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. To use Tracing Paper, the source and clone documents must be the same size. When Tracing Paper is in use, you see a faded-out version of the clone source, as if it were displayed under real tracing paper on top of a light box.
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.
To trace an image
1 Choose File menu > Clone to create a clone of the original document you wish to trace.
2 Choose Select menu > All.
3 Press Delete (Mac OS) or Backspace (Windows) to clear the entire canvas.
4 Do one of the following:
• Click the Tracing Paper icon l in the vertical scroll bar.
• Choose Canvas menu > 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 Painter Essentials brush variant. Brush strokes appear at 50% opacity when Tracing Paper is turned on.
- Click the Tracing Paper icon to toggle tracing paper on and off.
Use the Tracing Paper feature to view the clone source for tracing.
Use the Tracing Paper feature to view the clone source for tracing.
To turn Tracing Paper off
• Click the Tracing Paper icon again.
The faint source image disappears, and brush strokes appear at 100% opacity.
- When you turn Tracing Paper off, you can see what you've traced.
v ' You can also turn Tracing Paper on or off by choosing Canvas menu > Tracing Paper or pressing Command + T (Mac OS) or Ctrl + T (Windows).
To resume tracing
• To resume tracing, turn Tracing Paper back on.
The faint source image returns, and you can continue tracing.
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