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1. Menu bar Corel Painter Essentials File Edit Canvas Select Effects Window Help 4 Sat2 30PM Brush 7 ee Acrylics gt Property Size 20 0 i Opacity 100 ZA e Db FT selector bar Untitled 1 100 Toolbox Colors palette amp Canvas Layers Document w palette window Drawing mode icon Navigation Zoom slider icon vw 10 The Workspace Using the Toolbox In the toolbox there are tools to make marks draw shapes fill shapes with color view and navigate and make selections There are also four selectors that let you choose papers gradients patterns and nozzles The toolbox Some tools of similar function share a space in the toolbox The button for only one of these tools is displayed at a time Any tool that has a triangle in the bottom right corner has one or more tools underneath it in a flyout menu The toolbox is open by default however it can be closed You can move the toolbox around the document window and you can dock the toolbox to the document window or to other palettes The current tool can be modified by options on the property bar which change as you change tools For more information see Using the Property Bar on page 14 To access tools grouped in flyout menus 1 In the toolbox hold down the tool icon whose flyout menu you want to open 2 Choose the tool you want to use Corel Painter Essentials
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3. f Cancel Co Use the General Preferences dialog box to customize your application General Preferences To access General preferences Doone of the following e Mac OS Choose Corel Painter Essentials menu gt Preferences gt General e Windows Choose Edit menu gt Preferences gt General Corel Painter Essentials 29 De Tip To make changes to other preferences before closing the Preferences dialog box choose the other preference type from the pop up menu Cursor Setup Corel Painter Essentials gives you several choices for the appearance of your cursor To choose whether the cursor will be a brush or a single pixel check an option in the Drawing Cursor area To determine the direction the cursor will point depending on your design and your preferences click the appropriate option in the Orientation area This option is only available with the Brush cursor type e To set the cursor to show the brush size and shape enable the Brush Ghosting option Brush Ghosting gives you immediate visual feedback on the cursor showing you the shape and size of the selected brush Basics 30 When you use a brush with Enable Brush Ghosting enabled the cursor shows the shape of the brush Temp File Volume Choosing the temp file volume selects the disk volume that Corel Painter Essentials will put its temporary file on and use to access virtual memory Choose the
4. Selecting a Brush To show the Brush selector bar Doone ofthe following e In the toolbox double click the Brush tool A Choose Window menu gt Show Brush Selector Bar To choose a brush 1 Onthe Brush selector bar choose a brush category from the Brush selector 2 Choose a variant from the Variant selector f er f Acrylics a e Opaque Acrylic 7 X sirbrushes Z Artists Blenders Af Chalk i The Brush selector lists the brush categories Brush Settings Basic brush controls for size opacity and grain are located on the property bar The property bar may also contain additional controls for the selected brush category When a brush is selected and positioned over the canvas the cursor changes by default into a ghost of the brush mirroring size and shape so you can see the area that you re about to paint This is a handy way to see if a change in size 1s required Setting Brush Size The size slider on the property bar determines the size of a single brush dab The text field next to this slider lets you enter a specific size in pixels To set brush size Choose the Brush tool from the toolbox Choose a brush On the property bar type a value in the Size box or adjust the pop up slider Corel Painter Essentials may need to rebuild the brush after you resize it Automatic building of modified brushes is the default in Corel Painter Es
5. To add a layer to a group 1 2 On the Layers palette open the destination group Drag a layer to the group Tip You can create a nested group by dragging a closed group to the open destination group To remove a layer from a group Open the group 2 Drag the layer out ofthe group To ungroup layers On the Layers palette select the group If the group is open click the triangle 1con to close it 2 Do the following Click the Layer Commands button EA and choose Ungroup To collapse a group On the Layers palette select the group 2 Do the following Click the Layer Commands button EA and choose Col lapse Merging Layers with the Canvas Dropping a layer or group merges its contents with the canvas Once you drop a layer you can no longer access the layer s content separately from the canvas When you drop a layer you can choose to create a selection based on the layer contents For more information about selections refer to Working with Selections on page 69 To drop specific layers 1 On the Layers palette select the layers or groups you want to drop 2 Do the following Click the Layer Commands button B and choose Drop Editing Layers You can edit a layer s content by applying effects to it transforming its dimensions or painting on it You can also move layer content to change the overall image layout Painting on Layers When
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7. Services Corel Support Services can provide you with prompt and accurate information about product features specifications pricing availability services and technical support Online Support For information about online support services visit www corel com support Please note some of the services are available only in English eG Ge Corel Knowledge Base kb corel com The Corel Knowledge Base allows you to read print and download documents that contain answers to many technical questions Newsgroups www corel com newsgroups The newsgroups peer to peer forums llow you to exchange information tips and techniques with other users of Corel products Downloads www corel com downloads You can download product patches updates and trial versions Telephone Support For detailed information regarding telephone support services please visit www corel com support Live Welcome to Corel Painter Essentials telephone support for this Corel product is available as a fee based service only North America For pricing purchasing or general inquiries about Corel products you can call Customer Service toll free at 1 800 772 6735 e To speak directly to a technician on a Pay As You Go line please dial 1 900 733 8780 To speak directly to a technician on a Pay Per Incident line please dial 1 877 662 6735 The hours of operation are 8 30 a m to 7 30 p m Monday to Friday Eastern Standard Tim
8. Some tools share a space in the toolbox Hold down the tool button that s displayed to open the flyout menu To close the toolbox Do one of the following Click the Close button in the top corner of the toolbox e Choose Window menu gt Hide Toolbox To open the toolbox choose Window menu gt Show Toolbox To move the toolbox Place the cursor over the title bar of the toolbox 2 Drag the toolbox to a new location in the document window To dock the toolbox Place the cursor over the title bar of the toolbox 2 Drag the toolbox to the edge of the document window or a palette 3 When the toolbox lines up with the edge of the document window or palette release the mouse button The toolbox will snap into place Navigation and Utility Tools The Magnifier Tool You can use the Magnifier tool to magnify areas of an image when you are performing detailed work or to reduce areas to get an overall view of an image For more information see Zooming on page 22 The Workspace The Grabber Tool The Grabber tool gives you a quick way to scroll an image For more information see Repositioning Documents on page 24 The Rotate Page Tool The Rotate Page tool lets you rotate an image window to accommodate the way you draw naturally Refer to Rotating Documents on page 24 for more information The Crop Tool The Crop tool lets you remove unwanted edges from the image
9. To skew text Select text using the Layer Adjuster tool Corel Painter Essentials 0935955 13 Printing You can print Corel Painter Essentials images on a wide variety of printers including PostScript Windows Graphics Device Interface GDI and Quick Draw printers and high resolution imagesetters Understanding Printing Even 1f your final goal 1s to print high quality color prints it s a good 1dea to first print proofs on any printer you have available You can use a black and white printer to check page size and placement of images on the page If you have a color printer you can print proofs to get a general impression of what your image will look like Keep 1n mind that the proof 1s not an accurate representation of a final print produced by an offset printing process The print process inks and paper types combined will affect the final output Printing Composited Images Having many layers in a document increases printing time Printing a fully composited version of the image is much faster Instead of creating a composited version by dropping all the layers 1n the image you can clone the file and then print the clone Keep layers in the saved RIF file so you can return and make changes For more information about cloning documents see Cloning a Document on page 54 Setting Up Printing Options for setting up your file for printing depend on several factors the output device co
10. for every tool The settings change depending on the tool selected To reset the default tool settings Click the Reset Tool button on the property bar Note The Reset Tool button on the property bar has the same icon as the selected tool in the toolbox To move the property bar e Point to the bar on the right side of the property bar and drag it to its new location To dock the property bar e Point to the title bar of the property bar and drag it under the menu bar The property bar snaps into place To close the property bar Do one of the following e Choose Window menu gt Hide Property Bar Ifthe property bar is undocked click the close button on the title bar Tip e To show the property bar choose Window menu gt Show Property Bar Using the Brush Selector Bar The Brush selector bar lets you choose from a variety of brush categories and variants Brush categories are groups of similar brushes and media Brush variants are specific brushes and brush settings within a brush category The name of the selected brush category appears at the top of the Brush selector bar The name of the selected brush variant appears under the brush category name y 1 E Acrylics p Jl in Opaque Acrylic The Brush selector bar To display the Brush selector bar Choose Window menu Show Brush Selector Bar To choose a brush from the Brush selector bar 1 Onthe Brush se
11. will be transparent An Imaging Method determines how your 24 bit Corel Painter Essentials document will be converted to the limited number of colors that GIF uses If you choose Quantize to Nearest Color Corel Painter Essentials picks the color nearest to that of each pixel If you choose Dither Colors Corel Painter Essentials will apply a pattern to the colors chosen to generate a more accurate less banded result Closing Documents and Quitting the Application To close a document Doone of the following Click the current window s close box Choose File menu gt Close Press Command W Mac OS or Ctrl W Windows To quit Corel Painter Essentials Doone ofthe following e Mac OS Choose Corel Painter Essentials menu gt Quit Corel Painter Essentials e Windows Choose File menu gt Quit Tip e You can also quit Corel Painter Essentials by pressing Command O Mac OS or Ctrl O Windows Setting Preferences Corel Painter Essentials has two preference dialog boxes General and Brush Tracking rt General Preferences General 4 Drawing Cursor Temp File Volume OSX Cursor type Brush Units pixels n Single pixel V indicate clone source with cross hairs while cloning D E _ Draw zoomed out views using area averaging C Display warning when drawing outside selection V Show Commit dialog when converting to layer i V Enable Brush Ghosting
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13. 4 Adjust the Opacity slider Note e Corel Painter Essentials uses the current color pattern or gradient Before filling choose the media you want from the corresponding selector 1n the toolbox Filling Images Based on Color You can use the Paint Bucket tool to fill image areas based on pixel color This method can be used on the canvas Corel Painter Essentials fills areas based on color boundaries To fill an image based on color 1 Choose the Paint Bucket tool from the toolbox 2 Click the Fill Image button on the property bar Corel Painter Essentials Cloning and Tracing Cloning is a feature that can help you create art quickly and easily Cloning is the process of taking imagery from one area or document the source and re creating 1t 1n another area or document the destination Cloning is a two step process First you set a clone source then you work in a destination area The source and destination can be in separate documents or in different areas of the same document Cloning Imagery Cloning method brush variants are the most common way to develop imagery in a clone destination These variants re create the source imagery while they effectively filter it reproducing it in an artistic style such as oils or pastels Cloning allows you to filter source imagery to create Natural Med a renderings Corel Painter Essentials offers interesting ways to take advantage of cl
14. Canvas menu gt Canvas Size 2 Inthe Canvas Size dialog box specify the number of pixels you want to add to any side of the canvas Enter negative values to reduce the canvas size To crop the canvas 1 Display the image at a scale where you can see all of it 2 Inthe toolbox choose the Crop tool 3 Drag in the image to describe the rectangular area you want to keep 4 Adjust the rectangle by dragging a corner or any of its edges To constrain the cropping rectangle to a certain aspect ratio enter values for the width and height aspect and enable the Ratio option on the property bar 5 Click inside the rectangle to perform the cropping operation Drag and Drop Features Dragging Between Documents You can copy selections and layers between Corel Painter Essentials documents by dragging from one window to the other When you drag a selection to a new document window Corel Painter Essentials automatically turns the selection into a layer When you drag a layer to a new document the layer keeps its original properties Dragging Between Programs Mac OS Corel Painter Essentials supports drag and drop functionality between applications on Mac OS This can bea quick convenient way to acquire or export 1magery Raster imagery that you drag into a Corel Painter Essentials document window becomes a layer You can drag a PICT file from the Finder to a Corel Painter Essentials document The PICT imag
15. For more information see Cropping Images on page 25 Tools that Apply Color The Brush Tool You use the Brush tool to make marks on the Canvas or a layer The Brush tool represents a category of marking tools Within the Brush category are pencils pens chalk an airbrush oil paints and more When the Brush tool s selected you can choose specific brushes from the Brush selector bar For more information about selecting brushes and tools refer to Selecting a Brush on page 45 On the property bar you can set size opacity and depending on the brush variant selected sometimes grain The Paint Bucket Tool The Paint Bucket tool lets you fill an area The property bar shows fill choices and fill color selections Double click the Paint Bucket tool to specify what color in the image to lock out of your fill For more information on the Paint Bucket tool refer to Filling Techniques on page 50 The Dropper Tool The Dropper tool lets you pick up a color from an existing image When you select a color with the Dropper tool that color becomes the current color on the Colors palette For more information see Sampling Colors from Imagery on page 41 The Selection Tools The Rectangular Selection Tool You use the Rectangular Selection tool to create rectangular selections Refer to Using Selection Tools on page 70 for more information The Oval Selection Tool You use the Oval Selection to
16. a layer s selected you can use the brushes to paint draw erase or clone in a layer When painting on layers keep the following points in mind Youcan t paint across grouped layers you must collapse the group first Youcan protect areas of a layer from painting by creating a selection For more information refer to Creating Selections on page 70 To paint on a layer Select a layer 2 Onthe Brush selector bar choose a brush category and variant 3 Paint on the layer in the document window Creating Patterns on Layers You can use the same pattern making techniques on layers as you do on the canvas However a pattern s wrap around features do not apply to layers Corel Painter Essentials This 1s because the canvas has edges but layers do not they are unlimited in size If you shift a pattern on a layer the pattern does not wrap around Refer to Using Patterns on page 36 for more information Moving Layer Content When a layer 1s selected you can move its content anywhere in the document to create a new image layout Repositioning layer content helps you achieve the optimal image composition quickly and easily Think of a layer s content as being contained by an invisible bounding box This bounding box is a rectangle that marks the left right top and bottom edges of the layer s content When you move or align a layer you work with the dimensions and position of
17. based Layers You can create pixel based 1mages on a layer using any brush variant 60 J Using Layers You can also create pixel based images on a layer by pasting or placing an image Working with Layers When you work with layers you use the Layers palette and the Layer Adjuster tool The Layers Palette The Layers palette lists all the layers in a document and provides options for managing them You can access layer functions and commands using the buttons at the bottom of the palette The Layers palette displays icons next to each layer to indicate the layer s type and characteristics Pixel based layer F Grouped layer FF Expanded group e Visible layer amp Hidden layer On the Layers palette you can set layer opacity For information about layer opacity refer to Setting Layer Opacity on page 67 To display the Layers palette e Choose Window menu gt Show Layers If the palette 1s not expanded click the palette arrow The Layer Adjuster Tool With the Layer Adjuster tool you can select and work with layers Creating Layers You can create new pixel based layers directly from the Layers palette You can duplicate layers and copy layers between documents You can also create a layer based on a selection This copies or converts the contents of a selection to a new layer For information about creating selections refer to Creating Selections on page 70 To crea
18. before you type any text Note e Ifthe Text layer ts not selected the color will not be applied to the text For more informat on about the Text layer see The Text Layer on page 91 Alignment A text block can be left right or center justified The text baseline origin is used as the reference point for the text alignment To align text 1 Choose the Text tool from the toolbox 2 On the Property bar enable one of the following buttons Align Left Align Center Align Right Stretching Rotating and Skewing Text Stretching text affects both the horizontal and vertical size As you stretch vertically the text appears thinner and taller As you stretch horizontally the text appears flatter and shorter Rotating text pivots the text from the end point of the text block Depending on the alignment of the text it pivots from the bottom left corner bottom right corner or center You can also skew the text by slanting the text to the right or left To stretch text 2 Hold down Command Mac OS Select text using the Layer a We and dr x Adiuster tool Mal of the center handles on either side i of the text 2 Drag the corner handles in the direction you want to stretch the text To rotate text Select text using the Layer Adjuster tool 2 Hold down Command Mac OS or Ctrl Windows and drag one of the corner handles lorem P yor Rotated text m
19. of the secondary color appears in the images If the slider is set to 90 Corel Painter Essentials mixes 10 of the secondary color to 90 of the image This is a handy way to adjust the shading of image elements For information on selecting a To adjust the scale secondary color refer to Understanding Primary and Secondary Colors on page 40 Do one of the following Click on the arrow to open the Size slider and adjust the scale 2 Type a value in the Size box You can turn down the Grain to mix in the secondary color Top 100496 grain bottom 59906 grain Scale You can control the size of the nozzle images using the Size slider on the property bar Corel Painter Essentials 5975 12 Working with Text Corel Painter Essentials lets you Dropping Text position and manipulate editable text on your image While you are working with text it resides on a layer and is not yet a part of the image When a text layer is The Text Layer dropped it integrates with the canvas and can no longer be edited A text layer holds a single text block When you create a new text layer with the text tool that layer becomes visible To drop a text layer onto the on the Layers palette and is SH dE represented by a T icon With the text 1 On the Layers palette select a text on a separate layer you can work with layer your image without changing any text attributes You can select the tex
20. use the light indicators to move and direct light sources Corel Painter Essentials To move a light source Drag the large end of the indicator to the point where you want the light to originate To change the direction of a light Drag the small end ofthe light indicator until the light is pointing in the desired direction Setting Light Properties You can set light properties such as brightness and color Light properties have a cumulative effect To change a light s brightness 1 Click an indicator to select it 2 Adjust the Brightness slider e Brightness is like a dimmer knob Moving it to the left turns down the light source moving it to the right increases brightness To change light color Click an indicator eL 82 Using Image Effects 2 Click the Light Color icon and choose a color from the color picker 3 Click the Ambient Light Color icon and choose a color for the surrounding light from the color picker Apply Surface Texture The Apply Surface Texture effect lets you add a three dimensional surface texture to your image You can use this feature to apply a paper texture across the 1mage or to give depth to the brush strokes of an oil painting There are two methods for creating texture e Using a paper texture Using image luminance Examples of effects created with Apply Surface Texture Setting Appearance of Depth Properties The surface texture
21. volume name Mac OS or letter Windows from the Temp File Volume pop up menu Units The Units preference lets you choose units of measurement used by the application s various sliders and other measurement options Cloning Preference When you clone an image Corel Painter Essentials uses the color information from the original as you fill in your clone If you would like Corel Painter Essentials to display what part of the original you re cloning check the box next to Indicate Clone Source With Crosshairs While Cloning Draw Zoomed out Views Using Area Averaging When looking at an 1mage at under 100 magnification screen draw is faster 1f you leave this option unchecked and slower but more accurate 1f checked Display Warning When Drawing Outside Selection Checking this box enables the warning that appears when you draw outside a selection Show Commit Dialog When Converting to a Layer Enable this checkbox if you want to reinstate the Commit dialog after you have selected the Don t Ask Again button in the Commit dialog Brush Tracking Preferences When you draw with traditional media the amount of pressure you use with a tool determines how dense and how wide your strokes are Using a pressure sensitive stylus with Corel Painter Essentials gives you this same kind of control Each artist has a different strength or pressure level in a stroke The Brush Tracking preference lets you adjust Corel P
22. want to select in the document window Note e Ifyou draw an open path Corel Painter Essentials connects the endpoints with a straight line before creating the selection To add to a selection Choose a selection tool from the toolbox 2 Doone ofthe following Click the Add to Selection but ton on the property bar and select the area you want to add Hold down Shift and select the area you want to add Corel Painter Essentials Adding to a path based selection To subtract from a selection 1 Choose a selection tool from the toolbox 2 Doone ofthe following Click the Subtract from Selec tion button on the property bar and select the area you want to subtract Hold down Option Mac OS or Alt Windows and select the area you want to subtract GA De The selection 1s cut out from the Unless otherwise noted the current selection procedures in this section are possible sure only with path based selections ZUM Using the Selection Adjuster MN Tool x The Selection Adjuster tool lets you er MN move selections You can also scale Drag a selection with the Selection Adjuster rotate and skew path based tool to move it selections To scale a selection To move a selection Choose the Selection Adjuster tool 1 Choose the Selection Adjuster tool from the toolbox from the toolbox 2 Click the selection 2 Drag the selection 3 Do one o
23. you apply 1s made up of a material That material can be subtle and blend with the original image or it can be highly reflective or shiny distorting the original image The Appearance of Depth slider on the Apply Surface Texture dialog lets you control material properties The Amount slider controls how much surface texture is applied to the image Moving the slider all the way to the right applies the maximum amount Creating Texture Using Paper When you create a texture using Paper the current paper texture 1s applied to your 1mage If the Papers selector 1s open you can choose different papers and change their scale to try different textures The Preview window 1s updated automatically to reflect paper changes Texture created using Paper grain To create surface texture using paper Selecta layer or area of the canvas If you want to apply the effect to the entire image make sure there are no selections 2 Choose Effects menu gt Surface Control gt Apply Surface Texture 3 Inthe Apply Surface Texture dialog box choose Paper from the Using pop up menu 4 Adjust the Softness slider to control the amount of distortion created by the texture Increasing softness creates more intermediate steps which produces a smoother distortion Corel Painter Essentials 5 Adjust the Appearance of Depth slider Refer to Setting Appearance of Depth Properties on page 83 for more informa
24. RIF file format layersand senate sans sense 62 SAVING ac TE E ETE E 27 Rotate Page Tool 22222 12 rotating documents 24 Rotating COGUEPIEDIES are sti S OR Rn 24 Id CS EEEE EET T 77 S Sampling color from imagery 41 colors Aem 49 Saving d Ur 27 GIF file format coacto raten 28 JPEG file format 28 nuc PME 62 RIF file format cus care eyed erro Gar 27 Scaling Image Hose images 89 IUCUNDE 77 Secondary color suu 40 Selecting Drushes eras dO REO PORE OE 45 vc A O 62 11772 Pm 88 Selection Adjuster Tool 13 Selections 0c cece cece eens 69 A ID VO ERO Eq 71 creating layers from ees 61 deselecting and reselecting 70 drawing modes 00005 69 I Nero genen vases U 73 SUID E 70 Lasso Tool 25e ERU Erw 71 MOVIN sa gode IERTI ED OT 72 D M 71 protecting inside and outside 69 IEGEIBO UAE osseuse X eire o FR Ead 71 FOLIO so i aeg areas 73 Jed rm 72 selecting entire canvas cess exe 2 Selection Adjuster Tool 72 dn MR rq 73 s btracting rom eiudesetacepwanespues 71 i M M E 70 Selectors samer 14 displaying palettes 14 Sharpen effect 000s eee ee 85 SIZING images 2 cu eee ee eee 77 Skewing doi MP 73 SON EONO aussagen rue 86 Special effects Apple SEE EEE NEE 75 St
25. a to a document 2 Hold down Option Mac OS or Alt Windows and click a color in the image The Brush tool toggles to the Dropper tool 2 The color s picked up by the Dropper tool and becomes the primary color Refer to Sampling Colors from Imagery on page 41 for more information about using the Dropper tool Troubleshooting Why doesn t your brush stroke appear What to check Primary color on the Colors palette what color 1s the Primary Color front rectangle Is it a color that will show up when applied to your 1mage Click the Primary Color rectangle to be sure it s selected and then set the correct color e Opacity check the Opacity setting on the property bar and if necessary adjust the pop up slider to increase opacity Drawing mode if you have made a selection the drawing mode determines what part of the selection 1s protected Refer to Selecting a Drawing Mode on page 69 for more information Layers are you drawing on the canvas with a layer blocking your view of the brush stroke On the Layers palette close the visibility eye of each layer to see only the canvas Painting with Airbrushes The Corel Painter Essentials computed airbrushes are so realistic you feel as though you re using the real thing The best way to get used to the Corel Painter Essentials airbrushes 1s to play with them Select each variant and spray paint onto the Canvas without worry
26. ain Sweden Switzerland Switzerland Taiwan UK Customer Service 44 1628 581601 0236 003600 81 3554 53274 44 1628 581603 1 800 807 895 800 1234 854 0207 132700 0508 267 351 229 71908 071 3477279 44 1628 581601 800 6161 853 0860 223 388 82 2 3444 5166 0914 141500 0856 610555 0158 03300 0158 03280 00801 61 1411 0870 774 0202 Technical Support 44 1628 581601 0236 003600 81 3531 93013 44 1628 581603 1 800 807 899 571523 1240 0207 132700 0800 908 592 229 71908 071 3477279 44 1628 581601 800 6161 854 0860 223 388 82 2 3444 5166 0914 141500 0856 610555 0158 03300 0158 03280 00801 61 1412 0870 774 0202 Welcome to Corel Painter Essentials 2 The Workspace The Corel Painter Essentials workspace has been designed to give you easy access to tools effects commands and features The workspace 1s organized across a series of menus selectors and interactive palettes Some features are also available in the frame of the document window Using Menus and Document Window Using the commands on the Corel Painter Essentials menu bar you can work with files and editing commands adjust and apply effects perform selection operations control the document window or the Corel Painter Essentials workspace The document window lets you access the following features with the click of a button tracing paper drawing mode navigation Workspace Tour
27. ainter Essentials to match your stroke strength This 1s particularly useful for artists with a light touch Ifa light stroke leaves no color on the Canvas you should use Brush Tracking to increase sensitivity You might also change brush tracking between phases of a project You could use a light touch when sketching with a pencil brush variant then set tracking for more pressure when you switch to an oil paint variant Corel Painter Essentials saves Brush Tracking between sessions so whatever tracking sensitivity you set will be the default next time you open the application To set Brush Tracking 1 Do one ofthe following e Mac OS Choose Corel Painter Essentials menu gt Preferences gt Brush Tracking e Windows Choose Edit menu gt Preferences gt Brush Track ing 2 Drag in the scratch pad in a normal stroke Use the pressure and speed you prefer when drawing or painting For specific adjustments you can move the sliders Corel Painter Essentials Preferences Brush Tracking m as Draw a brush stroke into the above area using typical pressure and speed This automatically sets up the scaling sliders below in response to your brush stroke Velocity Scale 4 zr 2 51 Velocity Power 1 ae 8 46 Pressure Scale 0 28 2 23 Use the Brush Tracking dialog to customize how Corel Painter Essentials responds to your stylus pr
28. alette 2 When the Brush selector bar is lined up with the edge of the document window or palette release the mouse button The Brush selector bar snaps into place Closing the Brush Selector Bar You can close the Brush selector bar to hide it from view To close the Brush selector bar e Do one of the following e Choose Window menu gt Hide Brush Selector Bar fthe Brush selector bar is undocked click the close but ton on the title bar Working with Palettes The interactive palettes in Corel Painter Essentials let you access the commands controls and settings available when creating documents Showing and Hiding Palettes You can show or hide a palette by choosing its name from the Window menu To show or hide a palette Choose Window menu and choose the palette you want to show or hide Tip You can hide a palette by clicking the close box on the palette title bar To show or hide all palettes e Choose Window menu gt Show Hide Palettes Exploring the Palettes As you work with Corel Painter Essentials you ll use the following palettes The Colors Palette The Colors palette lets you choose primary and secondary colors for painting in Corel Painter Essentials documents You can also use the Clone Color option on the Colors palette For more information see Working with Color on page 39 The Layers Palette The Layers palette contains thumbnail previe
29. als Corel Painter Essentials 1s the leading Natural Media painting application Corel Painter Essentials lets you simulate a wide range of art tools from acrylics and airbrushes to crayons and oils What s Included in Corel Painter Essentials Corel Painter Essentials lets you experiment with a wide range of Natural Media tools A portfolio of features will help you expand your digital drawing and painting techniques Streamlined User Interface Corel Painter Essentials features a streamlined user interface based on the following new elements Toolbox The toolbox appears vertically and by default 1s docked to the top left corner of the document window The toolbox lets you access the tools in Corel Painter Essentials as well as the primary and secondary colors and provides easy access to the Paper Pattern Gradient and Nozzle libraries The toolbox can be undocked and moved anywhere inside the application window or it can be turned off Property Bar The property bar is context sensitive depending on which tool 1s selected providing commonly used controls for each tool The property bar is docked below the menu bar by default but it can be undocked and moved to any location in the document window or turned off Brush Selector The Brush Selector lets you choose a brush category using the Brush Category picker and a brush variant using the Brush Variant picker The name of the selected br
30. and angle or penetrate based on the stylus input Brush variants that use computed brushes such as the Smeary Flat variant in the Oils category also react to stylus tilt how vertical the stylus 1s held and bearing the compass direction in which the stylus 1s pointing Tilt can significantly affect brush strokes If you get unexpected results especially with bristle type brushes or airbrushes try reducing the tilt of your stylus Extreme tilt angles are usually undesirable Many Corel Painter Essentials brushes also respond to stylus pressure how hard you press with the stylus Depending on variant settings greater stylus pressure can increase the width of a brush stroke the penetration of color or the degree of other effects The Corel Painter Essentials airbrushes also respond to the finger wheel on the Wacom Intuos airbrush simulating a needle control that adjusts how much ink is sprayed In theory a mouse has no pressure information A mouse button is either on button down or off button up Corel Painter Essentials introduces mouse controls that let you simulate stylus pressure tilt bearing and wheel settings If you are using a mouse with Corel Painter Essentials you can compensate for the lack of pressure information by adjusting size opacity and grain on the property bar For example reducing opacity or grain can produce the same results as pressing more lightly with a stylus
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32. as by creating a new document work with an existing image by opening a file place a file into a document or acquire an image from a scanner or digital camera to place directly into a document Creating New Documents The New command creates a blank untitled document based on the specifications you set in the New dialog box e Canvas Size shows the RAM requirement for creating the document at the specified width height and resolution This number does not reflect the file size for the saved document A saved Corel Painter Essentials file is usually 25 to 50 of the size of the working document depending on the number of colors it contains Width and Height determine the dimensions of the Canvas You can change the unit of measurement using the menu Choose from pixels the default inches centimeters points picas and columns 2 wide Resolution is the number of pixels per inch ppi or centimeter that make up an image In the New dialog setting the document s pixels per inch 1s the same as setting ts dpi Refer to Understanding Resolution on page 21 for detailed information about document screen and print resolutions dr IE Basics Paper Color lets you select a background paper color or Canvas color when you create a new document The default is white To create a new document Choose File menu gt New 2 Inthe New dialog box enter values for the width height and resolu
33. changes creating a conic section In the same manner Corel Painter Essentials airbrushes create conic sections that mirror your stylus movements Angle and tilt determine the shape and size of the conic section created by Corel Painter Essentials airbrushes like a circle of light from a flashlight that 1s no longer perpendicular to the paper Extreme tilt angles affect large areas of the canvas This can slow the brush down as it tries to squirt paint too far from the stylus Filling Techniques Filling an Area with Media You can fill an area of an image with a gradient pattern or color What about filling with paper The paper is a texture it has no color by itself However you can get texture into an image with various image effects Many surface control effects let you use paper as the control medium For more information about surface control effects refer to Apply Surface Texture on page 82 and Other Surface Control Effects on page 84 To fill an area of an image 1 Doone ofthe following f you want to fill only part of an image make a selection f you want to fill a layer select the layer on the Layers palette Ifyou want to fill the entire image make sure there are no selections 2 Choose Effects menu gt Fill or press Command F Mac OS or Ctrl F Windows 3 Inthe Fill dialog box enable one of the following to fill with e Current Color e Pattern Gradient
34. ckly re apply frequently used effects About the Using Menu Many of the Corel Painter Essentials effects dialog boxes have a Using pop up menu that lets you specify a source or method The source determines how an effect is applied to different areas of an image a larger degree of change 1s applied to light areas of the source and a smaller degree of change is applied to dark areas For example when you use the Paper method the effect is applied based on the light and dark areas of the selected paper texture The choices n the Using pop up menu vary between effects In Corel Painter Essentials they include paper mage Luminance The sections explaining the different effects describe these options In most cases you can see the results of choosing different options in the Preview window of an effect s dialog The best way to see how these options affect your images is to try them Orientation Effects You can change the orientation of part or all of your image by rotating scaling to a larger or smaller size or flipping horizontally or vertically Corel Painter Essentials applies orientation effects to layers only Therefore when you rotate scale or flip an image or selection Corel Painter Essentials first converts it to a layer The image or selection remains a layer until you merge it with the canvas For more information refer to Merging Layers with the Canvas on page 65 Rotating I
35. convert images or photographs to simple pencil drawings while providing controls for the amount of paper grain being applied the heaviness of the pencil line and the desired level of detail New Brush Variants Corel Painter 8 includes over 400 new Brush variants New brushes are included in the following categories e Acrylics e Airbrushes Corel Painter Essentials Artists Blenders Calligraphy Pens Chalks Charcoals Colored Pencils Conte Crayons Digital Water Color Distortion Erasers Felt Pens F X Gouache Image Hose Liquid Ink Oil Pastels Oils Palette Knives Pastels Pattern Pens Pencils Pens e Photo e Sponges e Sumi e e Tinting e Water Colors Brush Creator Corel Painter 8 features a Brush Creator which 1s designed to make the brush variant creation process easy and fun The Brush Creator includes three key features Randomizer The Randomizer lets you choose an existing brush variant and randomize its properties to create a new variant You can set the amount of randomization to determine how much of the original brush s properties remain a low amount will result in variants that are very similar to the original while a high amount will result in variants that are radically different To help you visualize how the new brush variants will look the Randomizer eG provides a brush stroke preview of each new variant Transposer The Transposer lets you change th
36. d clone source document contains well defined imagery 2 Choose File menu gt Clone Corel Painter Essentials creates a duplicate of the original document This s the clone It appears in its own document window with the words Clone of preceding the original document s name in the title bar Using Tracing Paper You can use cloning to help you trace the source image by using Tracing Paper the on screen light box in Corel Painter Essentials When Tracing Paper is in use you see a faded out version of the clone source as if it were displayed on top of a light box underneath real tracing paper As you trace brush strokes appear at 50 opacity When you finish tracing and turn Tracing Paper off the faint source image disappears and your brush strokes appear at 100 opacity Note To use Tracing Paper the source and clone documents must be the same size To trace an image 1 Choose File menu gt Clone to create a clone of the original document you wish to trace 2 With the clone selected choose Select menu gt Select All 3 Press Delete Mac OS or Backspace Windows to clear the entire canvas 4 Do one of the following e Click the Tracing Paper icon in the vertical scroll bar Choose Canvas menu gt Tracing Paper Press Command T Mac OS or Ctrl T Windows A 50 ghost of the source image shows through the tracing paper 5 Trace over the image using any Corel Painte
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38. e Primary color you might want to re click the front rectangle so that it will be selected the next time you go to the color picker T Click the back rectangle to set the secondary color To swap primary and secondary colors e Click the swap icon ty Sampling Colors from Imagery In addition to choosing colors on the Colors palette you can use the Dropper tool to select or pick up a color from an existing image To use the Dropper tool Click the front or back rectangle to select a primary or secondary color 2 Click the Dropper tool in the toolbox 3 Move the cursor to the color you want to pick up and click it The color picker updates to display the color you ve selected Note The Dropper tool picks up visible color only You can t select a hidden color with the Dropper tool Tip You can quickly get the Dropper tool by pressing D on the keyboard To access the Dropper tool from other tools Press Option Mac OS or Alt Windows Note The Dropper tool doesn t work with all tools Corel Painter Essentials Cra Cloning Color The Clone Color option is another way to choose color This feature lets the brush pick up color from an original source image Brushes using dab based Dab Types take an average based on samples of color from the clone source resulting 1n an approximation of the original color Brushes using rendered Dab Types sample several colors
39. e becomes a layer You can also drag layers out of Corel Painter Essentials to another application or to the Finder the exported imagery is in PICT format supported by most applications When you drag out one of these objects it will automatically rasterize a shape or dynamic layer at its current settings to become a PICT Note Though dragging and dropping between programs 1s not supported on the Windows platform computers running on either Mac OS or Windows platforms support copying and pasting between Corel Painter Essentials and other programs Saving Files Corel Painter Essentials provides several options for saving files To save a file in its current format Choose File menu gt Save To save a file with a different name or format Choose File menu gt Save As 2 Inthe Save Image As dialog box use the controls to specify a file name location and format Saving RIF Files RIF is the Corel Painter Essentials native format which retains special information about your document For example a RIF file maintains layers so you can return to the file to re access them It s a good idea to always save files in RIF format first Think of RIF files as work in progress files When a file is ready for production then save it to GIF JPEG TIF or another file format Corel Painter Essentials lets you compress files and save disk space with a lossless compression method When sav
40. e it to the right to increase penetration and reveal less grain Where You Can Paint You can paint on the Canvas or on a layer above the Canvas When a layer is selected highlighted on the Layers palette it is the target for your brush strokes When you have an active selection painting 1s confined to the selection by default Refer to Working with Selections on page 69 for more information about selections In all cases your brush strokes go to the selected target so make sure of the destination before starting to paint Marking the Canvas You mark the canvas by dragging in the document window with a Brush tool that applies media Each time you drag you create a brush stroke Freehand vs Straight Line Drawing You can draw unconstrained lines called freehand or you can draw straight lines Options on the property bar let you choose the drawing style With the Freehand drawing style you can drag with any motion or in any direction The stroke follows your drag path Drag to create strokes using the Freehand drawing style With the Straight Lines drawing style Corel Painter Essentials connects points with a straight line oi 7 Click to create the first point Click or drag to create a stroke using the Straight Lines drawing style To draw freehand lines On the Brush property bar click the Freehand Strokes button 5 2 Drag on the canvas Tip e You can use shortcut keys
41. e more steps there are between image elements which creates more blurring 4 When you are satisfied with the settings click OK to apply the effect Esoterica Effects The Esoterica Effects menu holds an interesting and specialized effect called Auto Van Gogh Auto Van Gogh The Auto Van Gogh effect works with the Auto Van Gogh variant of the Artists brush This algorithmic approach to placing directional brush strokes results in a Van Gogh like rendition of an image Using Auto Van Gogh The effect requires two passes The first pass determines the angles of the brush dabs The second pass applies the dabs The image is then rendered in a set of directional brush strokes To apply Auto Van Gogh to an image 1 Select the image you want to use 2 Choose File menu gt Clone to create a clone 3 On the Brush selector bar choose Artists from the Brush selector 4 Choose Auto Van Gogh from the Variant selector 5 Choose Effects menu gt Esoterica gt Auto Van Gogh 11 The Image Hose The Image Hose is a milestone in the evolution of art tools Instead of painting with color the Image Hose paints with images and not just one or two images at a stroke but a variety of changing images The images flowing from the hose change as you make a brush stroke By changing the direction of the stroke you can change the angle of the images The Image Hose feature allows you to paint with image
42. e name or select a file and click Open Tip The File menu also offers you a shortcut to previously opened documents Before choosing Open in the File menu check the recently opened files list at the bottom of the File menu Acquiring Images You can acquire images for Corel Painter Essentials directly from an external device such as a scanner or digital camera if the device provides a TWAIN driver Windows Before acquiring images Make sure your TWAIN driver s properly installed Understanding Resolution When working with images in a digital workspace it is helpful to understand the concept and applications of resolution Resolution refers to how Corel Painter Essentials measures displays saves and prints images either as small squares of color known as pixels or as mathematical objects known as vectors A document s resolution affects both its appearance on your computer screen and its print quality You can specify a document s resolution when you create a new document acquire an image and save export a file Resolution and Screen Appearance Most monitors have a resolution of 72 dpi dots per inch Because of this the Corel Painter Essentials display default is 72 ppi pixels per inch This means that each pixel in the Corel Painter Essentials image occupies one pixel on your monitor The display resolution does not affect the document s actual ppi only how the image is d
43. e properties of one brush variant using the properties of another For example you can choose the 2B Pencil and create brush variants that are mutated toward another variant such as Charcoal To help you visualize how the new brush variants will look the Transposer provides a brush stroke preview of each new variant Stroke Designer The Stroke Designer lets you modify the properties of brush variants using advanced controls The Stroke Designer has 16 different sets of controls General Size Spacing Angle Bristle Well Rake Random Mouse Cloning Impasto Image Hose Airbrush Water Digital Water and Liquid Ink To make the brush creation process more visual and interactive the Stroke Designer includes a live preview that Welcome to Corel Painter Essentials updates each time you make changes to the brush variant Industry Standard Masks Layer Masks and Channels Layer Masks The redesigned layer masks let you hide and reveal areas of layers without making permanent changes to an image Channels The Channels palette lets you use alpha channels to create and store masks to modify separate and preserve specific areas of an image And So Much More Thumbnail previews for Layers Layer Masks and Channels Brush cursor preview that lets you see the size of the brush you re painting with Enhanced keyboard shortcuts to make it easier to transition between Corel Painter 8 and oth
44. ent including oils pencils and chalk Brush strokes are created when you use the tools to drag on the canvas On the Brush selector bar pre built brushes brush variants are arranged into recognizable categories Corel Painter Essentials brushes are built to emulate Natural Media tools This lets you select a tool with a reasonable expectation of how it will behave In an art store if the tools in one aisle don t produce the results you want you can try a different aisle Similarly with Corel Painter Essentials you can try different brush categories to find the tool you want Most Corel Painter Essentials brushes apply media a color gradient or pattern to an image Some brushes however do not apply media Instead they make changes to pixels already in the image Painting Brush Categories On the Brush selector bar you can choose from a list of brush categories Brush categories are designed with real media in mind so you can select a tool with an expectation of how it will behave Using a Stylus or Mouse When you reach for a wide flat brush you expect the stroke you make with it to be dependent on how you hold the brush A stroke using the face of the brush comes out wide A mark using the edge is narrow Paint with the face of a flat brush for a wide stroke use the edge for a narrow stroke Corel Painter Essentials produces realistic brush strokes that fade in and out change width tilt
45. er Characteristics Setting Layer Opacity You can adjust a layer s opacity to create different levels of transparency The opacity slider covers a range of 0 completely transparent to 100 completely opaque To change a layer s opacity Select the layer you want to change 2 On the Layers palette do one of the following Move the Opacity slider e Type a percentage in the Opac ity box and press Return Mac OS or Enter Windows l aa uw ELL i EN The top example shows the background layers at 100 opacity The bottom example shows them at 50 opacity b Corel Painter Essentials COL 7 9 Using Selections A selection marks off areas of the canvas for special treatment It can either protect an area from change or designate the area that you want to change Working with Selections Corel Painter Essentials provides a variety of tools and commands for creating selections in a document Each time you create a new selection Corel Painter Essentials deactivates the old one You can use selections in several ways To constrain brush strokes You can protect the area inside or outside the selection e To isolate an area of the canvas for applying an image effect Corel Painter Essentials applies the effect only to the selection You can also set different levels of protection within a selection to create partial intensity of the effect e To choose t
46. er applications Enhanced file compatibility with Adobe Photoshop New paper textures patterns Image Hose nozzles brush looks gradients and more Extra content CD including 100 pictures from http www brandxpictures com hundreds of brushes paper textures and more About Your User Manual You can find answers to most of your questions 1n the Corel Painter Essentials User Manual Available as PDF it provides information you need to get the most out of Corel Painter Essentials The Corel Painter Essentials User Manual 1s for both the Mac OS and Windows platforms As a convention Mac OS commands precede Windows commandis in the text When a modifier key differs between the Mac OS and Windows the Mac OS modifier is listed first followed by the Windows modifier For example Command I Mac OS or Ctrl I Windows means that Mac OS users would press Command I and Windows users would press Ctrl 4 I Choosing a menu item from a menu follows the convention Choose menu name gt menu item For simplicity the term folder refers to directories as well as folders The Corel Painter Essentials interface for Mac OS and Windows platforms 1s identical unless otherwise specified Registering Products Registering products is important Registration provides you with timely access to the latest product updates valuable information about product releases and access to free downloads articl
47. erging with the canvas 65 MOND sense 66 DO EE E T T REN 61 PIG CO ETE EE E EE 66 OP IPM m 67 opening and closing groups 64 DUE OB ead dee qid Pate e dc e a 65 palette east en 60 pixel based layers 60 removing from groups 64 SQUID otnteueeda cet MEO Peu PR res 62 BEI CUNE Loooa deti pee rius md eddie 62 Corel Painter viewing working with Lighting adding and deleting sources APIS essen COLOR arena engen CUSLOMIZING dadgessusv ehe gras ce duris positioning sources 0 Lines dW soccer teen M Magnifier Tool 0 cee ISSN oor ed S dodi bone Peu drei zooming Merging layers with the canvas jj nq Tm simulating a stylus Nozzles color avd aac o CE CER EO on wo M J BONE EE E 89 a T E E O 88 O Opacity DIUSHeS ausser ers 46 c ETT 67 Fe ING oc Se yarethey cane ens ares es 48 Opening documents aan serie 20 Orientation effects II DDHIS eucsspscrt ad rear 78 Rotate ee RII 77 Cales een ke ee 77 Oval Selection Tool 13 P Page setup ee eese 95 MACE BIZ ooi food adr sape dotar 96 Paint Bucket Tool 12 Pal aeue sen ade e S AERE UP RA ENSE 43 in a clone cn 56 troubleshooting 49 with a tablet and pen 32 with airbrushes 49 with Cl
48. es tips and tricks and special offers You can register a Corel product e online follow the instructions provided on the Corel Web site by mail send the product registration card to the Corel Customer Service Center nearest you Corel Painter Essentials during installation follow the instructions provided by the product setup Before Calling Corel Technical Support Before you call Corel Technical Support please check out some of Corel s complimentary online support options Please have the following information available to assist the Technical Support representative in helping you a brief description of the problem including the exact text of any error messages received and the steps required to re create the problem thetype of computer monitor pointing device for example mouse or stylus printer and video adapter display adapter you are using thetype and version number of the operating system you are using the product information version number serial number from the N EV product authenticity card and PIN of the Corel application you are using To find the product information choose Help menu gt About Corel Painter Essentials in the application e alist of any applications loaded into RAM Click the Start menu on the Windows taskbar and click Programs Startup to determine whether there are any other applications running Corel Customer Support
49. essure and speed Multiple Undo can use a significant amount of disk space If you perform multiple operations on the entire image the whole image must be saved for each undo step Using Two Monitors The Corel Painter Essentials user interface can be displayed across two or more monitors You can drag the Corel Painter Essentials palettes the property bar and the toolbox to any Ge monitor however each palette must be displayed entirely on one monitor at a time If a palette straddles two monitors it will automatically snap to the nearest vertical edge of the monitor with the largest portion of the palette If the palette 1s displayed equally on both monitors it will snap to the vertical edge of the left monitor For best performance make sure both monitors are set to the same resolution In Windows you must stretch the application window to straddle both monitors then redesign your workspace For information on configuring your system to display across two or more monitors refer to your operating system documentation Wacom Intuos Support Corel Painter Essentials supports the Wacom Intuos tablet pen and airbrush technology Basics Painting with an Intuos Tablet and Pen The Intuos tablet provides 1 024 levels of pressure sensitivity to help you create smooth curves gradual transitions and precise brush strokes Corel Painter Essentials allows you to take advantage of tilt and bearing input f
50. f the following Subtracting from a path based selection Note e Draga corner handle to scale in two dimensions If you want to constrain the aspect ratio hold down Shift while you drag e You can move a pixel based selection with the Selection Adjuster tool however Choose Select menu gt All if a portion moves off the canvas it 1s subtracted from the selection To select the entire canvas e Drag a side top or bottom handle to scale in one dimen Editing Path Based Tip sion Selections e You can also move a path based selection by nudging it with the arrow keys With the Selection Adjuster tool click the selection and then press an arrow key a few times You can use the Selection Adjuster tool to make changes to your selection The Select menu also has several options for editing selections eL 72 Using Selections Drag a side handle to scale horizontally To rotate a selection Choose the Selection Adjuster tool 1 from the toolbox Click the selection 3 Hold down Command Mac OS or Ctrl Windows and drag a corner handle Rotating a selection To skew a selection 1 Choose the Selection Adjuster tool from the toolbox Click the selection Hold down Command Mac OS or Ctrl Windows and drag a side handle Skewing a selection Feathering Selections You can feather both path based and pixel based selections to soften the transitions between selected and
51. features except the buttons on the document window work when using full screen mode To toggle the full screen mode on and off e Press Command M Mac OS or Ctrl M Windows or choose Window menu gt Screen Mode Togele Tip You can position the image window anywhere on the screen by holding down the Spacebar and dragging with your mouse or stylus Resizing the Canvas If you want the same image at a different scale you can resize the canvas You can also change the size of the drawing area and you can crop the canvas To resize the canvas Choose Canvas menu gt Resize Corel Painter Essentials displays the Resize dialog box which shows eR Basics the current and new size by width height and resolution Enter a new value for width height or resolution For more information on these values refer to Creating New Documents on page 19 The Constrain File Size option lets you choose how to deal with dimensions relative to resolution When Constrain File Size is enabled you can change the height and width of the image together The resolution will change accordingly When Constrain File Size is disabled you can change the height and width independently of the resolution and vice versa If you choose Pixels or Percent as the unit and enter a value Corel Painter Essentials automatically disables the Constrain option Click OK To resize the drawing area 1 Choose
52. fyou want to apply an effect to a region of the Canvas select that area before choosing an effect command You can use any of the selection tools including the Rectangular Selection tool the Oval Selection tool and the Lasso For more information about these tools refer to Creating Selections on page 70 Ifyou want to apply an effect to a layer select that layer before choosing an effect Corel Painter Essentials applies the effect to the entire layer For more information about selecting a layer refer to Selecting Layers on page 62 Using Fade with Effects The Fade command lets you undo a percentage of the last effect applied to the image You can use this feature to control the intensity of an effect Using Image Effects Fade Undo Amount 50 Preview Use the Fade dialog to undo a percentage of your last effect To experiment with Fade 1 Open a new document 2 Paint a colorful image or fill it with a pattern 3 Choose an effect adjust the settings and click OK to apply the effect Choose Edit menu gt Fade In the Fade dialog box drag the slider The image in the preview window changes 6 When you are satisfied with the settings click OK to apply the effect If you change your mind choose Edit menu gt Undo Recently Used Effects Commands At the top of the Effects menu Corel Painter Essentials displays the last two effects you applied This lets you qui
53. he area of the canvas you want to cut or copy e To choose the area of the canvas that you want to move or copy to a new layer e To apply a brush stroke along a selection border Selecting a Drawing Mode The drawing mode determines whether the inside or outside of a selection 1s protected when you paint on an image To select a drawing mode Pointto the Drawing Mode icon in the bottom left corner of the document window and hold down the mouse button 2 Choose one of the following buttons Draw Anywhere disables protection based on the selection brush strokes are allowed anywhere on the canvas The selection is still active for applying effects and using the Cut or Copy command Draw Outside protects the area inside the selection Draw Inside protects the area outside the selection similar to using a stencil Only the selected region accepts brush strokes Turning Selections On and Off To turn off a selection Choose Select menu gt None Tip e You can also turn off a selection or deselect it by clicking outside the selection with the Oval Selection Rectangular Selection or Lasso tool To re activate a selection Choose Select menu gt Reselect 70 Using Selections Note This command is available only if you have turned off a selection Inverting the Selection Inverting a selection switches the selection area For example if you have an image of a b
54. hes paint with imagery from the current Pattern Tip Some artists use Edit menu gt Fade after clearing the Canvas to bring back some of the imagery Using Auto Van Gogh You can have Corel Painter Essentials place directional brush strokes to produce a Van Gogh like rendition of cloned imagery For more information about using Auto Van Gogh see Auto Van Gogh on page 300 ox Auto Van Gogh 1s an effect that places directional strokes based on clone source Turning Other Brushes into Cloners Corel Painter Essentials offers a way to get other brushes to act like Cloners by using the Clone Color button on the Colors palette Using Clone Color You can turn almost any brush into a Cloner with the Clone Color option Clone Color causes a brush to pick up color from the source image while staying true to its own stroke nature The Clone Color option is useful for creating mosaics and tessellations based on source imagery To use Clone Color 1 Choose Window menu gt Show Colors to display the Colors palette If the Colors palette is not expanded click the palette arrow 2 Click the Clone Color button Note Be sure you reselect Clone Color if you change brushes while cloning imagery Corel Painter Essentials 27 De 8 Using Layers When you open a new document and create an image your work appears on a background layer known as the canvas You can add additional layers to a docu
55. ing about running out of Corel Painter Essentials 49 oc compressed air Computed airbrushes can paint with color patterns or variants There s a variant that blows hair like strokes as well as a variant that just blows existing paint around on the Canvas like using the hose without an airbrush attached Conic Sections Previously digital airbrushes projected a thin mist of dots or paint dabs onto the Canvas The Digital Airbrush variant is included in the default brush library With a digital airbrush dots are laid down or sprayed within a circular area like the circle thrown by a flashlight that 1s perfectly perpendicular to a piece of paper The area of application remains circular regardless of tilt bearing or stylus pressure Density or flow adjustments can be mimicked with adjustments to the Opacity setting Painting Previous airbrushes sprayed a thin layer of dots within an area that was always circular like a circle of light from a flashlight that s perpendicular to a piece of paper Now airbrushes respond to angle tilt bearing direction and flow wheel setting data from a stylus allowing for a truly realistic brush stroke For example as you tilt your stylus specks of media land on the paper in a way that reflects that tilt Imagine again the circle of light thrown by a flashlight The moment the flashlight is no longer perpendicular to the paper the shape of the cone of light
56. ing in RIF format leave the Uncompressed option disabled to minimize file size on your hard disk Corel Painter Essentials Saving JPEG Files Corel Painter Essentials supports the JPEG file format Because of its small file size and high quality JPEG is commonly used to transmit files through a modem Unlike GIF JPEG displays a full range of colors JPEG allows you to compress your file on a scale of Fair to Excellent where quality 1s directly proportional to file size These quality settings will let you achieve compression ratios of less than 10 1 to greater than 100 1 JPEG 1s a lossy file format meaning that a decompressed JPEG file will not be identical pixel for pixel to the original However because the JPEG algorithm takes into account the sensitivity of the eye to different colors the higher quality settings should achieve visually satisfying results You can assign a URL to layers and placed images and then save the file in GIF or JPEG format to produce an image map Basics When you save a file in JPEG format Corel Painter Essentials displays the JPEG dialog box with the following options The JPEG Encoding Quality options Excellent High Good and Fair let you set file compression on a scale of Excellent to Fair The Excellent option compresses the least but retains the most data Fair compresses the most but loses the most data The Quality slider adjusts the quali
57. isplayed on the monitor For example a 300 pp document displays at approximately four times its actual size This happens because each pixel in the Corel Painter Essentials image occupies one pixel on your monitor and the monitor s pixels are four times the size of the image s pixels Put another way at 300 pixels per inch your document will be approximately a quarter of its on screen size when printed In this example if you want to view the image at actual size set the zoom level to 25 Keep in mind that if you leave the dimensions in pixels and then change the pixels per inch resolution the actual printed size will be affected by the change If you set your document size in inches centimeters points or picas and change resolution the dimensions will not be affected by the change Corel Painter Essentials Resolution and Print Quality The resolution of output devices printers is measured in dpi and in the case of halftones lines per inch lpi Output device resolutions vary depending on the type of press and paper you re printing on Generally a photograph will be output at a crisp 150 Ip if printed on glossy magazine stock and at 85 lpi for more porous and therefore more forgiving newspaper stock If you are using a personal laser printer or inkjet printer set your document size 1n inches centimeters points or picas at the dpi specific to your printer Most printers will produce excellen
58. lbox Linear refers to the placement of images in relation to the stroke Linear variants place images directly on the stroke path For more information refer to Controlling the Image Hose on page 88 You can use these variants as a starting point and then adjust the brush and nozzle controls to hose the images just as you want them To select a nozzle and use the Image Hose 1 Choose the Brush tool from the toolbox 2 Onthe Brush selector bar choose the Image Hose from the Brush selector 3 Click the Variant selector and choose a variant Each variant delivers the images differently 4 In the toolbox click the Nozzle Selector and choose a nozzle 5 Make a brush stroke on the canvas Controlling the Image Hose Boxes on the property bar give you three components of control Click on the arrows to display sliders to adjust Size Opacity and Grain Adjusting Opacity and Color You can use the property bar to adjust the opacity of nozzle images or to mix them with a secondary color The Opacity slider allows you to make nozzle images semi transparent If you move the slider all the way to the left the images become invisible You can change the opacity of Image Hose strokes Top 100 opacity bottom 2096 opacity The Grain slider allows you to mix the secondary color with the nozzle images If the slider is set to 100 the nozzle images remain pure As you move the slider to the left more
59. lector bar click the Brush Category arrow and choose a brush category 2 Click the Brush Variant arrow and choose a variant Previewing Brushes The Brush Category selector shows you a preview of the currently selected brush category and lets you choose a new brush category The Brush Variant selector does the same for brush variants You can preview brush categories and variants n lists with thumbnails To display brush categories and variant lists Onthe Brush selector bar click the Brush Category or Brush Variant arrow Corel Painter Essentials i Acrylics F I a L M Opaque Acrylic T 77 Aerylics 0 ji M sirbrushes Z Artists Benders f Chalk Items in the Brush selector bar can be displayed as lists with thumbnails Brush Selector Bar Menu Commands The Brush selector bar menu restores either one or all brush variant defaults Moving and Docking the Brush Selector Bar The Brush selector bar is displayed at the top right of the property bar by default It can be moved to a new location in the document window or it can be docked to the edge of the document window or other palettes The Workspace To move the Brush selector bar e Point to the title bar of the Brush selector bar and drag it to its new location To dock the Brush selector bar Point to the title bar of the Brush selector bar and drag it to the edge of the document window or a p
60. loading each into individual bristles of the brush allowing for startlingly realistic results For more information about cloning refer to Cloning Imagery on page 53 To set up a clone source 1 Choose File menu gt Open and choose the file you want to use as a clone source Choose File menu gt Clone 3 Choose Select menu gt All and press Delete Mac OS or Backspace Windows Now you can work in the new file taking data from the original source file e 12299 Color To use clone colors Setupa clone source If you don t set a file as the source Corel Painter Essentials uses the current Pattern 2 Choose a brush from the Brush selector bar 3 Choose Window menu gt Show Colors to display the Colors palette 4 Click the Clone Color button A on the Colors palette o Enabling the Clone Color option disables the color picker This is a reminder that your color information is coming from the clone source 5 When you paint in the clone file Corel Painter Essentials uses colors from the clone source image Using Gradients A gradient 1s a gradual transformation from one color into another Sometimes they are called blends or fountains Corel Painter Essentials provides two types of gradients linear and conical To select a gradient 1 Choose the Gradient selector from the toolbox 2 Select a gradient from the drop down list O Painting Corel Painter Essentials lets yo
61. lor versus black and white printing and whether you are printing separations Mac OS options are located in the Page Setup dialog box Windows options are contained in the Print Setup dialog box To access print settings Choose File menu gt Page Setup Image Size and Printing If you want to print an image that is larger than a selected page s ze you can size the image to fit the page For example when this option is enabled a 12 x 12 1mage would be resized to fit on an 8 1 2 x 11 page To size an image to fit your page 1 Do one ofthe following e Mac OS Choose File menu gt Page Setup e Windows Choose File menu gt Print 2 Enable the Size to Fit Page check box Note e Ifan image is larger than the page size and you haven t enabled Size to Fit Page your image will not print 95 J Printing Printing an Image Once you have chosen options in the Page Print Setup dialog box you are ready to print To print an image 1 Choose File menu gt Print to open the Print dialog box The top half of the dialog box contains the standard print commands 2 Select one of the four printing methods that Corel Painter Essentials supports Check Color Quick Draw GDI Printing if your printer is not a PostScript printer Some com mon examples are the Hewlett Packard DeskJet the Canon Bubble Jet and the EPSON Stylus You cannot print separa tions to non PostScript prin
62. mages The Rotate effect lets you rotate all or part of an image Sometimes the rotated layer does not fit within the canvas area You can change the canvas size so you can see the entire rotated image For more information refer to Resizing the Canvas on page 26 You can rotate part of an image Corel Painter Essentials To rotate an image Selecta layer or area of the canvas If you want to rotate the entire image select nothing 2 Choose Effects menu Orientation gt Rotate 3 Doone ofthe following Inthe document window drag a corner handle ofthe selection The Rotate Selection dialog box displays the rotated angle in degrees Inthe Rotate Selection dialog box specify the rotation angle in degrees A positive number rotates counterclockwise a negative number rotates clock wise 4 Click OK to apply the effect Scaling Images The Scale command lets you change the dimensions of part or allofan image To scale an image Select a layer or area of the canvas C7 hs If you want to scale the entire image select nothing 2 Choose Effects menu gt Orientation gt Scale 3 Doone ofthe following Inthe document window drag a handle of the selection The Scale Selection dialog box dis plays the horizontal and verti cal scale percentages Inthe Scale Selection dialog box specify the horizontal and vertical scale percentages 4 Enable any of the following optio
63. ment which allows you to manipulate the visual elements in the image independently of the canvas Layers provide one of the great advantages of creating images in a digital workspace the freedom to experiment with different compositions and effects without risking an unwanted permanent edit The Corel Painter Essentials RIF file format preserves layers when you save a document so you can easily make changes at a later time There s no need to re create the entire composition just modify one or more layers The result is a dynamic and flexible design environment Think of layers as sheets of clear material such as acetate Painting on a layer obscures the image below it Areas of a layer that don t contain imagery remain transparent Layer Basics In Corel Painter Essentials layers are objects that contain image data Because each layer 1s a distinct object you can move it around and edit it without interfering with the image data on the canvas or other layers Likewise you can work on the canvas without interfering with any of the other layers Layers contain pixel based 1mages Layers in a document have the following characteristics in common They are listed on the Layers palette The Layers palette manages the hierarchy of layers and includes controls for selecting hiding deleting naming and grouping layers e You can cut copy paste move and align them using the Layer Adjuster tool Pixel
64. n from the Zoom Level pop up menu on the property bar To zoom using the Magnifier tool 2 Choose a zoom level from the Zoom Level pop up menu on the property bar To reset magnification to 100 Double click the Magnifier tool To zoom to fit the screen Do one of the following Choose Window menu gt Zoom to Fit Screen Double click the Grabber tool in the toolbox Corel Painter Essentials generates a view of the entire document to fit the size of your screen To access the Magnifier tool while any other tool is selected Press Command Spacebar Mac OS or Ctrl Spacebar Windows and click to zoom in press Command Option Spacebar Mac OS or Ctrl Alt To zoom out Spacebar Windows and click to Zoom out In the toolbox click the Magnifier tool 1 Do one of the following Corel Painter Essentials Repositioning Documents The Grabber tool allows you to reposition a document in the Corel Painter Essentials workspace and view different areas of an 1mage To use the Grabber tool Activate the Grabber tool by doing one of the following Choosing the Grabber tool 4 Holding down the Spacebar The cursor changes to the Grabber tool and the property bar shows the zoom level You can change the zoom level from the property bar 2 Doone ofthe following Dragin the document window to scroll through your image Click once in the document window to cen
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66. ncludes the Randomizer Transposer and Stroke Designer Corel Painter 8 also includes redesigned layer masks and channels that provide a smoother workflow and greater compatibility with Adobe Photoshop Info Palette The new Info palette provides access to the following information mage size preview Document information such as width and height e Xand Y coordinates and the cursor position e Context sensitive information based on the selected tool For example if the Eyedropper tool is selected the HSV and RGB information 1s displayed Unit information such as pixels inches and resolution Mixer Palette The new Mixer palette lets you mix colors interactively The Mixer palette contains a Brush tool and a Palette Knife tool for applying and mixing colors mimicking the traditional experience of mixing two or more colors on a palette The Mixer palette also includes an Eyedropper tool for sampling specially mixed colors from imagery as well as Zoom and Pan tools for easy navigation in the palette You can choose to save your Mixer palette settings for future use and you can create a custom color set from the colors in the Mixer palette Digital Water Color Digital Water Color 1s a simple transparent medium that is ideal for hand painting line drawings touching up photographs or creating simple water color washes Sketch Effect The new Sketch effect 1n Corel Painter 8 lets you
67. ns 2 Choose Effects menu gt Surface Control gt Apply Lighting 3 Inthe Apply Lighting dialog box click a preset thumbnail The lighting effect is displayed in the preview window 4 When you are satisfied with the settings click OK to apply the effect Creating Custom Lighting You can use the controls in the Apply Lighting dialog to add delete and position light sources You can also set light properties to create unique lighting effects The Preview window shows the current position of each light source and the angle of its projection The three steps to create custom lighting are Adding or deleting light sources Positioning lights Setting light properties Adding and Deleting Light Sources The lighting effect s created by applying light from different sources to the image You can add or delete as many light sources as you wish Your only limit is your system s memory When you add a light source a new indicator appears in the preview window The small part of the light indicator 1s the origin the point from which the light is shining The large part of the indicator is the point the light shines toward Light source indicator To add a light source Click anywhere in the preview window To delete a light source Click an indicator 2 Press Delete Positioning Lights The type of lighting effect you create is determined by the position of light on the image You can
68. ns e Constrain Aspect Ratio maintains the selection s pro portions Disabling this option lets you change horizontal and vertical measurements inde pendently Preserve Center enable this option to keep the 1mage or selection anchored in its loca tion based on the center of the image 5 Click OK to apply the effect oC 78 J Using Image Effects Flipping Images You can flip all or part of an image horizontally from left to right or vertically from top to bottom To flip an image horizontally 1 Select a layer or area of the canvas If you want to flip the entire image select nothing 2 Choose Effects menu gt Orientation gt Flip Horizontal Original image Image flipped horizontally To flip an image vertically 1 Select a layer or area of the canvas If you want to flip the entire image select nothing 2 Choose Effects menu gt Orientation gt Flip Vertical Image flipped vertically Brightness Contrast The Brightness Contrast dialog adjusts the brightness and contrast of the overall image in RGB 5 nip S TN Q ES 1 GE E r A TE 5 a EEE Before and after Brightness Contrast To adjust RGB brightness and contrast Select a layer or area of the canvas If you want to apply the effect to the entire image make sure there are no selections 2 Choose Effects menu gt Tonal Control gt Brightness Contrast The Brightness Contras
69. oat on the water and you ve created a precise selection of the boat you can select everything but the boat by inverting the selection In this image the flower is selected After inverting the selection everything but the flower 1s selected A pixel based selection can have 256 values in it like a grayscale 1mage Inverting a pixel based selection 1s equivalent to the negative of a grayscale image For example a pixel that has 80 luminance will have 20 luminance when inverted To invert a selection Choose Select menu gt Invert Creating Selections Using Selection Tools The Rectangular Selection Oval Selection and Lasso tools create path based selections With these tools you can create a new selection add to the current selection or subtract from the current selection You can also select the entire canvas To select an oval or rectangular area 1 Choose the Rectangular Selection tool F or the Oval Selection tool Bi 3 from the toolbox 2 On the property bar click the New Selection button 3 Drag in the document window to select an area Tip To constrain your selection to a square or a circle hold down Control Shift Mac OS or Ctrl Shift Windows while making your selection To select a freehand area 1 Choose the Lasso tool from the toolbox 2 Onthe bar click the New Selection button 3 Draw a freehand border around the area you
70. ol has different results when applied to surfaces with different textures Corel Painter Essentials allows you to control the texture of the canvas to achieve the results you d expect from Natural Media on a given surface Of course some brushes like the Airbrush don t reveal paper texture in their strokes This follows the behavior of the natural tool EMS Gy M RUR i RUN Wi WARS Most of the brushes interact with the current paper texture Paper textures are useful in many ways The brushes interact with paper grain just as natural tools react with the texture of the surfaces beneath them Paper grains are useful in applying Surface Texture and other Effects You can select different paper textures and modify them In Corel Painter Essentials brushes that react with paper texture have a grainy method oC 36 J Note The terms paper grain and paper texture are used here synonymously Choosing Paper Textures The Toolbox includes the Paper Selector which is a drop down window where the five Corel Painter Essentials paper textures are stored EE Basic Paper F Pavement Ed Hand Made see Halftone The Paper Selector To choose a paper texture Click the Paper Selector to display the drop down window 2 Choose a paper texture from the Paper Selector Using Textures and Patterns Tip Corel Painter Essentials uses the currently selected texture
71. ol to create oval selections Refer to Using Selection Tools on page 70 for more information The Lasso Tool The Lasso tool lets you draw a freehand selection Refer to Using Selection Tools on page 70 for more information The Adjuster Tools The Layer Adjuster Tool The Layer Adjuster tool 1s used to select move and manipulate layers Refer to Using Layers on page 59 for more information The Selection Adjuster Tool The Selection Adjuster tool lets you select move and manipulate selections created with the Rectangular Oval and Lasso selection tools The Text Tool The Text tool creates text shapes Use the property bar to set the font point size alignment and text color For more information see Working with Text on page 91 The Color Selection Box The Color Selection box lets you choose primary and secondary colors The front rectangle displays the primary color and the back rectangle displays the secondary color For more information refer to Understanding Primary and Secondary Colors on page 40 Corel Painter Essentials 13 de The Color Selection box To change the primary or secondary color 1 Double click the primary or secondary color rectangle 2 Choose a color from the Color dialog box Using Selectors The selectors in the toolbox give you quick access to the libraries for the following Corel Painter Essentials elements papers gradients patterns and n
72. one source destination relationships like the Corel Painter Essentials imaginary light box method Tracing Paper This chapter begins with basics introducing you to simple cloning techniques Cloning a Document One way to use the Corel Painter Essentials cloning feature 1s to clone an entire file creating a clone source destination relationship between two documents The clone of the file is more than a copy It maintains a pixel for pixel correspondence with its source document For this reason the source must remain open while you work in the clone Here are some ways you can take advantage of a clone source destination relationship e Trace the source imagery using Tracing Paper like using a light box Refer to Using Tracing Paper on page 54 for more information e Paint source imagery into a destination area using Cloner brushes Refer to Painting in the Clone on page 56 for more information about painting with Cloner brushes Cloning and Tracing e Load a brush with color taken from a clone source Refer to Cloning Color on page 42 for more information Add three dimensional effects after setting up a clone source destination relationship Control brush features for painting using variant settings from the source image Develop a selection Refer to Using Selections on page 69 To clone a document Open an image file This will be the clone source A goo
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74. os and ToolID are trademarks or registered trademarks of Wacom Company Ltd Other product font and company names and logos may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies Contents Welcome to Corel Painter Essentials What s Included in Corel Painter Essentials ers aient ados Rand 1 Streamlined User Interface 1 Why Upgrade to Corel Painter 8 2 About Your User Manual 5 Corel Customer Support Services 6 The Workspace Using Menus and Document Window 9 Workspace TOUR d dtc 2 een cs 10 Using the Toolbox 11 Using Selectors 0000 eee 14 Using the Property Bar 14 Using the Brush Selector Bar 15 Working with Palettes 16 Exploring the Palettes 17 Basics Opening Documents 19 Working with Documents 22 SAVING FIGS o iia 6 ades tee et eta 27 Closing Documents and Quitting the Application xm acd eot ete oe erate uto X 29 Setting Preferences 29 Wacom Intuos Support 32 Using Textures and Patterns Using Paper Texture 35 Using Patterns ran 36 Color Working with Color 5 es 39 Changing Paper Color i rent 40 Using Gradients saa eR RS 42 Painting EXDIOL ING Patti ues pac sense 43 Understanding Brushes 44 Using a Stylus or Mouse 44 Selecting a Brush 45 Brush Settings cewy soe rer 45 Where Yo
75. ozzles You can display items in selectors in a list with thumbnails To open a selector 1 Click the flyout menu arrow on the bottom right corner of the selector you want to open 2 Choose an item from the list vw 14 The Workspace Using the Property Bar The property bar in Corel Painter Essentials is context sensitive it changes according to the tool you are using You can access settings and options for each tool and you can change them according to your preferences using the boxes or pop up sliders Tool settings are retained when you switch from one tool to another You can also use the property bar to restore the default settings of the selected tool The property bar is docked horizontally to the menu bar by default You can move the property bar anywhere in the document window dock it under the menu bar again or close it The property bar for the Rectangular Selection tool To access tool settings on the property bar Choose a tool from the toolbox Tool settings are displayed on the property bar To change tool settings on the property bar 1 Choose a tool from the toolbox 2 Do any of the following e Type a value in the box next to the control or click the arrow next to the control and adjust the pop up slider e Click a box to make a selection Enable or disable the check box next to the option you want to use Note Not all of these options are available
76. palette 3 When the first palette lines up with the second palette release the mouse button The palette will snap into place To undock palettes Place the cursor over the title bar of the palette you want to undock 2 Drag the palette to another location in the workspace CI De 3 Basics The Corel Painter Essentials application provides a digital workspace in which you can create new imagery or alter existing imagery using the Corel Painter Essentials Natural Media tools and effects Your working image 1s known as a document and 1s displayed n a document window this document window includes navigation and productivity features to help you work efficiently As you create an Image you can save your document in a number of different file formats RIFF Corel Painter Essentials native format JPEG and TIFF to name a few Corel Painter Essentials also lets you open import images n many file formats Every artist works in a unique way and every computer system has its own configuration of memory disks printers and accessories Corel Painter Essentials preferences let you customize the program for your own work style and optimum performance on your particular system You can also optimize the features of your tablet and pens in Corel Painter Essentials Opening Documents The first step to creating an 1mage 1n Corel Painter Essentials 1s opening a document You can open a blank Canv
77. pens both standard and airbrush feature ToolID which allows you to configure and work with multiple pens during a Corel Painter Essentials session For example let s assume you have two Intuos pens Pen and Pen 2 Pen is set to an Oil brush variant Pen 2 is set to an Artists variant Every time you bring Pen 1 into the tablet s proximity Corel Painter Essentials automatically changes the active brush to the Oil brush Every time you bring Pen 2 into the tablet s proximity Corel Painter Essentials switches to the Artists brush If you ve adjusted the tool assigned to a pen s size or other settings Corel Painter Essentials remembers those changes for the next time you use that pen Corel Painter Essentials 4 Using Textures and Patterns In Corel Painter Essentials paper textures gradients and patterns can all be applied to your 1mage You can brush some of them on get them to interact with each other spray them and smear them Best of all you never have to run to the store in the middle of creating to get a new tube of paint or the right kind of paper You ll use these items in several ways toload a Brush tool with media for painting to fill selections with the Effects menu gt Fill command or the Paint Bucket tool tocontrol certain image effects like Apply Surface Texture This chapter explains how to select textures and patterns Using Paper Texture In the real world a marking to
78. put in color only Output Color output the color part of the effect Disable this option if you want to out put in black and white only 3 Adjust the N Colors number of colors 4 When you are satisfied with the settings click OK to apply the effect Sharpen This effect heightens contrast by intensifying highlights and shadows Aa Using the Sharpen dialog to sharpen the focus To sharpen focus Selecta layer or area of the canvas If you want to apply the effect to the entire image make sure there are no selections Corel Painter Essentials 95 jy 2 Choose Effects menu gt Focus gt Sharpen 3 Use the following guidelines to adjust the sliders Amount determines how much of the edge of an element is affected Highlight determines the intensity of the bright areas Move the slider to the right to brighten the highlights Shadow determines the depth of the shadows The higher the percentage the darker the shadows 4 Click OK to apply the effect Soften This effect increases the transition from one part of your image to another enhancing the anti aliasing of strokes To soften focus Selecta layer or area of the canvas If you want to apply the effect to the entire image make sure there are no selections 86 Using Image Effects 2 Choose Effects menu gt Focus gt Soften 3 Adjust the Amount slider The farther the slider is to the right th
79. r Alt Windows and drag the selection with the Layer Adjuster tool Tips You can also convert a selection to a layer by rotating scaling or flipping a selection Refer to Orientation Effects on page 77 for more information You can also create a new layer by copying or cutting and pasting a selection Naming Layers Corel Painter Essentials assigns each layer or group a default name when you create it This name references the object s type and creation order For example pixel based layers are titled Layer 1 Layer 2 and so on As you add more layers and groups to a document it can become difficult to remember what image data each layer contains By assigning layers and groups descriptive names you can easily keep track of the separate pieces of an image Corel Painter Essentials De To name a layer or group 1 Onthe Layers palette select a layer or group 2 Do the following Double click the item on the Layers palette or select an item and press Return Mac OS or Enter Windows 3 In the Layer Attributes dialog box type a new name in the Name box Note You cannot change the name of the canvas layer Saving Files Containing Layers You can save your Corel Painter Essentials document in the RIFF format with live layers the layers continue to function when you reopen the file RIFF is the only format that preserves layers in their original state For info
80. r Essentials brush variant Brush strokes appear at 50 opacity when Tracing Paper is turned on Use the Tracing Paper feature to view the clone When you turn Tracing Paper off you can see source for tracing what you ve traced To turn tracing paper off To resume tracing Doone ofthe following To resume tracing turn Tracing Click the Trac ng Paper 1con to toggle tracing Click the Tracing Paper icon Paper back on d off en aga n The faint source image returns and e Choose Canvas menu gt you can continue tracing Tracing Paper Press Command T Mac Changing Clone Source OS or Ctrl T Windows The faint source image disappears and brush strokes appear at 10096 opacity For more flexibility in setting up cloning relationships Corel Painter Essentials lets you set any open document as a clone source You can Corel Painter Essentials 55 De do this to re establish a source destination relationship between two files You might also do this to choose special source imagery for controlling an image effect To set an open document as the clone source Choose File menu gt Clone Source and select which of the open documents is the clone source Note Ifyou lose track of which document ts the clone source choose File menu gt Clone Source The file with a check beside its name 1s the clone source To make an open file the clone source for the next file you open 1 Hold do
81. r ring to select the predominant hue You can also select a hue by clicking once anywhere on the ring The triangle displays all the available colors within that selected hue 3 Selecta color on the triangle by dragging the circle or click the color you want Understanding Primary and Secondary Colors The color you select appears in one of two overlapping rectangles displayed on the Colors palette The front rectangle represents the selected primary color The back rectangle shows the selected secondary color By default black 1s the primary color and white 1s the secondary color Most of the time you ll work with the primary color Overlapping rectangles display the current primary and secondary colors Don t confuse the secondary color with what other graphics programs call the background color In Corel Painter Essentials the background color is the paper color The secondary color s for multicolor brush strokes two point gradients and Image Hose effects It s used when more than one color 1s applied To choose the primary color 1 Choose Window menu gt Show Colors to display the Colors palette Click the front rectangle 3 Choose a color using the Color picker Click the front rectangle to set the primary color To choose the secondary color On the Colors palette click the back rectangle 2 Choose a color using the Color picker If you usually work with th
82. raight lines UA ee rear 47 Stylus noi c M lt 44 simulating with a mouse 45 using with airbrushes 50 Surface Control effects 84 Apply Lighting 4 eter RR Rees 80 Corel Painter Express Texte asus sanae ee 84 WOOJCUR rennen Gen 85 Surface texture BPP DING ee are een 83 T Text applying effects esee rat Rees ES 91 ICH o anne ER Edo tUa dit d Pla 91 dropping 1 ee eee eee eee eee 91 filling with color 92 SOLID Lesod edo shot ad peto aa iu 92 SEGUE o cap pede UP EPI ed 93 Stretching ao susseeebssa tessxsue es 92 TELIT nee Ets 91 TEX DOO eT 13 Texture creating from image luminance 83 EIERN cit oes ent drei duda sees 84 Tonal Control effects Brightness Contrast 79 TOOIDOX aus eui adr IUe I dnpap tur 11 CLOSING je dee cy eoo ERE Pid tM 11 Hoc SIT MPRRRTERT TREE TOT renee 12 MOVING ous edere any beep odd nda oR 11 Tools ACCESSING ass eh Fo FRE age RON 11 e vi J Tracing DILE WERNER E ORTEN 54 POSU DIIS eese ederr ia head as 55 Tracing paper cc cece eee eee 54 RING OPE persnr e ba tea ees 55 UMMC OE 6 440 a een 54 U Undoing strokes 0 000 48 Ungrouping Co ETE 64 W Wacom Intuos DOW ESI 32 SUPPOIL x E EE RR 9 Eur 32 ri T 32 Woodcut effect 00008 85 Z Zooming LANCOME o ped nO ES sy sae DE ed 22 Magnifier Tool 122r s 23 reset Magnification
83. rally draw To return an image to its original orientation 1 Activate the Rotate Page tool 2 Do one of the following Click once in the document window Double click the Rotate Page tool e Click the Reset Tool button on the property bar To constrain rotation to 90 increments e Hold down the Shift key while rotating Cropping Images You can remove unwanted edges from the image with the Crop tool You can adjust the ratio of the cropped image and choose to maintain the aspect ratio To crop an image Click the Crop tool in the toolbox 2 Drag inside the image to define the rectangular area you want to keep You can adjust the rectangle by dragging a corner or any of its edges 3 When you re ready to execute the crop click inside the rectangle To constrain cropping to a square Press Shift drag while defining the rectangular area with the Crop tool To adjust the ratio of the cropped Image Click the Crop tool in the toolbox 2 On the property bar type ratio values in the boxes 3 Ifnecessary enable the Ratio check box to maintain aspect ratio when cropping the image Using Full Screen Mode Full screen mode allows you to hide your computer s desktop and view the document window without scroll bars When full screen mode is on the document window is centered over a solid background All Corel Painter Corel Painter Essentials 25 Ju Essentials
84. rmation about grouping layers in Corel Painter Essentials refer to Grouping Layers on page 64 Using Layers If you save a file to a file format other than RIFF the layers drop or merge into a single background image Deleting Layers To delete a layer 1 On the Layers palette select the layer 2 Do the following e Click the Delete button ff the bottom of the Layers pal ette Note You cannot delete the canvas Managing Layers Selecting Layers Selecting a layer lets you make changes to it If no layers are selected any changes you make apply to the Canvas To select a layer Do the following e Click a layer on the Layers pal ette Tip You can also press the F key to activate the Layer Adjuster tool To select multiple layers Do one of the following On the Layers palette Shift click each layer you want to select To deselect layers e Do the following On the Layers palette click Canvas the last item in the list Deselecting all layers automatically selects the Canvas layer Viewing Layers You can control your view of an image in the document window by changing layer visibility settings This is helpful both in compositing an image and applying effects You can hide one layer to gain better visibility of the layer below it Use layer visibility settings to create different states of an image In the top example the layers containing
85. rom an Intuos pen in new and exciting ways Note The mouse mode option in the Wacom controls panel qwhich causes a stylus to behave like a mouse 41s not compatible with Corel Painter Essentials Always use pen mode when painting with an Intuos tablet and pen Brush Tracking Every artist uses a different pressure when drawing on an Intuos tablet The Corel Painter Essentials Brush Tracking preference helps you customize your Intuos tablet to meet your pressure sensitivity needs Refer to Brush Tracking Preferences on page 31 for more information Using the Intuos Airbrush Wheel The Intuos Airbrush the first true computer airbrush provides fingertip media flow control Corel Painter Essentials airbrushes respond to angle tilt bearing direction and flow wheel setting data from the Intuos stylus allowing for a truly realistic brush stroke For example as you tilt your stylus specks of media land on the paper in a way that reflects that tilt Corel Painter Essentials airbrushes create conic sections that mirror your stylus movements Corel Painter Essentials airbrushes take advantage of the Intuos airbrush stylus wheel control Like the needle control on a real airbrush the Intuos wheel control adjusts airbrush flow or how much medium is applied For more information about using the new airbrushes refer to Painting with Airbrushes on page 49 Using Multiple Intuos Pens All Intuos
86. s The Image Hose deposits 24 bit images with an 8 bit mask The mask enables you to layer the images gently without aliased edges or artifacts You can load the Image Hose with flowers butterflies stones fish images of any description When you paint with these image elements you can build them into coherent shapes a garden a cobblestone street an underwater world How it Works The Image Hose is a brush To use it you must first load it with images The images are kept in special nozzle files On a garden hose you attach a nozzle to control the flow of water in Corel Painter Essentials you attach a nozzle to the Image Hose to control its medium images A nozzle file can contain any number of images Usually the images are similar and form a logical series that is the images progress along some order For example the images might increase in size or advance in angle It is not necessary for images to progress in a logical series but the Image Hose is more effective when they do Using the Image Hose The Image Hose is easy to use As with other Corel Painter Essentials brushes the Image Hose has several variants These built in variants combine nozzle control factors with brush settings to create different hose effects The Image Hose 88 al S Image Hose Ld Linear Angle B amp Linear Angle W Linear Angle W Linear 5ize P The Nozzle selector in the too
87. s you apply a stroke but want it to be less opaque or faded To fade a stroke 1 Choose Edit menu gt Fade 2 Set the undo amount for the opacity you want The preview shows the results of your selection Painting with Color Before actually painting you must choose what media to apply Most often you ll probably choose to apply a color but selecting a color 1s just the beginning For more detailed information about using color refer to Working with Color on page 39 To paint with color Select a brush that applies media to a document If the Colors palette is not displayed choose Window menu gt Show Colors Colors E Use the Colors palette to choose a color for painting 2 Drag or click in the ring to select a hue 3 Drag or click in the triangle to pick the saturation The color you select 1s displayed in the front rectangle below the color ring This is the primary color The back rectangle shows the secondary color The secondary color is not the canvas color it 1s used to create two color brush strokes and two point gradients Refer to Understanding Primary and Secondary Colors on page 40 for more information E UN S Saturation E gt gt gt less mor e a low d 4 Drag in the ring to select a hue Drag in the triangle to pick the saturation To paint with a color already in the image 1 Select a brush that applies medi
88. se Window menu gt Show Colors Changing Paper Color You can change a document s paper color the color of the background Canvas at any time This color appears when you delete a filled area or use the eraser to remove color To change the existing paper color Choose a primary color from the Colors palette 2 Choose Canvas menu gt Set Paper Color 3 To expose the new paper color do one of the following Make a selection and cut or delete it e Use the eraser brush to erase part of your image For more information about choosing colors see Using the Color Picker on page 40 e 102 Color Using the Color Picker Corel Painter Essentials provides a standard Color picker that has a hue ring and a color triangle Within the triangle colors are organized by value and saturation e Values span the triangle from top to bottom with the top of the triangle being the highest value white the bottom the lowest value black e Saturation levels go from left to nght Dragging or clicking to the right produces the purest color within the predominant hue Dragging or clicking to the left reduces the level of color saturation giving muddier or grayer colors To choose a hue and color from the standard Color picker 1 Choose Window menu gt Show Colors to display the Colors palette If the Colors palette 1s not expanded click the palette arrow 2 Drag the circle on the colo
89. sentials Expect a short delay while this happens Corel Painter Essentials 45 j gt To use the resize shortcut 1 Hold down Command Option t Shift Mac OS or Ctrl Alt Shift Windows 2 With the Brush tool drag in the image window A circle representing the brush size is displayed beside the pointer When the circle is the size you want release the mouse button 3 Click the image to reactivate the Brush tool A handy way to set brush size 1s to use the keyboard shortcut s 46 J Painting Adjusting Opacity The Opacity slider controls the degree to which a stroke covers or builds up on the underlying pixels 80 opacity top and 20 opacity bottom To set opacity 1 Choose the Brush tool from the toolbox 2 Choose a brush 3 Onthe property bar type a percentage in the Opacity box or adjust the pop up slider When Opacity is set low the applied color is thin allowing you to see through to the underlying colors When set high color being applied covers underlying pixels more completely Setting Grain The Grain slider controls how much color penetrates into the paper texture Lower settings show more of the grain 89 grain top and 12 grain bottom To set grain On the Brush property bar type a percentage in the Grain box or adjust the pop up slider Move the slider to the left to reduce penetration and reveal more texture Mov
90. sion of paint on a canvas or paper Express Texture The Express Texture effect generates a high contrast version of an image in grayscale With this feature you can create a visual effect similar to a custom halftone screen like a mezzotint or line screen D The Express Texture effect To apply express texture Selecta layer or area of the canvas If you want to apply the effect to the entire image make sure there are no selections 2 Choose Effects menu gt Surface Control gt Express Texture 3 In the Express Texture dialog box choose a method from the Using pop up menu You can base the effect on the current paper texture or image luminance 4 Use the following guideline to adjust the slider Gray Threshold determines where the threshold is between pure black and pure white 5 Click OK to apply the effect Tip f you want to restore some of the original color to the image after applying this effect choose Edit menu gt Fade Fade restores some or all of the or ginal colors Woodcut The Woodcut effect is useful for creating woodcut or linoleum block prints of photographs op pori The Woodcut effect To apply woodcut effects 1 Choose Effects menu gt Surface Control gt Woodcut 2 Inthe Woodcut dialog box enable any of the following check boxes Output Black output the black part of the effect Disable this option if you want to out
91. so you can make a few strokes then change the paper and make a few more strokes with different results Using Patterns A pattern is a repeating design The smallest unit of a pattern is known as a tile When you fill an area with a pattern the tile 1s repeated across the selected area The Toolbox includes the Pattern Selector which is a drop down window where the five Corel Painter Essentials patterns are stored With patterns you can fill selections with imagery paint patterns directly onto your image e paint using a cloning brush control image effects Buses Bu Shrub Ba Interior Reflection ES Rose Bucs ES Wisteria Leaf The Pattern Selector To choose a pattern 1 From the toolbox click the Pattern selector 2 Choose a pattern from the Pattern selector Corel Painter Essentials 57 D Color Corel Painter Essentials offers many ways to apply color to your image from changing the paper color to choosing colors for your brush strokes to applying gradients to an entire image or selection Working with Color You can select colors in several ways You can use the Color picker on the Colors palette the Dropper tool which samples color from the image the Use Clone Color button on the Colors palette which pulls color from a source The Colors palette 1s one place you can select a color to add to your image To display the Colors palette Choo
92. t ers Check Color PostScript 1f you plan to print to a color Post Script device The Minolta QMS ColorScript and Tek tronix color thermal printers are examples of color PostScript printers Check Separations to print sep arations The output consists of four pages one each for cyan magenta yellow and black You can print separations from Corel Painter Essentials with any PostScript device includ ing high resolution imageset ters Check the B amp W PostScript option if you are printing on a black and white PostScript laser printer Corel Painter Essentials places a color bar registration marks and color name on each of the four separated plates Index A AIDEUSLGS s coo cer art d ast ead 49 circular spray area uses dealer 50 Stylus SENOS Auen 50 Apply Lighting effect 80 CUSLOMIZING unsre 81 Apply Surface Texture effect using luminance eisen 84 USING DAPCH aKT are raa AEE S 83 Auto Van Gogh effect 86 B Brightness ad TUS ETHER eo ha et Bo apte 79 Brightness Contrast effect 79 Brush Selector Bar 2222 15 GIOSHIS seriellen 16 displaying items sue ouo verde eR 15 dOCKING Aussee 16 MOVING ansetzen 16 Brush strokes Lido une ee 48 UNGOING 423 eout sonia OPEP 48 BIUSIV LOOM ede rein b owed cop dubia 12 BUSNES oc quest tlle ees toda ra 44 CAP ONES rent 44 CHOOSING Iwein ER tape es 15 DEI Mn inte aea roD EQ RS 46 ODAC axem d
93. t dialog appears 3 Drag the upper slider to adjust image contrast Drag the lower slider to adjust 1mage brightness The image s adjusted when you release the mouse or stylus If you want to reset the sliders to the default settings click Reset 4 Click Apply Equalize The Equalize effect improves contrast adjusting black and white points and distributing the brightness levels throughout the entire range of available levels Before and after Equalize Corel Painter Essentials lets you equalize an 1mage by creating a histogram showing the number of Corel Painter Essentials 79 pixels for each brightness level value and then allowing you to adjust those values Equalize also allows gamma adjustment which lightens or darkens an 1mage without changing highlights or shadows r Equalize Black and White Points Black 91 7 White 31 3 Brightness mm 56 6 wv An imagi The histogram 1s represented by the silhouette Each peak shows the number of pixels for a brightness level You can adjust white and black points by dragging the triangles To equalize colors Selecta layer or area of the canvas If you want to apply the effect to the entire image make sure there are no selections 2 Choose Effects menu gt Tonal Control gt Equalize 90 Using Image Effects Corel Painter Essentials automatically adjusts the image or selection so that the lightest color is
94. t layer and edit it at any time Your text remains fully editable until you drop it onto the canvas If you want to select more than one text layer highlight several layers and group them 2 Click the Layer Commands button at the bottom of the Layers fo Crested palette and choose Drop 1 Choose the Text tool T from th Le Applying Effects to Text toolbox 2 Click anywhere in the document Before you drop a layer with the Text window and type tool selected you can apply any of the effects available on the Property bar The Property bar contains all the tools and controls you ll need to set text appearance and flow You can change the text color font size and position Font You can select a font on the Text palette To select a font 1 Choose the Text tool from the toolbox 2 On the Property bar choose a font from the Font drop down menu Tip To display a list of all available fonts choose Other Fonts from the Font drop down menu To change point size On the Property bar choose a point size from the drop down menu Color You can fill your text with color from the Colors palette a gt Working with Text To fill text with color 1 Choose the Text tool from the toolbox 2 Click anywhere in the document window and type 3 Choose Window menu gt Show Colors to display the Colors palette 4 Choose a color on the Colors palette Tip You can also choose a color
95. t output from images set to 300 ppi Your file will be output correctly at the best resolution for your laser printer and at the proper size Increasing the file s ppi setting does not necessarily improve the output and can make for a larger and sometime unwieldy file If you are using a commercial printer or a more sophisticated output device the dimensions of the image should always be set to the actual size 1t will Basics 222 9 appear in the printed piece For the resolution a good rule of thumb is to set your document s pixels per inch to twice the desired lpi So when lpi is 150 the pixels per inch should be twice that or 300 if the Ip 1s 85 the pixels per inch should be 170 It s a good idea to check with your service bureau 1f you have questions about output device resolution Working with Documents Viewing Documents You can change your view of an image by changing its level of magnification zooming 1n or out repositioning the document in the Corel Painter Essentials workspace or rotating the document You can also change the characteristics of the document window by changing the screen mode and by selecting options from the Canvas menu Zooming By default Corel Painter Essentials opens a document at 100 magnification but you can change the level of magnification by zooming You can zoom in and out using the Magnifier tool reset magnification and zoom to fit the screen You can e
96. te a new layer Click the following button at the bottom of the Layers palette New Layer To duplicate a layer 1 Choose the Layer Adjuster tool from the toolbox 2 On the Layers palette select a layer 3 Inthe document window hold down Option Mac OS or Alt Windows and click the layer Corel Painter Essentials duplicates the layer in place Select and move the new layer to reveal the original layer in the document window Note For more information about selecting layers refer to Selecting Layers on page 62 To copy a layer between documents 1 With the Layer Adjuster tool select a layer on the Layers palette 2 Doone ofthe following Inthe document window drag the layer to another document Choose Edit menu gt Copy display the other document and then choose Edit menu gt Paste Tip You can also paste a copied layer from the Clipboard to a new document by choosing Edit menu gt Paste Into New Image To create a layer based on a selection 1 Make a selection 2 Doone ofthe following Toconvertthe selection choose Select menu gt Float or click the selection with the Layer Adjuster tool e To convert and move the selec tion drag it with the Layer Adjuster tool e To copy the selection hold down Option Mac OS or Alt Windows and click the selec tion with the Layer Adjuster tool e To copy and move the selec tion hold down Option Mac OS o
97. ter the image To access the Grabber tool from any tool Hold down the Spacebar Basics To size your image window to fit the screen area Do one of the following Double click the Grabber tool Choose Window menu Zoom to Fit Click Fit on Screen on the property bar Tip e To return the image window to center click once with the Grabber tool or click Center Image on the property bar Rotating Documents The Rotate Page tool lets you rotate an image on the screen to accommodate the way you draw naturally You can access the Rotate tool by clicking on the small arrow at the lower right corner of the Grabber tool Select the Rotate tool from the flyout menu that opens It will then appear in the toolbox To rotate the page 1 Activate the Rotate Page tool by doing one of the following e Clicking it in the toolbox amp Holding down Option Spa cebar Mac OS or Alt Spa cebar Windows The cursor changes to a hand with a pointing finger 2 Drag in the document window to rotate the image Move the cursor clockwise to rotate the image clockwise Move the cursor counter clockwise to rotate the image counter clockwise The new rotation angle appears on the property bar Tip e You can also rotate an image by specifying a rotation angle on the property bar zzril 46 e600 HK 46 Rotate a document to accommodate the way you natu
98. the background are hidden in the bottom example the layers containing the background are showing Layer visibility settings stay active when printing or saving to some file formats In other words the content of hidden layers does not print and 1s not saved However RIF file formats preserve hidden layers as part of the document Refer to Saving Files Containing Layers on page 62 for more information about how layers are saved in different file formats To show or hide a layer Click the eye icon next to the layer name on the Layers palette When the eye is shut is the layer is hidden in the document window When the eye 1s open le the layer 1s visible in the document window To show or hide the canvas e Click the eye icon next to Canvas on the Layers palette When the eye is shut the canvas is represented by a checkerboard When the eye is open the canvas is visible in the document window If the palette 1s not expanded click the palette arrow Changing Layer Hierarchy The hierarchy of layers determines how the layers 1n a document interact When you create a new layer it appears on top of the existing layers when the canvas is selected or on top of the selected layer Depending on its transparency the layer will obscure or otherwise affect the underlying layers A document s layer hierarchy 1s reflected on the Layers palette The bottom layer is always the Canvas Change
99. the hierarchy of layers to create different effects Corel Painter Essentials 005295 To change a layer s position in the hierarchy Drag the layer to a new posi tion in the Layers palette Grouping Layers Grouping layers enables you to control them as a unit A group can contain any combination of layers You can move rename hide and show a group just as you do a single layer However you cannot paint across layers in a group To work with individual layers in a group you must open the group Close the group to regain control of the group as a unit Collapsing a group reduces its contents to a single layer To create a group On the Layers palette select the layers you want to group Refer to Selecting Layers on page 62 for more information about selecting multiple layers 2 Dothe following vw 64 Using Layers Click the Layer Commands J and choose Group The layers are collected under a group item on the Layers palette Note If you select non sequentzal layers layers not next to each other in the list Corel Painter Essentials creates the group at the position of tbe top most layer To open and close a group On the Layers palette click the triangle 1con to the left of the group When the arrow points down Fri and you can see the group items the group is open When the arrow points to the right P and the names of the group members are hidden the group is closed
100. this bounding box not the entire area of the layer This allows you to easily position the contents of a layer in relation to the canvas 66 J Using Layers This layer contains a brush stroke The content area is defined by an invisible bounding box To move a layer 1 On the Layers palette select the layer or group you want to move 2 Choose the Layer Adjuster tool from the toolbox 3 In the document window drag the selected layer To nudge a layer On the Layers palette select the layer or group you want to move 2 Press the arrow keys to move the selected layer one pixel at a time To move a layer to a specific location Onthe Layers palette select a layer or group 2 Do the following Double click the item on the Layers palette or select an item and press Return Mac OS or Enter Windows 3 In the Layer Attributes dialog box type values in the following boxes e Top distance in pixels from the top edge of the canvas to the top edge of the layer s con tent Increase to move the layer down or decrease to move the layer up e Left distance in pixels from the left edge of the canvas to the left edge of the layer s con tent Increase to move the layer to the right or decrease to move the layer to the left Note lf you use negative values or values larger than the canvas dimensions the layer is placed partially or wholly outside the canvas Changing Lay
101. tion 6 Adjust the Light Controls slider 7 Click OK to apply the effect Creating Texture Using Image Luminance When you create a texture using the Image Luminance method the current image s luminance or lightness determines where surface texture is added Light parts of the image create dents darker parts create raised areas The overall effect gives an embossed look to the edges of the imagery Texture based on Image Luminance To create surface texture using image luminance Selecta layer or area of the canvas If you want to apply the effect to the entire image make sure there are no selections 2 Choose Effects menu gt Surface Control gt Apply Surface Texture 3 Inthe Apply Surface Texture dialog box choose Image Luminance from the Using pop up menu 4 Adjust the Softness slider to control the amount of distortion created by the texture Using Image Effects Increasing softness creates more intermediate steps which produces a smoother distortion 5 Adjust the Appearance of Depth sliders Refer to Setting Appearance of Depth Properties on page 83 for more information 6 Adjust the Light Controls sliders 7 Click OK to apply the texture Other Surface Control Effects The Surface Control effects let you manipulate paper color and light to produce a variety of interesting visual effects Many of these effects also let you add texture to an image producing the illu
102. tion of the document Change the unit of measurement by choosing an option from the menu 3 Click in the Paper Color box to set the document s background to a color other than white Choose a color from the system color picker that appears 4 Click OK A new document appears in the workspace Opening Existing Documents You can open documents from other graphics applications and use Corel Painter Essentials to add brush strokes tints or paper textures Or you can clone a document to re create it in a different medium Corel Painter Essentials lets you open the following file formats e RIFF Corel Painter Essentials native format RIF TIFF TIF Mac PICT PCT Windows Bitmap BMP e GlF Corel Painter Essentials does not convert GIF animations to frame stacks JPEG JPG Note Corel Painter Essentials does not support LZW compressed TIFF file format Only uncompressed TIFF files open into Corel Painter Essentials To open an existing document 1 Choose File menu gt Open 2 IntheSelect Image dialog box use the dialog controls to locate the file you want to open Corel Painter Essentials lists every image s file size file format and dimensions in pixels In addition files saved in Corel Painter Essentials include a thumbnail image for browsing purposes 3 Click Browse The Browse dialog box shows thumbnails for all che RIFF files in a folder 4 Double click the fil
103. to toggle between freehand and straight line drawing styles Press B to choose freehand style or press V to choose straight line style To draw straight lines On the Brush property bar click the Straight Line Strokes button 2 Click the canvas at the point where you want to start your line Corel Painter Essentials 47 oe 3 Doone ofthe following e Click at the point where you want to end the line Drag to place the end point exactly where you want it Corel Painter Essentials connects the first and second points with a straight line 4 ocontinue drawing from the second point click or drag to create additional points on the canvas Corel Painter Essentials connects each point with a straight line 5 Toendaline do one of the following Press Return Mac OS or Enter Windows to close the polygon The final point 1s con nected to the origin with a straight line e Click the Freehand Strokes button to return to the freehand drawing style without closing the polygon Press V to end the current poly gon so you can begin a new one Painting Undoing Strokes If you make a stroke you don t like you can use the Undo command to remove it Repeat the command to remove previous strokes You can undo five strokes To undo a stroke Choose Edit menu gt Undo Tip e You can also undo a stroke by pressing Command Z Mac OS or Ctrl Z Windows Fading Strokes Sometime
104. ty The Smoothness slider applies smoothing to the entire image This is useful when using the Fair option to blur the edges of JPEG artifacts The default is 0 Keep in mind that using a high smoothness setting can cause blurring The JPEG preview window displays any changes you make to the image as you work The Progressive JPEG option creates a progressive JPEG file Progressive format is useful when using a file on the Web As the name implies progressive format displays an image in stages as a series of scans while the file downloads The first scan is a low quality image the following scans improve in quality This allows the user to see the whole image very quickly It is best not to decompress and recompress a file multiple times Although JPEG can compress and discard data not visible or obvious the degradation of the data can affect the condition of your file When a file has lost a significant amount of data block patterns can appear in areas of the image If you try to use the Apply Surface Texture feature on a JPEG file you may find it will accent the block patterns Saving GIF Files Corel Painter Essentials allows you to save documents in GIF file format GIF is an 8 bit or less file format commonly used to display graphics on the Web When you save a file as a GIF you can choose from 4 up to 256 colors You can choose how your colors will be displayed and what part of your 1mage
105. u Can Paint 47 Marking the Canvas 47 Painting with Color area 48 Painting with Airbrushes 49 Filling Techniques 0040 50 Cloning and Tracing Cloning Imagery a scere RR E 53 Cloning a Document 2 2 54 Using Tracing Papel sets 54 Changing Clone Source 55 Painting in the Clone Using Auto Van Gogh Turning Other Brushes into Cloners Using Layers Layer Basics Lisa awe eves Working with Layers Creating Layers 2 222 2222 Saving Files Containing Layers Deleting Layers 00 Managing Layers 005 Editing EayelS ass BR Changing Layer Characteristics Using Selections Working with Selections Creating Selections Editing Path Based Selections Using Image Effects Basics of Applying Effects Orientation Effects Apply Lighting 153 ge Apply Surface Texture Other Surface Control Effects Esoterica Effects lt lt 424 daeeede lt vars The Image Hose How it Works sss Using the Image Hose Controlling the Image Hose eim Table of contents 56 56 lt a Working with Text The Text Layer Applying Effects to Text Printing Understanding Printing Setting Up Printing Printing an Image 1 Welcome to Corel Painter Essenti
106. u draw and paint as you might in the real world In your studio you use brushes pencils chalk airbrushes and palette knives to make marks on a canvas or piece of paper With Corel Painter Essentials an infinite variety of marks are possible Like a fully stocked art store Corel Painter Essentials supplies you with many different brushes and drawing tools Exploring Painting Many of the Corel Painter Essentials pre built brushes known as brush variants are digital equivalents of real life brushes you might already use The result of any single mark or stroke you make with a Corel Painter Essentials drawing tool depends on e the brush category or drawing tool you choose Refer to Brush Categories on page 44 for more information which brush variant is selected within the brush category Refer to Selecting a Brush on page 45 for more information about selecting a specific brush variant controls such as brush size opacity and how much color penetrates paper texture Refer to Brush Settings on page 45 for more information the current paper texture Refer to Choosing Paper Textures on page 36 for more information about selecting paper the color gradient or pattern you select to use as media Refer to Painting with Color on page 48 for more information about choosing media to apply Understanding Brushes The Brush tool represents a wide variety of tools you can use to mark on your docum
107. un selected areas If you feather a path based selection it is converted to a pixel based selection to allow varying levels of protection at the edges To feather a selection 1 2 Choose Select menu gt Feather In the Feather Selection dialog box enter the number of pixels you want to feather 3 Click OK Corel Painter Essentials 10 Using Image Effects The Corel Painter Essentials 1mage effects let you do everything from applying lighting and surface texture to creating a woodcut effect The effects range from practical tools like the orientation and focus effects to artistic expressions like Auto Van Gogh Traditional artistic methods inspire many of the Corel Painter Essentials effects Basics of Applying Effects You apply most of the Corel Painter Essentials effects in the same manner Select where to apply the effect Choose a specific effect Set effect options and click OK to apply it to your image Each effect can have several options and parameters that might require you to use other features such as selections layers colors paper textures and gradients You can get the most out of the effects if you understand more about application methods and the Fade feature Selecting Where to Apply Effects You can apply special effects to a selection a layer or the entire image e Ifthere is no selection the effect is applied to the entire 1mage I
108. ush category 1s displayed on the right side of the Brush Selector The Brush Selector 1s docked by default to the top right corner of the document window beside the property bar It can be undocked and moved to any location in the document window or it can be turned off Palettes The palettes include the following feature e Expand Collapse You can expand or collapse palettes by 021 clicking the palette arrow in the top corner of the palette When the triangle points down the palette 1s expanded When it points to the right the palette is collapsed Brush Variants Corel Painter Essentials includes an array of Brush variants Brushes are included in the following 15 categories e Acrylics e Airbrushes e Artists e Blenders e Chalks e Cloners Crayons Erasers mage Hose Oils e Palette Knives e Pastels e Pattern Pens Pencils Welcome to Corel Painter Essentials e Tinting Why Upgrade to Corel Painter 8 Corel Painter 8 lets you experiment with the industry s widest range of Natural Media tools and includes all the features and behaviors of Corel Painter Essentials Corel Painter 8 includes a new Mixer palette that realistically mimics the traditional paint mixing experience Digital water color a new Sketch effect and more than 400 new brushes all expand your creative potential You can create custom brush variants using the new Brush Creator which i
109. ven zoom in and out while working with other tools 0028 zzril amp 8396 zzril 204 ABA EE 284 I The Magnifier tool lets you zoom in and out by clicking n the document window To zoom in 1 Doone ofthe following Choose the Magnifier tool in the toolbox Hold down Command Spa cebar Mac OS or Ctrl Spa cebar Windows The Magnifier cursor shows a plus sign indicating you are increasing magnification zooming in Click or drag in the document window Clicking magnifies the image to the next level as defined in the Zoom Level menu on the property bar When you drag Corel Painter Essentials chooses the magnifi cation level that most closely conforms to the selected area and centers the screen view on that area The percentage the document is magnified appears in the document window s title bar Choose the Magnifier tool and hold down Option Mac OS or Alt Ctrl Windows Hold down Option Com mand Spacebar Mac OS or Alt Ctrl Spacebar Win dows The Magnifier cursor shows a minus sign indicating you are decreasing magnification zooming out 2 Clickin the document window Each click reduces the magnification to the next level as defined in the Zoom Level menu on the property bar Tip e You can also zoom in or out by moving the Scale slider typing a value in the bottom left corner of the image window or choosing an optio
110. white and the darkest color is black In the Equalize dialog box adjust contrast by dragging the black and white markers under the histogram Any values in the 1mage located to the right of the white marker become white any values to the left of the black marker become black Adjust the gamma by doing one of the following Move the Brightness slider to the right to increase gamma making the 1mage darker Move the Brightness slider to the left to decrease gamma making the image lighter Changing the gamma adjusts only the midtones of an image and leaves the black and white areas untouched Click OK to apply changes A preview of the changes 1s applied to the original image but 1s not final until you click OK If you want to revert to the original image click Cancel Tip f you made a selection and you want to equalize the entire image enable Apply to Entire Image n the Equalize dialog box Apply Lighting The Apply Lighting effect lets you shine one or more light sources on an image Apply Lighting 1s like hanging your artwork in a gallery and adjusting colored spotlights to illuminate it Before and after Apply Lighting Applying Preset Lighting Effects The Lighting library contains three preset lighting environments To apply preset lighting effects Selecta layer or area of the canvas If you want to apply the effect to the entire image make sure there are no selectio
111. wn the Command Mac OS or Ctrl Windows key 2 Choose File menu gt Clone 3 Inthe Open dialog box choose a file to use as the clone source Cloning and Tracing Painting in the Clone Painting with a Cloner brush is similar to painting with any Corel Painter Essentials tool except that Cloner variants take their color information from a clone source instead of from the Colors palette When you paint with a Cloner brush it picks up color from the clone source while you control the size and direction of brush strokes It s a great way to get Natural Media renderings from photographic source material The Corel Painter Essentials brushes that have buildup methods like pencils build toward black If you clone with one of these brushes in a dark area of your image you may not achieve the desired results Use the Opacity slider or text box to control how rapidly these brushes build up to black You can also choose chalk or one of the other tools that cover underlying colors To paint with Cloner brushes 1 Create a clone of the document you wish to paint 2 With the clone selected choose Select menu gt Select All 3 Press Delete Mac OS or Backspace Windows to clear the entire canvas 4 Choose a Cloner brush from the Brush selector bar On the property bar adjust size opacity and grain penetration if available 5 Paint in the image Note Ifyou don t set a clone source Cloner brus
112. ws of all the layers in a Corel Painter Essentials document You can use the buttons on the Layers palette to add arrange and delete layers You can use the slider to adjust the opacity Navigating Palettes When a palette 1s displayed it must be expanded for you to access its settings You can collapse palettes to save screen real estate while keeping them displayed in the application To expand or collapse a palette Click the palette arrow in the top corner of the palette When the triangle points down the palette is expanded When it points to the right the palette is collapsed To scroll through the Layers palette Doone ofthe following Use the scrollbar on the right side of the palette to scroll through the palette Press Option click Mac OS or Alt click Windows and drag vertically inside the palette The cursor changes to a hand and the palette scrolls as you drag Corel Painter Essentials Docking Palettes You can save valuable room on your screen by docking palettes This handy feature of Corel Painter Essentials lets them be docked into place when they get close to the top or bottom edge of another palette In addition to tidying up your workspace this feature can help keep a palette from being covered up by another palette To dock palettes Place the cursor over the title bar of the palette you want to dock 2 Drag the palette to the top or bottom of a second

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