User Guide

Using Shapes380
Distorting a shape
Flipping Shapes
You can flip a shape horizontally or
vertically.
To flip a shape:
1 Select a shape.
2 Choose the Layer Adjuster tool
from the toolbox.
3 Do one of the following:
• To flip horizontally, drag a top
or bottom handle past the
opposite handle.
• To flip vertically, drag a side
handle past the opposite han-
dle.
Tip
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You can also flip a shape by selecting it
and choosing Effects menu > Orientation
> Flip Horizontal or Effects menu >
Orientation > Flip Vertical.
Duplicating Shapes
Duplicating creates an identical copy
of the selected shape. Corel Painter
also lets you duplicate shapes using
compound transformations.
Transformed duplicates are created
according to the options you set.
To duplicate a shape:
1 Choose the Layer Adjuster tool
from the toolbox.
2 Hold down Option (Mac OS) or
Alt (Windows), and click or drag
the shape.
To change duplication settings:
1 Choose Shapes menu > Set
Duplicate Transform.
2 In the Set Duplicate Transform
dialog box, specify any of the
following settings:
• Translation controls where, in
relation to the original, Corel
Painter creates duplicate
shapes. The offset values are in
pixels. When H. Offset and V.
Offset are both zero, the dupli-
cate is created precisely on top
of the original. If both values
are 100, the duplicate appears
100 pixels lower and 100 pixels
to the right. Negative values
offset the duplicate up and to
the left, respectively.
• Scaling
controls the size of
duplicates in relation to the
original. The scale values are
percentages.
• Constrain Aspect Ratio main-
tains the aspect ratio of the
shape. If you want to create dis-
torted duplicates, disable this
option and specify different
percentages for horizontal and
vertical scaling.
• Rotation lets you specify a
number of degrees to rotate
duplicates. Positive values
rotate counterclockwise, and
negative values rotate clock-
wise.