Corel Painter Help | Using the Kaleidoscope Painting mode

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.

Quick links to procedures on this page:

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To create a kaleidoscope painting

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To control the display of the kaleidoscope planes

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To restore the default settings of the Kaleidoscope Painting tool

Using the Kaleidoscope Painting mode

Corel Painter lets you to transform basic brushstrokes into a colorful and symmetrical kaleidoscope image. When you paint a brushstroke in one kaleidoscope segment, multiple reflections of the brushstroke appear in the other segments. You can apply between 3 to 12 mirror planes to a kaleidoscope. You can also rotate or reposition the mirror planes to expose different colors and patterns. You can restore the default settings of the Kaleidoscope tool at any time.

The green lines that are displayed in the document window delineate the symmetrical planes.

To create a kaleidoscope painting

1 .

In the toolbox, click the Kaleidoscope tool

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In the Segments box on the property bar, type the number of planes that you want to display.

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Click the Brush Selector on the Brush Selector bar.

4 .

In the Brush library panel, click a brush category, and click a brush variant.

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Apply brushstrokes in any of the kaleidoscope segments.

If you want to achieve a spiralling effect, apply brushstrokes across multiple segments.

To	Do the following
Hide the kaleidoscope planes while painting	Click the Mirror Planes toggle button on the Kaleidoscope tool property bar.
Disable the Kaleidoscope Painting mode	Disable the Kaleidoscope check box on the Kaleidoscope tool property bar.

The Brush tool is the only tool that you can use to create mirror and kaleidoscope paintings. Other tools, such as the Shape tool, are not supported.

To control the display of the kaleidoscope planes

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In the toolbox, click the Kaleidoscope tool

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Perform a task from the following table:

To	Do the following
Specify an angle of rotation	On the property bar, type a value in the Rotation Angle box.
Rotate the plane in the drawing window	Point to a plane until the cursor changes to a rotation angle cursor , and then drag to rotate the plane.
Change the plane position	Point to the center point of the planes until the cursor changes into a four-headed arrow , and then drag it to a new location in the drawing window.
Change the color of the plane	Click the Symmetry Plane Color button, and choose a color from the color picker.

To restore the default settings of the Kaleidoscope Painting tool

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Click the Reset Kaleidoscope button

on the property bar.

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