User Guide

Corel Painter 379
more information on the Rotate
command, refer to “Rotating Images”
on page 262.
To rotate a shape:
1 Choose the Layer Adjuster tool
from the toolbox.
2 Select the shape or group you want
to rotate.
You can hold down Shift to select
additional items.
A selection rectangle appears
around the shapes. The rectangle
has a handle on each corner and
side.
3 Choose Effects menu >
Orientation > Rotate.
4 In the Rotate Selection dialog box,
specify a number of degrees.
This command works for both
shapes and pixel-based layers.
Tip
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You can also rotate a shape by holding
down Command (Mac OS) or Ctrl
(Windows) and dragging a corner handle.
Rotating a group of shapes
Skewing and Distorting
Shapes
To skew a shape:
1 Choose the Layer Adjuster tool
from the toolbox.
2 Select the shape or group you want
to rotate.
3 Hold down Command (Mac OS)
or Ctrl (Windows), and drag a
middle handle.
A rectangle (top-left) is skewed by dragging a
side middle handle (top-right) and by dragging
the top middle handle (bottom).
To distort a shape:
1 Select a shape.
2 Choose Effects menu >
Orientation> Distort.
3 With the Distort Selection dialog
box open, drag the selection
handles in the document window.