Corel Painter Help | Applying the Woodcut effect

Quick links to procedures on this page:

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To apply a black and white Woodcut effect

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Applying the Woodcut effect

You can apply the Woodcut effect to create an image that appears like a woodcut or linoleum block print. You can specify either black and white or colored Woodcut effects. You can also save preset Woodcut effects to apply to other images.

Before (left) and after (right) applying the Woodcut effect.

To apply a black and white Woodcut effect

To apply the effect to:

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The canvas — Click the Canvas in the Layers panel.

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A selection — Click a selection tool from the toolbox, and drag in the document window to select an area.

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A layer — Click a layer in the Layers panel.

Choose Effects

Surface Control

Woodcut.

Enable the Output Black check box to use the black part of the effect in the final image.

Disable the Output Color check box if you want to use black and white only in the final image.

Adjust any of the following sliders:

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Black Edge — determines the detail of the black edge. Larger values produce thick, black edges around objects. Smaller values produce more intricate edges.

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Erosion Time — determines the number of erosion iterations performed on the black edge. The higher the erosion, the simpler the edge.

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Erosion Edge — controls the amount of smoothing on the black edge. Larger values produce a rounded appearance of the black edge.

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Heaviness — determines the amount of black in the final image

To apply a colored Woodcut effect

To apply the effect to:

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The canvas — Click the Canvas in the Layers panel.

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A selection — Click a selection tool from the toolbox, and drag in the document window to select an area.

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A layer — Click a layer in the Layers panel.

Choose Effects

Surface Control

Woodcut.

Enable the Output Color check box to use the color part of the effect in the final image.

Disable the Output Black check box if you want to use color only in the final image.

Enable one of the following options:

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Auto Color — computes the color set from the original image’s colors automatically

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Use Current Color Set — uses a predefined color set. Next, choose a color from the Color Set box.

Adjust any of the following sliders:

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Number of Colors — determines the number of colors used in the effect, ranging from 2 to 256. This control is available only with the Auto Color option.

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Color Edge — determines the thickness of a colored edge applied to the image boundaries. Moving the slider to the right increases edge thickness, which is measured in pixels. The edge color is selected by choosing a color swatch below the preview window.

You can change the colors in a color set by clicking a color and then clicking a new color in the Change Color chip.

To save a Woodcut effect as a preset

Choose Effects

Surface Control

Woodcut.

In the Woodcut dialog box, modify any of the settings.

Click the Add button

In the Add Preset dialog box, type a name in the Preset Name box.

You can choose the saved preset from the Preset list box.

Color options cannot be saved with a preset.

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