User Guide

Corel Painter 107
Click to create the first point. Click or drag to
create a stroke using the Straight Lines
drawing style.
To draw freehand lines:
1 On the Brush property bar, click
the Freehand Strokes button .
2 Drag on the canvas.
Tip
•
You can use shortcut keys to toggle
between freehand and straight line
drawing styles. Press B to choose freehand
style, or press V to choose straight line
style.
To draw straight lines:
1 On the Brush property bar, click
the Straight Line Strokes button
.
2 Click the canvas at the point where
you want to start your line.
3 Do one of the following:
• Click at the point where you
want to end the line.
• Drag to place the end point
exactly where you want it.
Corel Painter connects the first
and second points with a straight
line.
4 To continue drawing from the
second point, click or drag to create
additional points on the canvas.
Corel Painter connects each point
with a straight line.
5 To end a line, do one of the
following:
•Press Return (Mac OS) or
Enter (Windows) to close the
polygon. The final point is con-
nected to the origin with a
straight line.
• Click the Freehand Strokes
button to return to the freehand
drawing style without closing
the polygon.
•Press V to end the current poly-
gon, so you can begin a new
one.
Constraining Stroke Angles
In either drawing style, you can
constrain your strokes to 45°
increments. With the Freehand style,
each stroke is constrained to a straight
line with the angle depending on the
orientation of the stroke. With the
Straight Lines style, points are
connected with lines at angles of 45°
increments.
To constrain strokes to 45°
increments:
• Hold down Shift (Mac OS) or
Alt+Shift (Windows) as you drag
or click.
Tip
•
In Straight Line mode, you can also
constrain lines to the grid by enabling the
Snap to Grid option. Choose Canvas
menu > Grid > Snap to Grid.
Undoing Strokes
If you make a stroke you don’t like,
you can use the Undo command to
remove it. Repeat the command to
remove previous strokes. You can set