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Corel PHOTO-PAINT provides settings that let you control brushstrokes when you use 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 brushstroke.
Corel PHOTO-PAINT automatically configures pen tablets. 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.
When using various brush tools, such as the Paint tool, Touch-up brush tool, and Liquid tools, you can enable or disable the pressure of your digital pen.
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In the Workspace list of categories, click General. |
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In the Pen tablet area, click the Configure button. |
Corel PHOTO-PAINT automatically configures many pressure-sensitive pens. If your pressure-sensitive pen has been configured automatically, the Configure button appears grayed.
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In the Workspace list of categories, click General. |
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In the Pen tablet area, enable the Save last used tool for each stylus check box. |
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In the Brush settings docker, click the Eraser options button  on the Pen settings bar. |
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If the Brush settings docker is not open, click Window  Dockers Brush settings. |
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Open the Brush picker on the property bar, choose a brush category, and then choose a brush. |
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In the Brush settings docker, click the flyout arrow on the Pen settings bar. |
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If the Brush settings docker is not open, click Window Dockers Brush settings. |
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Pressure range — lets you specify the pressure. Use a value from -999 to 999. |
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Opacity — lets you adjust the transparency of the brushstroke. 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. |
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Soft edge — lets you specify the width of the transparent edge along a brushstroke. Use a value from -99 to 100. |
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Hue — lets you shift the hue of the paint color around the Color Wheel up to the specified degree |
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Saturation — represents the maximum variation in the saturation of the paint color. Use a value from -100 to 100. |
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Lightness — represents the maximum variation of lightness of the paint color. Use a value from -100 to 100. |
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Texture — lets you specify the amount of texture visible for the current paint tool. Use a value from -100 to 100. |
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Bleed — lets you specify how quickly a brushstroke runs out of paint. Use a value from -100 to 100. |
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Sustain color — works in conjunction with the bleed value to adjust the traces of paint that remain throughout the brushstroke. Use a value from -100 to 100. |
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Elongation — represents the amount of tilt and rotation of the pen. Use a value from 0 to 999. |
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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Click the Pen pressure button  on the property bar. |
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