Corel Painter Help : Using lighting and surface texture effects : Adjusting texture lighting
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Adjusting texture lighting

Lighting determines a large part of the final look of a texture. Bad lighting can obscure details in a pattern or surface. Good lighting, however, can add interesting highlights and enhance reflections.

You can use preset (simple) lighting or custom lighting. With simple lighting, you can choose one of eight preset lights. With custom lighting, you can add more lights, and you can move and delete light sources.

The lighting sphere shows all possible surface angles and how the lights illuminate them. The light indicators on the sphere show the position of all light sources.

The lighting sphere with a light indicator.

You can also change the following light properties: brightness, concentration, and exposure. In addition, you can change a light’s color.

To adjust texture lighting Back to Top

 

To
Do the following
Add a custom light
Click on the lighting sphere where you want to add a new light source.
A new light indicator (small circle) appears where you click.
Delete a custom light
Click a light indicator, and press Delete (Mac OS), or Backspace (Windows).
Add custom lights along a circular path
Move the Lights slider.
Move a custom light
Drag a light indicator to a new position on the sphere.
Change the light color
Click a lighting indicator, click the Light Color chip, and then choose a color.
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