You can paint with small-scale, full-color bitmaps, instead of a brush. For example, you can enhance landscapes by spraying clouds across the sky or foliage across the ground.
For more information about accessing image lists, see Accessing content.
In this example, butterflies have been sprayed around the rose.
| To spray images |
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| 1 . | In the toolbox, click the Image sprayer tool  . |
| 2 . | Choose a preset image list from the Brush type list box on the property bar. |
| 3 . | Type a value in the Size box on the property bar. |
| 4 . | Drag in the image window. |
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Choose an option from the Image sequence list box on the property bar.
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Type a value in the Transparency box on the property bar.
To adjust the brushstroke transparency interactively, hold down Alt, and click in the image window without releasing the mouse button to display a transparency slider.
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Type a value in the Images per dab box on the property bar.
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Type a value in the Image spacing box on the property bar.
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Type a value in the Spread box on the property bar.
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Type a value in the Fade out box on the property bar. Negative numbers fade in while positive numbers fade out.
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The minimum and maximum numeric values for a box on the property bar can be displayed by right-clicking in the box to open the Settings dialog box.
| To load an image list |
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| 1 . | In the toolbox, click the Image sprayer tool . |
| 2 . | Click the Browse button  on the property bar. |
| 3 . | Choose the folder where the image list is stored. |
| 4 . | Click a filename. |
| If you want to view a thumbnail of the image list, enable the Preview check box. |
| 5 . | Click Import. |
| To create a spraylist |
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| 1 . | In the toolbox, click the Image sprayer tool . |
| 2 . | Choose a preset image list from the Brush type list box on the property bar. |
| 3 . | Click the Create spraylist button  on the property bar. |
| 4 . | In the Create spraylist dialog box, specify the contents of the spraylist. |
| To create an image list from an object |
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| 1 . | Using the Object pick  tool, select the objects you want to use as source images. |
| 2 . | In the toolbox, click the Image sprayer tool . |
| 3 . | On the property bar, click the Save as image list button, and click Save objects as image list. |
| 4 . | Choose the folder where you want to save the image list. |
| 5 . | Type a filename in the Filename box. |
| To create an image list from an image |
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| 1 . | In the toolbox, click the Image sprayer tool . |
| 2 . | On the property bar, click the Save as image list button, and click Save document as image list. |
| 3 . | Type values in any of the following boxes: |
| • | Images per row — lets you specify the number of horizontal tiles in the image list |
| • | Images per column — lets you specify the number of vertical tiles in the image list |
| • | Number of images — lets you specify the number of images to include in the list |
| 4 . | Click OK. |
| 5 . | Choose the folder where you want to save the image list. |
| 6 . | Type a filename in the Filename box. |
| To edit a source image |
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| 1 . | In the toolbox, click the Image sprayer tool . |
| 2 . | In the Brush settings docker, click the flyout button  , and click Edit current image list. |
If the Brush settings docker is not open, click Window  Dockers Brush settings. |
| 3 . | Edit the source image. |
| If you want to overwrite the last version of the image list, click File Save as, and click Save in the Save an image to disk dialog box. |
After you edit an image list, you must reload it in the Image sprayer tool to activate the changes.
| To access and use an online image list |
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| 1 . | In the toolbox, click the Image sprayer tool . |
| 2 . | Click the More image lists button  on the property bar. |
| The Corel Content - image lists dialog box appears, displaying thumbnails of available image lists. |
| 3 . | Click a thumbnail, and click Download. |
| 4 . | Spray with the image list. |
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Type a search term in the Search box, and press Enter.
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Click the Home button
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Watermarked image lists cannot be downloaded. Content appears watermarked if you have not signed in or do not have the required membership. To sign in, click the Sign in/Sign out button in the upper-right corner of the dialog box. For information about memberships, see CorelDRAW memberships.
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