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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.
| To configure a pen tablet | |
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Click Tools  Options.
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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.
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Using a full range of pressure, apply five strokes.
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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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| To assign a tool to a pressure-sensitive pen | |
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Click Tools Options.
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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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Click OK.
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Click a paint tool with the pressure-sensitive pen.
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| To assign a tool to the eraser of a pressure-sensitive pen | |
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In the Brush settings docker, click the Eraser options button  on the Pen
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If the Brush settings docker is not open, click Window Dockers Brush settings. |
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Click a tool.
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| To set the attributes of a pressure-sensitive pen | |
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In the toolbox, click the Paint tool  .
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On the property bar, open the Brush category picker, and click a paint tool.
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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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Type values in any of the following boxes:
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Size — lets you specify the size of the brush tool. 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.
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Drag the pen, varying the amount of pressure you apply to the tablet, to test the
attributes.
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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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