Applying a warp effect

Corel Painter offers different options for warping images. The Image Warp effect lets you distort the surface of an image as if it were a sheet of pliable film. You can make images look as though they’re reflected in a fun house mirror.

Before (left) and after (right) applying the Image Warp effect

You can also use the Quick Warp effect to create some basic distortions, like stretch or bulge. These distortions are useful for preparing images for reflection maps when applying surface texture. For more information, see Creating reflection maps.

Quick Warp lets you create five types of distortions:

An example of the Quick Warp effect using Sphere distortion

An example of the Quick Warp effect using Bump distortion

You can apply Image Warp and Quick Warp to the canvas, selections, and layers. However, Image Warp allows you to better target areas for warping, which is useful if you need to warp only a small portion of an image.

To warp an image using Image Warp

2 .	Choose Effects Surface Control Image Warp.

To warp an image using Quick Warp

2 .	Choose Effects Surface Control Quick Warp.

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