User Guide

Working with ink strokes 41
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In Corel Grafigo, working with ink strokes is an essential part of annotating
documents and drawing content such as lines and shapes.
Ink strokes are independent document components that float above the background.
You can place ink strokes in the workspace, on onionskins, and on top of text frames
and underlays. When you apply ink, a new layer is formed on top of the previous one.
For example, if you add an ink stroke in the workspace, add a text frame, and then add
another ink stroke, the text frame will lie between the two ink strokes. For more
information about layers, see “Understanding layers” on page 31. Corel Grafigo lets you
add ink strokes using a variety of tools and techniques. Once you add ink strokes to a
document, you can move, resize, and edit them.
In this section, you’ll learn about
• adding ink strokes
• selecting ink strokes
• copying and pasting ink strokes
• sizing ink strokes
• moving ink strokes
• rotating ink strokes
• erasing ink strokes
• using drawing assistance
Adding ink strokes
Corel Grafigo provides three Pen tools and a Marker tool so you can add ink strokes.
The Pen tools use opaque ink, while the Marker tool uses ink that is partially
transparent. As well, the Marker tool has a different nib shape than the Pen tools.