Texture Painting isn’t simply manipulating a layer’s opacity. It lets you intelligently blend a texture into existing content using a range of stylus expressions, such as pressure. It respects the transparency of the selected texture, giving you full control of when, where, and how much texture is used. You start by choosing or creating a texture and pairing it with brushes designed specifically for adding texture. And by combining Texture brushes, flexible brush customization options, and the ability to capture and import your own textures, you can add any number of surfaces styles to your work. You can even add Dab Stencils, grain, and smudging to the brushes with all the speed, precision and control you expect from Painter. In addition, you can make your own custom textures from scratch or by modifying a preset texture. For more information see Texture painting.
New! Interactive Gradient tool
In Corel Painter 2017, getting stunning painted backgrounds is easier than ever with the new Interactive Gradient tool. It lets you quickly create and edit a gradient to give paintings a range of depth and lighting variations. If you’re just starting a new document, you can kick-start things by filling the background with a gradient and experimenting with different preset styles. Or if you have an existing sketch or painting, you can apply and tweak a gradient in context of your work with edit nodes. Corel Painter 2017 has a library of gradients to choose from, or you can create your own and save it for reuse. For more information see Applying gradients.
Gradients were used in this artwork by Marian Basinger.
New! Gradient Express Painting
When a blank white canvas is blocking your creativity or you need a back-drop for a new concept design, the new Express Paint feature lets you create stunning gradients in a matter of seconds. The new Express Paint feature allows you to apply a wide variety of painting styles automatically to any gradient, creating the speed and inspiration you need in virtually any composition. For more information, see Applying paint effects to gradients.
Corel Painter 2017 gives artists more power to craft and create expressive, unique brushstrokes. Dab Stencils let you change the brushstroke opacity before you paint, basing it on the active paper, flow map or texture. You can fine-tune exactly how much source texture to reveal as you paint and link Dab Stencils to a variety of real-time stylus input factors. Using them with the new Texture Brush variants gives you even greater control over the look and feel of your brushstrokes. For more information, see Dab Stencil controls.
The brushstrokes in this artwork use the Dab Stencil feature. Artwork by Melissa Gallo.
Some of the best Painter developments have been the result of user suggestions. Here’s another one — Glazing Brushes. They let you control the evolution of your painting using velvety, translucent paint transitions just like the Renaissance masters. Glazing Brushes deliver stroke-level opacity, so the paint of each brushstroke is applied independently. The paint that each dab deposits on the canvas builds up smoothly from a minimum to a maximum. This creates a smooth blend between colors, with no unwanted colors where dabs overlap. You’ll really see Glazing Brushes at their best when you fluctuate stylus pressure in a single brushstroke. For more information, see Glazing controls.
Glazing brushes were used in this artwork by Héctor Sevilla Luján.
Corel Painter 2017 makes it easier than ever to sample color. Sometimes what appears to be a solid-colored area is actually subtly shaded or dithered, so what you see onscreen isn't what you get when you sample a single pixel. Now you can get the color that you're seeing with new Dropper tool options that let you average the colors of pixels in larger sample areas, ranging from 3 × 3 to 101 × 101 pixels. What’s more, you can sample a color from the active layer or from all visible layers. For more information, see Sampling colors from images.
Having the tools that you need right at your fingertips isn’t only important for your productivity, it’s critical for your creativity. That’s why Corel Painter 2017 introduces Palette Drawers. This new workflow enhancement strikes the perfect balance between uncluttering your workspace and keeping essential tools handy by letting you combine panels and custom palettes in a convenient grouping — for a particular workflow or project — so the controls and settings are just a click away. And when you’re not using a Palette Drawer, it collapses, freeing up your work area. For more information, see Rearranging panels and palettes.
Optimizing brush and tool settings is important. But time spent tweaking controls is time not spent painting. That's why the property bars have been enhanced to make it easier to adjust brushes. For example, when the Brush tool is active, the enhanced property bar gives you quick access to a range of relevant brush-related panels, saving you time clicking through menus. It also lets you choose new dab profiles on the fly, select media like paper, and view brushstroke info. There’s also a new Extended property bar that gives quick access to even more settings. For more information, see Working with brushes using the property bars.
Enhanced! Brush Selector panel
Corel Painter 2017 gives you quicker and easier access to one of the things that makes Painter an industry leader in digital painting — our unrivaled selection of brushes. To that end, you can now display the Brush Selector as a panel. That way, your recently used brush variants are at your fingertips, the entire Brush Library is readily accessible, and you can position it wherever it suits your workflow. And the latest brush packs are available from directly within the Brush Selector. For more information, see Displaying and customizing the Brush Selector.
You can display the Brush Selector as a panel.
Just getting started with a new project in concept art, fine art, illustration, photo-art or manga? This collection of pre-defined user-interface arrangements is designed to kick-start a variety of digital art workflows by displaying only the relevant palettes and tools. There’s even one that displays only minimal UI, freeing up space for tablet users. You can also choose the two workspace layouts that you use most often and quickly switch between them to suit the current task or the display mode of your device using the Quick Switch feature. For more information, see Choosing a workspace layout.
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