<a name="999178"> </a>Before actually painting, you must choose what media to apply. Most often, you'll probably choose to apply a color, but selecting a color is just the beginning. Corel Painter offers a powerful range of color features, including random color variability and color sets. For more detailed information about using color, refer to <a href="05-Color3.html#998992">"Working with Color"</a>.
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<h5 id="999199" class="ToDoHead">
<a name="999199"> </a>To paint with color
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<ol type="1">
<li class="SmartList1" value="1"><a name="999200"> </a>Select a brush that applies media to a document.</li>
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<a name="1012127"> </a>If the Colors palette is not displayed, choose <span style="color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">Window menu > Show Colors</span>.
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<li class="SmartList1" value="2"><a name="1017489"> </a>On the Colors palette, click the palette menu arrow and choose Standard Colors.</li>
<li class="SmartList1" value="3"><a name="999253"> </a>Drag or click in the ring to select a hue. </li>
<li class="SmartList1" value="4"><a name="999254"> </a>Drag or click in the triangle to pick the saturation.</li>
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<a name="999255"> </a>The color you select is displayed in the front rectangle below the color ring. This is the primary color. The back rectangle shows the secondary color. The secondary color is not the canvas color; it is used to create two-color brush strokes and two-point gradients. Refer to <a href="05-Color4.html#999070">"Understanding Primary and Secondary Colors"</a> for more information.
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<a name="999259"> </a>To paint with a color already in the image
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<li class="SmartList1" value="1"><a name="999260"> </a>Select a brush that applies media to a document. </li>
<li class="SmartList1" value="2"><a name="1002651"> </a>Hold down <span style="color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">Option</span> (Mac OS) or <span style="color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">Alt</span> (Windows), and click a color in the image.</li>
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<a name="1012210"> </a>The Brush tool toggles to the Dropper tool <img src="images/06-Paintingb19.jpg" height="16" width="16" border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" />
. The color is "picked up" by the Dropper tool and becomes the primary color. Refer to <a href="05-Color4.html#999126">"Sampling Colors from Imagery"</a> for more information about using the Dropper tool.
<a name="1012538"> </a>Usually, you work with only the primary color-the front rectangle of the two overlapping rectangles on the Colors palette. Using one color produces a solid, one-color brush stroke. By selecting a secondary color, you can create a two-color brush stroke.
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<a name="1012546"> </a>To set up a two-color brush stroke
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<li class="SmartList1" value="1"><a name="1012548"> </a>On the Brush selector bar, choose a brush category from the Brush selector. </li>
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<a name="1017552"> </a>Not all brushes can create two-color brush strokes. Acrylics, Calligraphy, and Chalk make good choices.
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<li class="SmartList1" value="2"><a name="1012549"> </a>From the Variant selector, choose a variant with a non-computed dab type; for example, Circular.</li>
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<a name="1012790"> </a>If the Colors palette is not displayed, choose <span style="color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">Window menu > Show Colors</span>.
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<li class="SmartList1" value="3"><a name="1012791"> </a>On the Colors palette, click the palette menu arrow and choose Standard Colors.</li>
<li class="SmartList1" value="4"><a name="1017541"> </a>Click the Primary Color (front) rectangle <img src="images/06-Paintinga18.jpg" height="16" width="16" border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" />
.</li>
<li class="SmartList1" value="5"><a name="1017545"> </a>Choose a color on the Colors palette or the Color Sets palette. </li>
<p id="1012559" class="ToDoBody">
<a name="1012559"> </a>The front rectangle shows your selection.
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<li class="SmartList1" value="6"><a name="1012560"> </a>Click the Secondary Color (back) rectangle <img src="images/06-Painting21.jpg" height="16" width="16" border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" />
. </li>
<li class="SmartList1" value="7"><a name="1012817"> </a>Choose a color on the Colors palette or the Color Sets palette. </li>
<p id="1012562" class="ToDoBody">
<a name="1012562"> </a>The back rectangle shows your selection.
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<li class="SmartList1" value="8"><a name="1012823"> </a>Click the Primary Color (front) rectangle.</li>
<p id="1012828" class="ToDoBody">
<a name="1012828"> </a>This reactivates the primary color for the next time you pick a color.
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<li class="SmartList1" value="9"><a name="1012564"> </a>Choose <span style="color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">Window menu > Show Color Expression</span> to display the Color Expression palette. </li>
<p id="1012836" class="ToDoBody">
<a name="1012836"> </a>If the palette is not expanded, click the palette arrow.
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<li class="SmartList1" value="10"><a name="1012565"> </a>On the Color Expression palette, choose Direction from the Controller pop-up menu.</li>
<li class="SmartList1" value="11"><a name="1012566"> </a>Paint a "T" in your document. Draw some loops and circles to see how the transition between colors depends on brush stroke direction.</li>
<li class="SmartList1"><a name="1016971"> </a>For information about using the Color Sets palette to choose a color, refer to <a href="05-Color6.html#1010636">"Using Color Sets"</a>.</li>
<li class="SmartList1"><a name="1019490"> </a>For different results, try different Controller settings. For example, choose Pressure to create color transitions based on the pressure you apply with your stylus.</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="1012570" class="Heading2">
<a name="1012570"> </a>Loading Multiple Colors
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<p id="1012571" class="Body">
<a name="1012571"> </a>Imagine the ability to load color at a bristle level, picking up different colors with each "hair" of a brush-like filling tiny ink wells. Imagine also the ability to move multiple colors along with a palette knife, dragging them across your canvas or paper. The Brush Loading feature affects how paint comes off a brush and what happens to the pixels underneath.
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<p id="1012572" class="Body">
<a name="1012572"> </a>When Brush Loading is not active, brushes interact with previously applied colors by sampling underlying pixels, then loading the brush with one new color-the average of those that were sampled. With Brush Loading active, brushes can literally "pick up" existing colors, hair by hair. This capability offers truer color interaction, astounding color variations, and better cloning results.
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<h5 id="1012574" class="ToDoHead">
<a name="1012574"> </a>To paint with multiple colors
</h5>
<ol type="1">
<li class="SmartList1" value="1"><a name="1012575"> </a>Choose a brush. </li>
<li class="SmartList1" value="2"><a name="1012904"> </a>On the Stroke Designer page of the Brush Creator, click General. </li>
<li class="SmartList1" value="3"><a name="1012910"> </a>Choose Static Bristle from the Dab Type pop-up menu.</li>
<li class="SmartList1" value="4"><a name="1016584"> </a>Choose Multi from the Stroke Type pop-up menu.</li>
<li class="SmartList1" value="5"><a name="1012893"> </a>On the Stroke Designer page, click Well, and enable the Brush Loading check box. </li>
<p id="1012920" class="ToDoBody">
<a name="1012920"> </a>This enables the brush's ability to pick up underlying colors.
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<li class="SmartList1" value="6"><a name="1012587"> </a>Adjust the Resaturation and Bleed sliders.</li>
<p id="1013037" class="ToDoBody">
<a name="1013037"> </a>The Bleed setting determines how much underlying paint is affected by the brush stroke. A low Resaturation setting, combined with a higher Bleed setting, can enhance the Brush Loading feature. A resaturation value of 0, combined with differing levels of bleed, will cause your brush to smear image color, rather than deposit it. In this case, the lower the bleed, the longer the smear.
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<li class="SmartList1" value="7"><a name="1012963"> </a>On the Stroke Designer page, click Spacing, and adjust the Spacing and Min Spacing sliders to create fewer "echo" artifacts in your smeared stroke.</li>
<li class="SmartList1" value="8"><a name="1013052"> </a>Drag a brush stroke through existing paint to see how paint is "picked up" from the underlying pixels and moved across the Canvas. </li>
<li class="SmartList1"><a name="1016432"> </a>It is easier to see the Brush Loading feature if the canvas is not white. To fill the canvas with another color, refer to <a href="06-Painting14.html#1014472">"Filling an Area with Media"</a>.</li>
<li class="SmartList1"><a name="1013055"> </a>You can tie brush controls like Bleed to the Controller setting on the Color Expression palette. For example, if you choose Pressure, each stroke bleeds more or less, depending on how hard you press the stylus. For more information, refer to <a href="10-Brushes13.html#1003448">"Expression Settings"</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="1012601" class="Heading2">
<a name="1012601"> </a>Troubleshooting
</h3>
<p id="1012602" class="Body">
<a name="1012602"> </a>Why doesn't your brush stroke appear? What to check:
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<ul>
<li class="SmartList1"><a name="1012603"> </a>Primary color-on the Colors palette, what color is the Primary Color (front) rectangle? Is it a color that will show up when applied to your image? Click the Primary Color rectangle to be sure it's selected, and then set the correct color.</li>
<li class="SmartList1"><a name="1012604"> </a>Opacity-check the Opacity setting on the property bar and, if necessary, adjust the pop-up slider to increase opacity.</li>
<li class="SmartList1"><a name="1012605"> </a>Brush method-Brush method describes the basic nature of a brush. To check the brush method, click General on the Stroke Designer page of the Brush Creator. If you're drawing with a light color on a dark background, the method must be set to Cover, in order to show the lighter color.</li>
<li class="SmartList1"><a name="1012606"> </a>Drawing mode-if you have made a selection, the drawing mode determines what part of the selection is protected. Refer to <a href="12-Selections3.html#998986">"Selecting a Drawing Mode"</a> for more information.</li>
<li class="SmartList1"><a name="1012610"> </a>Layers-are you drawing on the canvas with a layer blocking your view of the brush stroke? On the Layers palette, close the visibility eye of each layer to see only the canvas.</li>
