Changing dab profiles
The Dab Profile panel displays a selection of dab profiles that you can apply to your brushes. Each brush tip profile shows a cross-section of density distribution across the diameter of the dab. You can think of a brush tip profile as a bell-curve graph representing the density spread across the brush dab.
Different media have different density distributions. Changes in the density distribution produce different marking qualities in a brushstroke. For rendered airbrush dab types, the brush tip profile controls the concentration of the spray.
Each Corel Painter brush uses one of the following brush tip profiles.
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Pointed Profile
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Provides maximum density at the center, with rapid falloff to the edge |
Medium Profile
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Has a wide area of greater density at the center, with rapid falloff to the edge |
Linear Profile
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Provides maximum density at the center, with even falloff to the edge |
Soft Profile
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Provides a strong core, with a large falloff area towards the edge |
Dull Profile
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Provides maximum density at the center, with high density weighting to the edge |
Watercolor Profile
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Provides maximum density at the outer edge in a ringlike fashion, with medium internal density. This tip may be used with the rendered dab types to yield a hollow dab or a spray concentration. |
1-Pixel Edge
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Provides maximum density throughout, with rapid falloff at the edge, producing a 1-pixel, anti-aliased edge |
Artists’ Oils brush tip profiles
There are six brush tips designed specifically for Artists’ Oils brushes. You can also use any brush tip, listed in the table above, with Artists’ Oils brushes.
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Soft Round
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Provides maximum density throughout, with rapid falloff at the edge |
Pointed Rake
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Provides a range of bristle lengths, with bristles longer in the center and tapering in length toward the edge |
Flat Rake
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Provides a range of bristle lengths and maximum density throughout, producing pronounced, even bristling |
Flat
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Designed for Artists’ Oils palette knives, it provides maximum density throughout, with rapid falloff at the edge |
Chisel
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Designed for Artists’ Oils palette knives, its maximum density is off-center, with uneven falloff |
Wedge
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Designed for Artists’ Oils palette knives, it provides maximum density at one edge, with consistent falloff to the other edge |
Hard Media Profiles
There are seven tip profiles designed specifically for the Hard Media variants.
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Pencil Profile
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Provides a sharper tip when perpendicular to the tablet and a wider, softer tip when at an angle |
Medium Profile
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Has a wide area of greater density at the center, with rapid falloff toward the edge |
Linear Profile
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Provides maximum density at the center, with even falloff toward the edge |
Soft Profile
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Provides a strong core, with a large falloff area towards the edge |
Pointed Profile
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Provides maximum density at the center, with rapid falloff toward the edge |
Dull Profile
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Provides maximum density at the center, with high-density weighting toward the edge |
1-Pixel Edge
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Provides maximum density throughout, with rapid falloff toward the edge, producing a 1-pixel, anti-aliased edge |
To choose a brush tip profile
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In the toolbox, click the
Brush tool
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Click the Brush Selector on the Brush Selector bar, and choose a brush variant.
3
Click the
Dab Options flyout button
on the property bar.
If the selected brush is using a
Captured dab type, enable the
Apply Dab Profile check box.
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Click a brush tip profile icon.
If your brush uses a
Circular dab type, move the
Hardness slider to adjust the opacity of the dab profile.
You can adjust the hardness only of Circular brushes that use one of the following dab profiles: Pointed, Medium, Soft, Dull, 1-pixel edge, and Watercolor.
You can also choose a dab profile by clicking Window 
Brush Control Panels Brush Shape Dab Profile to open the Dab Profile panel, and clicking a brush tip profile icon.