User Guide

Corel Painter 247
handled box marks the boundary
of the layer’s contents in the
document window.
To resize a reference layer:
1 Select a reference layer.
2 Do one of the following:
• Drag a corner handle to resize
the layer in two directions at
once. If you want to maintain
the layer proportions, hold
down Shift as you drag. The
pointer changes as you position
it over a handle .
• Drag a side handle to resize the
layer in one direction only.
To rotate a reference layer:
1 Select a reference layer.
2 Hold down Command (Mac OS)
or Ctrl (Windows), and drag a
corner handle. The pointer
changes as you position it over a
corner handle .
To skew a reference layer:
1 Select a reference layer.
2 Hold down Command (Mac OS)
or Ctrl (Windows), and drag a side
handle. The pointer changes as
you position it over a side
handle .
To set reference layer options:
1 Select a reference layer.
2 Choose Effects menu >
Orientation > Set Transform.
3 In the Set Transform dialog box,
adjust any of the following
settings:
• Retain Alpha—works with
placed images to retain the
file’s alpha channel. When the
image is placed, the channel
becomes the layer mask. Dis-
able this option to discard the
channel.
• Horizontal and Vertical—the
scaling relationship between
the reference layer and the
source layer. If the scaling is
low, 33% for example, and you
increase it, Corel Painter refers
to the source layer to get more
pixel data.
• Constrain Aspect Ratio—
maintains the proportions of
the image. Disable this option
to distort the image propor-
tions.
• Rotation and Slant—rotate or
slant the layer based on an orig-
inal position of 0°. Enter posi-
tive values to rotate/slant the
layer counter-clockwise; enter
negative values to rotate/slant
the layer clockwise.
• Fast—sets a high sampling
ratio to produce a low resolu-
tion reference layer. A low reso-
lution reference layer contains
less information, so it can be
transformed quickly.
• Clean—sets the sampling ratio
at 1 to 1 to produce a reference
layer of the highest possible res-
olution—up to that of the
source. This shows a better
image as you work, but takes
much longer to calculate trans-
formations.
Notes