User Guide

Corel Painter 381
• Slant controls the degree of
slant applied to duplicates. Pos-
itive values slant duplicates to
the right. Negative values slant
them to the left. Slant accepts
values between
–90° and 90°. However, as val-
ues approach the extremes, the
duplicate shape becomes noth-
ing but a streak.
To create a transformed
duplicate:
1 Select the shape you want to
transform.
2 Choose Shapes menu >
Duplicate.
Corel Painter creates a duplicate
shape according to the
specifications you’ve set.
This duplicate is now the selected
shape. You can choose the
Duplicate command again or press
Command+] (Mac OS) or
Ctrl+] (Windows) to repeat the
transformation on the new shape.
The oval shape was duplicated using rotation
only (top). The “number 5” shape was
duplicated using translation, scaling, and
rotation (bottom).
Grouping Shapes
Shapes can be grouped, allowing you
to manipulate multiple shapes as a
single unit. Since shapes are created
on layers, you group shapes in the
same way you group layers.
You cannot scale, rotate, flip or distort
groups that contain a mixture of pixel-
based layers and shapes. You must
manipulate these two types of entities
independently before you group them.
For more information about grouping,
refer to “Grouping Layers” on
page 238.
Creating Compound Shapes
In a compound shape, two shapes are
combined into a single shape. The
resulting shape takes on the attributes
of the shape on the topmost layer. If
the shape is filled, any overlapping
areas are not filled.
Compound shapes can be used to cut
a void in one shape using another
shape.
You can release a compound shape,
which reverts it to the original shapes.
The rectangle and the oval are combined to
create a compound shape.
To create a compound shape:
1 With the Shape Selection tool ,
select two shapes.