User Guide

Corel Painter 369
Pen Tool
The Pen tool lets you create shapes
using Bézier lines. Use the Pen tool
when you want to draw straight lines
or smooth, flowing curves. You can
create shapes containing any
combination of straight and curved
lines.
You can easily adjust shapes after you
create them. For more information,
refer to “Editing Shapes” on page 373.
You can also convert between smooth
and corner points. For more
information, refer to “Converting
between Smooth and Corner Points”
on page 376.
Click to create anchor points connected by
straight line segments.
Drag to curve the segments between points.
To draw a Pen tool shape:
1 Choose the Pen tool from the
toolbox .
2 In the document window, click
where you want to begin.
3 Do one of the following:
• To make a straight line seg-
ment, click where you want to
end the segment. Corel Painter
draws a straight line between
the two anchor points.
Shapes created with straight line segments.
•To make a curved line segment,
drag to create a new anchor
point and wing. The angle and
length of the wing determine
the curvature of the path. The
farther you drag, the longer the
wing and the deeper the curve.
Shapes created with curved line segments.
4 Repeat step 3 as often as necessary,
combining straight and curved
segments until you have the shape
you want.
5 Finish the shape by doing one of
the following:
• Close the shape by clicking or
dragging the first anchor point.
• Close the shape by clicking the
Close Shape button on the
property bar.