Corel Painter Help | Replacing image colors with gradient colors

Replacing image colors with gradient colors

To replace image colors with gradient colors

You can replace an image’s colors with those of a gradient. This effect applies gradient colors to the pixels of the image, based on their luminance values. For more information, see Using image luminance to create texture.

You can choose an image (left) and replace its colors with the colors of a selected gradient (right).

To replace image colors with gradient colors

1 Open the image that you want to use.

Select part of the image, or use the entire image.

2 In the Gradients panel (Window

Media Panels

Gradients), choose a gradient in the Painter Gradients area.

3 Click the Gradient options button

, and choose Express In Image.

4 In the Express in Image dialog box, adjust the Bias slider to define how the gradient is mapped.

Corel Painter replaces the colors in the image with the colors in the gradient, based on matching luminance.