User manual COREL PAINTER IX

[. . . ] Copyright 1991 - 2004 Corel Corporation. Corel® PainterTM IX User Guide The contents of this user guide and the associated Corel Painter software are the property of Corel Corporation and its respective licensors, and are protected by copyright. For more complete copyright information about Corel Painter, please refer to the About Corel Painter section in the Help menu of the software. Corel, the Corel logo, Corel Painter, CorelDRAW KPT , Gel, Goo, LensFlare, , Lightning, Pyramid Paint, Reaction, ShapeShifter, and Natural-Media are trademarks or registered trademarks of Corel Corporation and/or its subsidiaries in Canada, the U. S. [. . . ] "Indexing" refers to the method used to select particular images from the many images in a nozzle file. Which method (indexing rule) to use for selecting nozzle images is controlled in the Brush Creator by modifying the Image Hose settings on the Stroke Designer tab. You can hose images sequentially, at random, or based on pressure, stroke direction, or several other factors. The images are indexed so that Corel Painter can locate and paint specific images on request. As you paint with the Image Hose, you can request specific images from the nozzle index by varying your input value. Increasing an input value takes images from later in the series. For example, you can set up the nozzle so that by pressing harder with a pressure-sensitive stylus, you paint with larger images. You control the images themselves in the nozzle file. If you want more variety in the images, create more images in the nozzle file. For more information about designing and creating nozzle files, see "Creating, Loading, and Saving Nozzles for the Image Hose" in the Help. As your Image Hose requirements become more exacting, you can create complex nozzles that involve two progressions -- for example, images getting larger and changing angle. In this case, you'll use one input factor to determine image size and use another factor to determine image angle. This creates a 2-Rank nozzle. 192 Corel Painter User Guide A 2-Rank nozzle progresses in two dimensions. In this example, the first rank changes angle, and the second rank changes size. Getting Started with the Image Hose Corel Painter lets you select nozzles containing various images to use with the Image Hose. You can adjust the opacity, size, color, position, and spacing of the images you paint. Image Hose Basics The Image Hose is easy to use and offers a number of options for the behavior of "nozzle spray. " As with other Corel Painter brushes, the Image Hose has several variants. These built-in variants combine nozzle control factors (indexing rules) with brush settings to create different hose effects. The Nozzle Selector in the toolbox. Image Hose 193 Variants are divided into two types -- Spray and Linear -- according to the placement of images in relation to the stroke. Linear variants place images directly on the stroke path. Variants also differ in the way they link the size and angle of images to factors such as stylus tilt, pressure, and position. A variant's name contains important information. For example, the variant's name Linear-Size-P Angle-D indicates that this is a Linear variant that links the size of images you paint to the stylus pressure (P) and places them at an angle based on the direction (D) of the stroke. The letters R, W and B in variants' names signify Random, , Wheel, and Bearing. [. . . ] . 98 Replacing colors in color sets . 109 Ramps Random Brush Stroke Grain . . 160 402 Index brush size in Scratch Pad . 20 Restoring brush variant default settings . [. . . ]