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The following tools in Corel PHOTO-PAINT let you use the pressure of your pressure-sensitive pen, stylus, or other device: effects, paint, and liquid tools as well as the Eraser tool. The pressure applied with the pen on a pen tablet determines the size, opacity, and other attributes of the brushstroke.
When you use a pressure-sensitive stylus or pen tablet, the amount of pressure that you apply controls your strokes. Each person uses a different strength or pressure level in a stroke, and you can set the application to match your stroke strength by specifying pen settings. Proper pen settings are particularly useful if you have a light touch. If a light stroke leaves no trace, adjusting pen settings can increase sensitivity for specific tools. Abrupt changes in the width your brushstrokes shows that you need to adjust your pen setting on the Pen Settings page in the Options dialog box. Pen settings can be saved as presets to use later.
In addition, you can take full advantage of the pressure and tilt of your RTS-compatible pen tablet or device to control your brushstrokes. Corel PHOTO-PAINT includes support for the Real-Time Stylus (RTS) interface, which was introduced with Windows 7. If you have a Wacom-compatible graphics tablet or device, you can still use the WinTab interface for optimal results.
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.
You can enable or disable the pressure of your digital pen.
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In the Global list of categories, click Pen settings. |
Corel PHOTO-PAINT automatically configures many pressure-sensitive pens.
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In the Global list of categories, click Pen Settings. |
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WinTab — recommended for Wacom-compatible pen tablets or devices |
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Real-Time Stylus — recommended for pen tablets or devices that use the RTS interface of Windows 7 or 8 |
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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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