Creating gradients

Although Corel Painter comes with preset gradients, you can create custom gradients.

You can create from very simple to very complex gradients. For a simple two-point gradient, you choose a main and an additional color, and then Corel Painter generates the gradient colors between them.

A two-point gradient (right) generated from the main and additional colors (left)

You can also create a new gradient by editing an existing gradient. For information, see To edit a gradient preset.

You can use any existing image as a source for creating new gradients. For example, you can capture the colors in a photo of a sunset, or paint your own range of colors as the content of a gradient.

To create a perfect blend between a series of colors, it is better to work with a row of single pixels than a large piece of an image.

You can save your custom gradients in the Gradient Library so you can use them in future projects. When you save a gradient, it is stored in a library. For more information about working with libraries, see Working with libraries.

All gradients are stored in the Painter Gradients library, which is accessible from the Media Selector bar.

To create a two-point gradient

1 .	In the Color panel (Window Color Panels Color Panel (Full View)), click the Main Color (front) swatch , and choose a main color.

2 .	Click the Additional Color (back) swatch , and choose an additional color.

3 .	In the Gradients panel (Window Media Panels Gradients), choose Main to Additional Color in the Painter Gradients area.

4 .	Click the Gradient options button , and choose Save Gradient.

To create a gradient from an image

1 .	Click the Rectangular Selection tool in the toolbox.

3 .	In the Gradients panel (Window Media Panels Gradients), click the Gradient options button , and choose Capture Gradient.

After a gradient is captured, it can no longer be edited. To change a captured gradient, change the artwork from which it was captured, and then recapture the gradient.

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