Some features described in the Help are available only in Corel Painter 2020, and are not included in Painter Essentials 7. For more information about Corel Painter 2020, visit http://www.painterartist.com/. To get started with Painter Essentials 7, see the Painter Essentials 7 Quick Start Guide.

Auto-painting photos

Corel Painter’s auto-painting tools streamline the process of creating a painting that is based on a digital image or scanned photo. Previous experience with digital art is not required to use these tools.

The auto-painting process involves four basic steps:

Step 1: Underpainting	Prepare a photo for painting by using the Underpainting panel (Window Auto-Painting Panels Underpainting). This step is optional. For more information about underpaintings, see Creating underpaintings.
Step 2: Auto-cloning	Clone the photo by clicking the Auto Clone button in the Underpainting panel. For more information, see Auto-cloning photos.
Step 3: Auto-painting	Apply brushstrokes to the canvas by using the Auto-Painting panel (Window Auto-Painting Panels Auto-Painting). For more information, see Auto-painting photos.
Step 4: Fine-tuning	Fine-tune your artwork by restoring some detail to the image (Window Auto-Painting Panels Restoration). For more information, see Restoring detail to paintings.

The Auto-Painting panels — Underpainting, Auto-Painting, and Restoration — are grouped together. The Underpainting panel lets you create an underpainting and auto-clone the photo (Steps 1 and 2). Next, you can quickly access the Auto-Painting panel to create the painting (Step 3). Finally, you can go to the Restoration panel to fine-tune your painting (Step 4).

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