Quick links to procedures on this page:

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To apply a pattern as a fill
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To adjust the appearance of a pattern

Applying Pattern Fills

Corel Painter lets you apply preset pattern fills to images. A pattern is a repeating design, and the smallest unit of a pattern is known as a “tile.” When you fill an area with a pattern, the tile, which is rectangular, is repeated across the selected area.

You can adjust the appearance of a pattern in various ways. For example, you can change the tile size, also known as the scale, and offset tiles in a fill. When you offset the tiles, you adjust the horizontal or vertical position of the first pattern, relative to the top of the object, which affects the rest of the pattern fill.

Left: A pattern scaled at 20%. Right: The same pattern scaled at 100%.

Left: The pattern offset set to 50% produces a seamless pattern. Right: The pattern offset set to 100% increases the pattern tile visibility. The tiles also appear misaligned.

To apply a pattern as a fill Back to Top
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Choose Window Media Control Panels Patterns.
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Click the Pattern selector, and click a pattern in the Painter Patterns library panel.
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To apply a pattern 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.
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Choose the Paint Bucket tool from the toolbox.
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In the document window, click the canvas, selection, or layer.

You can also
 
Specify the range of colors to be filled
On the property bar, type a value in the Tolerance box or adjust the slider.
Specify the pattern opacity for pixels outside of the tolerance range
On the property bar, type a value in the Feather box or adjust the slider.
Soften the edges of the pattern
On the property bar, click the Anti-Alias button .
Anti-aliasing is desirable when the Feather setting is set to zero or extremely low.

The image must be larger than the tile in order for the tiling to be visible in an image.
You can also choose a pattern from the Pattern Selector in the toolbox or by choosing Edit Fill.
To adjust the appearance of a pattern Back to Top
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Choose Window Media Control Panels Patterns.
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Click the Pattern selector, and click a pattern in the Painter Patterns library panel.
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Enable one of the following options:
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Rectangular Pattern Type — places the tiles in a rectangular grid for fills. This options disables the Pattern Offset slider.
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Horizontal Pattern Type — offsets the tiles in subsequent rows
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Vertical Pattern Type — offsets the tiles in subsequent columns
If applicable, adjust the Pattern Offset slider to control the amount of offset.
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Adjust the Pattern Scale slider to control the size of each tile in the pattern.
After you set these options, the pattern is ready to use.
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