<li class="Bulleted"><a href="07-Water Color5.html#1001062">Applying a Paper Texture</a></li><br/>
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<a name="1007021"> </a>Water Controls
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<a name="1007030"> </a>You can adjust the Water controls when you have selected a Water Color brush from the Brush selector bar.
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<a name="1007031"> </a>The Water controls on the Stroke Designer page of the Brush Creator allow you to specify various settings for your Water Color brushes. For example, you can adjust brush size, control diffusion, and determine how the paper texture will interact with the brush strokes. Refer to <a href="10-Brushes22.html#1017787">"Setting Water Controls"</a> for more information.
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<a name="1007024"> </a>Size
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<a name="1001016"> </a>The Feature setting in the Size area of the Stroke Designer separates bristles. The higher the setting, the farther apart hairs appear. Use a low setting to make more solid strokes. When using Water Color brushes, the diffusion of the brush stroke eliminates the appearance of individual bristles. You can experiment with the Feature slider and its effect on different Water Color brushes.
<a name="1007686"> </a><i>The Feature slider and its effect on Water Color brushes.
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<a name="1007688"> </a>Diffusion
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<a name="1007689"> </a>With natural water colors, wet paper produces more diffused strokes. Diffusion mimics this effect in Corel Painter by creating soft, feathery edges on the strokes of some water color variants.
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<a name="1007003"> </a>Diffusion spreads color into the grain. Make sure the current texture is appropriate for the diffusion effect you want. For more information about adjusting the amount of diffusion in a brush stroke, see <a href="10-Brushes22.html#1000277">"Diffuse Amount"</a>.
<a name="1007094"> </a><i>A water color stroke before and after diffusion.
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<a name="1001062"> </a>Applying a Paper Texture
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<a name="1001200"> </a>The Water Color brushes interact with paper grain - the colors flow, mix, and are absorbed into the paper. The luminance information of the current paper grain is used to determine how the paint diffuses into the paper and how it dries.
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<a name="1007065"> </a>You can experiment with adjusting the sliders on the Papers palette and seeing their effect on the Water Color brushes. The Scale slider controls the size of the grain. The Contrast slider, as it applies to the Water Color layer, controls the height of the grain surface. Adjusting the Contrast slider to the right increases the height of the grain and adds more texture as a result. Refer to <a href="04-Textures3.html#1007781">"Using Paper Texture"</a> for more information.
