Corel Painter Help | Creating 3D tiles

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To give mosaic tiles a 3D look

Creating 3D tiles

You can create mosaics with a 3D appearance by rendering tiles into a mask. This technique places the tile shapes in a new channel named Mosaic Mask (in the Channels panel), which allows you to add depth to the tiles by using surface texture to create a 3D appearance.

You can render tiles to a mask to create a look of 3D tiles.

With the tiles in a channel, you can also load the mosaic pattern as a selection or you can invert the channel to use the grout as a selection. The result can be particularly interesting when you work with a tessellated mosaic.

To give mosaic tiles a 3D look

1 .

Choose Effects

Esoterica

Make Mosaic and Tessellation.

2 .

Drag in the document window to apply tiles.

When the mosaic is complete, you can proceed to step 3.

3 .

Choose Render To Mask from the Action list box.

4 .

Click Render To Mask, and then click OK.

This action uses tile data to create a new channel in the Channels panel (Window

Channels).

5 .

Choose Effects

Surface Control

Apply Surface Texture.

6 .

In the Apply Surface Texture dialog box, choose Mosaic Mask from the Using list box.

7 .

Adjust the Amount or Softness sliders to achieve the level of relief that you want.

In most cases, the best results are obtained with the Picture slider set at 100%. For more information, see Using 3D brushstrokes to create texture.

Because Corel Painter uses the tile shapes from the channel, the resulting surface texture gives the tiles a realistic 3D appearance.

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