with libraries

To create a new workspace

To import a workspace

To export a workspace

To delete a workspace

Photoshop

Creating documents

To create a new document

Understanding resolution

Opening and placing files

To open a document

To place a file

Switching document views

To switch viewing modes

Zooming images

To zoom in

To zoom out

To zoom to fit the screen

To rotate an image

To rotate the canvas

Flipping images

Image flipped horizontally

Image flipped vertically

Repositioning images

Cropping images

Saving and backing up files

Choosing a file format

100

Emailing documents

103

Using two monitors

104

Wacom Intuos support

105

Drag-and-drop features

108

Keyboard shortcuts

110

Customizing keys

112

To manage key sets

113

To revert keyboard shortcuts

113

Toolbox commands

114

Panel commands

116

Corel Painter menu commands

117

File menu commands

117

Edit menu commands

118

Canvas menu commands

118

Layers menu commands

119

Select menu commands

119

Shapes menu commands

119

Effects menu commands

120

Window menu commands

120

Screen navigation

121

Panel navigation

121

Panel menu commands

122

Brush tools

123

Selection tools

124

Adjuster tools

125

Shape tools

126

Animation

127

Lighting

128

Layer selection tools

128

Other commands

129

Painting

130

Choosing a painting workflow

131

Painting 109

132

Exploring painting media

133

Painting 111

134

Displaying reference images

135

To display a reference image

136

To move a reference image

136

Clearing the canvas

137

Setting up the drawing cursor

137

To set brush ghost options

138

To set brush tracking

140

To set brush calibration

140

Using a stylus vs. a mouse

141

Painting 119

142

To draw freehand lines

144

To draw straight lines

144

To constrain freehand strokes

145

To fade a stroke

145

To undo a stroke

145

Erasing image areas

146

Letting media pool

148

Making 360° strokes

148

Painting with airbrushes

149

Adjusting spread

150

Painting 129

152

To record a stroke

153

To play back a stroke

153

To play back strokes randomly

153

To save a stroke

153

Reference: Troubleshooting

154

Applying paper texture

157

To create a paper texture

158

To capture paper texture

159

To delete a paper texture

160

To rename a paper texture

160

To invert paper grain

161

To scale paper grain

161

To randomize paper grain

163

Auto-painting photos

164

To create an underpainting

165

Auto-painting photos 143

166

Auto-painting photos 145

168

Restoring detail to paintings

170

Image cloning and sampling

172

To clone an image

175

To enable tracing paper

176

Using Quick Clone

177

Setting cloning preferences

177

To customize cloning behavior

178

Source panel (4)

179

To edit a clone source image

180

Painting in the clone

182

To choose a cloner brush

184

Using brush loading

185

Performing offset sampling

186

To scale the sample source

192

To rotate the sample source

193

To warp the sample source

196

Using the Layout Grid

202

To set Layout Grid options

203

To move a Layout Grid

205

To create a mirror painting

206

Using Perspective Guides

209

To show Perspective Guides

211

Using rulers

218

Using guides

219

Using Snap to Guides

220

Using the grid

221

Using Snap to Grid

222

Color 201

224

Color panel

225

To display the Color panel

226

To choose the Main Color

227

Resizing the Color panel

228

Changing the paper color

230

Sampling colors from images

231

Cloning color

232

Mixer panel tools

234

To display the Mixer panel

236

To choose a Mixer Pad

236

To resize the Mixer panel

236

To mix colors

237

To paint from the Mixer panel

238

To sample multiple colors

238

Color 217

240

To clear the Mixer pad

241

Saving the Mixer pad

242

Working with color sets

243

To open a color set

244

To import a color set

244

To create a color set

246

Editing color sets

247

To delete a color

248

To replace a color

248

To show or hide a color

248

Annotating colors

249

To create annotations

250

To delete an annotation

250

To show or hide annotations

250

Setting color variability

251

Setting Color Expression

251

Loading multiple colors

251

Working with color fills

252

Applying a color as a fill

253

Color 231

254

To undo a fill

255

To limit leakage

255

To close a leak

255

Color 233

256

Color management

258

Color management 237

260

Saturated

262

Relative

262

Colorimetric

262

Perceptual

262

Color management 241

264

To preview a color profile

265

To soft-proof an image

265

To turn off soft-proofing

265

Converting color profiles

266

To convert a color profile

267

Color management 245

268

Working with presets

269

4 Click Yes

270

Original Color Values

273

Corrected

273

1/4 tone

280

Mid tone

280

3/4 tone

280

Highlights

280

To adjust colors equally

282

Adjusting selected colors

284

To adjust a selected color

285

Equalizing images

287

To equalize colors

288

Inverting colors

290

Posterizing an image

291

Applying video legal colors

292

Dodging and burning

293

Libraries

296

To export a library

297

To create a library

298

To remove a library

298

Restoring default libraries

300

To restore a default library

301

Understanding brushes

302

Exploring brush categories

303

Just Add Water Smear Smudge

305

Bleach Eraser Flat Eraser

308

(works with

308

Bulge Confusion Hurricane

309

Blur Dodge Burn

315

To search for brush variants

319

To set brush size

321

To set opacity

322

To set grain

322

To copy a brush variant

326

To move a brush variant

326

To save a brush variant

327

To delete a brush variant

328

To remove a brush category

330

To create a brush library

331

To delete a brush library

331

To import a brush library

332

To export a brush library

333

To import a brush category

334

To export a brush category

334

To import a brush variant

334

Saving a brush look

335

Creating brush dabs

336

To create a brush dab shape

337

Exploring Brush Controls

339

Expression settings

340

To preview brushstrokes

343

To preview brush dabs

343

Calibrating brush variants

344

General controls

345

General controls: Dab types

345

To choose a dab type

350

To choose a stroke type

352

General controls: Source

356

General controls: Multicore

357

Opacity controls

357

To set brush opacity

358

Grain controls

359

Stroke Attribute controls

360

Size controls

363

Angle controls

365

To set brush shape

368

To set brush dab angle range

368

Spacing controls

369

To set minimum dab spacing

370

To boost brushstrokes

370

Changing dab profiles

371

Hard Media Profiles

372

Real Watercolor controls

373

Resistance setting (right)

375

Real Wet Oil controls

379

Computed Circular controls

385

Hard Media controls

385

Bristle controls

385

RealBristle controls

386

Static Bristle controls

387

To set bristle thickness

388

Airbrush controls

389

Feature Jitter (right)

390

To set paint spread

391

To set ink flow

391

Artists’ Oils controls

392

To paint in Dirty Mode

395

Impasto controls

396

Digital Watercolor controls

396

Water controls

396

To adjust watercolor controls

400

Liquid Ink controls

401

To choose an ink type

406

To set smoothness

406

To set ink volume

406

To set random volume

407

To set random size

407

To set bristle fraction

407

To set random bristle volume

407

Stroke Jitter controls

408

Well controls

409

To set resaturation

411

To set color bleed

411

To set brush dryout

411

To enable brush loading

411

Mouse controls

412

Smoothing controls

413

Image Hose controls

414

Rake controls

415

To set brush contact angle

417

To set brush scale

417

To set bristle displacement

417

Multi controls

418

Cloning controls

419

Scale cloning

420

Rotate cloning

421

Rotate & Mirror cloning

421

Rotate, Scale, Shear cloning

422

Bilinear cloning

422

Perspective cloning

423

To set clone color

424

To set clone type

425

To tile clone source

425

Color Variability controls

426

Color Expression controls

428

Jitter brushes

430

To choose a Jitter variant

432

Brush control panel with

433

Jitter controls

433

For more information, see

433

Watercolor

434

To wet the Watercolor layer

436

Watercolor 415

438

To adjust diffusion

440

To adjust wet fringe

440

To choose a flow map

445

Customizing flow maps

446

To customize a flow map

448

Hard Media

450

Modifying Hard Media profiles

452

Hard Media 431

454

Previewing Hard Media dabs

455

Getting started with markers

456

Customizing markers

457

Image hose

458

Using the Image hose

459

To use the Image hose

460

(left) and 20% (right)

462

Indexing nozzle files

463

Image hose 441

464

To change the indexing rule

465

Image hose 443

466

Image hose 445

468

Creating a 1-Rank nozzle

469

Image hose 447

470

Creating a 2-Rank nozzle

471

To build a 2-Rank nozzle

472

Creating a 3-Rank nozzle

473

Image hose 451

474

To load a 1-Rank nozzle file

475

To retrieve and edit a nozzle

476

Image hose 455

478

RealBristle brushes

480

Brush Tip

481

Bristle Length

481

Ferr ule

481

RealBristle brushes 459

482

To open the RealBristle panel

484

Liquid Ink

486

Using Liquid Ink controls

487

Liquid Ink 465

488

Impasto 467

490

Impasto 469

492

Impasto 471

494

Impasto 473

496

Impasto 475

498

Impasto 477

500

Layers 479

502

Getting started with layers

503

Layers 481

504

Displaying the layers panel

506

Creating and deleting layers

508

To delete a layer

509

Layers 487

510

To name a layer or group

511

Selecting layers

512

To select a layer

513

To deselect layers

514

To show layer indicators

514

To copy and paste a layer

515

To duplicate a layer

515

Moving layers

516

To move or nudge a layer

517

Transforming layers

518

Aligning layers

520

Locking layers

521

Showing or hiding layers

522

Changing layer order

523

Viewing layer position

524

Grouping layers

525

To create a group

526

To open or close a group

526

To ungroup layers

527

To collapse a group

527

Painting on layers

528

To paint on a layer

529

Preserving layer transparency

530

Adjusting layer opacity

531

Adding drop shadows to layers

532

Layers 511

534

Layers 513

536

Layers 515

538

Layers 517

540

To create a blank layer mask

542

Applying layer masks

544

To select a layer mask

545

To view a layer mask

545

Copying layer masks

546

Inverting layer masks

547

Editing layer masks

547

Layers 525

548

Working with reference layers

549

To commit a reference layer

550

Alpha Channels

552

To create a blank channel

553

To copy a channel

554

Alpha Channels 533

556

To display the channels panel

558

To select a channel

558

To view or hide a channel

558

Setting channel attributes

559

To delete a channel

560

To clear a channel

560

Editing channels

561

To paint in a channel

562

To feather a channel

563

To invert a channel

563

To fill a channel

563

Alpha Channels 541

564

To make a freehand selection

571

To select the entire canvas

571

The image

578

Viewing selections

582

Inverting selections

583

Stroking selections

584

To smooth a selection

586

To add to a selection

587

To subtract from a selection

587

Moving selections

589

To transform a duplicate

590

To scale a selection

591

To rotate a selection

592

To skew a selection

593

To distort a selection

594

Canceling transformations

595

Common options for effects

596

To fade an effect

597

Applying Smart Blur

601

Applying Camera Motion Blur

601

Applying Depth of Field

602

Depth of Field

603

Depth of Field controls

605

Applying Glass Distortion

606

Applying Motion Blur

609

Sharpening focus

610

Softening focus

611

To soften focus

612

Applying Zoom Blur

613

Applying Marbling

613

To create a marbling recipe

614

The Auto Van Gogh effect

618

Applying Blobs

619

Creating custom tiles

620

To apply custom tiles

621

Custom tile controls

623

Applying Grid Paper

624

Applying Growth effects

625

Applying Highpass

626

Applying the Maze effect

627

Placing elements

628

To place elements

629

To apply a Pop Art Fill

631

Layers panel

635

Adjusting light properties

637

Using paper to create texture

638

(right) settings applied

641

Creating embossed effects

644

To create an embossed effect

645

Creating reflection maps

647

Adjusting texture lighting

649

To adjust texture lighting

650

To apply a screen

651

Color Overlay controls

654

Dye Concentration controls

657

Express Texture controls

659

Applying a warp effect

660

Applying the Woodcut effect

662

Applying the Distress effect

664

Distress controls

666

To apply Serigraphy effects

667

Applying the Sketch effect

668

Dynamic Plug-ins

670

To delete a dynamic layer

672

To burn a layer or selection

674

Dynamic Plug-ins 653

676

To apply a bevel effect

678

Dynamic Plug-ins 657

680

Dynamic Plug-ins 659

682

Liquid Lens tool Example

684

Rain melts the image

688

Liquid Metal tool Example

690

Brush tool

690

Circle tool

691

Dynamic Plug-ins 669

692

To create negative metal

694

To remove metal

695

To show metal droplet handles

695

To select metal droplets

695

To move metal droplets

696

Dynamic Plug-ins 675

698

Patterns

700

To apply a pattern as a fill

701

Painting with patterns

702

To paint with a pattern

703

To paint with pattern opacity

704

Creating and editing patterns

705

Patterns 683

706

To create a masked pattern

707

Creating seamless patterns

708

Patterns 687

710

Creating fractal patterns

711

To create fractal patterns

712

Patterns 691

714

Gradients

716

To apply a gradient as a fill

717

To paint a gradient

718

Adjusting gradients

720

To gradient direction

721

To change a gradient angle

721

Main color

722

Additional color

722

Two-point gradient

722

New color control

722

To edit a gradient

724

To add color to a gradient

724

To change the gradient hue

725

Saving gradients

726

Mosaics and tessellations

728

Creating a mosaic

729

Mosaics and tessellations 707

730

Selecting and removing tiles

732

To select tiles

733

To deselect tiles

733

To remove tiles

733

Mosaics and tessellations 711

734

To change the grout color

735

To adjust tile dimensions

735

Mosaics and tessellations 713

736

Filling an area with tiles

739

Creating 3D tiles

740

Re-rendering mosaic tiles

742

Creating tessellations

744

Mosaics and tessellations 723

746

To create a tessellation

747

Mosaics and tessellations 725

748

To color tessellations

749

Applying weaves

750

To apply a weave as a fill

751

Editing and saving weaves

752

Creating weave patterns

753

Weaves 731

754

Weaves 733

756

Weaves 735

758

Designing the tie-up

759

To modify the tie-up

760

Weaves 739

762

Weaves 741

764

Weaves 743

766

Weaves 745

768

Weaves 747

770

An image created with shapes

772

Getting started with shapes

773

Drawing shapes

774

To draw an oval or circle

775

Drawing lines and curves

776

Wing handle

777

Anchor point

777

To draw a line segment

778

To add to an open shape path

779

To draw a freehand shape

779

Shapes 757

780

Selecting a shape

782

To set shape fill attributes

784

To set shape flatness

785

To move anchor points

786

Adjusting curvature

787

To adjust a curve

788

To cut a shape

789

To join endpoints

790

Shapes 769

792

Resizing a shape

793

Rotating a group of shapes

793

To resize a shape

794

To rotate a shape

794

To skew a shape

794

Duplicating shapes

795

Combining shapes

796

To create a compound shape

797

To release a compound shape

797

Blending shapes

798

Shapes 777

800

Adding text

802

Formatting text

803

Aligning text

803

To align text

804

To kern text

804

To adjust leading

804

Rotated text (right)

805

Adding drop shadows to text

806

Applying effects to text

806

Applying curves to text

807

Adding text 785

808

Converting text layers

809

Dropping text

810

To create a new movie

815

You can also

816

Opening a Corel Painter movie

817

Selecting movie frames

819

Editing frame content

819

Previewing animations

820

Using onion skinning

820

Animating with layers

821

To create motion with layers

822

Repeating frames

823

Inserting movies

824

Rotoscoping

825

Applying scripts to movies

826

To apply a script to a movie

827

Exporting movies as QuickTime

828

Exporting animated GIFs

832

Getting started with scripts

836

Displaying the Scripts panel

837

Recording and playing scripts

838

To record a script

839

To play a script

839

To enable background scripts

840

Preferences  General

840

To play a background script

841

To edit script parameters

842

Converting scripts to movies

843

To import a script

845

To export a script

845

To import a script library

845

To export a script library

846

To create a script library

846

To delete a script library

847

Printing images

848

Printing your work

849

To print to a file

850

General notes on printing

851

Printing images 829

852

Corel Painter tool

855

Corel Painter

856

PSD file format

857

Setting preferences

860

Interface preferences

862

Performance preferences

863

Setting preferences 841

864

Shapes preferences

865

Cloning preferences

866

Connection preferences

867

• Do one of the following:

868

Choosing web-safe colors

870

Choosing web-friendly brushes

872

Creating transparent GIFs

873

Creating animated GIFs

875

Creating rollovers

876

Creating image maps

878

Creating web page backgrounds

881

Creating web buttons

884

Numerics

888

Index 867

890

Index 869

892

Index 871

894

Index 873

896

Index 875

898

Index 877

900

Index 879

902

Index 881

904

Index 883

906

Index 885

908

Index 887

910

Index 889

912

Index 891

914

Index 893

916

Index 895

918

Index 897

920

Index 899

922

Index 901

924

Index 903

926

Index 905

928

Index 907

930

Index 909

932

Index 911

934

Index 913

936

Index 915

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Index 917

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Index 919

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