Recording and playing back brushstrokes

Corel Painter plays back any stroke you record, wherever you click in the document window. In this way, you can easily create a series of identical strokes — for example, when you create hatching effects.

A brushstroke (top) is recorded and played back within a triangular selection.

Another way to use a recorded stroke is with Auto Playback, which lets you repeat the recorded stroke at random positions on the page.

You can also save recorded strokes for later use. You can play back saved strokes, and you can paint with the data from a saved stroke. This way of working can be particularly useful if you work sometimes with a stylus and sometimes with a mouse: you can record the brushstrokes you make with a stylus, save them for later use, and then use a mouse to obtain the data from that stroke, allowing stylus-quality results.

Corel Painter has a number of brushstroke scripts that can be played back on their own or used in conjunction with an original brushstroke. When you use a brushstroke script, your freehand brushstrokes adhere to the stroke data in the script. This allows you to emulate features of a tablet and stylus while using a mouse.

To record a stroke

•	Choose Brushes Record Stroke.

To play back a stroke

1	Choose Brushes Playback Stroke.

3	Choose Brushes Playback Stroke to turn off playback.

To play back strokes randomly

•	Choose Brushes Auto Playback.

To save a stroke

1	Choose Brushes Save Stroke.

To select a saved stroke

•	Choose Brushes Strokes, and choose a saved stroke.

To use stroke data

1	Choose Brushes Strokes, and choose one of the following:

2	Choose Brushes Use Stroke Data.

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