Corel Painter Help : Patterns : Applying pattern fills
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Applying pattern fills

Corel Painter lets you apply preset pattern fills to images. A pattern is a repeating design, and the smallest unit of a pattern is known as a "tile." When you fill an area with a pattern, the tile, which is rectangular, is repeated across the selected area.

You can adjust the appearance of a pattern in various ways. For example, you can change the tile size, also known as the scale, and offset tiles in a fill. When you offset the tiles, you adjust the horizontal or vertical position of the first tile, relative to the top of the object, which affects the rest of the pattern fill.

patterns

Left: A pattern scaled at 20%. Right: The same pattern scaled at 100%.

seamless pattern

Left: The pattern offset set to 50% produces a seamless pattern. Right: The pattern offset set to 100% increases the pattern tile visibility. The tiles also appear misaligned.

To apply a pattern as a fill Back to Top

 

To apply a pattern to
Do the following
The canvas
Click Canvas in the Layers panel.
A selection
Click a selection tool from the toolbox, and drag in the document window to select an area.
A layer
Click a layer in the Layers panel.

 

You can also
 
Specify the range of colors to be filled
On the property bar, type a value in the Tolerance box or move the slider.
Specify the pattern opacity for pixels outside the tolerance range
On the property bar, type a value in the Feather box or move the slider.
Soften the edges of the pattern
On the property bar, click the Anti-Alias button .
Anti-aliasing is recommended when the Feather setting is extremely low or set to zero.

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The image must be larger than the tile in order for the tiling to be visible in an image.

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You can also choose a pattern from the Pattern Selector in the toolbox (Window Media Selector) or by choosing Edit Fill. In the Fill dialog box, choose Pattern from the Fill With list box, and click the Pattern selector.

To adjust the appearance of a pattern Back to Top
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