Setting Impasto Controls

Impasto controls let you create brush variants that paint with the illusion of depth. For more information about Impasto techniques, see "Impasto".

Drawing Method

There are three Impasto Drawing Methods: Color, which applies only color, Depth, which applies only depth, and Color and Depth, which applies both color and depth to the image.

To choose a drawing method

1. On the Stroke Designer page of the Brush Creator, click Impasto.
2. Choose a Drawing Method from the Draw To pop-up menu.

Depth Method

The Depth Methods in Corel Painter use the luminance information in the control medium to determine how much depth is applied within a stroke. You can use the Invert and Negative Depth options to affect the way the stroke appears.

For more information on Depth methods, see "Setting Depth Method".

To choose a Depth method

1. On the Stroke Designer page of the Brush Creator, click Impasto.
2. Choose a Depth Method from the Depth Method pop-up menu.

To invert a Depth method

1. On the Stroke Designer page of the Brush Creator, click Impasto.
2. Enable the Invert check box.

To choose the Negative Depth option

1. On the Stroke Designer page of the Brush Creator, click Impasto.
2. Enable the Negative Depth check box.

Depth

The Depth slider determines how much depth is applied to Impasto brush strokes. When you set Depth Expression to Pressure and the Invert option is enabled, less depth is applied as you press harder-just as it would using a real brush.

Refer to "Adjusting Impasto Depth" for more information about painting with depth.

To set depth

1. On the Stroke Designer page of the Brush Creator, click Impasto.
2. Drag the Depth slider to the right to increase Depth. Drag it to the left to decrease Depth.

Smoothing

Smoothing controls the transition of the texture applied to a stroke.

To set Smoothing

1. On the Stroke Designer page of the Brush Creator, click Impasto.
2. Move the Smoothing slider to the right to increase the Smoothing effect. Move it to the left to decrease the effect.

Plow

Plow controls how much a stroke interacts with other Impasto brush strokes. In essence your brush stroke "plows" through existing strokes.

To set Plow

1. On the Stroke Designer page of the Brush Creator, click Impasto.
2. Move the Plow slider to the right to increase the Plow effect. Move it to the left to decrease the effect.