
A short tour of Corel Painter for users of Adobe Photoshop 49
A short tour of Corel Painter for users of Adobe
Photoshop
by Cher Threinen-Pendarvis
Corel Painter is known for its responsive, realistic brushes, multitude of rich textures,
and fabulous special effects, which cannot be found in any other program. The biggest
difference that you will notice between Adobe Photoshop and Corel Painter is the
warmth and texture of the Natural-Media brushes and paper textures of Corel Painter.
You’ll find brushes with realistic bristles that lay down oily paint and dry-media
brushes, such as variants in the Chalk and Pastels categories, that are sensitive to
textures on the canvas. Now, let’s get started!
Before we begin the tour, you need to make sure that you are displaying the default
panels and palettes. To display the default settings, choose the Window menu, and
choose Arrange Palettes Default.
Property bar
At the very top of the screen, you’ll see the property bar, which is similar to the Options
bar in Photoshop. The property bar changes contextually, depending on the tool that
you choose from the toolbox.
The property bar with the Grabber tool selected from the toolbox.
Brush Selector bar
On the far left of the property bar is the Brush Selector bar, which lets you open the
Brush library panel. The Brush library panel contains the amazing brush categories and
brush variants of Corel Painter, such as the Real Watercolor Brushes category and its
variants.
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