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Beware of Blenders that carry pigment with them: Blender Bristle, Blender Brush, Mixer Thin Flat, Real Blender Round, Real Blender Tapered, Soft Blender Brush, and Wet Oily Blender.
Painter has more brushes than you can reasonably count, and certainly more than anyone can remember. Most pro's pick a few favorites and use them over and over, mastering them through practice. Older versions of Painter had different brushes in the brush menu based on size as well as type. You can also find custom brushes on the web, make them yourself, and buy more from Corel. Too many, in my humble opinion. Below are some of the major divisions (categories) of brushes with samples of how they look. Click on any sample image will open the image at full size.
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Beware of Blenders that carry pigment with them: Blender Bristle, Blender Brush, Mixer Thin Flat, Real Blender Round, Real Blender Tapered, Soft Blender Brush, and Wet Oily Blender.
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Digital Watercolors, unlike Real Watercolors and Watercolors, work on normal layers and don't require a special watercolor layer.
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The level of depth of the impasto can be turned on and off and controlled through the Canvas Menu under Surface Lighting..., Hide/Show Impasto, and Clear Impasto
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Some Knives carry pigment along with smooshing around the pigment already on the canvas or layer: Loaded Palette Knife, Neon Knife, Smeary Palette Knife, and Tiny Smeary Knife. Impasto Palette Knife affects only the impasto's lumpiness.
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Real Watercolor and Watercolor work only on watercolor layers, and will create a new watercolor layer automatically if you try and paint on a normal layer.
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Brushes highlighted in yellow work like Digital Watercolors, and don't need a Watercolor layer to work. The other brushes work only on Watercolor layers. You can get them at skipallenpaints.com/splashing-water-download
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Watercolor and Real Watercolor work only on watercolor layers, and will create a new watercolor layer automatically if you try and paint on a normal layer.
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Watercolor: Bristles are a subset of the Watercolor brushes. Watercolor and Real Watercolor work only on watercolor layers, and will create a new watercolor layer automatically if you try and paint on a normal layer.
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Watercolor: Flats are a subset of the Watercolor brushes. Watercolor and Real Watercolor work only on watercolor layers, and will create a new watercolor layer automatically if you try and paint on a normal layer.
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Watercolor: Runny are a subset of the Watercolor brushes. Runny brushes use Wind Force and Wind Direction in the Water panel in the Brush Control panels to control their "runniness". Watercolor and Real Watercolor work only on watercolor layers, and will create a new watercolor layer automatically if you try and paint on a normal layer.
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Watercolor and Real Watercolor work only on watercolor layers, and will create a new watercolor layer automatically if you try and paint on a normal layer.