
532 Corel Painter X3 Getting Started Guide
• To replace a channel, choose it from the list.
2 Click the Channel options button , and choose New From.
3 In the New From dialog box, choose one of the following options from the list box:
• Paper — uses the current paper texture to create the channel
• 3D Brush Strokes — creates a channel based on the difference between the
current image and the clone source. If no clone source is selected, Corel Painter
uses the current pattern.
• Original Selection — works only when performing offset sampling between
documents. It allows you to create a channel in the sampling destination
document that is based on a selection made in the sampling source document.
For best results, the dimensions of the source and destination documents should
match. You must establish a link between an offset sampling source and
destination document for this option to be available. For more information, see
“Performing offset sampling” on page 165.
• Image Luminance — creates a channel based on the current image’s light and
dark areas. For Image Luminance to be effective, the image must have high
contrast. Images with low contrast produce a semisolid channel, without clear
delineation between the selected and protected areas.
• Original Luminance — produces a channel based on the clone source’s light
and dark areas. This option lets you import an image to the channel. If no clone
source is selected, Corel Painter uses the current pattern.
• Current Color — creates a channel based on pixels of the current main color.
Areas of the current color are protected; the rest of the image is selected. You
might want to use the Dropper tool to pick a color from the image before using
the Current Color option.
If you want to invert the channel, click the Invert Channel button .
Like a grayscale image, a channel can have 256 values in it. Inverting a
channel is equivalent to creating the negative of a grayscale image. For
example, a pixel with 80% luminance will have 20% luminance when
inverted. A pixel with 30% luminance will have 70% luminance when
inverted.
To generate a color-based channel
1 In the Channels panel, do one of the following:
• To generate a new channel, choose the RGB channel from the list.
• To replace a channel, choose it from the list.
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