Painter Essentials 3 USER GUIDE Copyright 1991 - 2005 Corel Corporation. All rights reserved. Corel® PainterTM Essentials 3 Getting Started Guide The contents of this user guide and the associated Corel Painter Essentials software are the property of Corel Corporation and its respective licensors, and are protected by copyright. For more complete copyright information about Corel Painter Essentials, please refer to the About Corel Painter Essentials 3 section in the Help menu of the software. Corel, the Corel logo, Corel Painter Essentials, Corel Painter, Natural-Media, Corel Paint Shop Pro, and Corel Photo Album are trademarks or registered trademarks of Corel Corporation and/or its subsidiaries in Canada, the U.S. and/or other countries. Apple, Mac OS, and iPhoto are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the United States and other countries. Wacom, Graphire, Cintiq, and Intuos are registered trademarks of Wacom Company, Ltd. 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In no event will Corel's licensor(s), and their directors, officers, employees, or agents (collectively "Corel's licensor") be liable to you for any consequential, incidental, or indirect damages (including damages for loss of business profits, business interruption, loss of business information, and the like) arising out of the use of, or inability to use, the software even if Corel's licensor has been advised of the possibility of such damages. Because some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages, the above limitations may not apply to you. Table of contents Quick Start Tutorials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Using the new Artists' Oils . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using Digital Watercolor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Erasing techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transforming a photo into a painting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cloning within an image. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cloning with an Artistic style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating an Underpainting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Auto-Painting your photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Restoring detail to your painting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Applying Surface Texture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 2 3 4 4 5 6 7 8 Welcome to Corel Painter Essentials 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 What's New in Corel Painter Essentials 3? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Learn to Draw and Paint Digitally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Turn Photos into Paintings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Have Fun with Digital Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Enjoy Compatibility with Popular Software and Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 12 13 14 How to Use the Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Documentation Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Using Corel Painter Essentials 3 Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Using the Quick Guide palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 How to Sign Up for Free Training from lynda.com. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 How to Access Corel Support Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 A Workspace Tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Corel Painter Essentials 3 Workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 The Menus and the Document Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 The Toolbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Toolbox Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accessing Tools in the Toolbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Exploring the Toolbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using Selectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 23 24 27 The Property Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Table of contents Property Bar Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 i Using Tool Settings on the Property Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 The Brush Selector Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Working with the Brush Selector Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 The Palettes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Showing and Hiding Palettes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 Navigating Palettes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32 Exploring the Palette Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32 Grouping, Repositioning, and Resizing Palettes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 Docking Palettes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 Restoring Palette Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 Restoring the default Corel Painter Essentials settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 The Basics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Working with Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Creating and Opening Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 Creating and Opening Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40 Placing Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40 Understanding Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41 Zooming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42 Repositioning Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 Rotating Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45 Cropping Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46 Using Full Screen Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47 Resizing the Canvas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47 Rotating and Flipping the Canvas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48 Saving Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49 Editing iPhoto Images in Corel Painter Essentials (Mac OS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52 Sending Images to Corel Photo Album (Windows) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52 Closing Documents and Quitting the Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53 Drag-and-Drop Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53 General Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55 Brush Tracking Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57 Memory and Scratch Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58 Using Two Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59 Wacom Intuos Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59 Setting Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Textures and Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Using Paper Texture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Choosing Paper Textures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64 Using Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 ii Table of contents Choosing Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Getting Started with Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Changing the Paper Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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Using the Colors Palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Understanding Main and Additional Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sampling Colors from Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cloning Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 68 69 70 71 Working with Gradients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Using Gradients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Painting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Exploring Brushes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Understanding Brush Categories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Selecting a Brush . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Choosing Brush Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adjusting Opacity and Grain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using a Stylus or Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 82 83 84 86 Marking the Canvas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Freehand vs. Straight-Line Drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Constraining, Fading, and Undoing Strokes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Erasing Image Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Painting with Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Working with the Impasto Layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Painting with Airbrushes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Exploring Painting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 91 93 93 94 Working with Fill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Filling an Area with Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Using the Image Hose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 How the Image Hose Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Getting Started with the Image Hose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Controlling the Image Hose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Cloning and Tracing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Cloning Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Cloning a Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Using Tracing Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Changing Clone Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 iii Table of contents Using Quick Clone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107 Using Cloner Brushes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Painting in the Clone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108 Using Point-to-Point Cloning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109 Turning Other Brushes into Cloners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Using Clone Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111 Preparing a photo for cloning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112 Cloning photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113 Restoring photo detail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114 Cloning with Photo Painting Palettes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Selections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Getting Started with Selections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Selecting a Drawing Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117 Turning Selections On and Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118 Inverting Selections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118 Creating Selections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Editing Selections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Getting Started with Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Layer Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126 The Layers Palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126 The Layer Adjuster Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126 Creating Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126 Naming Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128 Saving Files That Contain Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129 Deleting Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129 Selecting Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129 Moving Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130 Viewing Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132 Changing Layer Hierarchy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132 Grouping Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133 Merging Layers with the Canvas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135 Painting on Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135 Working with Floating Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136 Setting Layer Opacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137 Adding Notes to a Layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137 Managing Layers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Editing Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 iv Table of contents Image Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Applying Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Where to Apply Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using Fade with Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Applying Recently Used Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Understanding the Using Pop-up Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rotating Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scaling Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Flipping Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adjusting Brightness and Contrast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 140 141 141 Using Orientation Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 141 142 143 144 Equalizing Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Applying Preset Lighting Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating Custom Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adding, Deleting, and Repositioning Light Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting Light Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 148 148 149 Using the Equalize Effect to Equalize Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Using Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 Working with Surface Texture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 Setting Appearance of Depth Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using Paper to Create Texture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using Image Luminance to Create Texture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Applying Express Texture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Applying Woodcut Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Applying the Sketch Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 151 152 153 154 155 Using Focus Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 Sharpening Focus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 Softening Focus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 Using Auto Van Gogh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 Using Esoterica Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 Working with Text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 Understanding the Text Layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 Creating and Formatting Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 Adding Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing the Font, Point Size, and Color of Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aligning Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stretching, Rotating, and Skewing Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dropping Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 162 162 163 164 Table of contents v Printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 Understanding Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 Printing Composited Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165 Printing Your Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Setting Up Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166 Sizing an Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166 Printing an Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166 Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 Toolbox Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 Palette Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Corel Painter Essentials 3 Menu Commands (Mac OS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 File Menu Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 Edit Menu Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 Canvas Menu Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 Select Menu Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Effects Menu Commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Window Menu Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Screen Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Palette Menu Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Brush Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Selection Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 Adjuster Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 Other Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 vi Table of contents Quick Start Tutorials Quick Start Tutorials guide you through basic tasks in a few easy steps. Using the new Artists' Oils The new Artists' Oils brush category gives users an incredibly realistic oil painting experience. Each dab of an Artists' Oils brush on the canvas loads a preset, finite amount of paint. As the paint runs out, the bristly brush stroke becomes fainter. Brush strokes interact with any paint already on the canvas as they would with natural media. Corel Painter Essentials 3 includes five Artists' Oils brush variants: Blender Brush, Grainy Dry Brush, Impasto Palette Knife, Thick Wet Impasto, and Wet Oily Brush. To paint with Artists' Oils 1 Choose File menu > New, and select a white paper color. Artists' Oils blend with all colors on the canvas, including paper color. This is useful when painting on a photograph or using a color wash as an underpainting. To prevent Artists' Oils from blending with the canvas color, create a new layer exclusively for the Artists' Oils (choose Layers menu > New Layer). 2 On the Brush Selector Bar, choose Artists' Oils from the Brush Category Selector. 3 On the Brush Selector Bar, choose a brush variant from the Brush Variant Selector. 4 Paint on the canvas. Quick Start Tutorials 1 Using Digital Watercolor Digital Watercolor brush variants produce watercolor effects that react with the canvas texture. You can apply a Digital Watercolor brush stroke to any layer or the canvas. For example, if you're applying watercolor effects to a digital photo, Digital Watercolor brush strokes can be applied directly to the image. To paint with Digital Watercolor 1 Choose File menu > New, choose a paper size and color, and click OK. 2 On the Brush Selector Bar, choose Digital Watercolor from the Brush Category Selector. 3 On the Brush Selector Bar, choose a brush variant from the Brush Variant Selector. 4 Paint on the canvas. Erasing techniques Conveniently located in the toolbox, the new Eraser tool gives you easy access to the Erasers brush category. When you choose the Eraser tool, you activate the last Eraser brush variant you used. Eraser brush variants erase down to the paper color. Some brush categories, such as Digital Watercolor, have eraser variants that only erase media applied by brushes from that category. These media-specific eraser variants are useful because they only let you erase brush strokes that you applied with certain brush categories, leaving everything else unaffected. In the following example, you'll paint on the canvas with brush strokes from the Airbrushes and Digital Watercolor brush categories. Then, you'll use the Eraser tool and the Digital Watercolor brush category's media-specific eraser to erase portions of the brush strokes. To apply brush strokes 1 Choose File menu > New. 2 On the Brush Selector Bar, choose Airbrushes from the Brush Category Selector and Coarse Spray from the Brush Variant Selector. 3 Paint on the canvas. 2 Corel Painter Essentials 3 User Guide 4 On the Brush Selector Bar, choose Digital Watercolor from the Brush Category Selector and Broad Water Brush from the Brush Variant Selector. 5 Paint on the canvas. To erase with the Eraser tool 1 Choose the Eraser tool from the toolbox. 2 Drag over parts of both brush strokes. Both brush strokes are erased. To erase with a media-specific eraser 1 On the Brush Selector Bar, choose Digital Watercolor from the Brush Category Selector and Gentle Wet Eraser from the Brush Variant Selector. 2 Drag over parts of both brush strokes. Only the Digital Watercolor brush stroke is erased. Transforming a photo into a painting Quick Clone helps you transform photos into paintings. This is done by creating a clone of your image, and painting in the clone. The clone of the file is more than a copy. It maintains a pixel-for-pixel correspondence with its source document. This new feature speeds up the manual image-cloning process by reducing five steps to one. You can adjust Quick Clone settings on the General page of the Preferences dialog box. To clone using Quick Clone 1 Choose File menu > Open. 2 In the Open (Mac OS) or Select Image (Windows) dialog box, choose the image that you want to clone, and click Open. 3 Choose File menu > Quick Clone. 4 Trace over the image using any Corel Painter Essentials brush variant. If you have enabled the Switch to Cloner Brushes check box in the Preferences dialog box, the last Cloner brush you used is automatically selected. Quick Start Tutorials 3 You can customize the Quick Clone effect. You can choose whether to delete the image from the clone or to turn on Tracing Paper. You can also select the last-used Cloner brush or choose to clone color with any brush variant. Cloning within an image The new Rubber Stamp Tool is located in the Toolbox to make it easy for you to set up point-to-point cloning. By setting source and destination reference points, you can clone within a document or between different areas of separate documents. To clone point to point within a document 1 Choose File menu > Open, choose an image from the Open (Mac OS) or Select Image (Windows) dialog box, and click Open. 2 Choose the Rubber Stamp tool in the toolbox. 3 Choose File menu > Clone Source, and choose the image you want to reference. 4 Hold down Option (Mac OS) or Alt (Windows). A crosshair cursor appears. 5 Click inside the source image to set the source reference point. A green marker appears on the image, indicating the reference point for the source image. 6 Begin painting in the destination area. Cloning with an Artistic style Using the Artists brush category and the Clone Color button, you can clone an image in the style of Vincent Van Gogh, Georges Seurat, or an Impressionist. You can turn almost any brush into a cloner with the Clone Color button. The Clone Color button causes a brush to pick up color from the source image while staying true to its own stroke nature. Artist brush variants help you paint in the styles of master artists. For example, you can paint in the style of Vincent Van Gogh, where brush strokes are multishaded, or in the style of Georges Seurat, where multiple dots combine to form an image. 4 Corel Painter Essentials 3 User Guide To clone with an artistic style 1 Choose File menu > Open. 2 In the Open (Mac OS) or Select Image (Windows) dialog box, choose the image that you want to clone, and click Open. 3 Choose File menu > Quick Clone. 4 On the Brush Selector Bar, choose Artists from the Brush Category Selector and Seurat from the Brush Variant Selector. 5 On the Colors palette, click the Clone Color button . 6 Choose File menu > Clone Source, and choose the active image. 7 Paint over the image. To see the results, you can toggle Tracing Paper off or on by pressing Command + T (Mac OS) or Ctrl + T (Windows). Creating an Underpainting The new Underpainting palette gives you access to several options for preparing an image for cloning. You can adjust the contrast, lightness, or saturation of an image. In addition, you can add a decorative edge effect to an image, such as rectangular, circular, or jagged vignettes. You can prepare a photo for cloning by using the Underpainting palette. Quick Start Tutorials 5 To create an underpainting 1 Choose File menu > Open, choose an image from the Open (Mac OS) or Select Image (Windows) dialog box, and click Open. 2 On the Underpainting palette, choose an option from Style pop-up menu. A preview of the change is shown in the photo, but the change is not applied until you click Apply. 3 If you want to add a decorative border to your cloned image, choose an option from the Edge Effect pop-up menu, and adjust the Amount slider. The edge effect is previewed in the image, but isn't set until you click Apply. 4 In the Smart Blur area, adjust the Amount slider. The range is 0 to 100. Moving the slider to the right increases the amount of blur. More detail is maintained in high contrast areas than in low contrast areas. 5 Click Apply. 6 Click Quick Clone. A clone of the photo is created. Auto-Painting your photos Even if you have no experience with digital art, the new Auto-Painting palette lets you create painted portraits from digital images or scanned photos. You simply choose a brush stroke and adjust several preset options that determine how the brush strokes interact with the canvas. Then, with the click of a button, Corel Painter Essentials auto-paints a portrait based on the original image. The Auto-Painting palette provides a range of cloning options. 6 Corel Painter Essentials 3 User Guide To auto-paint a photo 1 On the Brush Selector Bar in the upper-right corner of the application window, choose a Cloner brush variant from the Brush Variant Selector. 2 With the clone of the image open, choose an option from the Stroke pop-up menu on the Auto-Painting palette. 3 Adjust the Pressure slider to set the amount of pressure with which the brush strokes are applied. The range is 0 to 200. This setting represents the percentage of the preset pressure for the Stroke option. 4 Adjust the Length slider to set the length of the brush strokes. The range is 0 to 200. This setting represents the percentage of the preset length for the Stroke option. 5 Adjust the Rotation slider to set the rotation of the brush strokes. The value range is 0 to 360 degrees. 6 Adjust the Brush Size slider. 7 Click the Play button . Brush strokes are automatically applied. 8 When you're satisfied with the results, click the Stop button . You can view the progress of the cloning at any time by clicking the Stop button and choosing Canvas menu > Tracing Paper. You can resume cloning by clicking the Play button. Restoring detail to your painting After you've used the Auto-Painting palette to create the clone, you can use the Restoration palette to recover photo detail. The Restoration Palette is ideal for restoring a subject's eyes when converting a photo to a portrait. Quick Start Tutorials 7 You can restore detail using the Restoration palette. To restore photo detail 1 On the Restoration palette, click one of the following buttons: · Soft Edge Cloner Brush -- activates the Soft Edge Cloner brush variant, which restores detail gradually · Hard Edge Cloner Brush -- activates the Straight Cloner brush variant, which restores detail quickly with a few brush strokes 2 Adjust the Brush Size slider. 3 Paint over the area in which you want to restore detail. Applying Surface Texture The Apply Surface Texture effect lets you add a three-dimensional (3D) surface texture to your image. You can use this feature to apply a paper texture across the image or to give depth to the brush strokes of an oil painting. Surface texture is created either by applying a paper texture or by using information from a clone source to determine depth and height. There are two methods for creating texture: · Using a paper texture · Using image luminance When you create a texture using the Paper method, the current paper texture is applied to your image. The Preview window is updated automatically to reflect paper changes. 8 Corel Painter Essentials 3 User Guide To create surface texture by using paper 1 Choose File menu > Open. 2 In the Open (Mac OS) or Select Image (Windows) dialog box, choose the image to which you want to apply surface texture, and click Open. 3 Choose Effects menu > Surface Control > Apply Surface Texture. 4 In the Apply Surface Texture dialog box, choose Paper from the Using pop-up menu. 5 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. 6 Adjust the Amount slider. This controls how much surface texture is applied to the image. Moving the slider all the way to the right applies the maximum amount. 7 Adjust the Brightness slider. Quick Start Tutorials 9