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will look good as a nozzle element. Building a nozzle from layers offers advantages in
convenience as well.
Another technique is to float the image on a black background and add a drop shadow.
This will enhance the appearance of three dimensions, as image elements build up in
layers. When all elements have the shadow in the same position, the light source
appears the same across the painted area. For more information, see “Layers” on
page 479.
Creating a 1-Rank nozzle
To create a 1-Rank nozzle, you need to create the images that you want to include in
the nozzle. Each image needs to be created on a separate layer. You must then select and
group the individual layers. You can then save the nozzle file in the RIFF format. To use
the new 1-Rank nozzle, you load it in the nozzle library. For more information, see
“Loading and managing nozzle files” on page 452.
In a 1-Rank nozzle, the images do not need to be in one line. Corel Painter wraps
images onto several lines to create a document of reasonable shape. Corel Painter
follows a mathematical rule in reconstructing the rank of images. This rule is contained
in the nozzle definition. For more information, see “To build a 2-Rank nozzle” on
page 449.
Nozzles are most useful when they deliver similar images with some
irregularity — for example, butterflies on flowers.
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