Corel Painter Help | Creating and deleting paper textures

Creating and deleting paper textures

You can create your own paper texture by choosing a pattern and then modifying the spacing of the pattern elements. You can also modify the angle of the pattern elements to alter the direction of the texture.

You can create a paper texture from a selected pattern.

You can also create a paper texture by selecting an area of an image and converting it into a paper texture.

A paper texture was generated by selecting an area of the image (left). An example of applying a brushstroke to the canvas using the new paper texture (right).

To create a paper texture

1 Choose Window

Media Panels

Papers.

2 In the Papers panel, click the Make Paper button

3 In the Make Paper dialog box, choose a pattern from the Pattern list box.

4 Adjust the Spacing slider.

Moving the Spacing slider to the right opens up the space between rows and columns in the selected pattern. It also increases the size of the pattern.

5 Adjust the Angle slider.

Moving the Angle slider changes the direction of the texture rows.

6 Type a name in the Save As box.

7 Click OK.

The paper texture appears as the last selection in the Papers panel.

To capture a paper texture

1 Open or create an image.

2 Choose the Rectangular Selection tool

from the toolbox.

3 Drag in the document window to select the area of the image that you want to capture as a paper texture.

4 In the Papers panel, click the Capture Paper button

If you want to blend the distinction between tile borders, in the Capture Paper dialog box drag the Crossfade slider to the right.

5 Type a name in the Save As box.

The paper texture is added to the currently selected library.

The Make Fractal Pattern feature and certain weaves also produce excellent paper textures. For more information, see Creating fractal patterns.