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Corel Painter lets you to transform basic brushstrokes into a colorful and symmetrical kaleidoscope image. When you paint a brushstroke in one kaleidoscope segment, multiple reflections of the brushstroke appear in the other segments. You can apply between 3 to 12 mirror planes to a kaleidoscope. You can also rotate or reposition the mirror planes to expose different colors and patterns.
The green lines that display in the document window delineate the symmetrical planes.
To create a Kaleidoscope painting |
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In the toolbox, click the Kaleidoscope Painting tool .
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In the Segment Number box on the property bar, type the number of planes that
you want to display.
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Click the Brush Selector on the Brush Selector bar.
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In the Brush Library panel, click a brush category, and click a brush variant.
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Apply brushstrokes in any of the kaleidoscope segments.
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If you want to achieve a spiralling effect, apply brushstrokes across multiple segments. |
The Brush tool is the only tool that you can use to create mirror and
kaleidoscope paintings. Other tools, such as the Shape tool, are not supported.
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To control the display of the kaleidoscope planes |
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In the toolbox, click the Kaleidoscope Painting tool .
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Perform a task from the following table:
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