
448 Corel Painter X3 Getting Started Guide
Creating a 2-Rank nozzle
If you want to create a 2-Rank nozzle, such as a nozzle with a two-dimensional
progression, you need to set up the nozzle images accordingly. Unlike 1-Rank nozzles,
nozzles of two and three ranks cannot be created from a layer group. You must build
these nozzles manually. The indexing system requires the nozzle images to fit in a grid.
You can create a nozzle file by setting up a grid and placing an image element at the
center of each cell.
The cell size is based on the smallest rectangle that will hold the largest image element
(including its selection). To make sure that your images fit in the grid, copy your largest
image element to a layer. After you have set up the nozzle images in the grid, you can
build your nozzle. For more information, see “Creating and deleting layers” on
page 485.
To determine the grid cell size and nozzle dimensions
1 In the toolbox, click the Layer Adjuster tool , and choose the layer with the
largest image element that you want to include in the nozzle.
Corel Painter displays the pixel width and height of the layer’s content in the
Navigator panel. To display the Navigator panel, choose Window Navigator.
You might want to use slightly larger values for the grid cell size.
Determine the number of elements that you want in each rank.
2 Multiply the number of items in Rank-1 by the cell width.
This value is the nozzle’s width.
3 Multiply the number of items in Rank-2 by the cell height.
This value is the nozzle’s height.
To create the grid
1 From the menu bar, choose File New, and enter the nozzle’s width and height in
the Width and Height boxes.
You must enter the nozzle’s width and height that you calculated in steps 3 and 4
of “To determine the grid cell size and nozzle dimensions” on page 448.
2 From the menu bar, choose Canvas Grid Grid Options.
3 In the Grid Options dialog box, set the Horizontal spacing and Vertical spacing
to the values of the cell width and height, and click OK.
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