Using a pressuresensitive pen
Corel PHOTO-PAINT provides settings to control brush strokes applied using a pressure-sensitive pen, or stylus. The pressure applied with the pen on a pen tablet determines the size, opacity, and other attributes of the brush stroke.
Corel PHOTO-PAINT automatically configures pen tablets. In Windows, you can manually configure older pen tablets.
You can assign a different tool to each pressure-sensitive pen and eraser available with the pen tablet. You can also set the pen attributes. Some pressure-sensitive pen attributes are set in percentages; others are set in angles; size is set in pixels. Positive values increase a brush tool attribute as you add pressure to the pen, resulting in a more pronounced effect. Negative values make a brush tool attribute less pronounced as you add pressure.
The pressure-sensitive pen attributes can be saved for future use when you save a custom brush. For more information about custom brushes, see "Creating custom brushes" in the Help.
To configure a pen tablet (Windows)
2 In the Workspace list of categories, click General.
3 In the Pen tablet area, click the Configuration button.
4 Apply five strokes using a full range of pressure.
To assign a tool to a pressure-sensitive pen
1 Do one of the following:
• (Mac OS) Click Corel PHOTO-PAINT 11 ► Preferences.
2 In the Workspace list of categories, click General.
3 In the Pen tablet area, enable the Save last used tool for each stylus check box.
4 Click OK.
5 Click a paint tool with the pressure-sensitive pen.
Corel PHOTO-PAINT automatically configures many pressure-sensitive pens. If your pressure-sensitive pen has been configured automatically, the Pen tablet configuration button appears grayed.
To assign a tool to the eraser of a pressure-sensitive pen
1 In the Brush settings Docker window/palette, click the Eraser options button ^
on the Pen settings bar.
If the Brush settings Docker window/palette is not open, click Window ►
Dockers / Palettes ► Brush settings.
2 Click a tool.
To set the attributes of a pressure-sensitive pen
1 Open the Brush flyout ; -j > | , and click the Paint tool £ .
2 On the property bar, open the Paint tool picker, and click a paint tool.
4 In the Brush settings Docker window/palette, click the roll-down arrow on the
Pen settings bar.
If the Brush settings Docker window/palette is not open, click Window ►
Dockers / Palettes ► Brush settings.
5 Type values in any of the following boxes:
• Size — lets you specify the size of the brush tool. Use a value from -999 to 999
• Opacity — lets you adjust the transparency of the brush stroke. Positive or negative values have no impact if the transparency of the tool is set to 0 or is already set to the maximum. Use a value from -99 to 100.
• Soft edge — lets you specify the width of the transparent edge along a brush stroke. Use a value from -99 to 100.
• Hue — lets you shift the hue of the paint color around the Color Wheel up to the specified degree
• Saturation — represents the maximum variation in the saturation of the paint color. Use a value from -100 to 100.
• Lightness — represents the maximum variation of lightness of the paint color. Use a value from -100 to 100.
• Texture — lets you specify the amount of texture visible for the current paint tool. Use a value from -100 to 100.
• Bleed — lets you specify how quickly a brush stroke runs out of paint. Use a value from -100 to 100.
• Sustain color — works in conjunction with the bleed value to adjust the traces of paint that remain throughout the brush stroke. Use a value from -100 to 100.
• Elongation — represents the amount of tilt and rotation of the pen. Use a value from 0 to 999.
6 Drag the pen, varying the amount of pressure you apply to the tablet, to test the attributes.
To vary the shape of artistic nibs which do not support pressure-sensitive sizing, use variants of circular and rectangular nibs.
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