Using Tracing Paper

You can use cloning to help you trace the source image by using Tracing Paper, the on-screen "light box" in Corel Painter. When Tracing Paper is in use, you see a faded out version of the clone source, as if it were displayed on top of a light box, underneath real tracing paper.

As you trace, brush strokes appear at 50% opacity. When you finish tracing and turn Tracing Paper off, the faint source image disappears and your brush strokes appear at 100% opacity.

• To use Tracing Paper, the source and clone documents must be the same size.

To trace an image

1. Choose File menu > Clone to create a clone of the original document you wish to trace.
2. With the clone selected, choose Select menu > Select All.
3. Press Delete (Mac OS) or Backspace (Windows) to clear the entire canvas.
4. Do one of the following:

• Click the Tracing Paper icon in the vertical scroll bar.
• Choose Canvas menu >
  Tracing Paper.
• Press Command + T (Mac OS) or Ctrl + T (Windows).

A 50% ghost of the source image shows through the tracing paper.

5. Trace over the image using any Corel Painter brush variant.

Brush strokes appear at 50% opacity when Tracing Paper is turned on.

Click the Tracing Paper icon to toggle tracing paper on and off.

Use the Tracing Paper feature to view the clone source for tracing.

To turn tracing paper off

• Do one of the following:

• Click the Tracing Paper icon again.
• Choose Canvas menu >
  Tracing Paper.
• Press Command + T (Mac OS) or Ctrl + T (Windows).

The faint source image disappears and brush strokes appear at 100% opacity.

When you turn Tracing Paper off, you can see what you've traced.

To resume tracing

• To resume tracing, turn Tracing Paper back on.

The faint source image returns and you can continue tracing.