User Guide

Corel Painter 371
If you are simply scaling, rotating, or
skewing a selection path, use the
Selection Adjuster tool. If you must
edit the profile of the curve, convert
the selection to a shape.
Working from a selection path also lets
you create shapes based on regions of
the image. For example, if you used
the Magic Wand to select a region of
common color, you could convert the
Magic Wand selection path to a shape.
For more information about
selections, refer to “Creating
Selections” on page206.
You can convert a selection to a shape.
To convert a selection to a shape:
1 Do one of the following:
• Create a selection in the image.
• From the Selection Portfolio
palette, drag a selection to the
document window.
2 Choose Select menu > Convert to
Shape.
Corel Painter converts the
selection to a shape, giving it the
default shape attributes. The new
shape appears on the Layers
palette.
Note
•
For best results, the selection should be
path-based. If the selection is pixel-based,
choose Select menu > Transform
Selection to convert it to a path-based
selection.
To convert a shape to a selection:
1 Select the shape you want to
convert with the Layer Adjuster
tool or the Shape Selection tool
.
Alternatively, select the shape layer
on the Layers palette.
2 Choose Shapes menu > Convert
to Selection.
Tip
•
If you select the shape with the Layer
Adjuster tool or the Shape Selection tool,
you can also click the Convert to Selection
button on the property bar.
Acquiring Shapes from
Adobe Illustrator
You may want to work with shapes
you’ve created in Adobe Illustrator.
Corel Painter lets you import the
shape contents of files in Illustrator
EPS format.
Some Adobe Illustrator file options are
not supported by Corel Painter.
Patterns, placed images, gradients,
masks, and text cannot be interpreted
by Corel Painter. If the file contains
text, convert the text to outlines.
Corel Painter also supports PostScript
on the clipboard when pasting into a
Corel Painter document. This
convention allows applications to
exchange high-quality vector
PostScript information. With
PostScript on the clipboard, you can
copy from Illustrator and paste into
Corel Painter when both applications
are running. Corel Painter will import
PostScript content from a clipboard,
but will only export pixel-based layers
and selections.