Corel Painter Help | Adjusting texture lighting

Some features described in the Help are available only in Corel Painter 2018, and are not included in Painter Essentials 6. For more information about Corel Painter 2018, visit http://www.painterartist.com/. To get started with Painter Essentials 6, see the Painter Essentials 6 Quick Start Guide.

Quick links to procedures on this page:

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To adjust texture lighting

Adjusting texture lighting

Lighting determines a large part of the final look of a texture. Bad lighting can obscure details in a pattern or surface. Good lighting, however, can add interesting highlights and enhance reflections.

You can use preset (simple) lighting or custom lighting. With simple lighting, you can choose one of eight preset lights. With custom lighting, you can add more lights, and you can move and delete light sources.

The lighting sphere shows all possible surface angles and how the lights illuminate them. The light indicators on the sphere show the position of all light sources.

The lighting sphere with a light indicator

You can also change the following light properties: brightness, concentration, and exposure. In addition, you can change a light’s color.

To adjust texture lighting

To apply the effect to:

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The canvas — Click the Canvas in the Layers panel.

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A selection — Click a selection tool from the toolbox, and drag in the document window to select an area.

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A layer — Click a layer in the Layers panel.

Choose Effects

Surface Control

Apply Surface Texture.

Do one of the following

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For preset lighting, enable the Simple lighting check box, and click a light indicator on the lighting sphere.

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For custom lighting, disable the Simple lighting check box, and perform an action from the following table.

To	Do the following
Add a custom light	Click on the lighting sphere where you want to add a new light source. A new light indicator (small circle) appears where you click.
Delete a custom light	Click a light indicator, and press Delete (macOS), or Backspace (Windows).
Add custom lights along a circular path	Move the Lights slider.
Move a custom light	Drag a light indicator to a new position on the sphere.
Change the light color	Click a lighting indicator, click the Light Color chip, and then choose a color.

Adjust any of the Apply Surface Texture controls. For information, see Apply Surface Texture controls.

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