<li class="Bulleted"><a href="06-Painting13.html#1013418">Recording and Playing Back Strokes</a></li><br/>
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<a name="1013418"> </a>Recording and Playing Back Strokes
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<a name="1013423"> </a>Corel Painter will play back any stroke you record, wherever you click. This is a great way to create a series of identical strokes, for example, when creating hatching.
<a name="1013428"> </a><i>A brush stroke (top) is recorded and played back within a triangular selection.
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<a name="1013429"> </a>Another way to use a recorded stroke is with Auto Playback. Auto Playback repeats the recorded stroke at random positions on the page.
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<a name="1014833"> </a>You can also save recorded strokes for later use. You can play back saved strokes, and you can paint with the data from a saved stroke. This can be particularly useful if you work part of the time with a stylus and other times with a mouse. You can record brush strokes made with a stylus, save them for later use, then use the data from that stroke, allowing stylus type results while using a mouse for input.
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<a name="1013435"> </a>To record a stroke
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<li class="SmartList1"><a name="1013437"> </a>On the Brush selector bar, click the menu arrow and choose Record Stroke. </li>
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<a name="1013438"> </a>The next brush stroke you make is saved in memory.
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<a name="1013440"> </a>To play back a stroke
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<li class="SmartList1" value="1"><a name="1013441"> </a>On the Brush selector bar, click the menu arrow and choose Playback Stroke. </li>
<li class="SmartList1" value="2"><a name="1013442"> </a>Click where you want to repeat the stroke. </li>
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<a name="1014686"> </a>Corel Painter centers the stroke on the point you click. You can repeat the stroke as many times as you like.
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<li class="SmartList1" value="3"><a name="1013450"> </a>On the Brush selector bar, click the menu arrow and choose Playback Stroke to turn off playback.</li>
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<a name="1014859"> </a>To play back strokes randomly
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<li class="SmartList1"><a name="1014860"> </a>On the Brush selector bar, click the menu arrow and choose Auto Playback. </li>
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<a name="1014862"> </a>Corel Painter repeats the stroke at random positions until you click.
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<a name="1014737"> </a>To save a stroke
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<li class="SmartList1" value="1"><a name="1014739"> </a>On the Brush selector bar, click the menu arrow and choose Save Stroke. </li>
<li class="SmartList1" value="2"><a name="1014765"> </a>In the Save Stroke dialog box, type a name. </li>
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<a name="1014770"> </a>Corel Painter adds the stroke to the list of saved strokes.
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<a name="1013466"> </a>To select a saved stroke
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<li class="SmartList1"><a name="1013468"> </a>On the Brush selector bar, click the menu arrow, choose Strokes, and choose a saved stroke. </li>
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<a name="1014852"> </a>The selected stroke is used when you play back strokes or use stroke data.
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<a name="1013474"> </a>To use stroke data
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<li class="SmartList1" value="1"><a name="1013475"> </a>Select a saved stroke.</li>
<li class="SmartList1" value="2"><a name="1014887"> </a>On the Brush selector bar, click the menu arrow and choose Use Stroke Data.</li>