• | To make a freehand selection by painting |
• | To customize a Selection brush |
• | To set selection display options |
You can create a freehand selection by painting with the Selection Brush tool or any brush variant that uses the Selection method. Use Corel Painter’s interactive and dynamic brush shapes to quickly generate new, additive, or subtractive selections.
Examples of selections created with Selection brush variants using different dab types
You can choose a Selection brush from the preset selection brushes available in Corel Painter or create your own custom brush from any brush that uses the following dab types: Circular, Computed Circular, Captured, Single-Pixel, Static Bristle, Dynamic Speckle Bristle, and Dynamic Speckle Particle types (Flow, Gravity, and Spring). Selection brushes support grain and opacity, and work with all other selection tools. You can customize Selection brushes by using brush controls. For more information, see Adjusting brushes with brush controls.
To make a freehand selection by painting |
1 | Perform a task from the following table. |
Select an area with the Selection Brush tool
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In the toolbox, click the Selection Brush tool .
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2 | Paint in the document to select the area you want. |
Click the Dab Options button on the property bar, and choose a dab profile.
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Move the Opacity slider on the property bar.
Note: If you are painting with a brush that uses the Add to Selection (Glazing) method, brushstrokes with opacity lower than 50% produce no marks.
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Move the Grain slider on the property bar.
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To save a selection, click the Save Selection button on the property bar. For more information about saving selections, see Saving selections as alpha channels.
To replace the active selection, click the New Selection button on the property bar.
You can also add to or subtract from a selection. For information, see Adding to or subtracting from selections.
To customize a Selection brush |
1 | In the Brush Selector panel (Window Brush Selector Panel), choose a brush with one of the following dab types: Circular, Computed Circular, Captured, Single-Pixel, Static Bristle, Dynamic Speckle Bristle, and Dynamic Speckle Particle types (Flow, Gravity, and Spring). |
2 | In the General panel (Window Brush Control Panels General), choose Selection from the Method list box. |
3 | From the Subcategory list box, choose one of the following categories: |
• | New Selection — creates a new selection |
• | Add to Selection — As the dab opacity builds up quickly, pixels are added quickly to a selection. |
• | Add to Selection (Glazing) — The dab opacity never exceeds the maximum value that you have specified, regardless of how many times you brush over the same area in a single brushstroke or how many brushstrokes you apply to the same area. If the opacity is below 50%, no pixels are selected. |
• | Add to Selection (Alpha Blend) — The opacity builds up very slowly when you brush over the same area in a single brushstroke. |
• | Subtract from Selection — subtracts from an existing selection |
Brushstrokes (left) and resulting selections (right) created with a Selection brush using the following methods: Add to Selection (top), Add to Selection (Glazing) (middle), Add to Selection (Alpha Blend) (bottom). Opacity is set to 55%; Spacing is set to 14%; Grain is at 100%.
When the dabs are spaced out, pixels are selected only in the areas where the dabs overlap. Brushstrokes (left) and resulting selections (right) created with a Selection brush using the following methods: Add to Selection (top), Add to Selection (Glazing) (middle), Add to Selection (Alpha Blend) (bottom). Opacity is set to 55%; Spacing is set to 70%; Grain is at 100%.
To set selection display options |
1 | Click the Selection Display Options button on the property bar. |
2 | Perform a task from the following table. |
Move the Opacity slider.
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Choose Selected area from the Overlay list box.
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Choose Masked area from the Overlay list box.
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Disable the Hide Overlay check box.
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