<li class="Bulleted"><a href="17-Hose4.html#998977">Using the Image Hose</a></li><br/>
<li class="Bulleted"><a href="17-Hose4.html#999042">Adjusting Opacity and Color</a></li><br/>
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<a name="998977"> </a>Using the Image Hose
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<a name="998978"> </a>The Image Hose is easy to use and offers a number of options for the behavior of "nozzle spray."
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<a name="1004764"> </a>As with other Corel Painter brushes, the Image Hose has several variants. These built-in variants combine nozzle control factors with brush settings to create different hose effects.
<a name="1010024"> </a><i>The Nozzle selector in the toolbox.
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<a name="1010025"> </a>The following descriptions will give you an idea of the effect of each variant.
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<a name="1008301"> </a>Random, Sequential, Directional, Pressure, and (Source) Luminance refer to the indexing rule by which images are selected from the nozzle file. The letters R, P, and D in a variant's name refer to random, pressure, and direction. For more information, refer to <a href="17-Hose5.html#999137">"Scale"</a>.
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<a name="1006240"> </a>Spray and Linear refer to the placement of images in relation to the stroke. Spray variants scatter images. Linear variants place images directly on the stroke path. For more information, refer to <a href="17-Hose5.html#999079">"Controlling the Image Hose Brush"</a>.
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<a name="1004775"> </a>You can use these variants as a starting point and then adjust the brush and nozzle controls to hose the images just as you want them.
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<a name="998980"> </a>To select a nozzle and use the Image Hose
<li class="SmartList1" value="2"><a name="998982"> </a>On the Brush selector bar, choose the Image Hose from the Brush selector.</li>
<li class="SmartList1" value="3"><a name="1004338"> </a>Click the Variant selector and choose a variant.</li>
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<a name="1005953"> </a>Each variant delivers the images differently.
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<li class="SmartList1" value="4"><a name="998984"> </a>In the toolbox, click the Nozzle Selector and choose a nozzle.</li>
<li class="SmartList1" value="5"><a name="998998"> </a>Make a brush stroke on the canvas.</li>
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<a name="999042"> </a>Adjusting Opacity and Color
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<a name="1004739"> </a>You can use the property bar to adjust the opacity of nozzle images or to mix them with a secondary color.
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<a name="1004744"> </a>The Opacity slider allows you to make nozzle images semi-transparent. If you move the slider all the way to the left, the images become invisible.
<a name="1001218"> </a><i>You can change the opacity of Image Hose strokes. Top=100% opacity, bottom=20% opacity.
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<a name="999055"> </a>The Grain slider allows you to mix the secondary color with the nozzle images. If the slider is set to 100%, the nozzle images remain pure. As you move the slider to the left, more of the secondary color appears in the images. If the slider is set to 90%, Corel Painter mixes 10% of the secondary color to 90% of the image. This is a handy way to adjust the shading of image elements.
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<a name="1004793"> </a>For information on selecting a secondary color, refer to <a href="05-Color4.html#999070">"Understanding Primary and Secondary Colors"</a>.
