Corel Painter Help | Choosing a Hard Media variant

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Choosing a Hard Media variant

Corel Painter includes a vast array of preset Hard Media brush variants. You can use the variants as they are or customize them by using the Hard Media controls to build your own Hard Media toolkit. For information, see Controlling the behavior of Hard Media variants and Modifying Hard Media profiles.

You can modify select chalk (top) and pencil (bottom) variants using the Hard Media controls.

The Hard Media brush variants are found in many different brush categories. The following table lists the Hard Media brush variants found in each of these brush categories.


Brush category	Hard Media brush variant
Pencils	Real 2B Pencil Real 6B Soft Pencil Real 2H Drafting Pencil Real 4H Hard Pencil Real Soft Colored Pencil Real Sharp Colored Pencil
Erasers	Real Pointy Eraser Real Soft Eraser Real Hard Eraser
Pens	Real Fine-Point Pen Real Variable-Width Pen Real Drippy Pen Real Variable-Tip Pen
Chalk and Crayons	Real Soft Chalk Real Fat Chalk Real Hard Chalk
Charcoal and Conté	Real Hard Conté Real Soft Conté
Pastels	Real Soft Pastel Real Hard Pastel
Blenders	Real Pointy Blender Real Stubby Blender
Sumi-e	Real Sumi-e Wet Brush Real Sumi-e Dry Brush
Markers	Most of the Marker variants

To choose a Hard Media variant

Click the Brush Selector on the Brush Selector bar.

In the Brush library panel, click one of the following brush categories:

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Pencils

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Erasers

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Pens

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Chalk and Crayons

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Charcoal and Conté

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Pastels

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Blenders

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Sumi-e

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Markers

Click a Hard Media brush variant.

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.