User Guide

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To create a border selection:
1 Choose Select menu > Modify >
Border.
2 In the Border Selection dialog box,
enter the number of pixels for the
width of the border.
A border selection with airbrush strokes applied
Stroking Selections
You can apply a stroke to a path-based
selection. Corel Painter uses the
current brush variant, brush size,
color, and paper texture to apply a
stroke along the border of a selection.
This is an excellent way to get brush
strokes to follow specific contours.
You can set the drawing mode to
control whether brush strokes are
placed inside the selection border,
outside the selection border, or on
both sides of the selection border. For
more information, refer to “Selecting a
Drawing Mode” on page 204.
To stroke a selection:
1 Create a path-based selection.
2 Choose the brush variant, color,
and paper texture you want to use.
3 On the property bar, type a value
in the Size box, or adjust the pop-
up slider.
4 Click the Drawing Mode icon in
the bottom-left corner of the
document window, and choose a
drawing mode.
5 Choose Select menu > Stroke
Selection.
Repeat the command to build
strokes. Change brushes if you
like.
Tip
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For a unique effect, you can nudge the
selection by a few pixels and choose the
command again. To nudge the selection,
click it with the Selection Adjuster tool,
and then press an arrow key a few times.
Stroking a selection using the Draw Anywhere
drawing mode applies strokes to both sides of
the selection border.
Using the Selection
Portfolio
Corel Painter provides a library of
sample selections in the Selection
Portfolio. You can use any of the
selections in the portfolio. If you
create a path-based selection that you
want to use again, you can store it in
the portfolio. You can add your
selections to the sample library, or you
can create your own library. For