User Guide

Using Shapes372
To acquire shapes from Adobe
Illustrator:
1 In Corel Painter, choose File
menu > Acquire > Adobe
Illustrator File.
2 In the Adobe Illustrator File dialog
box, select the Adobe Illustrator file
and click Open.
To convert text in Adobe
Illustrator:
1 In Adobe Illustrator, select the text
using a selection tool.
2 Choose Type menu > Create
Outlines.
Setting Shape Attributes
You can specify several characteristics
for a shape.
When you apply a stroke to a shape,
you can choose the color, opacity, and
width of the path outlining the shape.
You can also control the way line ends
are drawn and joined.
You can also apply a fill to a shape by
coloring the area enclosed by the
stroke. When you fill a shape, you can
choose the color and opacity of the fill.
Stroke and fill attributes apply to both
open and closed shapes. Before filling
an open shape, Corel Painter closes
the shape by connecting the endpoints
with a straight line.
You can also change the default shape
attributes. For more information, refer
to “Shape Preferences” on page 54.
To set shape attributes:
1 Select one or more shapes whose
attributes you want to change.
You can select a shape by clicking it
with the Shape Selection tool, or
clicking its name on the Layers
palette.
2 Do one of the following:
•Choose Shapes menu > Set
Shape Attributes.
•Press Return (Mac OS) or
Enter (Windows).
• Double-click a shape’s name
on the Layers palette.
3 In the Set Shape Attributes dialog
box, specify any of the following
stroke attributes:
• Stroke—enable the Stroke
check box to apply a stroke to
the selected shape. To remove
the stroke, disable the check
box.
• Color—double-click the color
chip, and choose a color from
the Color Picker.
• Opacity—controls the opacity
of the stroke. Adjust to the right
to make the stroke more solid.
Adjust to the left to make the
stroke more transparent.
• Width—controls the thickness
of the stroke.
• Line cap—controls the end-
points of open shapes. Choose
Projecting, Round, or Butt.
• Line join—determines how
corners are created when two
segments meet. Choose Miter,
Round, or Bevel.
• Miter Limit—if you have cho-
sen a line join style, you can
specify a miter limit. When
lines are joined at a sharp