ABSTRACT
When painting traditionally, the choice of paper is critical to the success of the painting and when using Painter the choice of the right texture is just as important. The huge range of paper textures is one of the reasons that Painter is so attractive to photographers. In this chapter, the authors explores the library of paper textures that come as the default set, altering the size of the texture and also the contrast and brightness, all of which will change the appearance of the finished picture. When printing on a canvas surface in the traditional manner the surface texture can be clearly seen. Painter replicates this by printing a pattern on the paper which resembles this texture. The result is obviously not the same, but it can be very effective when viewed at the right distance. The Paper Scale slider controls the size of the texture on paper. This is particularly useful when different file sizes are used.
