Corel Painter Help | Applying a warp effect

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:

•

To warp an image using Image Warp

•

To warp an image using Quick Warp

Applying a warp effect

Corel Painter offers different options for warping images. The Image Warp effect lets you distort the surface of an image as if it were a sheet of pliable film. You can make images look as though they’re reflected in a fun house mirror.

Before (left) and after (right) applying the Image Warp effect

You can also use the Quick Warp effect to create some basic distortions, like stretch or bulge. These distortions are useful for preparing images for reflection maps when applying surface texture. For more information, see Creating reflection maps.

Quick Warp lets you create five types of distortions:

•

Sphere — warps the image spherically, like a reflection on a polished silver ball

An example of the Quick Warp effect using Sphere distortion

•

Bump — warps the center of the image toward you, making it appear convex

An example of the Quick Warp effect using Bump distortion

•

Valley — warps the center of the image away from you, making it appear concave

•

Swirl — distorts the image in a spiral

•

Ripple — distorts the image in concentric rings, like the rings created when you drop a stone into a pool of water

You can apply Image Warp and Quick Warp to the canvas, selections, and layers. However, Image Warp allows you to better target areas for warping, which is useful if you need to warp only a small portion of an image.

To warp an image using Image Warp