Get started learning Corel Painter with these beginner tutorials and essential techniques every new user should know.
Paper texture is one of the many ways you can enhance an image. Paper texture can add interest, additional texture or stand alone as visual delight. In this exercise we are going to learn how to create a paper texture from an image and then to reveal it on the Canvas Layer in Corel Painter.
Painter has many tools that can serve to enhance your creative process. One of the most interesting ways to add a dramatic effect to a portrait is to experiment with layers. Layers are a powerful way of communicating just the right message you want to convey.
Corel Painter is making it easier and easier for us to organize our workspace efficiently. One of the best ways is to create your own Custom Palette! Custom Palettes give you the freedom to work in your own style by selecting the tools you need for your project.
A tutorial on adding new brush categories and saving brushes by Dave Nagel.
"Since it's not possible in Painter 7 to enter a minus value in Canvas Size dialog box to reduce the Canvas size accurately, and using the Crop tool can be innacurate, here's an alternate method that's quick and accurate."
How to create a closed shape using the lasso tool in Painter 5, 6, or 7.
Answers to common questions about how to download the .XML Brush Variant files and where to place them.
Draw & capture a brush, then create a new brush category in Painter 5/5.5, Painter 6, or Painter 7.
Learn how to create custom image hose nozzles in Painter 5.
Descriptions of the 3 icons and zoom slider in the lower left corner of Painter 7's image windows.
From the author: Here begins a collection of Painter 7 Water Color Demonstrations, designed to inform and encourage Painter 7 users who want to make the most of this new Water Color technology, including both the brushes themselves and other capabilities introduced in Painter 7.
How to trace a curve and use the shape selection tool in Painter 5, 6, or 7.
Explanations and examples of increasing resolution in Painter.
Painter 7 letter keys to activate the tools palette icons (also for earlier versions).
