Corel Painter X3 Win/Mac, EDU, EN User's Guide download pdf (Page 778)

You can easily adjust shapes after you create them. For more information, see “Editing

Shapes” on page 31.

Clicking creates anchor points connected by straight line segments.

Dragging curves the segments between points.

To draw a line segment

1 Choose the Pen tool in the toolbox.

2 On the property bar, click the Select Stroke Color button, and choose a color.

3 Perform an action from the following table:

4 Repeat step 2 as often as necessary, combining straight and curved segments until

you have the shape you want.

To Do the following

Draw a straight line segment Click where you want to start the line

segment, and then click where you want to

end it. Corel Painter draws a straight line

between the two points.

Draw a curved line segment Draw a straight line segment, and then drag

the endpoint to create a curve. The angle

and length of the wing determine the

curvature of the path. The farther you drag,

the longer the wing and the deeper the

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