Inverting and scaling paper grain

To invert paper grain
To scale paper grain

Paper texture can be visualized as a three-dimensional landscape made up of grains. The size, shape, and spacing of the grains determine the pattern and direction of the paper texture. When applying media to the canvas, brushes react to paper texture by coloring the grain peaks and ignoring the valleys. However, Corel Painter allows you to invert this effect to make color fill the grain valleys instead of the peaks. You can also resize the paper grain by adjusting the scale.

To invert paper grain

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1 Do one of the following:
• On the Brush tool property bar, click the Grain flyout button .
• Choose Window Media Panels Papers to open the Papers panel.
2 Click a paper texture swatch in the Paper Textures area.
3 Click the Invert button .

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You can also invert paper texture by clicking the Paper options button in the Papers panel, and choosing Invert Paper.

The green brushstroke was painted with the paper grain inverted.

To scale paper grain

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1 Do one of the following:
• On the Brush tool property bar, click the Grain flyout button .
• Choose Window Media Panels Papers to open the Papers panel.
2 Click a paper texture swatch in the Paper Textures area.
3 Adjust the Scale slider to resize the paper grain.
As you move the slider, the Paper Preview window updates to display the new grain size. You can scale texture down to 25% or up to 400%.

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Scaling large textures can use a great deal of Random Access Memory (RAM). Most textures in Corel Painter range from 50 to 400 pixels square at 100% scaling.

Brushstrokes on paper grains with different scale values

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