Corel Painter Help | Bristle controls

Quick links to procedures on this page:

•

Bristle controls

The Bristle controls allow you to adjust the appearance of bristle brushes, such as Camel Hair, Flat, Palette Knife, and Bristle Spray. You can specify the number of bristles, or bristle density (Feature). You can also control how far the bristles spray out, or fan out, when applying brushstrokes (Spread). This control is linked to the Tilt expression. For example, the more you tilt the stylus, the greater the bristles will fan out.

You can also specify that bristles scale relative to the size of the brush. This ensures that the feature is distributed proportionally to match the size of the brush.

To adjust bristle controls

Choose Window

Brush Control Panels

Bristles.

Perform an action from the following table:


To	Do the following
Specify the number of bristles	Move the Feature slider. The higher the setting, the denser the brush bristles.
Adjust the fanning of the bristles	Move the Spread slider. This control is linked to the Tilt expression.

To scale bristles with the brush size

Choose Window

Brush Control Panels

Bristles.

Enable the Scale Feature with Brush Size check box.

You can also scale a brushstroke’s features with the brush size by clicking the Scale Feature with Brush Size button on the Brush property bar.

You can also disable the scaling option in all areas by choosing Corel Painter 2015 menu Preferences General (Mac OS) or Edit Preferences General (Windows), and enable the Disable feature scaling when resizing brush.

Some features described in the Help are available only in Corel Painter 2015, and are not included in Painter Essentials 5. For more information about Corel Painter 2015, visit http://www.painterartist.com/.

To get started with Painter Essentials 5, see the Painter Essentials 5 Quick Start Guide.