User Guide

Corel Painter 367
3 Do one of the following:
•Choose Shapes menu > Con-
vert to Layer.
• Click the Convert to Layer but-
ton on the property bar.
Working with Bézier Lines
The paths used to create shapes are
known as Bézier lines. Bézier lines
can be straight or curved, and they
consist of anchor points connected by
line segments.
When the path is a curve, “wings,”
represented by a straight line, extend
from the anchor points. The wings are
tangent to the curve. The wings have
control “handles” on them. By
dragging the wing handle, you can
change the curvature of the line
segment.
Paths can be modified using anchor points and
wing handles.
Shapes can be open (with endpoints)
or closed (without endpoints).
Open paths contain endpoints; closed paths do
not.
Anchor points can be either smooth or
corner points. A smooth point allows
you to manipulate the segments on
both sides of an anchor point by
dragging a handle. A corner point
restricts the manipulation of the
segments to the one side of the anchor
point that has a handle.
An anchor point can be a smooth point (top) or
a corner point (bottom).
Saving Files Containing
Shapes
When you save files in the RIFF
format, Corel Painter maintains
shapes as vector objects on separate
layers. In other formats, shapes merge
with the Canvas. In the Photoshop
format, shapes convert to bitmapped
images and are assigned to
appropriate layers.
anchor point
wing handle
endpoint