Creating a 2-Rank nozzle

If you want to create a 2-Rank nozzle, such as a nozzle with a two-dimensional progression, you need to set up the nozzle images accordingly. Unlike 1-Rank nozzles, nozzles of two and three ranks cannot be created from a layer group. You must build these nozzles manually. The indexing system requires the nozzle images to fit in a grid. You can create a nozzle file by setting up a grid and placing an image element at the center of each cell.

The cell size is based on the smallest rectangle that will hold the largest image element (including its selection). To make sure that your images fit in the grid, copy your largest image element to a layer. After you have set up the nozzle images in the grid, you can build your nozzle. For more information, see Creating and deleting layers.

To determine the grid cell size and nozzle dimensions

1 .	In the toolbox, click the Layer Adjuster tool , enable the Auto-Select Layer check box on the property bar, and in the document window click the layer with the largest image element that you want to include in the nozzle.

Corel Painter displays the pixel width and height of the layer’s content in the Navigator panel. To display the Navigator panel, choose Window Navigator.

To create the grid

1 .	From the menu bar, choose File New, and enter the nozzle’s width and height in the Width and Height boxes.

2 .	From the menu bar, choose Canvas Virtual Grid Virtual Grid Options.

4 .	Show the grid by choosing Canvas Virtual Grid Show Virtual Grid.

To build a 2-Rank nozzle

2 .	From the menu bar, choose Window Layers.

4 .	Click the Layer options button , and choose Drop and Select.

5 .	From the menu bar, choose File Save As, and save the file in RIFF format.

In this finished 2-Rank nozzle, variety is the first rank, and size is the second rank.

To paint with your new nozzle file, you’ll need to load it first. For more information, see To load a 1-Rank nozzle file.

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