DIGITAL ART AND PAINTING TIPS
Adjusting the amount of paint loaded on a Thick Paint brush
Digital ArtYou can quickly adjust the amount of paint loaded on a Thick Paint brush. 1. In the Brush Selector panel (Window > Brush Selector), select a Thick Paint brush variant. 2. Click the Paint Load button on the property bar. 3. Click in...
Cloning with Thick Paint brushes
Digital ArtTurn a Thick Paint brush into a cloner by clicking the Clone Color button in the Color panel (Window > Color Panels > Color) and start painting. If you are not satisfied with the appearance of the brushstrokes, try the...
Improving Thick Paint performance
Digital ArtThick Paint brushes offer a natural-media experience with the look and feel of thick paint and traditional impasto. To improve the performance of Thick Paint brushes, try the following: 1. In the toolbox, click the Grabber tool . Click...
Adjusting the thickness of Thick Paint layers
Digital ArtThick Paint brushes work on special Thick Paint layers. You can experiment with the Thick Paint layer settings to control the appearance of thick paint on the layer. Once you are satisfied with the appearance of the brushstrokes, you...
Creating a Selection by Painting with the Selection Brushes
Digital ArtYou can create a freehand selection by painting with any brush variant that uses the Selection method. Examples of selections (right) created with brushes that use the Selection method. The color overlay (left) that appears as you...
Adjusting pressure sensitivity and velocity for individual brush variants
Digital ArtYou can adjust Corel Painter to match your stroke strength for a specific brush variant by using the Brush Calibration controls. For example, you could use a light touch when sketching with a pencil brush variant, but set more pressure...
Setting Pressure Sensitivity and Velocity for All Brushes
Digital Art, Painter EssentialsBecause each artist uses a different strength or pressure level in a stroke, you can adjust Corel Painter to match your stroke strength for all brushes by using the Brush Tracking preferences. Brush tracking is particularly useful for...
Using Enhanced Drip and Liquid Brush Technologies
Digital ArtBrushes using the Drip method (all subcategories) or the Plug-in method (Liquid Brush subcategory), for example, Sargent Brush (Artists’ Favorites category) and Smeary Wet Sponge (Palette Knives and Sponges category), mix in the...
Exploring Brushes in the Natural Media Brushes Library
Digital ArtThe Natural Media Brushes library makes it easy for artists to transition from traditional to digital art. It gives quick, one-stop access to brushes that mimic traditional media, from pencils and pastels to oils and acrylics, and much...
Exploring Brushes in the Painter 2018 Brushes Library
Digital ArtExplore the brushes that are available in the default Painter 2018 Brushes library and pick a brush to get started. Corel Painter brushes are organized in brush libraries, and the brushes in each library are grouped in brush...
Using Textures in Cloning
Digital ArtYou can use a texture as a clone source. Explore the preset textures provided with Corel Painter, or create your own custom textures. If you have content assets that you want to reuse, add them to the Texture library as textures, and...
Adjusting brushes using dynamic shortcuts
Digital Art, Painter EssentialsThe following dynamic shortcuts allow you to adjust brush size, opacity, squeeze, and angle. Hold down Command + Option (Mac OS) or Ctrl + Alt (Windows), and drag the circle to adjust the brush. To switch to a different mode, hold down...
Ensuring image quality
Digital Art, Painter EssentialsBecause Corel Painter images are bitmaps, you can’t increase their size or resolution without compromising their quality. Therefore, when setting the canvas size and resolution for new images, a good rule of thumb is to choose a larger...
Using a keyboard shortcut to quickly access brush controls
Digital ArtYou can quickly open all brush control panels by pressing Cmd + B (Mac) or Ctrl + B (Windows). If you frequently access the General brush control panel, you can also drag the panel out the brush controls group. Then, the next time you...
Controlling the intensity of brushstrokes
Digital ArtSometimes you may find that the brushstrokes that you apply over existing media appear too dark. To better control the intensity of the media that you overlay, you can switch between the Cover and Buildup methods from the General brush...
Customizing icons for custom palettes
Digital ArtYou can quickly create a custom icon for any command in a custom palette by right-clicking the command and choosing Set Custom Icon. You can then browse to find the icon file that you want to use....
Controlling perspective guide vanishing points
Digital ArtYou can control the vanishing points when using perspective guides in Corel Painter. First, enable the guides by clicking the Perspective Guides tool in the toolbox. Next, click the Enable Perspective Guides button on the property bar,...
Speeding up multi-layer transformations
Digital ArtYou can speed up multi-layer transformations by choosing the Transform tool from the toolbox and clicking the Fast Preview Mode button on the toolbar. The Fast Preview Mode displays only a grayscale rendering of the layers in the...
Refining brush search results
Digital ArtYou can refine your brush search results by using multiple keywords in your search. Try combining keywords that are based on a brush category and variant (e.g.pencil real). You can also try combining keywords from dab types and brush...
Reducing watercolor drying time
Digital ArtWatercolor layers can flow for a long time, but you can speed up the drying time by choosing Layer > Dry Watercolor Layer. To quickly access this command, add it to a custom palette by choosing Window > Custom Palette > Add...
